Moroney wins opening Jr. tourney, Granite Pointe ready for golfers
By The Nelson Daily Sports Brenan Moroney sank a two-inch birdie putt on the second playoff hole to capture the first event on the West Kootenay Junior Golf circuit Saturday at the Balfour Golf Course. Moroney’s approach shot into the green came ever so close to going into the hole making it easy for the […]
On elimination night, Chicago finds way to force game seven
Will the Vancouver Canucks become the 2011 Stanley Cup version of the Boston Bruins? Canucks fans will find out Tuesday at the Rogers Centre after Ben Smith scored on a rebound at 15:30 of overtime to power the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over Vancouver in game six of the […]
Are your dinner choices putting the brakes on your weight loss?
Eating a big dinner might be sabotaging your weight loss efforts in more ways than you think! Here are just somepossible ways: You’re not active enough in the evening to justify making dinner your largest meal (most people aren’t!). Why do we eat food? No, it’s not just because it tastes good. We eat for energy! […]
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 […]
Wins are nice, but Granite Pointe's Taylor still eager to improve
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsIt doesn’t happen ever day. Fact is, it’s never happened in Lauren Taylor’s career, let alone twice in a span of a week.Oh, the West Kootenay Junior golfer has won before, but never something this big.Which is why the Granite Pointe at Nelson product is resting comfortably on Cloud Nine as...
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 […]
