LVR too hot to handle at Bomber Spring Fling
By The Nelson Daily Sports “Rain drops keep falling on my head,” was the last song Ron Mace wanted to hear ringing in his ear when L.V. Rogers Bombers hosted its annual Spring Fling this weekend at the Queen Elizabeth Park. But that’s what happened as Mother Nature decided April showers was the norm of […]
Wranglers wrestle Keystone Cup away from Knights
There will be no three-peat for B.C. at the Keystone Cup, emblematic of Western Canada Junior B Hockey supremacy. Cyclone Taylor champ, Peninsula Panthers of Victoria, lost out in the bronze medal game to the Pilot Butte Storm. The Panthers finished the round robin in third spot with a 3-2 record. In the final, Blackfalds […]
Let the playoff season begin says this NMHA grad
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports Geoff Kinrade isn’t just happy to be back in the playoffs, he wants to win it all. The Binghamton Senator rearguard is bubbling with confidence after the Ottawa farm team went on a late-season 6-3-0-1 run to secure seventh place in the Eastern Conference — fifth in the division […]
Balfour, finally, ready to start golfing season
By The Nelson Daily Sports For those people living under a rock, the month is April and not February. Which means golf courses should not be opening for the first time, but already have seen hoards of birdies, bogeys and pars. Still good things come to those who wait. And the wait is over as […]
Future hockey stars on display at B.C. Hockey U16 Camp
By The Nelson Daily Sports Two players from the Nelson Leafs Bantam Rep squad were among the selections to the Kootenay squad following the weekend U16 B.C. Hockey High Performance Camp at the Nelson and District Community Complex. Defenceman Colton Dachwitz of Nakusp and South Slocan forward Brandon Sookro join 18 other selections that will […]
Bring on the Brutal Babes - Derby fever sweeps the Kootenays as the roller girls return
The largest roller derby league in Canada is skating into its first official season with a double-header in Rossland April 16th. The West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League presents “The Quads Must Be Crazy,” featuring a bout between Salmo’s Babes of Brutality and Rossland’s Gnarlie’s Angels. The derby girls fought hard...
Riders denied Cyclone Taylor title after losing 5-3 to Peninsula
By The Nelson Daily Sports For the second time in less than a month the Fernie Ghostriders have been denied a hockey title. Kyle Peterson scored twice to rally the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League champion Peninsula Panthers to a 5-3 victory over the host Ghostriders in the final of the 2011 Cyclone Taylor Cup […]
Sockeyes first out of gate at Cyclone Taylor Championship
By The Nelson Daily Sports Richmond is the first team out of the gate at the 2011 Cyclone Taylor Cup in Fernie. A goal by Rudi Thorsteinson, his second of the game, with 52 seconds remaining in the game sparked the Sockeyes to a thrilling 4-3 victory over KIJHL champion Osoyoos Coyotes Thursday in round […]
An ode to oats
I’ve called oatmeal a lot of things in my life, but “yummy” wasn’t one of them, until the last year or so. Maybe I’m just slow to jump aboard this train, but as far as I was concerned, things like oatmeal (or at least what I thought was oatmeal) fell into the “thanks but I’d rather go […]
She shoots, she scores — freshman Taylor wins again
By The Nelson Daily Sports Last week Lauren Taylor became the first freshman in Portland State school history to capture a women’s golf tournament. Tuesday, the Nelson native added another first beside her name in the Portland State record book. Taylor shot a final round 75 to claim the top prize at the Big Sky […]
