Wild Play Element Parks Player of the Game
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On Tuesday night the Rutland Voodoos recorded a come from behind 55-50 win over the Mount Boucherie Bears in senior boys high school basketball in the Ryan Watters.ca January Game of the Month. The Wild Play Element Parks Player of the Game is Voodoos guard Chance Veinotte. Relatively quiet in the first half with six points, Veinotte exploded for 12 of his game high 23 points in the third quarter ...
Jen Woods Nominated for BC Athlete of the Year
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UBC Okanagan veteran golfter Jen Woods is a nominee from the 47th Annual Sport BC Athlete of the Year Awards. Woods, a member of the national champion Heat women’s golf team, is the nominated UBC Okanagan athlete after stellar play on the links this past season. This nomination is a fantastic way to put a bow on Woods’ fifth and final year of competing at the collegiate level; a year that has ...
Spotlight: Lenai Schmidt – Heat Volleyball
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Fourth year player Lenai Schmidt has played an important part of the UBC Okanagan Heat women's volleyball team. As a libero Schmidt has been part of championship winning teams at the CCAA level. Now in the team's second season as part of Canada West, Schmidt and the Heat come into this weekend in fifth place with a 9-5 record. The Heat will host the University of Calgary Dinos (7-7) on ...
Sports Team of the Year 2012
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The OKM Senior boys soccer team had an amazing year and they have been voted as the RyanWatters.ca Sports Team of the Year for 2012. Nomination: The Huskies won the Provincial AA gold medal and went the full school season undefeated. In total the team played 27 games and scored 113 goals and only conceded 14. The professional attitude from the players was one of the key reasons for success, and we ...
Sun Scholarship Fund Grows
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On Thursday the Okanagan Sun Scholarship Fund grew a lot bigger after a generous donation from the Scotiabank Group. During a special cheque presentation, Scotiabank donated $9,280.00 to the Sun Scholarship Fund after balloon sales at the Scholarship Dinner back in the fall. The balloon sales at the dinner were matched by Scotiabank. The Sun Scholarship Fund has helped over 100 student athletes continue their education in just four years of existence. “It ...
Sports Person of the Year 2012
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After a terrific 2012 and a panel of judges, Dawson Yates of the Okanagan Athletics baseball club is the Ryan Watters.ca Sports Person of the Year. Dawson had an incredible junior year in 2012. He lead the team in average hitting .368, 5th best in the league and had the most walks in the league. He hit .400 in the BCPBL playoffs and helped the Athletics to their first ever provincial ...
Immaculata Mustangs Classic Basketball Tournament
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The Immaculata Mustangs will host their annual Basketball Classic tournament this weekend as 18 teams will compete in both the senior girls and boys divisions. The Mustangs head coach for BOTH the girls and boys teams in Dino Gini. He talks with Ryan about the tournament. Mustangs Classic ...
KIMMT Elite Midget Hockey
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The 34th annual midget elite hockey tournament drops the puck on Wednesday night. With 12 teams the tournament will use both Memorial and Rutland Arenas. The teams hail from the Kelowna, the US and even as far as Thunder Bay and Burlington in Ontario. The Wenatchee Wild are the defending champions but they will look a little different this season as an “Under 16 team,” compared to last year’s under 18. The ...
Watters Spotlight:Alex Hart
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Alex Hart is a 6`11 grade 12 basketball player at Immaculata in Kelowna. In his senior year, Hart has a number of schools knocking on his door to play at the CIS level or the NCAA level next year. Ryan talks with Alex... Immaculata is the #1 ranked team in BC in the "A" division, one of the biggest reason is Alex ...
Spotlight: Josiah Joseph – Mount Boucherie
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The Mount Boucherie Bears football team finished the regular season 6-0. A big reason for that was the play of grade 11 quarterback/student athlete Josiah Joseph. He now takes his talents to the hard court as a member of the senior boys basketball team. Ryan shines the Spotlight on him ... ...
