Category Archives: Local Sports
Former Blazer Ingram nominated for NHL's Masterton Trophy
PHOENIX - Former Kamloops Blazers goaltender Connor Ingram is in the running for a major NHL award.Ingram is the Arizona Coyotes' nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to th...
Apr 05, 2024
'Continue that tradition'; New Centennials ownership excited to keep junior hockey in Merritt
MERRITT B.C. - 'Bittersweet' is a word closely affiliated with the Merritt Centennials folding after 51 years, but as one door closes, another opens as Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJ...
Apr 04, 2024
Blazers' Thomson nominated for WHL Scholastic Player of the Year
KAMLOOPS - There wasn't much memorable about the 2023-24 Western Hockey League season for the Kamloops Blazers, but the performance of some of the team's first-year players was a bright spot.One of th...
Apr 04, 2024
North Okanagan Knights sold and moving to Quesnel
QUESNEL, B.C. - Armstrong's junior hockey club is moving to B.C.'s Cariboo region.The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League announced Thursday that the North Okanagan Knights franchise has been ...
Apr 04, 2024
Kamloops looking to be a soccer hub
KAMLOOPS - In the last few years, Kamloops has been putting itself on the map as a soccer hub in B.C.Housing a founding member of the League1BC soccer league, Rivers FC, and following the Thompson Riv...
Apr 04, 2024
BC Soccer Premier League franchise coming to Kamloops?; Rivers FC hires women's coach
KAMLOOPS -- Lyle Dos Santos was hired in October as general manager of both the Kamloops Youth Soccer Association and Rivers FC, the latter a club that fields men's and women's teams in semi-pro Leagu...
Apr 03, 2024
'The well is dry'; As the BCHL postseason begins, the Cents prepare for one final ride
MERRITT B.C. - The longest continually operating franchise in the BCHL. It's a moniker and title that the Centennials have proudly held for a vast majority of their tenure in Merritt. However, in the ...
Apr 03, 2024
Kamloops lawn bowling club offering free instructional sessions
KAMLOOPS - Lawn bowling is not a seniors-only sport.That message is being spread by Bruce Clary, who belongs to the Kamloops Riverside Lawn Bowling Club's membership committee, ahead of free instructi...
Apr 03, 2024
Kamloops soccer star's pro dreams become reality in Europe
KAMLOOPS - It has been two years since Alesandro Comita's legendary extra-time goal that helped secure the Thompson Rivers University Men's Soccer team the U Sports National title victory. That goal h...
Apr 02, 2024
Blazers' Keller nominated for WHL Most Sportsmanlike Player Award
KAMLOOPS - Jordan Keller of the Kamloops Blazers is the B.C. Division nominee for the WHL Most Sportsmanlike Player Award.Keller of Kamloops is nominated along with Gavin Hodnett of the Edmonton Oil K...
Apr 02, 2024
