Category Archives: Local Sports
TRU Athletic Awards handed out virtually
KAMLOOPS - TRU WolfPack has named the athletes of the year for the 2019-20 season. Kendra Finch from women's volleyball is the female athlete of the year. Finch also takes the Leadership athlete of th...
Apr 03, 2020
Joe Hicketts on the shut down of the season, and the future
KAMLOOPS --- When the pro hockey season at all levels shut down three weeks ago because of COVID-19, it left players in limbo, and scrambling to get home.One of those being Joe Hicketts from Kamloops,...
Mar 31, 2020 Image credit: contributed
Another staple of the local sports summer falls victim to COVID-19
KAMLOOPS --- It is with very heavy hearts that the executive of Kamloops International Baseball has to make a very serious difficult decision about the 2020 Tournament. We have put a lot of thought in...
Mar 27, 2020 Image credit: KIBT
Tough decisions ahead, Blazers with glut of 20 year olds in 2020-21
KAMLOOPS ---- Now that the Blazers season is over with the cancellation of the playoffs in the Western Hockey League, the planning starts for next season.There will be some tough decisions to make ahe...
Mar 26, 2020 Image credit: Kamloops Blazers
From the sports vault we rewind 21 years to the 1999 Canadian Amateur Golf Championship in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS --- Diving into the vault for a sports re-wind --- we go back 21 years.Just before the turn to the 21st century, Kamloops was frong and centre on the Canadian golf map.The 1999 Canadian Amate...
Mar 25, 2020 Image credit: Evan Fitzer
Franklin, Stankoven disappointed not knowing how the season could have ended
KAMLOOPS --- The complete shutdown and cancellation of the remainder of the season, including playoffs, is unprecedented in the 54 season history of the Western Hockey League.While it's disheartening ...
Mar 24, 2020 Image credit: Kamloops Blazers
Kamloops football coach quarantined in Argentina by COVID-19
KAMLOOPS --- Hundreds of Canadians have been stranded in other counties by COVID-19. Most are finding their way home. But in some cases Canadians are in quarantine in the countries where they are. Tha...
Mar 23, 2020 Image credit: CFJC sports
Kamloops athlete sheds tear over COC not sending athletes to Olympics/Paralympics -- but says it is the right thing to do.
KAMLOOPS --- Yesterday the Canadian Olympic Committee announced it will not be sending athletes to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics if they are held this summer.Other national Olympic committees hav...
Mar 23, 2020 Image credit: Athletics Canada
Inside the sports vault --- the 1990 NHL draft
KAMLOOPS --- As we unlock the archive vault again, and take a look back at stories involving local teams, tournaments and athletes during the current shutdown in sports.This time we rewind 30 years --...
Mar 20, 2020 Image credit: Dave Woodward
Delving into the sports archive vault - Kam High Red Devils 1983 B.C. Football Championship
KAMLOOPS --- Over the last few days I've been asked many times "what are you going to report on now that most sports are shutting down during the COVID crisis?"Well, the answer to that is that there h...
Mar 18, 2020 Image credit: Dave Woodward
