Category Archives: Local Sports
McArthur Island rink wins international curling event
KAMLOOPS - A rink from the McArthur Island Curling Club in Kamloops won an international tournament in Richmond on the weekend. The Lori Olsen rink captured both the B.C. Club Challenge and the Pacifi...
Apr 17, 2018
Former Blazers coach is back in the game -- but not hockey
KAMLOOPS - Guy Charron coached the Kamloops Blazers from November 2009 to the end of the 2013-14 season. Four years after leaving the bench in hockey, Charron is going to the commissioners chair ̵...
Apr 13, 2018
Seeing double: South Kam celebrates rarity of two championship wins
KAMLOOPS - The players, boys and girls, entered the South Kam gym to a standing ovation. Staff, students and parents showing their respect and appreciation for the teams’ tremendous accomplishme...
Apr 12, 2018
Kamloops Blazers president remembers 1974 team bus crash
KAMLOOPS - In December of 1974 Don Moores was an 18-year old forward with the Kamloops Chiefs in what was then known as the Western Canada Hockey League. The team had played a Saturday night game in E...
Apr 10, 2018
Former KTFC athlete misses medals at Commonwealth Games
KAMLOOP - Sultana Frizell has fallend short of an unprecedented three hammer throw gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in Australia. Frizell, who formerly trained at the Kamloops Track and Field Clu...
Apr 10, 2018
Hockey world reflects on Humboldt bus tragedy
KAMLOOPS - The Humboldt team bus tragedy has impacted on the entire hockey world. Even the most grizzled and toughest in the game have been moved to tears. “It just goes to show you that you nee...
Apr 09, 2018
Player killed in Humboldt bus crash former KIBIHT allstar MVP defenceman
KAMLOOPS - One of the players who died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash last Friday night was a former all-star and MVP at the Kamloops International Bantam Hockey Tournament. 16-year old Adam Herold...
Apr 09, 2018
Son inspired by dad's professional baseball journey
KAMLOOPS - Gary and Jason Boulin share the love of baseball. The father and son are in Kamloops to take part in the Best of the West tournament. Jason as a player for a second straight year, and Gary ...
Apr 06, 2018
Big night $$$ for Kelly Olynyk
KAMLOOPS - It took Kelly Olynyk two minutes to make $1-million last night. After two minutes off the bench Olynyk had played 1700 minutes in his first season with the Miami Heat, earning a $1-million ...
Apr 05, 2018
Curlings free agent frenzy continues
KAMLOOPS - It’s free agent season in curling. Teams across the country are making changes in preparation for the next four year Olympic cycle. A month after skipping Saskatchewan at the Brier, S...
Apr 04, 2018
