Sports Drive – Okanagan College Baseball
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The Okanagan College Coyotes baseball club opened their 2012 regular season on Friday night against the University of Calgary Dinos. For the past three weeks the Coyotes have been ramping up for the schedule by playing in exhibition tournaments in Phoenix, Las Vegas and Spokane. Prior to the game on Friday night, Ryan caught up with head coach Geoff White to find out how the team has been progressing. ...
Sports Drive Spotlight – Josh Ellis
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This week Ryan shines the Sports Drive Spotlight on the Captain of the Okanagan Rockets Major Midget hockey club; Josh Ellis. Josh, 17, and the Rockets are preparing for the playoffs and their first round opponent the Greater Vancouver Canadians beginning on Friday night. The best of three series will showcase all three games at the CNC. Game one goes Friday night at 8:00pm, Game two will face off at 3:00pm on ...
Sports Drive Spotlight – Dave Mann
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As Ryan prepares for the March Game of the Month, he shines the Sports Drive Spotlight on the Captain of the Okanagan College Coyotes hockey team Dave Mann. A fourth year player who has BCHL experience and will graduate following this season. Dave will be on the ice on Saturday night (March 3) as Ryan calls the game against the TRU Wolfpack live from Memorial Arena. Puck drops at 8:45pm. ...
Sports Drive Spotlight – Jarrett Young
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Ryan shines the Sports Drive Spotlight on Mount Boucherie football and basketball player Jarrett Young. The grade 12 student will attend and play for Simon Fraser University' football club in the fall, a move he is excited to make. ...
Sports Drive Spotlight – Alex Fortin
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As Ryan prepares for the February Game of the Month on Sunday he focuses on the Kelowna Chiefs this week in anticipation of the regular season finale against the Penticton Lakers. Catch the play by play of the Game of the Month when the puck drops at 7:00pm on Sunday live from the Rutland Arena. Ryan shines the Sports Drive Spotlight on Chiefs defenceman Alex Fortin. Fortin is a D-Man from Ontario, ...
Sports Drive – Paul Carson
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During their Annual General Meeting the Okanagan Sun announced that Paul Carson would become the team’s new President, taking over for the outgoing Bill Long. Carson has been with the Sun for the last number of years as the offensive line coach, but with his business experience and ties to the community he became a natural fit. Long becomes the “first Vice-President” and will continue to join Ryan on the Sun radio ...
Sports Drive Spotlight – Simon Pelland UBCO
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Ryan shines the Sports Drive Spotlight on Simon Pelland. A graduating forward from UBC Okanagan basketball. This Sunday Simon will be honoured along with Scott Morrison as a graduating player from the Heat program. The Heat host TRU Saturday and Sunday at the UBC Okanagan gym. Below is a weekend preview courtesy of Heat Sports Information Officer Cary Mellon: The long season will come to an end this weekend for the men’s basketball ...
Sports Drive – Kelly Scott
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Kelowna’s Kelly Scott punched her ticket to her seventh appearance in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts recently and will represent BC in Red Deer from February 18-26. For Kelly, it’s the fifth time she represent Team BC at the tournament. She also represented Team Canada in 2007 and 2008. This provincial win for Kelly and her team was very gratifying as Dailene Siverston, a 21 year old from Vancouver, is a ...
Sports Drive – Jenna Kantz
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Ryan is the host of the 2012 Community Sport Hero Awards presented by Pacific Sport Okanagan on February 2, 2012 at the Rotary Centre for the Arts. In today’s featured interview Ryan talks with Jenna Kantz, a UBC Okanagan basketball alum who won a Sports Hero Award in 2011. She talks about what the award meant to her and how playing basketball has helped her in new career as ...
Sports Team of the Year – Kelowna Lions
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Ryan Watters is proud to announce that the Kelowna Mission Lions have been named the “Ryan Watters.ca Sports Team of the Year” for 2011. The junior bantam Lions football club was perfect in 2011 coached by Arden Knoll. They finished 12-0 during the regular season and outscored their opponents 591-89! They then dominated the BC final in Langley beating Meadow Ridge 44-6 and became the first Interior team to win ...
