Sports

Brayer, the 17-year-old Kamloopsian who graduated in June from Westsyde secondary, has been hired on the club's snowboarding side to teach the groms (advanced seven- and eight-year-old riders) and a newly formed adult female park skills group.

For the first time in two years, fans were in Hillside Stadium to watch the Kamloops Broncos, a Sunday night tilt against the Okanagan Sun. The visitors from Kelowna held the Broncos to 51 yards of net offence and prevailed 50-7 in the B.C.

The Revelstoke Grizzlies blanked the Kamloops Storm 3-0 on Saturday at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre. Brandon Gallo (2) and Jacob Smith scored for the Grizzlies (1-0-0-0), who went with Brandon Weare between the pipes.

Connor Levis notched the game-winning goal for the Kamloops Blazers in a 5-4 victory over the hometown Prince George Cougars on Saturday, the first regular season game of the WHL campaign for both teams.

On a weekend in which the likelihood of triumph was slim, the WolfPack were looking for small victories — and none was bigger than Georgia Aldus’ marker on Friday

Peyton Kelly had a first-period hat-trick for Kamloops (1-0), which led 6-4 in the third period before the Coyotes clawed back

Most of the 445 spectators — who came to cheer and forget and move on and be together again and do so while their home team conquered — had not yet found their seat on Friday when the Trinity Western University Spartans pounced, capitalizing on the first of two dreadful giveaways that prevented halcyon homecoming.

The Acceleration Bombers earned revenge on Tuesday, winning the Kamloops Major Men’s Fastball League championship series title with a 7-6 victory over Frenchy’s Prowlers at Charles Anderson Stadium.

Action begins with two matches on Saturday — Williams Lake against Vernon Jackals, a 1 p.m. start, and Terrace Northmen versus Rocky Mountain Rogues, a 4 p.m. start.

Kamloops Blazers’ forward Logan Stankoven on Tuesday signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Dallas Stars.