Category Archives: Local Sports
Stankoven talks playing in Vancouver, adapting to role with Hurricanes, capitalizing against reeling Canucks
KAMLOOPS - Logan Stankoven is scheduled to play his second NHL game in Vancouver on Wednesday [March 4], when his Carolina Hurricanes take on the Canucks at Rogers Arena. Stankoven was held off the sc...
Mar 03, 2026 LOGAN STANKOVEN (Image Credit: Josh Lavallee/Carolina Hurricanes)
Kamloops/Vernon/Penticton-based Cotter rink wins 2026 BC senior curling title
PENTICTON - A pair of curlers with ties to Kamloops have won the 2026 B.C. senior men's curling title.Former Kamloops resident, Jim Cotter, and Trevor Miyahara, who lives in the city, went a perfect 8...
Mar 02, 2026 Trevor Miyahara (left), Kevin Geistlinger, Brad Wood, and Jim Cotter (right) with the 2026 B.C. senior men’s curling trophy (Image Credit: CurlBC)
'Friends back on now': Opponents Kolomaya, Dunstone reflect on Kamloops clash under national Brier spotlight
KAMLOOPS - Tournament Capital curling was the winner at the Brier on Sunday [March 1] in St. John's, Nfld. Four River City rock throwers took to the pebbled ice on national television, with skip Matt ...
Mar 02, 2026 Jared Kolomaya, Cody Tanaka, Mitchell Kopytko and Coburn Fadden. (Image Credit: TSN)
Storm and Heat to meet in first round of KIJHL playoffs; Merritt to rematch against Revelstoke
KAMLOOPS - The KIJHL playoff brackets are set and it'll be the Kamloops Storm and Chase Heat who will square off in round one of the post-season, starting this Friday (March 6). It'll be the first pla...
Mar 01, 2026 (Image Credit: Kamloops Storm/Facebook)
Evaschesen scores 30th WHL goal as Blazers beat Giants to snap six-game losing streak
KAMLOOPS - Josh Evaschesen was the superhero the Kamloops Blazers needed as his 30th goal of the season helped snap a six game losing streak Saturday (Feb. 28) night. The Blazers beat the Vancouver Gi...
Mar 01, 2026 Josh Evaschesen celebrates his goal against the Vancouver Giants on Feb. 28, 2026. (Image Credit: Brian Johnson/Kamloops Blazers)
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)
