Category Archives: Local Sports
Blazers completed weekend sweep of Seattle
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers improved to 3-0 following a 6-0 drubbing of the Seattle Thunderbirds on Saturday night (Sept 27) at the Sandman Centre. The victory capped off the weekend sweep of Seat...
Sep 28, 2025
WolfPack soccer teams fall on the road
KAMLOOPS - Both Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack soccer teams fell on the road Friday (Sept. 26). The WolfPack men's soccer team was shut out in Vancouver 2-0 by the No. 1 ranked University o...
Sep 27, 2025
Behm boosts Blazers with two goals in 4-3 win over Thunderbirds
KAMLOOPS - It was a warm welcome back to Sandman Centre for Kamloops Blazers forward Nathan Behm on Friday (Sept. 26). The 18-year-old forward returned from a National Hockey League training camp stin...
Sep 27, 2025
Kamloops athlete named finalist in Canadian Olympic Committee’s official cross-country talent search
KAMLOOPS - Harris Hunter of the Kamloops Canoe and Kayak Club was named a finalist this week in the RBC Training Ground. The competition is a nation-wide talent identification and athlete-funding prog...
Sep 26, 2025
Behm, Lafreniere amped for return to Blazers' lineup; Kufterins to make WHL debut in net
KAMLOOPS - With Tommy Lafreniere and Nathan Behm set to return to the lineup on Friday (Sept. 26), the Kamloops Blazers are nearly at full strength. Both forwards took part in training camps with thei...
Sep 26, 2025
Merritt Centennials aim to create legacy in KIJHL, emboldened heading into Year 2
KAMLOOPS -- Cooper Harrington said the Merritt Centennials are an institution and he never doubted local hockey fans would welcome the club after its rebirth in the Junior A Tier 2 Kootenay Internatio...
Sep 25, 2025
Merger plans hatched to save high school football season for Kamloops teams
KAMLOOPS -- The B.C. High School Football Association season is underway and two teams from Kamloops will compete in the AA/AAA Varsity Interior Division. Hopes for a Valleyview Vikings senior team di...
Sep 24, 2025
Lafreniere, Behm sent back to Blazers from NHL camps
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers are welcoming two of their offensive leaders back to the team.2007-born forwards Tommy Lafreniere and Nathan Behm have been reassigned to the Blazers from their respect...
Sep 24, 2025
Swift Current Broncos' bus crash survivor Wilkie hopes documentary brings healing
KAMLOOPS -- Bob Wilkie was on the Swift Current Broncos' bus that crashed in December of 1986 while en route to Regina.Four of his teammates were killed in the tragic accident that rocked the country....
Sep 23, 2025
THE TATTLE OF HASTINGS: Yoda and the Paddy-O
Paddy Harrington was inducted into the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame in 2019, the honour in recognition of his tireless work with the Kamloops Rugby Club Raiders.Harrington has held just about every bo...
Sep 23, 2025
