KAMLOOPS -- A question from a dying friend spurred Justin Griffore into the squared-circle: If you were on your death bed, what would you regret not doing? "The answer was simple," Griffore said. "I would regret not trying professional wrestling." Griffore, a lifelong wrestling fan, strapped on boot...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers forward Tommy Lafreniere has been named the WHL Rookie of the Week for the week ending Jan. 12.The 17-year-old Lafreniere led all rookies with six points (two goals and four assists) in two games last week, as the Blazers beat the Vancouver Giants 5-4 on Friday (Jan. 10) and the Prince Georg...

ABBOTSFORD B.C. - Cyrus Harrison led the way with 25 points as the TRU WolfPack men's basketball team beat the UFV Cascades 83-74 on Saturday (Jan. 11) night. The Surrey native, who was 11-18 from the floor, also grabbed a team-high seven rebounds at the UFV Athletic Centre, as the WolfPack led for the vast majority of...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) women's volleyball team went the distance but they picked up a 3-2 (25-23, 23-25, 25-12, 18-25, 15-10) win over the Winnipeg Wesmen on Saturday (Jan. 11) afternoon. The 10-2 WolfPack have won six in a row to move into second place in the standings, though the Fraser Valle...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers capped off a four-point weekend with a 6-3 win over the Prince George Cougars Saturday (Jan. 11) night, giving them their first win streak in over two months.Nathan Behm and Tommy Lafreniere combined for six points at Sandman Centre as the Blazers beat the Cougars for the first time this...

VANCOUVER - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) basketball teams began the second half of the Canada West season with a pair of defeats against the UBC Thunderbirds Friday (Jan. 10) night.The WolfPack men trailed by just five points early in the fourth quarter at the War Memorial Gymnasium, but they were unable to kee...

KAMLOOPS - It was a winning return to action for both Thompson Rivers University (TRU) volleyball teams as they hosted the University of Winnipeg Friday (Jan. 10) night. The 3-8 WolfPack men beat the Wesmen 3-1 (20-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-20) at the Tournament Capital Centre (TCC) on a night when Sam Flowerday became just...

KAMLOOPS - Jordan Keller scored a no-look backhander while on his back to lead the Kamloops Blazers to a 5-4 overtime win over the Vancouver Giants Friday (Jan. 10) night. The Kamloops native's goal at 2:01 of overtime capped off a wild game at Sandman Centre that saw four of nine goals scored in the final 3:47 of acti...

KAMLOOPS -- Priyanca Sundher did not envision a coaching carousel when she joined the TRU WolfPack in time for the 2021-2022 campaign. Interim head coach Scott Clark is her fourth TRU bench boss. "It's been hard to adjust every single coaching change that we've had, but I feel like when it comes to moving forward ...

KAMLOOPS -- The Kamloops Blazers made several moves ahead of the WHL trade deadline, which passed at 5 p.m. on Thursday (Jan. 9).Overage forward Beau Courtney practised with the Blazers on Thursday (Jan. 9) for the first time since being acquired from the Everett Silvertips on Tuesday (Jan. 7) in exchange for a seventh...

KAMLOOPS -- The TRU WolfPack volleyball teams took different approaches to the Canada West holiday break. While head coach Chad Grimm and his women's team went separate ways to spend time with friends and family, bench boss Pat Hennelly and the men's club took a trip to Turkey. As CFJC Today reports, both teams will re...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops native Mathew Ward has committed to playing hockey for Northern Michigan University. The 20-year-old forward, who is currently playing for the WHL's Medicine Hat Tigers, is set to join the NCAA Division II Wildcats for the 2025-26 season. A first round draft pick of the Swift Current Broncos, Ward h...

KAMLOOPS -- With three junior B.C. titles, a junior national championship, one B.C. women's banner and three appearances at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Team Brown has a Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame resume. But the Kamloops Curling Club [KCC] rink - which includes skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Sar...

KAMLOOPS - The Blazers bought from Brandon to bolster their blueline.In their second trade of the day, the Kamloops Blazers acquired 19-year-old defenceman Rhett Ravndahl from the Brandon Wheat Kings in exchange for a fifth-round selection in the 2026 WHL Prospects Draft.Ravndahl, from Birch Hills, Saskatchewan, has pl...

KAMLOOPS -- The Kamloops Blazers picked Vit Zahejsky of Czechia second overall in the 2024 CHL Import Draft last summer. He's a highly touted offensive talent with NHL Draft potential, but the 17-year-old forward has faced significant challenges during his rookie season in the WHL. Zahejsky spoke to CFJC Today about so...

KAMLOOPS - The Blazers have added a veteran forward ahead of the Western Hockey League (WHL) trade deadline.In a news release issued Tuesday (Jan. 7), the team says it has acquired 20-year-old forward Beau Courtney from the Everett Silvertips in exchange for a seventh-round selection in the 2026 Prospects Draft.To make...

KAMLOOPS - Kendra Woodland is adding to her resumé while waiting for a chance to realize Professional Women's Hockey League dreams. The 24-year-old goaltender from Kamloops has joined the Hockey Canada National Team Athlete Committee, an eight-person group that also includes Billy Bridges, Michael Mastrodomenico...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers are leaving Spokane without a point. After losing 3-2 the night prior, the Blazers fell to the Spokane Chiefs again Sunday (Jan. 6) 5-2. The Blazers surrendered the first three goals before getting on the board late in the second period. Vit Zahejsky - the second overall pick in the 2024...

OTTAWA - Kamloops Blazers defenceman Matteo Koci is a two-time World Juniors bronze medalist. The 19-year-old was playing for his native Czechia, who needed a 14-round shootout to beat Sweden 3-2 in Sunday's (Jan. 5) bronze medal game at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa. It's Czechia's third consecutive medal at the ...

SPOKANE, WASH. - Salmon Arm native Nathan Mayes scored what turned out to be the game winner as the Kamloops Blazers fell 3-2 to the Spokane Chiefs Saturday (Jan. 4) evening. Newest Blazer Jager Gugyelka scored his first career WHL goal on the night, which could have been a lot worse if not for the efforts of 17-year-o...

OTTAWA - Kamloops native Kendra Woodland is one of eight current and former athletes who have been elected to serve multi-year terms on Hockey Canada's new National Team Athlete Committee. Hockey Canada says the committee will represent the voice of high-performance men's, women's and para hockey athletes in the countr...

SEATTLE - The Seattle Thunderbirds have traded Kamloops native Sawyer Mynio to the Calgary Hitmen for two players and four draft picks.The Thunderbirds get Salmon Arm native Sawyer Mayes, a forward, and defenceman Linden Burrett, as well as first and fourth round picks in both 2025 and 2026.The 19-year-old Mynio, who h...

KAMLOOPS - Max Graham scored a shorthanded goal while on the breakaway to all but end the Kamloops Blazers' valiant third period comeback effort Friday (Jan. 3) night.The Blazers scored all of their goals in final 20 minutes of game action at Sandman Centre, but it was the Rockets who came away with the 6-4 win.Kelowna...

KAMLOOPS -- The Kamloops Storm are within striking distance of first place in their division, despite hovering around the .500 mark for much of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League campaign.With a record of 15-3-1-0, the club is four points behind the Doug Birks Division-leading 100 Mile House Wranglers, wit...

LIVERPOOL N.S. - A Vernon-based father-daughter rink with ties to Kamloops has been knocked out of the 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials.Kamloops native Jim Cotter, 50, and his daughter Jaelyn, 24, were beaten 9-6 in seven ends by the Alberta-based rink of Rachel Homan and Brendan Bottcher in the Page 3/4 Qual...

KAMLOOPS - Two former Kamloops NorthPaws players will be back in the dugout as assistant coaches for the 2025 West Coast League (WCL) season. Trey Newman and Jack Slominski will serve as assistants to new head coach Riley Jepson. The pair, who are both from Scottsdale, Arizona, also coached in the Arizona Summer League...

HARTFORD, CT - Former Kamloops Blazers netminder Dylan Garand has been named the American Hockey League's goaltender of the month for December.Garand posted a 4-2 record with two shutouts in December as a member of the Hartford Wolf Pack, the AHL affiliate of the New York Rangers. He allowed just eight goals on 192 sho...

KAMLOOPS - Ethan Katzberg of the Kamloops Track and Field Club threw 84.12 metres to win gold in men's hammer throw at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. He is the first Olympic champion from Canada in the event and the country's first hammer throw medallist at the Games since 1912. This past weekend, he was recog...