Heating Up – Episode 3
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Ryan's weekly look at the UBC Okanagan Heat! This week we review the first half of the season on the women's side, joined by third year volleyball player Kailin Jones and fifth year basketball player Roz Huber. The women's volleyball team enters the Christmas break at 7-5 and will play in California over the break. The women's basketball team is 4-6 heading into exams. Ryan talks with both girls, who are from ...
Falcons Release 2013 Schedule
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The Kelowna Falcons and West Coast League are proud to announce their 2013 schedule. The Falcons will play an unbalanced 54 game regular season schedule in the newly aligned North Division. The club will play 27 home games during their 13th season. The Falcons will open the season on the road versus the newest Canadian franchise the Victoria Harbourcats on Wednesday June 5, 2013. It is the first of nine against the ...
Sun Devils Fall in BC Final
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The West Kelowna Sun Devils Junior Bantam football team can take pride in the fact that they never stopped in a very close 26-20 loss to the Coquitlam Vikings Sunday in the BC Football Championship. With very heavy winds and pouring rain the Sun Devils came out strong and built up a 14-0 lead on touchdowns by Nate Humes with a 40 yard reception and Ty Truong with a 10 yard ...
Sports Person and Sports Team of the Year
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Ryan Watters.ca presents Kelowna’s “Sports Person of the Year” and the “Sports Team of the Year” for 2012. The Sports Person of the Year nominee will be a male or female that has made a valuable contribution to their sport OR had an outstanding achievement in their sport and ultimately the community in the year 2012. The Sports Person of the Year nominee must be a Kelowna or West Kelowna resident. ...
Knights Golden, Owls Win Silver
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This past weekend Kelowna was home to 48 senior boys volleyball teams for the BC Provincial championships. The competition was very competitive as all Kelowna teams show very well. In the “A” division the Kelowna Christian Knights retained their #1 ranking by defeating Credo Christian to win the “A” Gold Medal title. The Kelowna Christian Knights beat Credo Christian 3-2 (25-18, 25-17, 18-25, 18-25, 16-14). Ryan Linttell was named the tournament Most Outstanding ...
Spotlight: Nathan Humes
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Nathan Humes is a stand out junior bantam football player with the West Kelowna Sun Devils. He has been called the best junior bantam player in the province and he will lead his club into Langley this weekend for the Provincial Final against Coquitlam. At 6'3 at the age of 13 Nathan is under the Spotlight with Ryan. Find out how many positions he plays and who his favourite teammate is Photo ...
Davis & Shott Talk BC Lions
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The BC Lions Football Club announced today that three players from the Okanagan Sun Steven Doege, receiver Bobby Davis and kicker Steve Shott have been signed by the team and will attend training camp in 2013. Doege will attend his second Lions training camp next season after making a significant impression last June and earning a practice roster spot with the Lions in 2012. The hulking defensive lineman enjoyed another CJFL ...
Sun Devils Play for Junior Bantam Final
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The West Kelowna Junior Bantam Sun Devils will play Coquitlam in the provincial championship on Sunday in Langley. After a week 1 forfeit the Sun Devils have run the table this season, including a semi-final 48-0 shutout last weekend in Victoria. The 12 and 13 year olds seem to ready, practicing at the CNC during the cold evenings preparing for the 11:30am kick-off on Sunday. Ryan talked with Sun Devils head coach Chris ...
High School Provincial Volleyball Championships
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48 teams from across the province will come to Kelowna as of Wednesday for the AAA, AA and single A high school Provincial Championships. Games will be hosted at six different schools as a number of Okanagan high schools will be taking part. Ryan talks with Mt Boucherie Bears head coach John McParland to get his thoughts on his club’s chances and the tournament in general. The KSS Owls senior GIRLS volleyball ...
Sun Devils Play for Championship
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For the first time in the history of both West Kelowna High School and Community Football, West Kelowna has earned a trip to the Provincial Final Championship game. On Saturday night at Victoria’s Bear Mountain Stadium the West Kelowna Sun Devils Junior Bantam football team punched their ticket to the Provincial Final in Langley this weekend with a dominating 48-0 win over the Island Champion Victoria Renegades. The Sun Devils scored ...
