100 MILE HOUSE B.C. - Brenner Fyfe stopped 107 shots across two games this weekend though he wasn't able to stop the only shot he faced in double overtime at the South Cariboo Rec Centre Saturday (March 15) night. The Lethbridge native was beaten by Diego Cazac, whose shorthanded goal at 6:36 propelled the 100 Mile Hou...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson River Fighting Trout emerged victorious in their battle against the Ogopogo Saturday (March 15) night at Sandman Centre. The Fighting Trout, who also go by the Kamloops Blazers, scored three unanswered second period goals to reel in the 4-1 win over the Kelowna Rockets. The win keeps their slim ...

KAMLOOPS - A pair of graduating Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack athletes were named recipients of Canada West Student-Athlete Community Service awards earlier this month. Matthew Hamilton of the men's volleyball team and Asher Mayan of the men's basketball team took home the conference-wide award. It's the se...

KELOWNA - The Kamloops Blazers got goals from five different players as they piled more misery on the Kelowna Rockets, while keeping their own playoff hopes alive.Emmitt Finnie led the way with a goal and two assists as the Blazers beat the Rockets 5-2 Friday (March 14) night at Prospera Place. Harrison Brunicke, Rhett...

KAMLOOPS - Many of the country's best gymnasts are competing at Trampoline Elite Canada this weekend in Kamloops. The event has implications for athletes who are trying to crack national teams and compete at major events, such as the Canadian Championships, World Cups and World Championships. A Provincial Cup is runnin...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Levi Stuart of Merritt is head coach and general manager of the 100 Mile House Wranglers.The Wranglers are scheduled to host the Kamloops Storm in Game 1 of the best-of-seven Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Doug Birks Division final on Friday (March 14) in 100 Mile House.Stuart, whose...

KAMLOOPS - No Kamloops Storm team has reached the third round of the playoffs since 2015. The 10-year hiatus can end with a victory over the Wranglers in the Doug Birks Division Final, which gets underway on Friday (March 13) in 100 Mile House. "That was a long time ago," Storm Head Coach Andrew Fisher said. ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Sports Council has announced its finalists for the 2025 athletic awards that honour the best local athletes. The awards will be handed out on Saturday, April 5, during the 35th Annual Induction Ceremony at the Colombo Lodge. That's the same event where the latest Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame ind...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers' playoff hopes took a serious blow Wednesday (March 12) night following a 5-2 loss at home to the Wenatchee Wild. Things started well and early for the Blazers. Oren Shtrom put a rebound through and gave Kamloops a 1-0 lead 21 seconds in. However, the Blazers proceeded to surrender three...

KAMLOOPS - Westsyde Secondary earned a silver medal in the girls' division at the B.C. High School Curling Championships, which wrapped up earlier this month in Kimberley. Moscrop Secondary of Burnaby knocked off Westsyde 9-4 in the gold-medal game. The Westsyde team includes skip Bethany Evans, third Jacey Hallstrom...

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 Gary Oakden and the 1980-to-1984 Zenetti Fur Town Merchants soccer team.Pendrel is an Olympic medallist and four-time Ol...

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 paramount importance for both teams in their quests to stay alive in the Western Conference post-season race. "Time's runni...

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 the Tankard and it slipped away. "I'm just completely heartbroken for my team," Dunstone said. "I wasn't go...

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 third period, while on the power play, to make it 3-0 for his new team Sunday (March 9), just two days after he was acquired...

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 their BC Division rivals, and fell further back in their quest to qualify for the WHL playoffs this spring. The Blazers ar...

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 the Page playoff 1-2 game at Prospera Place Saturday. Both teams routinely picked up points with the hammer in Saturday'...

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 Collingwood Secondary Cavaliers from West Vancouver in the bronze medal game Saturday (March 8) at the Langley Events Ce...

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 five of the Bill Olhausen Division Semi-Finals Friday (March 7). The Grizzlies, who are defending Teck Cup champions, t...

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 final playoff spot and have one game in hand on the Blazers. On Saturday (March 8) night, the Blazers are scheduled to host ...

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 Brad Gushue and Team Canada in the Page 1-2 game, which is slated to get underway at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. The winner wil...

KAMLOOPS - Logan Stankoven of Kamloops was traded from the Dallas Stars to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday (March 7), which is trade deadline day in the NHL. Stankoven spoke to Marty Hastings of CFJC Today not long after the deal was finalized. Below is a transcript of the conversation, which has been edited for leng...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops native Logan Stankoven has been traded to the Carolina Hurricanes, one of two former Kamloops Blazers captains who were traded on NHL trade deadline day. The 22-year-old Stankoven was part of the trade that saw the Dallas Stars acquire Finnish forward Mikko Rantanen. The Stars also gave up two first...

LANGLEY - The Westsyde Whundas need one more victory to qualify for the gold medal game at the AA Boys B.C. School Sports Basketball Provincial Championships, which are taking place this week at the Langley Events Centre.No. 4-ranked Westsyde knocked off No. 5 St. Michael's University School of Victoria 73-63 in quarte...

KELOWNA, B.C. - Kamloops skip Matt Dunstone and his Manitoba rink came back for a 7-6 win over Canada's Brad Gushue on Thursday to hand the three-time defending champion his first loss at the Brier. The result left both teams with 7-1 records in Pool A but Dunstone took the top seed since head-to-head play was the tieb...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have signed 15-year-old defenseman Liam Kilfoil to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. The 2009-born Kilfoil, a six-foot tall right-shot defenceman, was selected by the Blazers in the sixth round of the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft. The Calgary native had seven goals and 28 points i...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers fell just short on the road Wednesday (March 6) night, losing to the Portland Winterhawks 4-3. The Blazers were behind the 8-ball early as the Winterhawks opened the scoring 30 seconds in. Although Kamloops local Jordan Keller eventually got the ball rolling for the Blazers, firing home ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Storm are moving on in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) playoffs. The Storm swept the Quesnel River Rush on the road Tuesday (March 4) with a 3-2 overtime win in Game Four. The Storm got out to a 2-0 lead after the first period, but the River Rush pushed back with their se...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers gave their Western Hockey League (WHL) playoff chances a boost Tuesday (March 4) night with a 3-2 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds on the road. The Blazers jumped out to three goals in the first period. Tommy Lafreniere fired home a power play goal from the slot, captain Emmitt Finnie f...