Category Archives: Local Sports
Blazers select forward Tverdovsky, goaltender Tate in U.S. Priority Draft
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers selected two players on Wednesday (May 8) in the WHL U.S. Priority Draft. Kamloops nabbed forward Eli Tverdovsky of Los Angeles, Calif., with the sixth overall pick in ...
May 08, 2024
Kamloops Blazers preparing this week for two draft days
KAMLOOPS - Management and scouting teams across the Western Hockey League are making final adjustments to player rankings this week ahead of a pair of drafts. The Kamloops Blazers are slated to pick s...
May 06, 2024
Raiders fall to Axemen in provincial rugby final
BURNABY - Axemen Rugby Football Club of Squamish proved too sharp for the Kamloops Raiders in the B.C. Rugby Union men's Division 2 championship match on Saturday (May 4) in Burnaby. The Axemen claime...
May 06, 2024
Kamloops Blazers defenseman Brunicke wins World U18 gold
FINLAND - Kamloops Blazers defenseman Harrison Brunicke is returning home from the IIHF U18 World Championship with a gold medal draped around his neck. Brunicke and Team Canada defeated the USA on Su...
May 05, 2024
TRU men's volleyball fills need with new middle
KAMLOOPS - After seeing their starting middle graduate last season, the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack have committed to a new big man.Jakob Leinemann has committed to the WolfPack after spending...
May 05, 2024
Rivers FC earns draw and loss in Nanaimo
Nanaimo, B.C. - Rivers FC starting a four week road trip in Nanaimo on Saturday evening, as the side battled Harbourside FC at Q'ung'inuqwstuxw Stadium. The women's team kicked-off first and found ear...
May 05, 2024
Ex-Blazer Ingram one of three finalists for NHL award recognizing perseverance
PHOENIX - Former Kamloops Blazers goaltender Connor Ingram has been named one of three finalists for the NHL's Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.The award recognizes the "player who best exemplifies the ...
May 03, 2024
Provincial men's rugby final Saturday pits underdog Kamloops Raiders against undefeated Squamish
KAMLOOPS - Greg Thomson booted a late penalty goal to lift his Kamloops Raiders to a 28-27 victory over Vancouver Rowing Club in the men's Division 2 B.C. Rugby Union final on May 5, 2018, in Abbotsfo...
May 02, 2024
Meikle of Kamloops gets call to B.C. Lions' mini-camp
KAMLOOPS - Colton Meikle of the Kamloops Broncos has been invited to B.C. Lions' mini-camp, which gets underway on May 8 at Hillside Stadium.Meikle, a receiver from Kamloops, was invited to main camp ...
May 01, 2024
THE TATTLE OF HASTINGS: Sons of Rusty
Rusty Brewer's husband, Bill, was a cowboy at Douglas Lake Cattle Company. After he died in a drowning accident, Rusty and her two- and four-year-old children moved to Merritt in 1976 and found comfor...
Apr 30, 2024
