KAMLOOPS - Westsyde Whundas' director of football Cleve Maartman said anticipation has been building for the senior football team's annual United Rentals Friday Night Lights game. "Here in our community, they ask for it, 'When is it going to happen?'" Maartman said. "We want this to be a huge event agai...

KAMLOOPS - Sports rivalries are often built on familiarity and animosity - and it doesn't hurt to have a trophy up for grabs. The elements are coming together for the Kamloops Storm and Merritt Centennials, who will play this season for the Coquihalla Cup. "Their fans are passionate and so are ours," Storm h...

KAMLOOPS and MERRITT, B.C. - There will be a little more than points in the standings on the line when the Kamloops Storm face the Merritt Centennials in BC Hockey Conference action this season.The Junior A teams have announced their six head-to-head matchups will see them battle it out for a new trophy - the Coquihall...

KAMLOOPS - Floor Ursem's parents will visit her in Kamloops next month and seem likely to be toting a box of chocolate sprinkles when they arrive in Canada. "It's called Hagelslag," said Ursem, the TRU WolfPack goalkeeper from Uitgeest, Netherlands. "I miss it so much. Chocolate sprinkles for toast.&quo...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston is not in the least bit shocked to see Mateo Ferreira fitting in nicely at the WHL level in his 16-year-old campaign. The degree to which he is contributing, though, is a tad surprising. "We believed he could play, but he's at times, for s...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack men's soccer team snapped a three-match losing skid on Sunday (Sept. 27). Two days after getting shut out by the Mount Royal University Cougars in Calgary 2-0, the WolfPack marched on to Saskatoon to defeat the University of Saskatchewan Huskies 4-2 in the battle...

PORTLAND, OR. - The Kamloops Blazers split their weekend road trip with a 5-3 loss to the Portland Winterhawks at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Saturday (Sept. 26) night.Blazers captain Ty Bonkowski opened up the scoring with a power play goal at the 4:02 mark of the first period with an assist from Vit Zahejsky.Just o...

PRINCE GRORGE- The Kamloops Broncos remain winless this season after a 78-12 loss to the Kodiaks in Prince George on Saturday (Sept. 26) night.The loss drops the Broncos to 0-9 on the season, while the Kodiaks improved to 3-6. All three of the Kodiaks wins have come against the Broncos. The Broncos have one more game t...

KENNEWICK, WASH. - The Kamloops Blazers earned their first win of the young WHL season with a 2-1 victory over the Tri-City Americans on Friday (Sept. 25) night.The game opened with an early blitz, as all three goals were scored in the first nine minutes.Jacob Dumansky got the Blazers on the scoreboard just 11 seconds ...

KAMLOOPS - With the South Kamloops Titans folding their senior team earlier this week due to a lack of players, the Westsyde Whundas are the last high school football program standing in Kamloops. CFJC Today spoke to members of the local gridiron community to glean insight on the numbers shortage. "We've just ki...

KAMLOOPS - Andrew Thomson and Misha Cherepanov of the Kamloops Blazers spoke to CFJC Today on Thursday (Sept. 24) before heading south on the WHL club's first road trip of the season. The Blazers are scheduled to play the Tri-City Americans on Friday in Kennewick, Wash., and the Winterhawks on Saturday in Portland. &q...

KAMLOOPS - Allison Hill is a lock to make her long-awaited homefield Canada West debut this weekend for the unbeaten TRU WolfPack, the Kamloops midfielder among the team's many bright spots in the early stages of the campaign. The Kamloops United product - who has started and finished each of her club's four matches t...

KAMLOOPS - Visions of Capilano and Kelowna celebrating are nightmare fuel and motivation for the Kamloops Rugby Club Raiders. Those teams got the best of Kamloops sides on B.C. Rugby Union (BCRU) club finals day in May in South Surrey in women's first division play and men's second division action, respectively. The q...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws' ownership group is looking to keep the West Coast League (WCL) franchise in the Tournament Capital, but under new leadership. In a news release issued Tuesday (Sept. 22), the NorthPaws state the team has initiated a search for new ownership to lead the collegiate men's summer basebal...

KAMLOOPS - Ty Bonkowski was the clearcut choice to take over captaincy duties for the Kamloops Blazers. "He's a great example to everybody as far as work ethic and effort put into his game, off ice, on ice and doing the extra stuff," Blazers' head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston said. "It was p...

KAMLOOPS - Ben Ford is among the Grade 12 South Kamloops Titans who will not get the chance to chase high school football glory in their senior year. "The amount of commitment we've given... Every fall, this kind of is our life for three months," Ford said. "To have our season taken away is just disappoi...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston will ice a youthful club this season and it will receive a stringent test on Saturday (Sept. 19), when the Victoria Royals come to town. In its WHL home- and season-opener, Kamloops will be without injured overage forward Gavin Nemis. Carson Ol...

KAMLOOPS - Head coach Teagan Norrish said his South Kamloops Titans will on Monday (Sept. 21) fold the senior football program for the season.South Kam does not have enough players to move forward, said Norrish, noting the Titans folded their junior football program in the spring for the same reason.He said the team wa...

MERRITT - Recently hired head coach Henry Acres will lead the Merritt Centennials into a new era, with the club scheduled to play its inaugural B.C. Hockey Conference regular season game on Friday (Sept. 18) at Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. Merritt will play host to the Princeton Posse, with game time scheduled for 7:...

ILHAVO, PORTUGAL - Defensive midfielder Jonathan Rinaldi has started his professional soccer season well. Rinaldi scored for Vista Alegre in a 3-1 win over Fiães SC in Portuguese fifth-division play on Sunday (Sept. 13). "It's been a long time coming," Rinaldi said with a laugh. "I haven't scored...

KAMLOOPS - Colton Meikle of Kamloops is in reach of breaking three Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) records. The 6-foot-4 B.C. Lions' prospect needs seven catches to become the league's all-time leader in receptions, with two games remaining on his Okanagan Sun's B.C. Football Conference regular-season schedule....

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have released their promotional schedule for the first half of the 2026-27 WHL season, and you'll want to have your teddy bears bagged and ready for early December.The annual Teddy Bear Toss game will be played on Friday, Dec. 4, when the Penticton Vees stop by Sandman Centre. It's the s...

KAMLOOPS - Moving from Tier 2 to Tier 1 denotes improvement. The Kamloops Storm's general manager, head coach and captain said a boost in quality will be evident on Friday [Sept. 18] in the club's inaugural B.C. Hockey Conference (BCHC) contest, with the Columbia Valley Rockies coming to town for a 7 p.m. start on McAr...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers held on to defeat the Prince George Cougars at home Sunday (Sept. 13) night 4-3 to conclude their exhibition schedule. The Blazers didn't lose in regulation in the Western Hockey League (WHL) pre-season, finishing with four wins, an overtime loss and a shootout loss in six games. It was ...

KAMLOOPS - The Prince George Cougars fell to the Kamloops Blazers on the road Sunday (Sept. 13) night 4-3 to conclude their exhibition schedule. The Cougars lost all four of their games in the Western Hockey League (WHL) pre-season. Tre Peck led the Cougars in pre-season scoring with two goals and three points in two g...

FRASER VALLEY - A strong defensive effort has the TRU WolfPack women's soccer team still undefeated on the season following a 0-0 draw versus the Fraser Valley Cascades on Saturday. Floor Ursem made seven stops for her third shutout of the season, and second of the weekend. With two wins and two draws to open the campa...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings dropped their second exhibition game as the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) pre-season winds down. The Spruce Kings fell to the Chilliwack Chiefs at home 5-2 Friday (Sept. 11). Trailing 2-0 after the first period, Swiss forward Noah Franzina scored his first goal of ...

PRINCE GEORGE - The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) Timberwolves soccer program is still looking for its first pair of wins in 2026. The T-Wolves men's team earned another draw at Masich Place Friday (Sept. 11), tying the Trinity Western University Spartans 2-2. UNBC rallied back to tie the match twice w...