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UPDATED: Wildcats fall to consolation round at High School A Girl's Volleyball Championships

The Mount Sentinel Wildcats came close, but just couldn’t get the key points at the right time in dropping a 3-1 decision to White Rock Christian Academy in quarter final action Friday at the at the BC High School A Girl’s Volleyball Championships at Selkirk College in Castlegar. White Rock, advancing to Saturday’s semi final […]

Bhatoa, Woods lead Rebels to 9-0 whitewash of Nelson Leafs

The Nelson Leafs perhaps suffered its worst defeat in franchise history as rival Castlegar Rebels put a 9-0 beat-down on the Green and White in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Wednesday night in the Sunflower City. Mike Bhatoa scored four times and had six points while Tayden Woods scored the hat-trick and finished with […]

Kootenay Ice foiled again at home, Vancouver North East sweep pair

The Kootenay Ice can play with any team in the BC Major Midget Hockey League. The Kootenay squad, however, just can’t do it for 60 minutes. For the second consecutive weekend the Ice stayed with one of the league’s heavyweights before dropping a pair of BCMMHL games this past weekend at the NDCC Arena. Vancouver […]

Rossland Recreation: More Public Skating for the Holidays

REC Dept. over the Holidays During the week of December 21st to 27th, the REC Dept. will be open on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, from 9:00-4:00pm, December 21-23.  The Office will be closed on Thursday, December 24th.  During the second week of the Holidays, the Dept. will be open Monday, December 28th to Thursday, December […]

New Study Links Brain Damage to Contact Sports

Should your children play contact sports?   There is new information available to parents about the longer-term health effects  to consider when making decisions about which sports to encourage, and what precautions to take for contact sports. The Mayo Clinic is a well-respected medical research and treatment facility in the US.   A recent Mayo Clinic news […]

Wildcats in tough as Mount Sentinel hosts BC High School A Girl's Volleyball Championships

For the eighth time in 25 years high caliber volleyball is coming to the Kootenays. Mount Sentinel Wildcats play host to the BC High School Girl’s A Volleyball Championships beginning Thursday at Selkirk College Gymnasium in Castlegar. The L.V. Rogers Hangar in Nelson is co-hosting round robin games Thursday and Friday morning. “We have a […]

Come one, come all to the annual Christmas Classic Hockey in Castlegar

It’s back!! The 6th annual Christmas Classic Hockey game is scheduled to hit the ice at the Castlegar Community Complex on Wednesday Dec. 23 from 7 – 9 p.m. followed by the after party, which will be at the Element night club from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. The goal of the Christmas Classic Hockey […]

Leafs rock Rockets to snap skid; Rebels move into share of Murdoch lead

What’s the best way to put an end to a five-game losing streak? Put the last place team in the entire Kootenay International Junior Hockey League on the schedule. The Nelson Leafs took care of business, and at the same time halted a five-game slide, but posting a 5-0 shutout of the hometown Rockets Friday […]

Rebels hold off Leafs to steal 4-3 road victory

The Nelson Leafs season continues to spiral in the wrong direction. Rival Castlegar scored three times in the first period — twice on the power play — en route to a 4-3 victory over the Leafs in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Wednesday at the NDCC Arena. The loss is the fifth straight — […]

T-Birds overcome pesky Kootenay Ice to sweep BCMMHL series in Nelson

The Kootenay Ice were happy to be home after spending the past few weeks on the road in the BC Hockey Major Midget League. However, home cooking wasn’t enough to put the Ice over the top as Fraser Valley Thunderbirds squeaked out a pair of wins 5-2 Saturday and 3-1 Sunday. Five different players hit […]