Selkirk College Saints Capture Third Straight Win
If the Selkirk College Saints are successful in capturing their fifth straight British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) title, this season they will need to do it on the road. The four-time defending league champions won both weekend games against the University of Victoria Vikes at the Castlegar & District...
Hawks rout Bruins to take 2-0 lead in Murdoch Semi Final
The Grand Forks Border Bruins must try to find away on home ice to stop the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. The Bruins played the Hawks tough for two games, but still dropped a pair of Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Playoff games during the weekend in Fruitvale. Grand Forks lost 3-2 Friday as Blake Sidoni scored with ...
Trail swim team makes TRAX at province-level meets
TRAX Swim Club swimmers recently competed in the following Swim BC-sanctioned Swim Meets: Snowfest Swim Meet in Kelowna and Swim BC AA Provincial Swim Meet in Chilliwack....
Bruins drop heartbreaker to Leafs, now meet Beaver Valley in playoffs
The Nelson Leafs picked a great time to win its first game in Grand Forks this season. The Leafs built a 3-0 lead after 40 minutes, then held off a late charge to beat the Border Bruins 5-2 in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Saturday night in the Boundary City. Nelson not only won its first game in the...
Fraser, Strohman power Wolves to Junior Bomber Invitational Title
Liam Fraser and Kyle Strohmann combined for 40 points to lead the Grand Forks Wolves to a 65-53 victory over Stanley Humphries Rockers of Castlegar in the final of the Bomber Junior Boy's Invitational Saturday at the L.V. Rogers Hangar. Strohman, playing most of the game in foul trouble, finished with a game-high 23 points ...
End of an era — Nelson Cyswog'n' Fun has run its last race
For the past three decades during the August BC Day weekend, Nelsonites have witnessed people jumping into Kootenay Lake by the hundreds, biking on the North Shore's Highway 3A before running across and back the Nelson's BOB (Big Orange Bridge). However after 34 years of the Nelson Cyswog'n'Fun, the race committee has decided...
Canadian skier Julien Locke cruises to Korean National’s Sprint title
Julien Locke of Nelson it sitting in a pretty nice position on the eve of his first World Cup Cross Country race set for Feb 3-5 in PyeongChang, Korea. The BlackJack/Nelson Nordic Club racer won the Korean National’s Sprint at the Alpensia Resort. Locke won the 1.8 kilometer sprint race Tuesday (January 24) in a time of...
Bruins rally to steal single point from Nelson Leafs, Mason on fire with five points
No team in the Murdoch Division wants to face high-flying Beaver Valley in the first round of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs — especially a Nelson Leafs franchise which has been sent to the golf course by the Nitehawks the past four seasons. The Leafs and the Grand Forks Border Bruins kept their...
Trail native Craig Cunningham talks about getting a second chance at life
On November 19, 2016, during an American Hockey League game between Tucson Roadrunners and Manitoba Moose, Trail native Craig Cunningham suffered a cardiac arrest before the opening faceoff. With mother Heather Cunningham watching from the stands, team trainers, medics as well as a group of local firefighter raced to save...
The Haywood NorAm races at Black Jack
Over two hundred athletes traveled to Rossland from across Canada, with representatives from Brazil, and Portugal, and several from the United States. Team coaches came along, and some family members accompanied young athletes. Despite early worries about snow depth, there was enough, and skiers reported good conditions. ...
