Category Archives: Local Sports
Blazers, playing with defencemen up front, aim to hold steady while injuries heal
KAMLOOPS - In recent weeks, the Kamloops Blazers have been asking defenders to play up front, this due to an injury-depleted forward group. Blazers head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston said h...
Nov 28, 2025
'It's championship or bust': Storm confident after sizzling start to KIJHL season
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Storm forward Teghan Mullin is confident his club's position atop Kootenay International Junior Hockey League standings is no fluke. "I think this year, it's championship or bust,"...
Nov 28, 2025
Black upsets Einarson in women's semi at curling Trials, Dunstone wins men's semi
HALIFAX - Christina Black's team started the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials with a whimper. The rink has a chance to end the playdowns as Canada's representatives at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Bla...
Nov 27, 2025 Skip Matt Dunstone, centre, directs his sweepers during the men's semifinal against Team McEwen at the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials in Halifax on Nov. 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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WolfPack aim to wrangle Bisons on Country Night at TCC
KAMLOOPS - With eight wins and two losses this season, the TRU WolfPack sit alone atop Canada West women's volleyball standings. Whether they keep that position will depend on their performance this w...
Nov 27, 2025
Blazers' Hurlbert scores for Team CHL but Team USA wins Prospects Challenge in 'super overtime'
LETHBRIDGE - American forward JP Hurlbert scored for Team CHL, but it was the US National Team Development Program (US NTDP) Team that emerged victorious at the 2025 CHL USA prospects challenge this w...
Nov 27, 2025
THE TATTLE OF HASTINGS: Zablotny reflects on Red Bull Rampage victory
KAMLOOPS - Red Bull Rampage is widely considered the most prestigious competition in freeride mountain biking - tantamount to the discipline's Super Bowl or world championship. The event takes place a...
Nov 26, 2025
Team Brown lead Fisher reflects on Olympic trials after falling short of playoffs
HALIFAX - Team Brown's run at the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials has come to an end. The Kamloops Curling Club rink fell 9-4 to Selena Sturmay of Edmonton on Wednesday in Halifax to finish pool play ...
Nov 26, 2025
Woodland, first PWHLer from Kamloops, aims to rise ranks with Ottawa Charge
KAMLOOPS - Kendra Woodland would not be denied. Twice passed over in the Professional Women's Hockey League Draft, she persevered and was awarded a tryout with the Ottawa Charge. That tryout took plac...
Nov 25, 2025
Dunstone in the driver's seat, Brown reeling at Canadian Curling Olympic Trials
HALIFAX - Kamloops resident Matt Dunstone and his Manitoba-based curling team is in the driver's seat to securing a playoff berth at the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Halifax. After earning a 7-3...
Nov 25, 2025
Blazers' Hurlbert named WHL Player of the Week for second time this season
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers forward JP Hurlbert has been named the WHL's Player of the Week for the week ending Nov. 23. Hurlbert, the reigning WHL player of the month, is the first repeat winner of t...
Nov 24, 2025
