Category Archives: Local Sports
Venom tame Tigers in Game 1 of TOJLL final
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Venom need two more victories to claim their third consecutive Thompson-Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League crown.Connor Barrett, Austin Krug and Seamus Bankier recorded hat-tricks...
Jul 15, 2024
Rivers FC drop pair of matches to TSS Rovers; men eliminated from postseason contention
KAMLOOPS - Goals were aplenty at Hillside Stadium Sunday (July 14), but Rivers FC's men's and women's squads fell to TSS Rovers from Richmond. The men were officially eliminated from League1 BC postse...
Jul 15, 2024
'I got a little excited'; Curling committee walks back Build Kamloops claims made in newsletter
KAMLOOPS - Kevin Ihlen, chairperson of the Future of Curling Committee, said he was misinformed and made assumptions in a newsletter emailed to members of the Kamloops curling community on Saturday (J...
Jul 14, 2024
Venom to host Tigers in TOJLL final opener
KAMLOOPS -- Game 1 of the best-of-five Thompson-Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League final will take place on Sunday in the Snake Pit.The No. 1-ranked Kamloops Venom will play host to the No. 2 Vernon Tige...
Jul 13, 2024
De Palma of Blazers earns more national team duty
Kamloops Blazers' goaltending coach Dan De Palma will handle goaltending consultant duties for Canada at the Under-18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup next month in Edmonton. De Palma was on the Team Canada coachin...
Jul 13, 2024
Former Whitecaps' goalkeeper Ousted joins KYSA ranks as sporting director
KAMLOOPS - David Ousted is okay with temperatures hovering around 40 C this week in Kamloops. "Oh, I like it," Ousted said with a laugh. "It's better than rainy and five degrees in Denmark." The Danis...
Jul 09, 2024
Aspiring Paralympians take to the tennis courts in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The countdown is on for the 2024 Paralympic Summer Games in Paris and, with just one week left to qualify, athletes around the world are pushing to secure their spots. Over the weekend, the...
Jul 08, 2024
NorthPaws dispatch Riverhawks, have won three of last four games
KAMLOOPS - After a dismal first half to the West Coast League baseball campaign, the Kamloops NorthPaws are showing signs of improvement.The NorthPaws toppled the Edmonton Riverhawks 7-1 on Sunday (Ju...
Jul 08, 2024
Second-round pick Dumansky signs with Blazers
KAMLOOPS - Jacob Dumansky has inked a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement with the Kamloops Blazers.The club nabbed Dumansky, a 6-foot-1, 160-pound forward from Langley, earlier this year in the...
Jul 08, 2024
Rivers FC men score late winner to beat Unity FC 3-2; women fall 2-0
KAMLOOPS - Rivers FC's men's squad kept their 2024 League1 BC postseason hopes alive Saturday (July 6). Kamloops' men's semi-pro soccer club defeated Unity FC from Surrey 3-2 at Hillside Stadium thank...
Jul 08, 2024
