Sports

Neither side is talking details after a Canada West coaching change at Thompson Rivers University, a move that comes on the brink of the regular season.

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League club is 4-2 and sits second in Doug Birks Division standings ahead of an early-season, measuring-stick game against the Revelstoke Grizzlies, a 7:30 p.m. start on Tuesday on Mac Isle.

Bill and Avril Rublee are the most recent recipients of a Kamloops Canoe and Kayak Club award created in 2020 to recognize individuals who have selflessly assisted in the growth and development of the club and sport, the Chris Taylor Stewardship Award

Sa-Hali secondary graduate Parker Lehmann will compete this season for the University of Arizona track and field team, a distance runner who plans to specialize in the 1,500-metre.

Valley improved to 4-3 on the campaign, while Kamloops dropped to 0-6.

Cole Senum paced the Kamloops Storm with two goals in a 4-1 victory over the hometown Princeton Posse on Saturday in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League play.

Logan Stankoven scored on the power play one minute and 27 seconds into the first period and the Kamloops Blazers never looked back in a 5-0 victory over the Vancouver Giants on Saturday in Langley.

The Kamloops Raiders' men's and women's rugby teams were victorious on Saturday at Exhibition Park.

The Titans knocked off the hometown Vernon Panthers 7-6 in a defensive slugfest that was decided in the fourth quarter, when Fraser scampered off tackle for a 20-yard touchdown run

Patrick Reynolds notched two goals in the third period, including the game-winning marker, for the Kelowna Chiefs in a 3-1 win over the Kamloops Storm on Friday at the McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre.