KELOWNA - The sprint towards the regular season continues for WHL teams working through the back half of training camps and preseason contests. The back half of a home-and-home weekend set with the Rockets was played in Kelowna Saturday with 60 minutes not enough to separate the interior rivals. Kamloops got goals from...

TUMBLER RIDGE, B.C. - The Prince George Cougars dropped the first of their two Western Hockey League (WHL) pre-season games in Tumbler Ridge. The Cats were shut out by the Edmonton Oil Kings 6-0 Friday (Sept. 4). A scoring summary was not provided by the WHL online. As part of the WHL pre-season weekend, the District o...

KAMLOOPS - An empty net goal ended up as the game winner as the Kamloops Blazers hung on to defeat the Kelowna Rockets 2-1 in Western Hockey League (WHL) pre-season play from Sandman Centre Friday (Sept. 4) night. Brady Ondrus, the 16-year-old forward and second round draft pick in 2025, scored his second goal in as ma...

PRINCE GEORGE - It was a victorious Friday (Sept. 4) night in Northern B.C. for the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack soccer program. The WolfPack women's soccer team earned a win in their first match of the 2026 Canada West season, shutting out the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) Timberwolves in...

KAMLOOPS - Second-year goalkeeper Floor Ursem is confident the TRU WolfPack women's soccer team is ready to reach the post-season for the first time since 2022. "Oh, this team definitely has what it takes," said Ursem, the shot-stopper from Uitgeest, Netherlands. "I think we are definitely competing for ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers tuned up their special teams to come back and win their first game of the 2026 Western Hockey League (WHL) pre-season schedule. The Blazers scored three power play goals en route to a 4-3 shootout win over the Penticton Vees at Sandman Centre Wednesday (Sept. 2). Forward Brady Ondrus, a ...

KAMLOOPS - Last season was a tough go for the TRU men's soccer program. The Wolfpack ended the season with just four wins during the Canada West campaign. After a strong 2026 opening weekend, which included scrappy 1-0 victories over the UVic Vikes and the Fraser Valley Cascades, the team is now halfway to its win tot...

TORONTO - The CFL suspended B.C. Lions fullback Jacob Bond for two games Wednesday for violating its drug policy. In a statement, the CFL said Bond, 23, of Terrace, B.C., tested positive for the banned substance D-amphetamine, also known as dextroamphe...

KAMLOOPS - Gavin Nemis' agent reached out to the Kamloops Blazers this past off-season, encouraging them to take a peek at the forward after his strong 19-year-old season in the Junior 'A' B.C. Hockey League. They took a look - and liked what they saw."We immediately recognized some qualities that we felt would fi...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers wrapped up their training camp Monday morning (Aug. 31). Logan Lanti scored the overtime winner in the championship game to help Team Garand take a 4-3 overtime victory over Team Minten. The Blazers now look toward the preseason. The buzz out of training camp has been around the younger ...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack men's soccer team is sleeping comfortably after earning its second clean sheet to start the 2026 Canada West season. The WolfPack shut out the visiting University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) Cascades 1-0 at Hillside Stadium Saturday (Aug. 29). It's TRU's second cl...

KAMLOOPS - Kaeden Tate of Huntington Beach, Calif., is 6-foot-4 and entering his 17-year-old season with lofty goals. "Yeah, coming for that starting position, coming for Eddy's spot," Tate said with a smile. Competition in the crease is a storyline for the Kamloops Blazers, whose on-ice training camp sessio...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack men's soccer team got off on the right foot, and head, to start the 2026 Canada West season. The WolfPack shut out the University of Victoria (UVic) Vikes 1-0 in their home opener Thursday (Aug. 27) at Hillside Stadium. Kaelin Nguyen, a fourth-year striker from ...

KAMLOOPS - Videos sent to CFJC tell part of the story of Ty Bonkowski's off-season, one that began with him under the knife. The 18-year-old Kamloops Blazers' forward from Richmond was seen rehabbing at Yard Athletics in Vancouver, dedicating himself to recovering from a fractured right fibula, the injury that took pl...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers are scheduled to begin on-ice training camp sessions on Friday [Aug. 28] at Sandman Centre. Camp will include practices and young-stars, three-on-three and five-on-five games.The camp roster has been split into four teams, each named after alumni: Logan Stankoven, Dylan Garand, Fraser Mi...

KAMLOOPS - Mikhail (Misha) Cherepanov came bearing gifts. "I brought some candies from Russia," the import defenceman said of the goodies he delivered to Kamloops Blazers' coaching staff. He also came to the Tournament Capital toting more North American hockey experience than many Western Hockey League impor...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' assistant coaches Brayden Toma and Steve Marr acknowledge they had much to learn in terms of time management last season, their rookie campaigns behind a Western Hockey League bench. "That was probably the biggest thing for me," Marr said. "Having spent 10 years in the acade...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Broncos scored more points in one game than they did throughout the entire 2026 BC Football Conference (BCFC) season so far, but it wasn't enough for them to earn their first win since 2024. The Broncos fell to the Prince George Kodiaks at home Saturday (Aug. 22) 36-23. After trailing the Kodia...

KAMLOOPS - Head coach John Antulov and the TRU WolfPack were reminded last season of how quickly high hopes can go south. They are optimistic that with better fortune this year a special season may lie ahead. "Cross our fingers for no more injuries and crucial players going out," WolfPack forward Lachlan Wil...

KAMLOOPS - A pair of Kamloops NorthPaws were among the best of their positions during the 2026 West Coast League (WCL) season. Outfielder Kade Crawford and starting pitcher and outfielder Evan Dugdale were named to the 2026 WCL All-WCL First Team, as selected by the league's 16 head coaches. In 48 games, Crawford finis...

KAMLOOPS - Erica Evans, who won silver with Canada at the World Lacrosse Women's Championship earlier this month in Tokyo, was in Kamloops on Tuesday [Aug. 18] to teach an Interior Outlaws all-girls clinic. "Just growing the game," said Evans, who won the inaugural Women's Lacrosse League Championship last w...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers received a haul of Western Hockey League (WHL) Prospects Draft picks in exchange for a player who was departing to play collegiate hockey in the United States. The Blazers announced Wednesday (Aug. 19) they've traded 20-year-old forward Josh Evaschesen to the Medicine Hat Tigers. In ret...

KAMLOOPS - Logan Stankoven pulled up to the edge of Riverside Park and into the fray of stardom, emerging from his vehicle with the Stanley Cup and to a welcome he will never forget. A wall of children - about three rows deep - lined a block or so of Lorne Street sidewalk on Sunday [Aug. 16], the kids contagious with ...

KAMLOOPS - For the second week in a row, the Kamloops Broncos were shut out in another lopsided defeat. The Broncos fell to the Vancouver Island Raiders in Nanaimo Saturday (Aug. 15) 77-0. The score was 61-0 at halftime. Starting quarterback and South Kamloops alumnus Cole Rigler didn't play for the Broncos. As a team...

KAMLOOPS - Ontario Reign captain Joe Hicketts hopped on the bike at the Sports Legacy Fund High Performance Training Centre on Thursday [Aug. 13] morning. Stanley Cup champion Logan Stankoven was next up, pumping the pistons and working up a sweat. "With all the cardio stuff and bikes after workouts, we tend to h...

KAMLOOPS - Taylor Cochrane's first Hockey Canada experience lived up to expectations. The Kamloops Blazers' athletic therapist won gold with Team Canada, which throttled the U.S. 8-1 in the Hlinka Gretzky Cup final on Aug. 8 in Edmonton. "Incredible," said Cochrane, who joined the Blazers in time for the 202...

Uber-competitive, ultra-focused runner Raiya Matonovich of Kamloops allowed herself a few seconds to soak in the moment on the start line at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships last Thursday [Aug. 6] in Eugene, Oregon. Much of her life to that point had been dedicated to representing Canada and she was moments ...

Logan Stankoven of the Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup in June.In July, his $48-million contract became effective. In the latest Tattle of Hastings, the former Kamloops Blazers captain reflects on achieving his childhood dream and looks toward the future.Below is the edited-for-length transcript of the intervie...