Category Archives: Local Sports
Pendrel, Hawgood among 2025 Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame inductees
KAMLOOPS - Mountain biker Catharine Pendrel and Blazers great Greg Hawgood headline this year's class of Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame inductees.Also joining the hall in 2025 will be late boxing coach ...
Mar 12, 2025
Blazers plan to play urgent, desperate hockey against visiting Wild
KAMLOOPS - Expect to see desperation on Wednesday (March 12) at Sandman Centre. The Kamloops Blazers are scheduled to host the Wenatchee Wild in Western Hockey League action and victory is of paramoun...
Mar 12, 2025
Family, teammates rally around Dunstone after heartbreaking Brier defeat
KELOWNA - Kamloops resident Matt Dunstone was crestfallen after the Montana's Brier final on Sunday [March 10] in Kelowna. For the second time in three years, the Team Manitoba skip had one hand on th...
Mar 10, 2025
Logan Stankoven scores game-winning goal in Carolina Hurricanes debut
RALEIGH, N.C. - It didn't take long for Logan Stankoven to score his first goal as a Carolina Hurricane.The 22-year-old Kamloopsian redirected a point shot from Shayne Gostisbehere at 2:34 of the thir...
Mar 09, 2025
Blazers suffer another setback in quest to make WHL playoffs
KAMLOOPS - Oren Shtrom scored a late consolation goal for the Kamloops Blazers, who fell 5-1 to the Vancouver Giants Saturday (March 8) night at Sandman Centre.They gave up five unanswered goals to th...
Mar 09, 2025
Dunstone advances to Brier final with win over Gushue; Jacobs to play in semis
KELOWNA, B.C. - Kamloops skip Matt Dunstone will play for a Brier title in Kelowna Sunday (March 9) night. Dunstone and his Manitoba rink beat defending champion Brad Gushue's Team Canada rink 7-4 in ...
Mar 09, 2025
Westsyde Whundas finish fourth at B.C High School basketball championships
LANGLEY, B.C. - The Westsyde Whundas had to settle for a fourth-place finish at the 2A Boys Basketball Provincial Championships in Langley. The fourth-seeded Whundas were beaten 86-80 by third-seeded ...
Mar 08, 2025
Cents end inaugural KIJHL season after first-round playoff defeat to defending champion Grizzlies
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - The Merritt Centennials inaugural season in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) has come to an end. The Cents were beaten 3-1 by the Revelstoke Grizzlies in game...
Mar 08, 2025
Ernst aiming to finish WHL career strong, says Blazers determined to reach post-season
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers are four points back of a playoff spot in the WHL's Western Conference, with seven games remaining on their schedule. The Seattle Thunderbirds are holding down the fina...
Mar 07, 2025
Dunstone one victory away from Brier final, looking forward to game against Gushue
KELOWNA - Kamloops skip Matt Dunstone and his Manitoba rink can advance to the final of the Montana's Brier with a victory on Saturday (March 8) evening in Kelowna. Manitoba will square off against Br...
Mar 07, 2025
