Category Archives: Local Sports
Blazers' defenceman Brunicke named to Canada's U-18 team, moves up NHL Draft rankings
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' defenceman Harrison Brunicke received a double dose of notable news on Tuesday (April 16).Brunicke, 17, is one of six defencemen named to Hockey Canada's U-18 roster for t...
Apr 16, 2024
Dodd wins more double-mini gold, adds focus to individual trampoline discipline
KAMLOOPS -- Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre athlete Gavin Dodd has added to his substantial hardware collection. Dodd, 20, won two gold medals -- in double-mini trampoline and synchronized t...
Apr 13, 2024
Senior Rattlers to open lacrosse season this weekend at Memorial Arena
KAMLOOPS -- The Kamloops Rattlers will begin their Thompson Okanagan Senior Lacrosse League season on Sunday (April 14) with a game against the Kelowna Raiders.Game time is 4 p.m. at Memorial Arena. A...
Apr 13, 2024
Blazers goaltending coach De Palma tapped for Team Canada at 2024 IIHF U-18 World Championships in Finland
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers will be represented behind the bench for the upcoming IIHF U18 World Championships, which will take place in Finland from April 25 to May 5.Longtime Blazers' goaltendin...
Apr 11, 2024
'It's addictive'; Pickleball popularity swells in the Tournament Capital
KAMLOOPS - Touted as one of the fastest growing sports in the country, pickleball is a relatively new sport - first created in the 1960s - but it's not a fad. The local club in Kamloops now has around...
Apr 10, 2024
Kamloops' Dunstone, Manitoba rink in the hunt for Grand Slam of Curling crown
TORONTO - Kamloops skip Matt Dunstone and his Manitoba team that includes third B.J. Neufeld, second Colton Lott and lead Ryan Harnden, is chasing a Grand Slam of Curling title this week in Toronto.Te...
Apr 10, 2024
Kamloops Venom to open TOJLL season at home against Kelowna Kodiaks
KAMLOOPS - Snake Pit fever will return this weekend at Memorial Arena. The Kamloops Venom will begin the defence of their Thompson-Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League title on Saturday (April 13), when th...
Apr 09, 2024
Matt Kolle, longtime part-owner of Kamloops Storm, takes over sole ownership
KAMLOOPS - Last week, the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League announced that the North Okanagan Knights had been sold and will be relocated to Quesnel, where they will become the Quesnel River...
Apr 08, 2024
Important figures in the local sports world inducted into Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame has added another three people and one more team. The induction was held Saturday (April 6), when the 1972-73 North Kamloops Kinsmen hockey team was honoure...
Apr 08, 2024
Merritt Centennials embrace underdog role in final chance at BCHL glory
MERRITT, B.C. - One final ride, and a chance at long last to etch the Centennials name into the Fred Page Cup begins Friday night (Apr. 5) in Salmon Arm. "We have worked all year to get into the posit...
Apr 05, 2024
