Category Archives: Local Sports
Mid Isle Mariners unite top players from Nanaimo's soccer community
NANAIMO - The Mid Isle Mariners are on the field to start the Pacific Coast Soccer League Season. The Mariners start on the road in a matchup against their island rivals the Victoria Highlanders.In 20...
May 16, 2019 The Mid Isle Mariners start the PCSL season with a rivalry game versus the Victoria Highlanders (Dan Marshall/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Hundreds of motocross riders to hit Nanaimo race track
NANAIMO - Nearly 300 racers will cruise along the Wastelands in Nanaimo this weekend for an Island-wide motocross championship. The VIMX Race Series will dominate the track on Weigles Rd. It's the fir...
May 10, 2019 Nearly 300 racers will speed along the Wastelands this weekend.
Four Nanaimo bowlers compete at nationals
NANAIMO - Four youth bowlers represented the Harbour City at the YBC 5 pin and 10 pin national championships this week.At the 5 pin event in Oshawa, Ontario, Selena Spracklin and Cheyenne Walker teame...
May 10, 2019 CKPG
Area athletes start May on a high-note
NANAIMO - May started with a multitude of successes for several local athletes. The Nanaimo Diamonds U16B team won the Silver Bracket Championship at the 2019 Kelowna Minor Fastball U16B Spring Sizzle...
May 08, 2019 (L) Nanaimo Diamonds Fastball Team, (R) Nanaimo Triples Lawn Bowling champs. Leslee Johnson/Bob Hungar
VI Raiders hold spring camp May 3-5 in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - The VI Raiders take a key step towards their 2019 season with the team’s annual spring camp. There will be sessions Friday through Sunday at the NDSS Turf Field. Sunday’s inter s...
May 01, 2019
Fastball tournament in Cedar features Team Canada Players
CEDAR - The 2019 Art and Marion Hutt Memorial Men’s Fastball Tournament takes over the Wheatsheaf Ball Fields this weekend. The ten team event starts on Friday at 6:30 p.m. with the feature game...
May 01, 2019
Nanaimo Hornets women's rugby team to host BC semifinal
NANAIMO - The Senior Women’s Hornets rugby team has earned their way to the Division 1 semifinals. Nanaimo handily beat the Brit Lions 77-0 to wrap up league play two weeks ago with a 5-2 record...
Apr 26, 2019
Three mid-island products taken in the WHL Draft
Nanaimo and Oceanside Minor Hockey had a strong showing in the 2018 Western Hockey League (WHL) Bantam Draft. Ben Coghlan is following his cousin Dylan’s footsteps, as he was selected in the six...
May 03, 2018
Veronica Wong in uncharted territory in Nanaimo's baseball community
NANAIMO - Veronica Wong is not just an athlete who’s gifted in a number of sports, she’s also broken through the gender barrier. She is the only female player on the Midget AAA College Pre...
Apr 19, 2017