Sports News
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The West Kootenay Men’s Flag Football League just got a whole lot tighter after Dam Inn Mates shocked the Hume Brewers 31-24 in action Sunday at the Mount Sentinel Field.
The Brewers, which had dominated the Mates during week one of the season 23-1, were a different team without starting quarterback Steven Doyle.
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By The Nelson Daily Sports
Shawn DeGroot of L.V. Rogers tuned up for today’s Kootenay High School Cross Country Championships by capturing the West Kootenay title last week at Camp Busk Ski Trails south of Nelson.
DeGroot edged rival Lukas Smith of Kaslo’s J.V. Humphries for the West Kootenay crown in the Senior Boy’s race.
Hunter Stanway of J....
The Selkirk College Saints made the first road trip a memorable one as the Kootenay-based team doubled the University of the Fraser Valley 6-3 in B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League play Friday at at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre.
Former Nelson Leaf snipers, Caleb Georgetti of Nelson and Scott Jago of Castlegar, provided the offence, as Selkirk exploded for four second...
by Bruce Fuhr,
The Nelson Daily Sports
If the Kootenay Wildcats didn’t have bad luck the team would have no luck at all.
Despite being in every game, even out shooting the opposition by a wide margin during one of the losses, the Cats came away with a 1-3 record during the B.C. Female Midget AAA Hockey Super Weekend this past weekend in Nelson.
By Bruce Fuhr,
The Nelson Daily Sports
The L.V. Rogers Bombers saved its best for last, but that still was not enough to stop the Rossland Royals as the Golden City squad posted a 3-0 shutout in the West Kootenay High School Girl’s Fieldhockey Championship Thursday at the Pass Creek Field in Castlegar.
The Royals now advance to the B.C. High School...
By Bruce Fuhr,
The Nelson Daily Sports
The L.V. Rogers Bombers now realize booking tickets to the B.C. High School AAA Boy’s Soccer tournament will not be as easy as in past years.
Mount Baker took advantage of a short-staffed Bomber squad to squeak out a 1-0 victory in at the Wild High School Boy’s Soccer Tournament Saturday in the East Kootenay...
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Spokane Women’s Hockey proved to be poor hosts as the squad dumped the Nelson Blueliners 4-1 in the final of the Hoctoberfest Tournament held recently in the Lilac City.
Karen Duffy was the only Blueliner to score in the contest as the defending champs from Canada fell short of its bit to repeat. Gerri Stillwell was busy in the...
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Colton Schell had three points and Marcus Beesley stopped 36 shots to pace the Nelson Leafs to a 5-3 victory over the Spokane Braves in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Sunday afternoon in the Lilac City.
The victory is the second in as many days for the Leafs and allows Nelson to gain a little revenge after the Braves...