Category Archives: Local Sports
Blazers' Zary reflects on disappointing gold medal loss, special World Junior experience
KAMLOOPS - Twenty-four hours after a stunning gold-medal loss to the Americans, the agony of defeat remained on the face of Connor Zary, the Blazers forward who came so close to capturing a world juni...
Jan 06, 2021
NorthPaws sign former Blazers prospect
KAMLOOP --- The Kamloops NorthPaws newest pitcher will bring a history of success to Norbrock Stadium. Adam Maier, a sophomore right-handed pitcher with the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds...
Jan 06, 2021
Former Kamloops Chiefs/Vancouver Canucks player Rob Flockhart dies at age 64.
KAMLOOPS --- Former Kamloops Chiefs and Vancouver Canucks player Rob Flockhart has died.Flockhart, who was 64, passed away early Saturday morning, January 2, of a heart attack.He played for the Kamloo...
Jan 03, 2021
KIBIHT cancelled for 2020, but two players remember tourney experiences fondly
KAMLOOPS - For over half a century, the Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey tournament has been a staple in the sporting scene of the city. Thousands of young hockey players have participated in ...
Dec 31, 2020
Zary signs entry level contract with Calgary Flames
KAMLOOPS - Connor Zary has taken another step towards his NHL career with the signing of a three-year entry level contract with the Calgary Flames. In the 2020 NHL Draft in October, Zary was picked by...
Dec 31, 2020
Local junior hockey teams "relieved" by latest PHO change of restrictions
KAMLOOP --- The provincial health office has changed some of the rules on COVID-19 safety precautions and how it relates to junior hockey in B.C.Players 21-and-under can now practice under COVID safet...
Dec 29, 2020
NorthPaws sign experienced middle infielder
KAMLOOPS --- Mitch Moralez is the newest addition to the Kamloops NorthPaws. The middle infielder from Temecula, Calif. is a junior at Division I University of Utah Valley and the most experienced pla...
Dec 18, 2020
WHL determined to somehow, sometime, still have a season.
KAMLOOPS ---- After several postponements to start the season, the Western Hockey League this week postponed the start indefinitely. League governor will meet in early January to make a decision on ho...
Dec 17, 2020
Western Hockey League delays start of season
KAMLOOPS --- The Western Hockey League announced today it will delay the start of the 2020-21 WHL Regular Season, and following further consultation with regional health authorities, the Board of Gove...
Dec 15, 2020
NorthPaws signed right-handed pitcher
KAMLOOPS --- The Kamloops NorthPaws have added another Spartan to the inaugural roster. Right-handed pitcher Trevor Allen from Los Gatos, Calif. will join his San Jose State University teammates Dalto...
Dec 15, 2020
