Category Archives: Local Sports
'It looks like mid-November, early-December hockey': Blazers feeling good after sweeping exhibition weekend
KAMLOOPS - Following another perfect preseason weekend in Langley, pushing their exhibition record to 5-0, there is excitement building within the Blazers locker room.It's a team that feels they're bu...
Sep 09, 2019 The Blazers swept this weekend's games against Prince George, Victoria and Vancouver.
WOLFPACK TV: Recapping the weekend for TRU soccer
KAMLOOPS - Both TRU soccer teams were in action this weekend with the women looking for their first points of the young season under a new head coach in Calgary.The men, meantime, were on the coast lo...
Sep 09, 2019 The women's soccer team earned its first point of the season with a draw at the University of Calgary on Saturday (Image Credit: TRU Athletics)
TRU Soccer teams in action over weekend
KAMLOOPS - It was a mixed bag for the TRU Men's and Women's soccer teams over the weekend. The women's soccer team played to a draw in Calgary with the Calgary Dinors, while the men's team dropped a 1...
Sep 09, 2019 Image Credit: TRU
Rebels rout Broncos to mark halfway point of BCFC season
KAMLOOPS - The Westshore Rebels beat the Kamloops Broncos 45-0 at Hillside Stadium on Saturday night. The game was delayed for a significant period thanks to the spectacular electrical storm that hit ...
Sep 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Zawatsky competing for 20-year-old spot against returning Blazers
KAMLOOPS - The Blazers are in Langley this weekend for a mini four-team tournament with Prince George, Vancouver and Victoria, as the players on the bubble compete for a spot on the opening-night rost...
Sep 06, 2019 Alec Zawatsky, acquired off waivers by the Blazers, is competing for one of three overage roster spots (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Storm end preseason with loss to 100 Mile House, prepare for opener next Friday
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Storm have wrapped up their exhibition schedule and now have a week to prepare for the Golden Rockets, their opening-night opponent next Friday (Sept. 13) at Memorial Arena.The...
Sep 06, 2019 The Kamloops Storm open their regular season on Sept. 13 at home against Golden.
Wolfpack drop season opener to begin Mark Pennington era
KAMLOOPS - The Mark Pennington era officially began today for the TRU women's soccer team, but the new WolfPack head coach will have to wait another day to earn his first win. The WolfPack dropped a 1...
Sep 05, 2019 New women's soccer head coach Mark Pennington will have to wait until Saturday to get his first win at TRU (Image Credit: Andrew Snucins / TRU Athletics)
Lang joining Hurricanes at prospects tournament in Nashville
KAMLOOPS - Blazers import Martin Lang jetted off to Nashville on Thursday to take part in a prospects tournament for the Carolina Hurricanes. The tournament starts on Saturday and runs until Tuesday w...
Sep 05, 2019 Blazers' import forward Martin Lang will be in Nashville the next week taking part in a prospects tournament with Carolina (Image Credit: Evan Fitzer)
Former Blazers captain Willick skating in Kamloops before first pro hockey stint in Europe
KAMLOOPS - Dylan Willick was part of a Blazers core that, for a short time, brought a little hope back to a franchise that lost its way. As captain in his 20-year-old season, he helped the team reach ...
Sep 04, 2019 Dylan Willick is getting ready to play this season in the Polska Hokej Liga (Image Credit: Rob Blanchard, UNB)
Hay of Kamloops impresses at Oil Kings camp, signs standard deal
KAMLOOPS - Kolby Hay feels like he had a good camp with Edmonton Oil Kings, and the 15-year-old goaltender from Kamloops has been rewarded by signing a standard WHL contract."They wanted to see how I ...
Sep 04, 2019 Kamloops native Kolby Hay has signed a contract with the Edmonton Oil Kings (Image Credit: Edmonton Oil Kings)
