Category Archives: Local Sports
Blazers clinch first WHL playoff berth since 2022-23 season
KAMLOOPS - Playoff hockey will be returning to Sandman Centre for the first time in three seasons. The Blazers punched their ticket to the postseason Sunday (March 15) after the WHL-leading Everett Si...
Mar 15, 2026 (Image Credit: Western Hockey League)
Two additional inductees unveiled as Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame prepares to honour class of 2026
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame has announced another two inductees who will be enshrined as part of the class of 2026. The 1980 Senior Women's volleyball team - the Kamloops Turbulence - ...
Mar 15, 2026
Grizzlies eliminate Centennials from KIJHL playoffs for second year in a row
MERRITT - A taste of dj vu for the Merritt Centennials as their sophomore season in the KIJHL has come to an end at the hands of the Revelstoke Grizzlies.The Centennials were blown out 7-2 Saturday (M...
Mar 15, 2026
Boettiger stands tall again as Blazers drop weekend home-and-home against Rockets
KAMLOOPS - Harrison Boettiger allowed just one goal for the second night in a row as the Kelowna Rockets beat the Kamloops Blazers 5-1 at Sandman Centre Saturday (March 14) night. Vojtech Cihar's hat ...
Mar 15, 2026 Josh Evaschesen after scoring for the Kamloops Blazers on March 14, 2026 as Kelowna Rockets netminder Harrison Boettiger lies prone on the Sandman Centre ice. (Image Credit: Brian Johnson/Kamloops Blazers)
WolfPack claw back in five sets loss to St. Mary's Huskies at volleyball nationals
LANGLEY, B.C. - The best ever season in Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack women's volleyball history has come to an end on the second day of U SPORTS nationals. The seventh-seeded WolfPack cla...
Mar 14, 2026 (Image Credit: TRU WolfPack)
Centennials stave off elimination again following win in Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - The Merritt Centennials have staved off elimination for the second time in three nights.The Centennials beat the Revelstoke Grizzlies 4-2 Friday (March 13) night in game five of the...
Mar 14, 2026
Blazers lose in Kelowna to begin weekend home-and-home against Rockets
KELOWNA - The Kamloops Blazers' bid to clinch a playoff berth will have to wait a little longer.The Blazers dropped a 4-1 decision in Kelowna Friday (March 13) night, while the Victoria Royals beat th...
Mar 14, 2026 Josh Evaschesen celebrates his goal against the Kelowna Rockets on March 13, 2026. (Image Credit: Steve Dunsmoor/Kelowna Rockets)
Blazers look to punch ticket to WHL postseason with good performance this weekend
KAMLOOPS - After a major slump in February and losing the first game in March, doubts started to creep in on the Kamloops Blazers missing the playoffs for a third straight season. But after three stra...
Mar 13, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
WolfPack fall to Sherbrooke in five sets at women's volleyball nationals
LANGLEY, B.C. - A heartbreaking loss for the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack women's volleyball team at nationals. Up 8-2 in the final set, the seventh-seeded WolfPack lost 3-2 (25-20, 19-25...
Mar 13, 2026 TRU WolfPack players following the conclusion of their U SPORTS quarterfinal game against Sherbrooke. (Image Credit: U SPORTS/Contributed)
Canada's Wilkie wins biathlon gold, wheelchair curling team moves to gold-medal game
LAGO - Canadian nordic ski star Natalie Wilkie earned her second gold and fourth medal of the Milan Cortina Paralympics with a win in the women's biathlon standing sprint pursuit on Friday. Both of Wi...
Mar 13, 2026
