Category Archives: Local Sports
Kamloops' Yamaoka to be inducted into B.C. Football Hall of Fame
KAMLOOPS ---- An outstanding high school player at Kamloops Secondary and the MVP in their 1990 championship team (a 36-7 victory over Centennial).Yamaoka went on to play at UBC following his secondar...
Sep 18, 2019 Image credit: cfjctoday
Blazers reduce roster, trade Ginnell
KAMLOOPS ---- The Blazers have reduced their roster to 25, trading 17 year old forward Riley Ginnell to the Brandon Wheat Kings for a 6th round bantam draft pick in 2021.Ginnell appeared in six pre-se...
Sep 17, 2019 Image credit: Brandon Wheat Kings
WolfPack's Fraser a star of the week in Canada West
KAMLOOPS ---- WolfPack star player James Fraser has been named a star of the week in Canada West.The 4th year forward from Penticton continues to be the main FOR TRU.Last Friday Fraser scored on a pen...
Sep 17, 2019 Image credit: cfjctoday
WolfPack soccer short on wins in four game weekend
KAMLOOPS --- Both WolfPack soccer teams were at home this weekend.The women were looking for their first win, and some goals, after scoring only once in a loss and a tie on the first weekend of the Ca...
Sep 16, 2019 Image credit: TRU WolfPack
Double-draw, double-loss for TRU WolfPack soccer squads after four-game weekend
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women's and men's soccer teams played their way through back-to-back games this weekend with mixed results.Friday evening, the WolfPack women fell 4-...
Sep 15, 2019 (Image Credit: Allen Douglas / TRU Athletics)
Storm begin new era, set the bar high
KAMLOOPS ---- It's a new start for the Kamloops Storm.New owners, new coach, new season.Steve Gainey has taken over the bench and will lead his squad into their season opening weekend at home, against...
Sep 13, 2019 Image credit: Kamloops Storm
Senior football programs at Valleyview and Westsyde fold for this season
KAMLOOPS --- Two longtime high shool football programs in Kamloops won't be fielding teams this fall. Westsyde and Valleyview won't have senior teams. Jeff Sidow is the athletic director at Westsyde s...
Sep 13, 2019 Image credit: cfjctoday
WolfPack soccer hosting busy weekend
KAMLOOPS ---- WolfPack soccer's home schedule is underway in earnest this weekend ---- with both teams playing twice at Hillside.While the men opened at home with a pair of games two weeks ago, before...
Sep 12, 2019 Image credit: WolfPack athletics
Blazers come away with 'eye-opening' experience from trip to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
KAMLOOPS - Blazers goaltender Rayce Ramsay couldn't believe what he saw when walking Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Hundreds of homeless people, open drug use, and a number of heartbreaking stories th...
Sep 11, 2019 A group of Kamloops Blazers toured around Vancouver's Downtown Eastside on Monday (Image Credit: Kamloops Blazers)
Blazers release Zawatsky, settle on their three overage players
KAMLOOPS - The Blazers have decided on who their three 20-year-olds will be going into the new season. The team released overage forward Alec Zawatsky on Wednesday (Sept. 11), keeping forwards Zane Fr...
Sep 11, 2019 Alec Zawatsky scored twice in three preseason games before the Blazers released him on Wednesday (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
