Category Archives: Local Sports
Centennials' Callum MacLean named KIJHL rookie of the week after 9-point effort
MERRITT, B.C. - Callum MacLean's nine points have earned him the KIJHL's rookie of the week nod for the final week of the 2025-26 regular season, which ended on Feb 28.The 19-year-old MacLean helped t...
Mar 05, 2026 (Image Credit: Kootenay International Junior Hockey League)
Dunstone clinches Brier playoff berth; finishes second in round-robin stage
ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. - (UPDATE 6:10 p.m.): With a 9-3 win over Northern Ontario on Thursday (March 5) morning, Kamloops skip Matt Dunstone and his Manitoba team have clinched a berth in the Brier playoff...
Mar 05, 2026 Matt Dunstone (Image Credit: Andrew Klaver/Curling Canada)
Whundas senior boys basketball team wins first game at provincials
LANGLEY - The Westsyde Whundas senior boys basketball team is off to the quarter-finals of the 2A BC School Sports Provincial Championships. The No. 9 ranked Whundas won their first game of provincial...
Mar 05, 2026 (Image Credit: Contributed)
Kamloops Curling Club trio picks up first win with Team B.C. at Brier
ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. - Team B.C. and its three Kamloops Curling Club members are off the schneid at the Montana's Brier in St. John's, Nfld. Jared Kolomaya, Mitchell Kopytko and Coburn Fadden of Kamloops...
Mar 04, 2026 Coburn Fadden, Mitchell Kopytko (Image Credit: Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver)
Downey takes over as Kamloops Classic Swimming head coach, aims to provide stability
KAMLOOPS - Shane Downey has a vision for his tenure as head coach of Kamloops Classic Swimming (KCS). "I want to make sure that we develop well-rounded swimmers, competitive swimmers, but also fantast...
Mar 04, 2026 Shane Downey (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
WolfPack women's volleyball head coach, libero earn year-end awards
KAMLOOPS - The libero and head coach for the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women's volleyball team have earned year-end awards from Canada West. Olivia Andulajevic was named Canada West's Libero...
Mar 04, 2026 (Image Credit: TRU WolfPack)
Blazers fall to Thunderbirds 4-1, give up ground in WHL playoff race
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers gave up ground in the Western Hockey League (WHL) playoff race. The Blazers fell to the ninth-place Seattle Thunderbirds at home Tuesday (March 4) night 4-1. The WHL's ...
Mar 04, 2026 (Image Credit: Brian Johnson via Facebook/Kamloops Blazers)
Call Me Maybe: Whundas aim to answer critics at high school hoops provincials
KAMLOOPS - Teenage Dream, a 2010 dance-pop number by Katy Perry, was the anthem last season. This year, the Westsyde Whundas' senior boys basketball team jams to Call Me Maybe, a 2012 Carly Rae Jepsen...
Mar 03, 2026 Westsyde Whundas. (Image Credit: Submitted)
Stankoven talks playing in Vancouver, adapting to role with Hurricanes, capitalizing against reeling Canucks
KAMLOOPS - Logan Stankoven is scheduled to play his second NHL game in Vancouver on Wednesday [March 4], when his Carolina Hurricanes take on the Canucks at Rogers Arena. Stankoven was held off the sc...
Mar 03, 2026 LOGAN STANKOVEN (Image Credit: Josh Lavallee/Carolina Hurricanes)
Kamloops/Vernon/Penticton-based Cotter rink wins 2026 BC senior curling title
PENTICTON - A pair of curlers with ties to Kamloops have won the 2026 B.C. senior men's curling title.Former Kamloops resident, Jim Cotter, and Trevor Miyahara, who lives in the city, went a perfect 8...
Mar 02, 2026 Trevor Miyahara (left), Kevin Geistlinger, Brad Wood, and Jim Cotter (right) with the 2026 B.C. senior men’s curling trophy (Image Credit: CurlBC)
