Castlegar faces Osoyoos in Game one of the KIJHL Final Saturday
By The Nelson Daily SportsThe Castlegar Rebels face an uphill battle when the Kootenay Conference Champs meet the best from the Okanagan in the Osoyoos Coyotes in game one of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Final Saturday in the South Okanagan City.But the Rebels are ready for any challenge.Castlegar just...
GFSS girls basketball team most sportsmanlike in the province
Hang another banner in the rafters of the Grand Forks Secondary School’s (GFSS) gymnasium as the GFSS Wolves Senior Girls basketball team has finished off their monumental season with a fifteenth place finish at the “AA” high school basketball provincials this past weekend in Kamloops. Running Mar. 9 - 12, the tournament ...
Dorothy shone on ice as figure skating club presents Wizard of Oz
Over one hundred of people crammed the Grand Forks Arena to watch two showings of the Grand Forks Figure Skating Club’s annual skate production, the Wizard of Oz. Over 60 skaters participated in the production that took place this past Saturday, March 12. The presentation was coached in part by Carla Bryan, Kristi Kuromi,...
Riders rebound to square Kootenay Final with 5-2 win
The Nelson Daily SportsThe Fernie Ghostriders struck for three first period goals en route to a 5-2 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory over the Castlegar Rebels in Kootenay Conference playoff action Tuesday in the East Kootenay City.The win evens the best-of-seven final at 1-1. Castlegar won the opening game...
Anderson tricks Riders as Rebels open Confernce final with a bang
By The Nelson Daily SportsIt’s didn’t take the Castlegar Rebels long to shake of any rust built up from a four-day layoff.Taylor Anderson scored three times and sniper Ryan Aynsley added three points as the Rebels crushed the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s Eddie Mountain champs from Fernie 8-4 in game one of ...
Bonacci, McLean key a pair of Kootenay comebacks
By The Nelson Daily SportsThe teams played 120 minutes and settled nothing.Kootenay Wildcats and Fraser Valley Phantom played to a pair of ties during B.C. Female AAA Midget Hockey League play this past weekend in Nelson.Sunday, Christina Bonacci of Trail scored with four minutes remaining in the game to pull the Cats to a ...
Grizz romps past Dogs 8-2 as KIJHL enters Final Four
By The Nelson Daily SportsIt's going to take more than just a 90-point season to dethrone the defending Kootenay International Junior Hockey League champs.Brendan Urban and Bruce Silvera, including three goals, each had four points to lead the Revelstoke Grizzlies to a convincing 8-2 victory over the Osoyoos Coyotes Sunday ...
Bruins win a game to close their season
Although it may not have been the season that all the Grand Forks Border Bruins fans had been hoping for, it was at times very entertaining, but now it is over. The Bruins finished off their 2010/2011 season play this past weekend with games in the East Kootenays, but before that they played a few games here in the...
GFSS teams place high in basketball classic
The Grand Forks Secondary School (GFSS) gymnasium was home to great basketball action this past weekend as the GFSS junior and senior boy’s basketball teams held their annual Grand Forks Classic basketball tournament. The Jr. Boy’s welcomed two teams to the ‘Forks, the Summerland Secondary Rockets and the Mt. Sentinel...
OP/ED: Super Bowl blues
Super Bowl XLV sucked. Plain and simple, it sucked. Sure, I still may be a little bitter that the Green Bay Packers beat my Philadelphia Eagles in this year’s playoffs on their way to their Super Bowl crown, but even if that was the case, it still would have sucked. This year’s running of the Bowl did nothing for me as a ...
