Category Archives: Local Sports
Hurricanes' Anholt named WHL executive of the year
KAMLOOPS --- The Western Hockey League announced today Peter Anholt, General Manager of the Lethbridge Hurricanes, as the recipient of the Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy (WHL Executive of the Year). I...
May 08, 2020 Image credit: WHL
Kamloops amateur associations still waiting for clarity from sporting bodies to move forward
KAMLOOPS - It's the time of year when the baseball diamonds at McArthur Island are full of young little leaguers. But they're empty due to COVID-19. The Kamloops Minor Baseball Association (KMBA) canc...
May 08, 2020 The Midget AAA Riverdogs gathering at the mound during a game in 2017 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Blazers 2019 1st rd draft taken in USHL draft --- Blazers still in dialogue
KAMLOOPS --- The U.S. Hockey League is the top junior league in the U.S. sanctioned by USA Hockey.Unlike the Western League, where players become ineligible for the NCAA once they play in the WHL, the...
May 05, 2020 Image credit: Blazers
Shaun Clouston on the '19-'20 season, and we'll never know what could have been.
KAMLOOPS --- It's been 52 days since the Kamloops Blazers played their last game of the season --- although it wasn't until seven days later that they learned it was the last game.On March 17 when the...
May 01, 2020 Image credit: Kamloops Blazers
KIJHL and BCHL seek government financial help
Kamloops---COVID-19 has shut down sports and left many teams and leagues in a financial lurch. Two of B.C.'s junior hockey leagues --- the B.C. League and Kootenay International Junior League --- are ...
Apr 30, 2020
Latest WolfPack basketball recruit expected to turn heads ---- up!
KAMLOOPS ---- Most sports have been cancelled or postponed because of COVID-19.One thing the pandemic hasn't shut down is the recruiting process.In a competitive market getting top athletes to commit ...
Apr 28, 2020 Image credit: contributed
Kamloops player Molendyk signs with Saskatoon Blades
KAMLOOPS --- The 5th overall pick in last weeks Western Hockey League Bantam Draft has signed with the Saskatoon Blades.Defenseman Tanner Molendyk, who is from Kamloops, was the Blades first pick in t...
Apr 27, 2020 Image credit: contributed
Prep versus rep in WHL bantam draft
KAMLOOPS --- 233 players were selected in yesterday's Western Hockey League Bantam draft.Alberta led with 77 players, Saskatchewan had 53, and B.C. 49.51.5% of the 66 players taken in the first three ...
Apr 23, 2020 Image credit: WHL
Kamloops' Tanner Molendyk 5th overall pick in WHL bantam draft
KAMLOOPS ---- Six players from Kamloops had their names added to the prospects pool in todays Western Hockey League bantam draft.Five of the six played last season with the Yale Hockey Academy, includ...
Apr 22, 2020 Image credit: contributed
Blazers take 10 players in WHL bantam draft.
KAMLOOPS --- The Kamloops Blazers selected 10 players in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft on Wednesday, April 22, 2020.The Blazers had 10 picks in the first six rounds and selected five defensemen and five f...
Apr 22, 2020 Image credit: WHL
