Sports News
by The Nelson Daily Sports on Thursday Oct 07 2010
By Bruce Fuhr, TND Sports
Only in Vancouver, with hockey starved fans awaiting the puck to drop on the new NHL season Saturday, would a hockey game break out at a NBA preseason basketball game - with fights both on the court and in the stands.
On Captain Canada's home coming at the newly crowned Rogers Arena, the Toronto Raptors out-slugged, out-hussled and simply...
by The Nelson Daily Sports on Wednesday Oct 06 2010
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Castlegar Vikings used a suffocating defence to shutout Hume Brewers 14-0 in West Kootenay Men’s Flag Football League action Sunday at the Mount Sentinel Field in South Slocan.
The loss was the first of the season for the Brewers and moves the defending league champion, Vikings, into a three-way tie for top spot...
by The Nelson Daily Sports on Tuesday Oct 05 2010
By The Nelson Daily Sports
After months of balls flying through the air and players sprinting down the field, the final whistle sounded Monday on the 2010 Nelson Youth Soccer season.
Players and coaches will enjoy a feast tonight at the awards banquet and the executive plays host to the annual general meeting Wednesday, October 13th at the Best Western...
by The Nelson Daily Sports on Tuesday Oct 05 2010
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Nelson’s Matt Hopkins left his mark on the golfing scene while attending Lindenwood University in Missouri on scholarship.
And now the L.V. Rogers grad is being honoured for his contributions as a member of the 2010 Lindenwood University Hall of Fame Class.
Hopkins joins Dawn Cameron (softball), Jennifer Dykes and Debbie Johnson (...
by The Nelson Daily Sports on Tuesday Oct 05 2010
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Bombers Andrea Stinson and Shawn DeGroot look to be the early favourites to win it all on the West Kootenay High School Cross Country tour after the pair captured the opening two races of the season.
The two L.V. Rogers racers topped Kaslo’s J. V. Humphries event to open the season before making it two-for-two at the second stop on the...
Local eye surgeon goes on medal run during the summer at Canadian Masters Kayaking Regatta in Regina
by The Nelson Daily Sports on Monday Oct 04 2010
By Bruce Fuhr,
The Nelson Daily Sports
Local eye surgeon, Dr. Neville Maytom has never attended the Canadian Masters Kayaking Regatta.
After filling his vehicle with medals for the long ride home from Regina, Saskatchewan, the rest of the field may not want the Nelson paddler to return.
The good doctor by day and kayak enthusiast by, well almost most of...
by The Nelson Daily Sports on Monday Oct 04 2010
By Bruce Fuhr,
The Nelson Daily
The weekend saw the Mount Sentinel Wildcats move up the competitive ladder, just not enough to capture the overall title at the Kootenay Volleyball Classic Saturday in South Slocan.
Immaculata defeated the host Cats 2-1 (25-16, 23-25, 15-8) to claim the overall High School Girl’s Volleyball tournament at the Mount Sentinel...
by The Nelson Daily Sports on Monday Oct 04 2010
By The Nelson Daily Sports
There will be no four-peat in the Nelson City Soccer Open Men’s Division.
Iain Harvey’s first half tally sparked the Nelson Innkeepers to a 1-0 victory over three-time defending champion Kootenay Co-op in the Men’s Open Final Sunday afternoon at the Lakeside Pitch.
Despite struggling for most of season Co-op staged a late season...
