No one, not even BC High School Fieldhockey board was going to deny the L.V. Rogers Bombers from competing in the BC High School Championships. Persistence by the Bomber players, parents and coaching staff paid off as the Bombers now join J. Lloyd Crowe of Trail as the two teams from the West Kootenay zone to compete at the...

Probably the best medicine for the Green and White is a quick turnaround after the Leafs dropped consecutive Kootenay International Junior Hockey League games to Kelowna, Friday, and Kimberley, Saturday, at the NDCC Arena. Nelson is back in action Wednesday for a rare mid-week contest in Spokane against the Braves following...

It's a pair of home games that won't determine the final standings but should go a long way in measuring the progress of the Nelson Leafs Hockey Club. This weekend, the Green and White play not one, but two of the top teams in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League — Kelowna Chiefs and Kimberley Dynamiters — at the...

Nelson Hoops Association is hosting a basketball camp in November geared to promote coaching at the younger levels. Organizers of Nelson Hoops Association said Anthony Luyken of Canada Basketball is coming to Nelson to facilitate a coaching clinic geared towards skills and drills for Grades 1-8. “This (clinic) is geared towards...

Nelson’s Mitch Popadynetz made his final home game at Thompson Rivers University a memorable one. The Nelson Youth Soccer grad assisted on the only goal as TRU Wolfpack edged UBC Thunderbirds 1-0 in Canada West Men’s Soccer action Sunday in Kamloops. “We always get up for UBC,” said Popadynetz, who played for UBC before...

The L.V. Rogers Bombers staged a tune-up for the upcoming zone championships by hosting a playday Monday at Lakeside Pitch. The Bombers finished with a 1-0-1 records against teams from Cranbrook and Castlegar while the Juniors registered a 1-1 mark in a pair of games against Stanley Humphries. “Another successful playday for...

The weekend may have not gone according to the game plan sketched on the drawing board in the team dressing room, but don’t look now but the Nelson Leafs have reeled off seventh straight wins. Nelson outlasted a pesky Beaver Valley Nitehawks squad 7-6 in overtime Friday before blasting Golden Rockets 7-3 Saturday during a...

The L.V. Rogers Bombers Senior Field Hockey team rolled past Stanley Humphries of Castlegar 5 - 0 in the final West Kootenay League game of the season Thursday at Pass Creek Field. The Bombers controlled much of the play throughout the game and were rewarded with a goal by Rylie Jordhal from a nice pass by Zoe Baxter. The...

It’s hockey time in Nelson as the Leafs play host to Murdoch rival Nitehawks of Beaver Valley as the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League resumes play on nine fronts Friday. Nelson, sporting an impressive 11-1-0-1 record for top spot in the Murdoch Division, has had the Nitehawks number this season, winning both games...

The Trafalgar Thunder roared back from slow round robin start to capture the South Okanagan Grade 8 Girls Volleyball Tournament this past weekend in Oliver. Teams from Penticton, Osoyoos, Keremeos and host Oliver were entered in the tourney. Trafalgar finished fourth in round robin play, before rallying knocking off first-place...