Mallard's Team of the Week — LVR Bombers Basketball
The L.V. Rogers Bombers recently concluded the High School Girls Basketball season with a 2-1 record at the Stanley Humphries Tournament in Castlegar. The Bombers opened with a five-point loss to host Stanley Humphries before knocking off Grand Forks Wolves and Kootenay River of Creston to finish in the middle of the pack. In the […]
Nelson's Reece Hunt earns WCHA honours
Reece Hunt of Nelson was named Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Forward of the Week following a six point weekend in Minnesota Duluth’s Bulldogs’ sweep at St. Thomas. Hunt, graduate student from the Heritage City, led the league with five goals, including two game-winners. She figured in six of UMD’s nine goals and scored more […]
Kootenay Lake Fishing Report
Kootenay Lake: From extreme cold, to Springtime weather?? January was a mixed up month. We started out the month with some pretty consistent fishing. Weather was consistent and water temps were still favourable. Average days saw up to half a dozen fish being caught, and it was very pleasant to be out. But then, the […]
Leafs Baldo earns 3 Stars of the Week honour
The Nelson Leafs climb up the Neil Murdoch standings is due in a large part to the play of Kitimat defenceman Ayden Baldo, who was selected one of the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Feb. 4/24. Baldo joins forward Riley Langille of the Kimberley Dynamiters […]
Atlyn Proctor inks scholarship at Hutchinson College in Kansas
It’s official! L.V. Rogers Bomber Volleyball grad Atlyn Proctor has inked full ride Division 1 NJCAA scholarship at Hutchinson Community College in in Kansas. Proctor, graduating from LVR in the spring, has been instrumental at rejuvenating the Bomber Girls Volleyball program and will now take her skills south of the border as a member of […]
Glacier Gymnastics trio set to represent Kootenays at BC Winter Games
Three local Glacier Gymnasts qualified to compete at the upcoming 2024 BC Winter Games later this month in Quesnel. Rebecka van Hellemond, Anika Denkovski and Emerson Mandseth took the top three spots at the Trials which took place December 16 at the Glacier Gymnastics Club in Nelson. A total of nine gymnasts from the Kootenay […]
West Kootenay Basketball Officials take to court to call fouls on cancer
Basketball Officials in the West Kootenay are once again joining with their provincial colleagues to call fouls on CANCER. West Kootenay Basketball Officials are again raising money and awareness in the 15th Call a Foul on Cancer — Pink Whistles Legacy Fund, which strives to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society — B.C. and […]
KIJHL announces partnership with Neuropsychology Consultant
In a media release Wednesday, the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) announced its partnership with Dr. Michael Czarnota, the official Neuropsychology Consultant of the Canadian Hockey League. Dr. Czarnota comes with an impressive resume working with the ECHL, USHL, the CHL and its three leagues and has a desire to work with as many […]
LVR Junior Bombers battle back to claim Sweet 16 Tournament Consolation title
The L.V. Rogers Junior Bombers received a free pass into last year’s BC High School Junior Boys Basketball Championships in Langley. This season, the Bombers face a stiffer challenge to repeat at the Kootenay rep. LVR tuned up for Kootenay Championships by finishing ninth overall at the Sweet 16 Tournament Saturday in Kelowna. A tough […]
Leafs heating up at right time of KIJHL season
After limping out of the starting gates and occupying a spot near the bottom of the Neil Murdoch standings, the Nelson Leafs have climbed to within a point of third place following a 4-1 character-building victory over the Sicamous Eagles in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Saturday at the NDCC Arena. The win improved […]
