Category Archives: Local Sports
WolfPack eliminate reigning U SPORTS champion Bisons to earn first-ever berth at nationals
KAMLOOPS - It was an historic Saturday (Feb. 28) night at the Tournament Capital Centre as the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack punched their ticket to their first-ever national championship tourna...
Mar 01, 2026 (Image Credit: Alessandro Boggio/Thymos Capture via TRU WolfPack)
Westsyde finishes fourth at AA provincials; Sa-Hali tops Valleyview to finish fifth in AAA tournament
LANGLEY, B.C. - The Westsyde Whundas will have to settle for fourth place at the AA girls basketball provincial championships.The 13th ranked Whundas lost 94-44 to the second-ranked Credo Christian Ko...
Feb 28, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today File Photo)
Blazers slump to sixth consecutive defeat after lopsided loss to league-leading Silvertips
EVERETT, WASH. - The Kamloops Blazers have slumped to their sixth defeat in a row after they dropped an 8-3 decision to the league-leading Everett Silvertips Friday (Feb. 27) night in Washington State...
Feb 28, 2026 (Image Credit: Everett Silvertips)
WolfPack, Bisons to play decisive third game after record-breaking performance from Surinx
KAMLOOPS - Raya Surinx and the Manitoba Bisons weren't going to go down without a fight. The two-time reigning U SPORTS women's volleyball player of the year set a Canada West playoff record 38.5 poin...
Feb 28, 2026 (Image Credit: Archie Golding/LeftRightMedia via TRU WolfPack)
Dunstone picks up pieces after Olympic trials defeat, back to chasing first Brier title
KAMLOOPS - Matt Dunstone was shattered after dropping the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials final to Brad Jacobs in November in Halifax. The Kamloops skip tended to his wounds during a recent seven-week...
Feb 27, 2026 Matt Dunstone (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
Silverbacks announce sale of franchise, hiring of new president
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The top junior hockey franchise in the Shuswap is under new ownership, but similar guidance. On Thursday (Feb. 26), the Salmon Arm Silverbacks announced the hockey club has been acq...
Feb 27, 2026 (Image Credit: Facebook/Salmon Arm Silverbacks)
Final four: Westsyde senior girls basketball team off to provincial semifinals
LANGLEY, B.C. - (UPDATE 12:30 p.m.): The Westsyde Whundas are off to the final four of the AA Senior Girls BC School Sports High School Basketball Provincial Championships. The No. 13 Whundas knocked ...
Feb 27, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
WolfPack win first home playoff match in program history, push defending national champions to brink of elimination
KAMLOOPS - Maria Dancheva led the TRU WolfPack with 16.5 points in a 3-2 victory over the Manitoba Bisons in Match 1 of a best-of-three women's Canada West volleyball quarter-final series on Thursday ...
Feb 26, 2026 MARIA DANCHEVA. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
Kamloops prizefighter Taylor preparing for pivotal Samourai MMA bout
KAMLOOPS - Lucas Taylor does not want to grow old, look back and have regrets. So, last year, at age 31, he began his professional mixed martial arts career, a 5-foot-6, 155-pound bulldog from Kamloop...
Feb 26, 2026 Ruthless Lucas Taylor (Image Credit: VALIENTE FIGHTS/YOUTUBE)
Overtime, shootout woes plaguing Blazers, who have lost five straight
KAMLOOPS - After a pair of weekend setbacks at the hands of the Kelowna Rockets, the Kamloops Blazers find themselves on a five-game losing streak. There is no panic in the dressing room, but with the...
Feb 25, 2026 Jordan Keller (Image Credit: Steve Dunsmoor)
