Category Archives: Local Sports
WolfPack women's volleyball looking for deep playoff run, basketball facing one in play in games.
KAMLOOPS ---- Of all the TRU WolfPack varsity athletic teams, the women's volleyball squad has arguably been the most successful over the last five seasons.Since Chad Grimm took over as head coach in ...
Feb 13, 2020 Image credit: TRU Athletics
B.C. Lions believe veteran head coach Rick Campbell can lead quick turnaround
KAMLOOPS - The Lions are hoping to wipe the slate clean in 2020 after a disastrous 5-13 season a year ago. The team fired one-and-done head coach DeVone Claybrooks and hired veteran Rick Campbell in t...
Feb 12, 2020 Players are excited about having Rick Campbell as their new head coach (Image Credit: B.C. Lions)
Team B.C. revved up for the Scotties
KAMLOOPS --- Moose Jaw will be the centre of the curling universe starting the weekend for the Scotties.Sixteen rinks from, one from each of the 10 provinces, along with the Territories, Yukon, Nunavu...
Feb 12, 2020 Image credit: Curl BC
Blazers goaltender Garand "won't play for a few weeks yet."
KAMLOOPS --- Kamloops Blazers goaltender Dylan Garand is listed as week-to-week.He has been out since being injured in a goal crease collision in a February 1 game against the Vancouver Giants.Accordi...
Feb 10, 2020 Image credit; Allen Douglas
Blazers hit bump in the road with 5th straight loss
KAMLOOPS --- The Blazers have hit a bump in the road ----- going 0-for-3 on the weekend to run their losing streak to five in a row.Following back-to-back one goal defeats at Victoria, they were blown...
Feb 10, 2020 Image credit: Vancouver Giants
WolfPack basketball closing out season on the road, women's volleyball looking to clinch home playoff round
KAMLOOPS --- TRU basketball and volleyball teams are all on the road this weekend at Lethbridge and Edmonton.Two of the four teams have clinched playoffs --- for two others it's a weekend that could d...
Feb 06, 2020 Image credit: TRU Athletics
Everett Silvertips sign Thompson Blazers forward
KAMLOOPS --- The Everett Silvertip have signed listed prospect and forward Brendan Hunchak to a WHL standard player agreement, Hunchak, 17, is fifth on the Thompson Blazers (BCMML) with 16 points (5g-...
Feb 06, 2020 Image credit: Everett Silvertips
Hunter family turning passion for hockey into fulfilling careers in the game
KAMLOOPS - Sharpening skates has been a big part of Russ Hunter's life. The owner of Players Bench Sports has been in the hockey business for over two decades. "I had a big hockey background as a kid,...
Feb 05, 2020 Players Bench owner Russ Hunter (left) and son Bennett, now an assistant equipment manager with the Kamloops Blazers, have turned hockey into fulfilling careers. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops basketball products finish out careers with TRU WolfPack
KAMLOOPS - For seven members of the TRU basketball teams, this past weekend was the last time they'll suit up in the orange, black, and white of the WolfPack on their home court. For a pair of those a...
Feb 04, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today/TRU WolfPack
Former MVP of the Kamloops International Baseball Tournament named to Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
KAMLOOPS --- Former Toronto Blue Jays first baseman and two-time World Series champion John Olerud headlines the four-man class that will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame this summe...
Feb 04, 2020 Image credit: contributed
