Category Archives: (Portal- NanaimoNewsNow) Local Sports

NANAIMO - Central Island athletes helped lead Zone 6 to the highest medal count at the BC Summer Games in Maple Ridge. Zone 6 encompasses all of Vancouver Island and the central coast of the province ...

NANAIMO - Nanaimo Top Team had four athletes attend the Grappling Industries Brazilian jiu-jitsu event in Vancouver on July 20. The group had an impressive medal haul with three gold and two silver me...

NANAIMO - The new B.C. Football Conference is about redemption for the VI Raiders. Winless in 2023 and just one victory to their name in 2022, the once formidable football franchise has fallen on hard...

NANAIMO - A huge senior year by a Duncan, B.C. product caught the attention of the Miami Marlins. Connor Caskenette, a 22-year-old catcher, was snared in the 12th round of the Major League Baseball dr...

NANAIMO - It’s a milestone year for the Nanaimo Indoor Pickleball Tournament. The 10th annual event takes place Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14 at the Oliver Woods Community Centre with ov...

NANAIMO - The Nanaimo NightOwls are now officially into the second half of their West Coast League baseball season. The team finished below .500 in the first half but co-owner Jim Swanson said the gro...

NANAIMO - For the first time since 2006 a player has been drafted directly from the Nanaimo Clippers into the NHL. Defenceman Matt Lahey was selected in the seventh round of the NHL entry draft, 200th...

NANAIMO - Young players learning about soccer and the highest performance athletes are the focus of the Nanaimo United soccer organization this summer. Summer camps are about to get underway as the Ha...

NANAIMO - Nearly 40 freestyle mountain bikers are practicing and competing at the Stevie Smith Bike Park. Spokesperson Nate Berkheimer said the second-ever Vancouver Island Slopestyle event began Thur...

NANAIMO - The season has now ended for the elite competitive athletes at the Nanaimo Gymnastics School, but there’s one session remaining for their recreational students. The Vancouver Island Ch...