By The Nelson Daily Sports The highly successful Co-Ed Indoor Soccer Tournament during the Christmas Holiday break is back at the Soccer Quest facility in the old Civic Centre Children’s rink in Nelson. The tourney is set for December 28 & 29 and is open to ladies over 30 and men over 35 years of […]

By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports The L.V. Rogers sent a strong message to the rest of the Kootenays the road to the B.C. High School AA Boy’s Basketball Championships travels through the Heritage City. For the second weekend the Bombers made it to a tournament final, this time winning the Mount Sentinel High School […]

By The Nelson Daily SportsPlaying away from home was not kind to the Kootenay Wildcats.Kootenay managed only a single point during a three-game Female Midget AAA League tournament at this past weekend at Pitt Meadows.After falling to Prince George Cougars 6-3 and Fraser Valley Phantom 5-2 the Wildcats managed to secure the ...

By The Nelson Daily Sports Castlegar did its best to ruin the weekend for the Nelson Leafs as the Sunflower City squad scored a pair of West Kootenay Minor Hockey Peewee Rep League wins. Kadrian Klimchuk scored twice to lead Castlegar to a 3-1 victory Friday night at the Pioneer Arena. Saturday, Klimchuk and Tanner […]

By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports The rollercoaster ride for Jill Winters & Company ended on a high Sunday night at the Summerland Curling Club. The West Kootenay rink held off a late charge by Karla Thompson to edge the Kamloops rink 7-6 in the C Final at the Interior Women’s Curling Championships. Winters, third […]

Kootenay Lake: The main lake is still going! As I said last month this is the best time of year to go fishing, and I haven’t been proven wrong yet. November saw lots of big fish being caught again.  These fish have definitely put on the feedbags before the winter cold.  Rainbows up to 24 pounds and […]

By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily Sports Generally the unofficial/opening day at Whitewater Ski Resort is a low-key opportunity for the staff to get a dry run of what is to be expected throughout the season. However, Whitewater staff got more than they bargained for as a parking lot full of riders took advantage of […]

By The Nelson Daily Sports Salmo Falcons, J. Lloyd Crowe Hawks and Stanley Humphries Rockers came away with titles as the West Kootenay Junior Volleyball season concluded Saturday with playoff weekend. In Grand Forks, the mighty Falcons shook off a pesky home side to claim the Junior Girl’s title. Mount Sentinel Wildcats finished third in […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily With the weekend opening of the Whitewater Ski Resort season one day away, an opening of another sort on the mountain is still gestating, says the hills’ general manager. Brian Cusack said the master plan — finalized and adopted by Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts in the […]

By The Nelson Daily Sports Kootenay Ice sniper Luke Bertolucci is going to Halifax. The Montrose native was selected to the Team B.C. U16 squad that will represent the province at the 2011 Canada Winter Games February 11-18 in the Nova Scotia capital. “I think he’s going to be selected to the provincial team,” Kootenay […]