Gonzaga Basketball director heads youth hoop camp at Selkirk College
The Selkirk Saints Athletics program and Kootenay Basketball have teamed up to present a new basketball camp for boys and girls aged 11-18 year olds under the guidance of Director of Men’s Basketball at Gonzaga University, Jerry Krause.Krause, who instructed last season during a camp at L.V. Rogers in Nelson, has been a...
Trail's Josh Beamish returns with MOVE
MOVE - Josh Beamish Dance Company @ Charles Bailey Theatre, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 7:30 pm Admission: $105 for series or $30 for single ticket Headlined by artistic director Josh Beamish's Allemande, a work for six dancers that exists as a physical deconstruction of a Bach Cello suite and the accompanying social dances of the Baroque...
Smokies earn first point with 3-3 OT tie against Merritt Centennials
The Trail Smoke Eaters finally got into the point column after the Silver City squad tied visiting Merritt Centennials 3-3 overtime tie Wednesday in BCHL action at the Cominco Arena.Clayton Chessa, Chris Romanchuk and first star Adam Boytinck scored for the Smokies, which owned period leads of 2-1 and 3-2.However, Trail could...
Time running out on players wanting to guarantee a spot in the Soccer Quest Indoor Leagues
Time is running out on adult players interested in taking their soccer skills indoors.Friday, September 30 is the final day for registration for the upcoming Soccer Quest Indoor season.Soccer Quest boasts four leagues for players — Men’s Open League (Tuesday), Ladies Rec League (Wednesday), Men’s Masters League (Thursday) and...
Silvertips sweep Kootenay Ice on Vancouver Island as BCMMHL opens new season
Chase Lang, Hobin Zinck and Garrett Dunlop each scored twice as the North Island Silvertips rocked the Kootenay Ice 10-3 Sunday in B.C. Major Midget Hockey League action in Nanaimo.The win, coming on the heels of a 3-1 decision by North Island over Kootenay Saturday, gave the Silvertips a sweep of the BCMMHL series.“We played...
Smokies ripped on the PK in home and season opener
The Trail Smoke Eaters died by the sword Friday night in their season opener at home as they gave up three power play goals and succumbed to the Westside Warriors 7-3 at Cominco Arena.The Warriors were 60 per cent on the power play (three for five) as they put five second period goals on 17 shots past Smokies netminder Matt...
Construction progressing on the Waneta Dam expansion
Construction is progressing on the $900-million powerhouse addition to Teck’s Waneta Dam Expansion Project near Trail.Work also has been going on at the office complex site for the project, three kilometres north of the construction site on Highway 22A across from the Trail Airport. The office site has been leveled and fenced...
Won't that be a party? Irish Rovers come to Trail
The Irish Rovers - Home In Ireland Tour @ Charles Bailey Theatre, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 7:30 pm The Irish Rovers have performed their brand of Irish folk music for 45 years. Today's band performs with original members George Millar and Wilcil McDowell. Will Millar left the group on 1994 and Jimmy Ferguson passed away in 1997....
Mallard's Source for Sports joins forces with stopconcussions.com to help prevent concussions in hockey
At their annual Marketing and Buying Convention, Source For Sports® and Stopconcussions.com launched their Head Zone initiative to their store owners, the sporting goods industry trade and the media. “It is amazing how our helmet manufacturers including Bauer, Reebok, CCM, Easton and Cascade, the medical community, and the ...
Kootenay Ice take optimistic approach into net BCMMHL season
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsNow the fun begins.The Kootenay Ice kick off the 2011-12 B.C. Major Midget Hockey League season with plenty of optimism as the interior based squad heads to Vancouver Island for a two-game set Saturday and Sunday in Nanaimo against the North Island Silvertips.And new head coach Mario DiBella...
