Category Archives: Local Sports
B.C. Lions' quarterback Rourke aims to reduce sloppiness, maintain audacity this season
KAMLOOPS - Risk is part of Nathan Rourke's game, the 27-year-old B.C. Lions' quarterback teeming with audacity and boldness, attributes that helped him snare the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award in...
1h ago NATHAN ROURKE, BUCK PIERCE. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
'Point proven': Wittal perseveres through swimming ordeal to become fastest in Canadian history
KAMLOOPS - Mia Wittal is not short on tenacity and willpower. The 12-year-old Kamloops Classic Swimming (KCS) athlete has been through an emotional spin cycle in the last few weeks while pushing to be...
15h ago MIA WITTAL. (Image Credit: Kamloops Classic Swimming)
Blazers sign BCHL forward Arnason
KAMLOOPS - Along with the North and South Thompson, a third River will meet in Kamloops. The Kamloops Blazers announced they have signed 2008-born forward River Arnason ahead of the 2026-27 Western Ho...
23h ago (Image Credit: Kamloops)
'You don't want to sit on it for too long'; Red-hot Stankoven, Hurricanes await conference final opponent
RALEIGH - Logan Stankoven and his Carolina Hurricanes have torn through the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The 5-foot-8, 165-pound forward from Kamloops and his linemates Jackson Blake ...
May 12, 2026 Logan Stankoven (Image Credit: Contributed / Wes Stankoven)
'I love that because I like proving people wrong': B.C. Lions' defensive backs aim to answer doubters
Robert Carter Jr. is gone, TJ Lee and Garry Peters are no spring chickens and Christophe Beaulieu is hurt. The B.C. Lions' defensive backs are under the microscope this year at training camp in Kamloo...
May 11, 2026 GARRY PETERS. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Jeremy Russo)
Stankoven talks dominant line, timely goals, team defence, Buffalo-Montreal, beer skates
KAMLOOPS - Carolina Hurricanes' centre Logan Stankoven and his linemates Jackson Blake and Taylor Hall have combined for 14 goals, 17 assists, 72 shots, a plus-25 rating and five-game winning goals in...
May 10, 2026 LOGAN STANKOVEN. (Image Credit: Carolina Hurricanes)
Kamloops girls win bronze at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
KAMLOOPS - Payton Correia (Adams Lake Indian Band), Kaia Fletcher (Tlatlasikwala First Nation) and Destry Eli (Westbank First Nation) of Kamloops claimed bronze with Team B.C. at the National Aborigin...
May 10, 2026 Payton Correia, Destry Eli and Kaia Fletcher.
Blazers' Clouston recaps prospects draft, begins promotion of WHL pathway
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers general manager Shaun Clouston says he's pleased with what his club accomplished this week at the WHL Prospects Draft. Clouston spoke to CFJC on Friday.
May 08, 2026 Shaun Clouston (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
Former Blazers captains Finnie, Minten named to Canada's roster for world hockey championship
KAMLOOPS - There will be a healthy Kamloops Blazers contingent on Team Canada at this summer's men hockey world championships in Switzerland. Former captains Emmitt Finnie and Fraser Minten have both ...
May 08, 2026 (l to r) Fraser Minten and Emmitt Finnie during their time with the Kamloops Blazers (Image Credit: Allen Douglas/Kamloops Blazers and Steve Dunsmoor/Kelowna Rockets)
Blazers make 10 selections in WHL Prospects Draft; Kamloops local taken by Lethbridge
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers finished the 2026 WHL Prospects Draft with 10 new prospects, including six forwards, three defencemen and a goaltender. The Blazers took Edmonton center Micah Montgomer...
May 08, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
