Category Archives: Sports
Vipers to Meet Smokies in Round 2
In BCHL Playoffs the Trail Smokeaters have eliminated the Salmon Arm Silverbacks 4 games to 1 with a 7-2 win last night in Trail. They advance to meet the Vernon Vipers in the second round next Friday...
Duane Grandbois Mar 11, 2017
Greater Vernon Awarded 2022 BC Winter Games
Score another big athletic competition for Greater Vernon. The province has awarded our area the 2022 BC Winter Games. They will take place February 24-27, and feature about 15-hundred athletes aged 9...
Mar 10, 2017
Group's $500,000 Request Examined
The Greater Vernon Advisory Committee will take a closer look at a request for funding from a local sports group. The Vernon Pickleball Club is seeking $500,000 for new courts, which is also the amoun...
Corey Fischer Mar 09, 2017
Jen vs. The Vipers
Everyone is anxiously awaiting the playoffs next weekend, so the Vernon Vipers are hosting a skills competition this Friday night to get us geared up. There will be five events that the Snakes will ta...
Mar 09, 2017
Vipers First Skills Competition
The Vernon Vipers have announced they will stage their first 'Skills Competition' this coming Friday, March 10th at Kal Tire Place. There will be five events for players to participate in along side V...
Mar 06, 2017
BC Gets First Win
The BC rink is looking to get on a win streak at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier. John Morris's rink with Vernon's Jim Cotter and Kelowna's Tyrel Griffith and Rick Sawatsky lost their first two games, 9-7 ...
Corey Fischer Mar 05, 2017
Monster Energy Comes to the Mountain
An event combining action, energy, and music is coming to Silver Star Mountain. Monster Energy will be bringing Monster Boarderstyle to the resort March 10th and 11th. Four riders at a time compete in...
Corey Fischer Mar 03, 2017
Cotter Rink Begins 4th Straight Brier Run
Jim Cotter is hoping his seventh trip to the Tim Horton's Brier will be a lucky one. His Vernon-Kelowna team, representing BC, opens play tomorrow (Saturday) at the national championship in St John's ...
Corey Fischer Mar 03, 2017
Lazar Dealt To Flames
A Vernon hockey product is moving closer to home after being traded on NHL trade deadline day. The Ottawa Senators packaged forward Curtis Lazar and defenceman Mike Kostka in a deal to the Calgary Fla...
Corey Fischer Mar 01, 2017
Vipers Close Season With 7-1 Win
The Vernon Vipers closed out the regular season with a 7-1 victory over the Trail Smoke Eaters, Saturday night at Kal-Tire Place. With a goal in each period, Brett Stapley, who committed to Denver Uni...
Shawn McCleary Feb 26, 2017

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