Local Sports

Three tournaments. Three championships. That's the way the 2015-16 season has played out so far for the Coast Inn of the North midget Tier 1 Cougars.

Simon Nemethy didn't mind the heavy rain. He was light on his feet in his run to the medal podium at the B.C. high school cross-country running championships Saturday at Jericho Beach in Vancouver.

The lights were bright at the new Rickbeil Light Park at Otway Nordic Centre but they were no match for the brilliant sunshine reflecting off the muddy slope on a beautiful fall afternoon.

Friends of Cyril Schultz will take aim at strikes and spares tonight at the Strike Zone bowling alley. Six teams of three people each are competing in a tournament to honour and remember Schultz as well as give back to the Salvation Army's food bank.

Having started their weekend with losses in Powell River and Alberni Valley, the Prince George Spruce Kings were hoping to salvage victory on the ice in Victoria Sunday afternoon to put a positive spin on their boat-ride back to the Lower Mainland.

It was a lonely skate to the bench for Cariboo Cougars goalie Aaron Jakubowski when he got the hook after allowing the visiting Fraser Valley Thunderbirds to score the go-ahead goal.

The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack continued their dominance on the basketball court against the UNBC Timberwolves on the weekend.

KAMLOOPS -If you had watched the Kamloops Blazers lose their first six games of this WHL regular season, you might not have expected them to get their heads above water for a long, long time.

They weren't good enough to beat the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack but the improvement in the UNBC Timberwolves compared to last season was obvious in Friday's CIS Canada West women's basketball season-opener.

Goals came at a premium Friday night in Everett and it took overtime to decide it.