Category Archives: Local Sports
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)
Three WolfPack volleyball players given year-end Canada West honours
KAMLOOPS - A trio of Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack volleyball players earned year-end honours from Canada West. On the women's side, WolfPack outside hitter Rida Erlalelitepe and setter Li...
Feb 25, 2026 (l to r) Rida Erlalelitepe, Libby Meldrum and Daniel Hitchens (Image Credit: TRU WolfPack)
WolfPack feeling buzz ahead of program-first home playoff match, expecting slobberknocker with national champions
KAMLOOPS - They have earned the attention that comes along with breaking new ground. Whether the TRU WolfPack women's volleyball team is ready for the spotlight will be determined this week during a b...
Feb 25, 2026 Hail Ward (Image Credit: Archie Golding-Left Right Media/TRU WolfPack)
13th-ranked Whundas head to provincials with underdog mentality
KAMLOOPS - The Westsyde Whundas are off to the 2026 BC School Sports AA Girls Basketball Provincial Tournament. Their journey included a second-place finish at Okanagans, losing to JL Jackson of Salmo...
Feb 24, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Sabres aim to surprise at high school hoops provincials; Vikes relishing B.C. championship experience
KAMLOOPS - Iyin Aina of the Sa-Hali Sabres remembers well the pain of 2025, a one-point loss to the Mennonite Educational Institute Eagles of Abbotsford in the AAA B.C School Sports Girls Basketball C...
Feb 24, 2026 Iyin Aina of the Sa-Hali Sabres. (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Anthony Corea)
Hundreds needed as volunteer recruitment opens for Kamloops 2026 55+ BC Games
KAMLOOPS - The host society for the 2026 55+ BC Games in Kamloops is calling for hundreds of residents to help carry out the week-long event as volunteer registration opens.According to a news release...
Feb 24, 2026 Kamloops hosted the Canada 55+ Games in 2022. (Image Credit: CFJC Today / File photo)
