Track & Field Expo 2013
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On Saturday, the Okanagan Athletics Club (OAC) will host a Track & Field Expo. This is your chance to come and see what track and field is all about, meet the athletes and coaches of the Okanagan Athletics Club. Its also a chance for "newcomers" to try the following events: Shot Put Javelin Throw Long Jump Discus Pole Vault Hurdles Middle distance Hammer Throw High Jump Sprints At 11:00am join us for the "Celebrity Pentathlon." This one of a kind "gruelling" ...
West Kelowna Warriors Eliminated
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The Warriors are out of the playoffs after a 2-1 overtime loss in game five of the Interior Conference finals on Thursday. It was another terrific game from West Kelowna, and the Warriors had a 1-0 lead heading to the third period. However, the host Vees found the equalizer early in the third period when a centering feed bounced off ‘AP’ Josh Blanchard and in. Penticton then finished the series when a James ...
Aloha! Huskies Win in Hawaii
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OKM Sr. Boys volleyball Team wins the first Annual Koolua Cup Invitational In beautiful Kailua, Hawaii. The tour has been been 10 months in the making for coach Paul Thiessen. "I created a blended team of core players from the senior Huskies squad and then added to two from KSS Owls to bring our numbers up to 8 for the tour. The tour required careful planning as we have six players ...
Coastal Hockey Showcase 2013
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This weekend Royal LePage Place in West Kelowna will be home to the Coastal Hockey Showcase that will show off the top 16-19 year old players. There will be eight teams that will scrimmage and show off their skills in front of a number of scouts and recruiters from junior teams and NCAA schools. Okanagan Rockets head coach James Eccles is the Director of the showcase and Ryan catches up with him. [soundcloud ...
High School Basketball All-Star Game
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The UBC Okanagan Heat men's and women's basketball programs are pleased to present the 2013 Okanagan High School all-star games this Saturday, March 30 at the Gym on UBC’s Okanagan campus. The home of the Heat will house four separate all-star games as the best players from the Interior in both the junior and senior divisions will descend on Kelowna to challenge themselves against the other top players in the Interior. The ...
Valley Rivals Clash in BCHL Playoffs
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The Penticton Vees and the West Kelowna Warriors will face-off in the BCHL Interior Conference best-of-seven series, starting Friday, March 29th at the South Okanagan Events Centre. The Vees swept the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in their first round match-up, while the Warriors took out the Merritt Centennials in five games. This is third time the two teams will meet in the Fred Page Cup playoffs. The rivals last met in 2010 ...
West Kelowna Warriors Prepare for Round 2
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The West Kelowna Warriors eliminated Merritt last week in Round 1 of the BCHL Playoffs, four games to one after a 7-4 victory. The Warriors now prepare for a showdown with their Valley rivals, the Penticton Vees who swept Salmon Arm. The Warriors didn't fair well against the Vees this regular season losing six of seven games. However the two teams have not faced each other since January 26 and the Warriors ...
Double Gold for Mustangs
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The Immaculata Mustangs high school senior boys and girls basketball teams both won a provincial title last weekend. It's the first time ever in which both the girls and boys teams have won provincial gold in the same season. Perhaps even more remarkable is the fact both teams are coached by Dino Gini. With both championships happening on the same weekend, in a very difficult decision, Dino decided to travel to ...
Vees Named Best in BC for 2012
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The 2011-2012 Penticton Vees were named Sport BC 2012 Team of the Year Thursday, at the 47th annual Athlete of the Year Awards in Richmond BC. This is the first such honour for the Vees. They’re the first British Columbia Hockey League team to win the award since 2009. Vees Head Coach and GM Fred Harbinson says the award is not just for the Vees to embrace, “Winning such a prestigious ...
From Russia with Silver
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Kelowna’s Bantam Boys hockey team took home the silver this weekend at the International Children’s Winter Games held in Ufa Russia with a strong 5 wins and 1 loss record. The boy’s hockey team, known as the Junior Rockets, played against teams from Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Switzerland, Austria, and Belarus. They lost only one game to host city Ufa, Russia who went on to win the gold. Bronze was taken ...
