May 7
Soccer season gets rolling
It was a striking contrast ahead of the Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School girls soccer team’s first tournament.
The team practised in 100 Mile House on a dry pitch under a warm sun on May 1, but in Williams Lake, on May 3, the field was covered with snow, which kept falling from a cloudy grey sky.
Coach Tory Anchikoski says the weather made for an “interesting” game, and overall she was fairly pleased with the results of the three-game tourney.
May 14
Among B.C.’s best
Cassidy Mellott left it all on the ice in Salmon Arm.
It paid off because Mellott was now skating for a spot on British Columbia’s 2015 U18 roster.
The local hockey talent, who played for 100 Mile House’s midget rep team, was one of 40 girls invited to a provincial camp in Lake Cowichan on May 16-19.
This followed an appearance in the 2014 Female U18 BC Cup with the province’s top 80 players in Salmon Arm from April 23-27.
May 21
Ladies break ice
Thirty players competed in the annual 108 Women’s Golf Club Icebreaker Tourney – a best ball scramble – at the 108 Golf Resort on May 11.
The first place team, which included Lynda Lewis, Laura Rausch, Deb Case and Wendy Foster, shot a net score of 38.
Clara Koehn, Lori Henderson and Pauline Weigelt shot a 39. Shelly Larson, Carol Munich and Lorraine Scott also fired a 39.
May 28
Big windup
Men’s fastball in 100 Mile House was in full swing.
Local teams – Canim Lake, Exeter Sporting Goods, Red Rock, the Sanford & Dillman Hornets and Jake’s Pub – were taking the field for weekly games at Lumberman’s Park in 100 Mile House.
June 4
Still champ
Ken “Heavy Hands” Huber, a Kamloops cruiserweight by way of 100 Mile House, won a split-decision over Victoria boxer Bryan Colwell to retain his provincial Combsport title.
The fight was a close one and could have went either way in the co-main event of the World Boxing Council’s Western Canadian Amateur Championships, held in a steamy Rutland Centennial Hall in Kelowna on May 31.
“I think I’ve definitely proved who’s number 1,” an emotional Huber said after the fight.
June 11
Archers let fly
The Bighorn Archery Club’s Outdoor 3D Shoot saw 89 archers from all ages at the 99 Mile Snowmobile Club site in 100 Mile House on June 7-8.
The shooters – families and friends enjoying the outdoors on a sunny weekend – walked the trails there and took aim at 40 different animal figurine targets on two courses over two days, accumulating points for their accuracy.
June 18
Readying for the big show
Brett Tassel was one 360 athletes set to represent British Columbia at the Special Olympics Canada 2014 Summer Games in Vancouver, July 8-12.
Tassel, 27, thanked his parents, as well as local Special Olympics volunteers Keith Thiessen and Denise Barker, for their support.
The Canada Summer Games were the first national Special Olympics event in B.C. since 1990.
Barker, the local Special Olympics program co-ordinator, said the fact 100 Mile House has even one athlete competing is huge.
“The main thing is he has fun because this could be an opportunity that never comes again.”
June 25
Riding with style at Fun and Frolic
Dressage and jumping and Western and English riding styles were on display in 100 Mile House on July 14-15.
The annual Fun & Frolic Horse Show, which was judged this year by Patricia Amos-Thomas of Armstrong, saw the skills of 34 riders and animals tested.
The event was a 2014 B.C. Heritage qualifier, B.C. Summer Games qualifier and Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championship qualifier.
July 2
Rolling with the punches
Kelly Ricketts, proprietor of Zeus Fight Science, relocated his boxing gym from a garage on Exeter Road to a large room inside the bowling alley on Scott Street in 100 Mile House.
The location changed, but the training philosophy didn’t. It’s still all about quality and it’s all business and open to everyone.
July 9
Brandan Moore pitching at BC Games
A 100 Mile House arm was firing from the mound when Zone 8’s U16 softball team took the field in Nanaimo for the BC Summer Games, July 17-20.
It was Brandan Moore’s, 16, second time at the games, having played in Surrey in 2012, when Cariboo-North East finished fourth.
It’s tight competition playing at the level, but he likes the team’s chances this year.
“I’m definitely more excited this time around. I’m older and I can pitch better.”
July 16
Tourney draws dozens to 108 Golf Resort
A total of 82 ladies from Kelowna to Prince George and different points in between teed-off in the South Cariboo for the 30th Annual Pud Griffin Memorial Tournament, July 10-12.
The scorching hot weekend at the 108 Golf Resort saw two pairs of Williams Lake golfers shoot lowest net and lowest gross scores, and a variety of other games, while the tournament carried a western-style theme and some of the ladies dressed accordingly in plaid and cowboy hats.
July 23
Local talent a B.C. softball champ, off to Westerns
Connor Edle of 100 Mile House was set to play shortstop and centrefield for the province’s best U18 softball team.
The local 16-year-old was picked up by the Fraser Valley Vipers for the Softball BC 2014 Championship in North Surrey, July 11-13.
After dropping its first game to the Nanaimo Breakers, the Vipers got it together and swept the rest of the tourney, mercy-ruling one team along the way.
July 30
Local rower celebrates national gold
Alexandra Lubbe, 17, was part of the Shawnigan Lake School quad rowing team that won gold at the 2014 Canadian Secondary Schools Championship in St. Catherine’s, Ont. on June 8, while also rowing to a bronze medal in the senior women’s four.
With that top finish, the national champions earned a seat to race in the historic Henley Royal Regatta held on the River Thames in England a month later.
“It was pretty tough, but we worked hard all season,” said Lubbe. “It was really rewarding. It was a good feeling.”
August 6
Briand blowing by the rest
Shredding a 200-foot mud track in three seconds or less, local youth Austin Briand was hands down the fastest young driver behind the wheel in the North West Mud Racing Association.
Austin races with his dad, Lee, one of a few father-son teams on the circuit.
“Being 16 and going so fast, I think he’s a big part of the show now,” Lee said.
Aug. 13
U14 boys leave it all on the field in Alberta
100 Mile N’ Hour, a local U14 boys team, finished fourth at the Western Canadian Softball Championships in Lloydminster, Alta., Aug. 1-4.
“I’m super proud of those boys and the effort they put out, and putting our small little town on the map when it comes to fastball,” said coach Pat Findlay.
Aug. 20
Wranglers lasso local talent
108 Mile Ranch skater Micky Turner won a spot on the 100 Mile House Wranglers’ roster on Aug. 11.
For the last two seasons, Turner, 20, played in the United States for the Bellingham Blazers, the 2013-14 champions of the Northern Pacific Hockey League based in Washington and Oregon.
“I think it will be pretty exciting playing in front of all my friends and family,” said Turner. “Coming out every night and playing for everyone, it will be nice.”
Aug. 27
100 Mile Gymkhana season successful
The Aug. 17 gymkhana wrapped another successful season for the Gymkhana Committee of the 100 Mile & District Outriders Club.
All four gymkhanas – in May, June, July and August – were held at the Outriders Arena behind the South Cariboo Rec. Centre on Airport Road in 100 Mile House.
