Category Archives: (Portal- NanaimoNewsNow) Local Sports

NANAIMO - The VI Raiders are set to have a new coach on the sidelines this season. Curtis Vizza is leaving as the team’s head coach and ending a tenure with the team as a player or coach dating ...

NANAIMO - Basketball programs for boys and girls in Grade 8-12 are well underway in local high shools including Dover Bay. The 12-5 senior boys team at Dover has recently achieved the number one ranki...

NANAIMO - Every sport in the Harbour City was modified or shutdown for parts of 2020 and 2021, b ut competition made a triumphant return this year. The VIU women’s volleyball team continued to a...

NANAIMO - Nominations are now underway for the 18th Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards. Organizers are looking for submissions to spotlight success in sport in the 2022 calendar year. There are a wide r...

NANAIMO - Two recent Brazilian Jiu Jitsu events wrapped up the tournament schedule for Nanaimo’s Island Top Team. Cassidy Hinsberger and head instructor Rob Biernacki won gold medals at the Vanc...

NANAIMO - There are 15 members of the 2022 WLA Timbermen on National Lacrosse League rosters to start the new season. Two full time Junior Timbermen are suiting up in the winter pro league and when yo...

NANAIMO - Mariners women’s basketball coach Tony Bryce isn’t satisfied with an early 5-1 record. He’s looking towards the future, which includes provincial and national title hopes i...

NANAIMO - There’s only one game left in 2022 for the Nanaimo Hornets rugby program. The women’s team will battle the Castaway Wanderers #2 team for the Island championship in Victoria on S...

NANAIMO - It’s not the colour of medal the team wanted to end up with, but the VIU Mariners women’s soccer team still ended their season on a high. The Mariners earned bronze at the Canadi...

NANAIMO - The season schedule for the second year of NightOwls West Coast League baseball has been revealed. Nanaimo will start at home with a three game series against the Walla Walla Sweets June 2-4...