Category Archives: Local Sports
Blazers and Cougars now playing Thursday as WHL changes game schedules
KAMLOOPS - After numerous positive COVID-19 tests from Kelowna Rockets staff and players, the Western Hockey League is juggling game schedules. The Kamloops Blazers and Victoria Royals were originally...
Apr 01, 2021
WHL suspends Kelowna Rockets team activities after six positive COVID-19 tests
KAMLOOPS - The WHL has shut down the Kelowna Rockets for a minimum of two weeks. This move comes after six more positive COVID-19 tests among the Rockets' players and staff.According to a media releas...
Mar 31, 2021
Provincial government providing $15-million relief fund for amateur sports
KAMLOOPS --- The Province is providing $15 million for B.C.-based amateur leagues and teams competing at the provincial, national or international level to ensure athletes will continue to have access...
Mar 31, 2021
Blazers-Rockets game postponed Tuesday after member of Rockets cohort tests positive for COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers game against Kelowna has been postponed Tuesday night (Mar. 30) after a member of the Rockets team bubble tested positive for COVID-19.In a news release, the Western Ho...
Mar 30, 2021
TRU announces first inductee into Athletic Hall of Fame
KAMLOOPS --- TRU has introduced an Athletics Hall of Fame.It will recognize individuals and teams that have made a significant contribution and left a lasting legacy on the athletic program through 50...
Mar 29, 2021
Sloan continues hot streak at Corales Puntacana Championship
PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - For his third straight tournament, Merritt's Roger Sloan has finished in the top-25. Sloan was taking part in the opposite-field event over the weekend, with the top P...
Mar 29, 2021
Kamloops International Baseball Tournament cancelled again due to ongoing pandemic
KAMLOOPS - For the second year in a row, COVID-19 has forced the cancellation of the Kamloops International Baseball Tournament. Kamloops International Baseball President Wayne Harper says in a releas...
Mar 29, 2021
Kamloops hammer thrower best in Canada at his age, Olympics 'absolutely' could be in his future
KAMLOOPS - Two years ago, Ethan Katzberg was a basketball player in Nanaimo. With some convincing from Dylan Armstrong, he came to Kamloops to throw hammer. "I was always involved in track, and so I w...
Mar 26, 2021
Kelly Olynyk traded at the NBA trade deadline
KAMLOOPS --- Kelly Olynyk is on the move at the NBA trade deadline.Olynyk and Avery Bradley are going to the Houston Rockets for Victor Oladipo.Houston is one of the worst teams in the NBA, beating To...
Mar 25, 2021
NorthPaws face revised schedule - one less team in Canadian Division
KAMLOOPS --- Today the West Coast League announced the adoption of a revised 2021 schedule that eliminates all regular-season international travel. The new schedule will consist of the league's U.S.-b...
Mar 25, 2021
