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Wrangler veteran Brett Harris got the 1-1 tying goal during a goal-mouth scramble early in the second period in game 3 of the KIJHL championships in 100 Mile House on March 29. The Wranglers went on to win the game 5-2, thanks to four third-period goals including two power-play tallies. Home-town fans get to see them in action tonight (March 31) in game 5, starting at 7 p.m.

Wranglers winning the battle of body checks

Home-town team takes game 3 with a convincing 5-2 victory

Wrangler veteran Brett Harris got the 1-1 tying goal during a goal-mouth scramble early in the second period in game 3 of the KIJHL championships in 100 Mile House on March 29. The Wranglers went on to win the game 5-2, thanks to four third-period goals including two power-play tallies. Home-town fans get to see them in action tonight (March 31) in game 5, starting at 7 p.m.
There was a celebration of the arrival of the new grand piano at Martin Exeter Hall on March 22, where several people, who helped the 100 Mile Festival of the Arts committee purchase the piano, posed for a photograph. They included Amy Jordaan, left, Bruce Madu, Ginny-Lou Alexander, CRD director Margo Wagner, Christiane Nauen, Frances Higginson, RBC manager Scott Saito, Mayor Mitch Campsall, Brian Porritt, Marilyn Buyar and CRD chair Al Richmond. Missing: Shelly Morton.

New piano in Martin Exeter Hall

Festival of the Arts committee helps provide musical gift

There was a celebration of the arrival of the new grand piano at Martin Exeter Hall on March 22, where several people, who helped the 100 Mile Festival of the Arts committee purchase the piano, posed for a photograph. They included Amy Jordaan, left, Bruce Madu, Ginny-Lou Alexander, CRD director Margo Wagner, Christiane Nauen, Frances Higginson, RBC manager Scott Saito, Mayor Mitch Campsall, Brian Porritt, Marilyn Buyar and CRD chair Al Richmond. Missing: Shelly Morton.
Bridge Lake area parents and residents jumped on a bus on March 29 to attend the School District #27 board meeting. They wanted to talk to school trustees directly in an effort to get them to agree to defer the decision on the potential closure of Bridge Lake Elementary School for a year.

Parents, residents believe they’re not being treated fairly

Bridge Lake Elementary School PAC not allowed to make presentation

Bridge Lake area parents and residents jumped on a bus on March 29 to attend the School District #27 board meeting. They wanted to talk to school trustees directly in an effort to get them to agree to defer the decision on the potential closure of Bridge Lake Elementary School for a year.

Lesson learned?

Hopefully, ban on political interference is not a political Band-Aid

The 100 Mile Bighorn Archery Club hosted the annual Indoor 3D A&W Shoot at the old Stan Halcro Arena in 100 Mile House on March 19-20. Local archers, as well as archers from around the province, attended this two-day event.

Bighorn Archery Club draws record number of archers

Good time had by all at annual Indoor A&W Shoot in 100 Mile House

The 100 Mile Bighorn Archery Club hosted the annual Indoor 3D A&W Shoot at the old Stan Halcro Arena in 100 Mile House on March 19-20. Local archers, as well as archers from around the province, attended this two-day event.
The 100 Mile House Wranglers knocked off Kimberley Dynamiters 3-2 by putting a lot of bodies in front of Kimberley's number 1 goalie Tyson Brouwer in game 4 of the 2016 KIJHL Championships on March 30. The Wranglers jumped into a 3-0 lead by crashing the net, but the Dynamiters crept back with two power-play goals on seven consecutive penalties in the last half of the game.

Kimberley Dynamiters backs to the wall

Wranglers one win away from Kootenay International Junior Hockey League title

The 100 Mile House Wranglers knocked off Kimberley Dynamiters 3-2 by putting a lot of bodies in front of Kimberley's number 1 goalie Tyson Brouwer in game 4 of the 2016 KIJHL Championships on March 30. The Wranglers jumped into a 3-0 lead by crashing the net, but the Dynamiters crept back with two power-play goals on seven consecutive penalties in the last half of the game.

Kimberley Dynamiters backs to the wall

Wranglers one win away from Kootenay International Junior Hockey League title

A civil contracting crew laid ducting down in the underground electrical system on North Birch Avenue on March 17, so a local BC Hydro crew could replace an old, brittle primary lines with a new one. Replacing primary line, low profile transformers and installing junction and service boxes is part of an ongoing underground infrastructure upgrade in 100 Mile House.

Subdivision underground repair and replacement ongoing

Hydro outages inevitable, but should be shorter as infrastructure rebuilt

A civil contracting crew laid ducting down in the underground electrical system on North Birch Avenue on March 17, so a local BC Hydro crew could replace an old, brittle primary lines with a new one. Replacing primary line, low profile transformers and installing junction and service boxes is part of an ongoing underground infrastructure upgrade in 100 Mile House.
Wranglers forward Alex Meeker (#15) crashes the net as Dynamiters goaltender Tyson Brouwer fights off a shot during Game 1 of the KIJHL championship Saturday night at the Kimberley Civic Centre. Meeker and the Wranglers went on to claim a 2-1 victory in Game 1, before falling to the Dynamiters by a 4-1 margin in Game 2. With the series even a one game apiece, the two teams resume action tonight at the South Cariboo Rec. Centre in 100 Mile House.

Wranglers hosting Kimberley Dynamiters tonight (March 29)

Coach thinks he has defending KIJHL champions right where he wants them

Wranglers forward Alex Meeker (#15) crashes the net as Dynamiters goaltender Tyson Brouwer fights off a shot during Game 1 of the KIJHL championship Saturday night at the Kimberley Civic Centre. Meeker and the Wranglers went on to claim a 2-1 victory in Game 1, before falling to the Dynamiters by a 4-1 margin in Game 2. With the series even a one game apiece, the two teams resume action tonight at the South Cariboo Rec. Centre in 100 Mile House.

Residents attending school board meeting

BLES Parent Advisory Committee wants school closure decision deferred one year

District hears comments on the rewrite of the Zoning Bylaw, OCP

100 Mile House Zoning Bylaw and Official Community Plan updated

Wranglers take strangle hold on conference series

100 Mile House boys skate to back-to-back wins against Summerland

There was a lot of pushing and shoving after the whistle blew in game 2 of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference championship. The Summerland Steam rebounded from a first game loss to win 2-1 against the 100 Mile House Wranglers.

Wranglers drop game 2 of conference playoffs

Summerland Steam scored early goal, Wranglers struggled

There was a lot of pushing and shoving after the whistle blew in game 2 of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference championship. The Summerland Steam rebounded from a first game loss to win 2-1 against the 100 Mile House Wranglers.

Some people felt School District 27 is showing them disrespect

Businesses: school district has not considered economic impact

B.C. Liberals increasing wildfire fines

Government responding to public interference in firefighting efforts

Official NStQ referendum results released

Williams Lake Band will vote again due to disruption at polling station

Ken Alexander Free Press The 100 Mile House Wranglers will see another banner on display after knocking off the Chase Heat 2-1 in Chase to clinch the Doug Birks Division playoff title in game 6 on March 11. However, fans were nervous after the Wranglers were significantly out-played and shutout 4-0 by a desperate Heat squad in 100 Mile House in game 5 the night before. Coach Dale Hladun says he wasn’t happy with the team effort in the March 10 game. “Full kudos to Chase; that’s a good club. Their power play is dangerous and we’ve been managing to kill off a lot of penalties against them, but they were bound to get few in the net and sure enough they got two that game.” Hladun says his boys seemed to be getting mentally tired and were making mistakes in the back end. “The pace Chase initiated... they deserved to win. “In a weird way, that game may have set us up for the mental toughness and focus we had for the next game.” Game 6 Hladun made a couple of changes for game 6 in Chase that produced golden results. His first decision was to start Adam Derochie to give Zane Steeves, who had been outstanding during the series, a rest. “I felt if the series did go seven games, I wanted to make sure Zane Steeves was very rested. He’s been such a huge part of our run that I didn’t want to wear him out if there was a game 7 because we were going to need him leading the charge for us. “And we had full confidence in Derochie and he needed a game and we needed to get him into a game.' He started game 6 and to [no one's] surprise, he stood on his head and was the game star. “He’s such a breath of fresh air for us and such a hard-working kid.” Hladun says Chase had a good tempo and got a goal in the first period, so he decided to move Michael Lynch into the back end at the start of the second period to give the defensive corps a seven-man rotation. “Our D has been working so hard and they’re pretty beat up and banged ... they’re tired and sore, and when you’re tired and sore, you make mental mistakes. “So, by adding an extra defenceman like Lynch, who can carry the puck out of our end and move the puck out, and rotating him in, just gave some life to all our boys in the back end. I think Michael turned the game around for us.” He notes Lynch set up both Wrangler goals. Meanwhile, Williams Lake product Justin Bond scored both goals in the third period: tying goal at 16:57 with the assist going to Lynch; and 12:32 on the power play with Lynch and Ryan Friesen getting the helpers. Hladun says the six-foot-one 175-pound forward is a pure scorer. Noting a lot of different guys are scoring goals in important games, the coach says, “there’s Justin Bond stepping up to be a big-game scorer.”

Wranglers win division title playoffs in six games

Coach Hladun makes two golden decisions that results in 2-0 victory

Ken Alexander Free Press The 100 Mile House Wranglers will see another banner on display after knocking off the Chase Heat 2-1 in Chase to clinch the Doug Birks Division playoff title in game 6 on March 11. However, fans were nervous after the Wranglers were significantly out-played and shutout 4-0 by a desperate Heat squad in 100 Mile House in game 5 the night before. Coach Dale Hladun says he wasn’t happy with the team effort in the March 10 game. “Full kudos to Chase; that’s a good club. Their power play is dangerous and we’ve been managing to kill off a lot of penalties against them, but they were bound to get few in the net and sure enough they got two that game.” Hladun says his boys seemed to be getting mentally tired and were making mistakes in the back end. “The pace Chase initiated... they deserved to win. “In a weird way, that game may have set us up for the mental toughness and focus we had for the next game.” Game 6 Hladun made a couple of changes for game 6 in Chase that produced golden results. His first decision was to start Adam Derochie to give Zane Steeves, who had been outstanding during the series, a rest. “I felt if the series did go seven games, I wanted to make sure Zane Steeves was very rested. He’s been such a huge part of our run that I didn’t want to wear him out if there was a game 7 because we were going to need him leading the charge for us. “And we had full confidence in Derochie and he needed a game and we needed to get him into a game.' He started game 6 and to [no one's] surprise, he stood on his head and was the game star. “He’s such a breath of fresh air for us and such a hard-working kid.” Hladun says Chase had a good tempo and got a goal in the first period, so he decided to move Michael Lynch into the back end at the start of the second period to give the defensive corps a seven-man rotation. “Our D has been working so hard and they’re pretty beat up and banged ... they’re tired and sore, and when you’re tired and sore, you make mental mistakes. “So, by adding an extra defenceman like Lynch, who can carry the puck out of our end and move the puck out, and rotating him in, just gave some life to all our boys in the back end. I think Michael turned the game around for us.” He notes Lynch set up both Wrangler goals. Meanwhile, Williams Lake product Justin Bond scored both goals in the third period: tying goal at 16:57 with the assist going to Lynch; and 12:32 on the power play with Lynch and Ryan Friesen getting the helpers. Hladun says the six-foot-one 175-pound forward is a pure scorer. Noting a lot of different guys are scoring goals in important games, the coach says, “there’s Justin Bond stepping up to be a big-game scorer.”

Wranglers take game 1 in conference finals

100 Mile House squad drops Summerland Steam 3-2 in double overtime

The Men in Black including Ashley Funke, left, Alysha Buchi, Keely Pacheco, Maryanna Elliott, and Vanessa Shearer were a big hit at the 100 Mile House & District Figure Skating Club Year End Finale on March 5.

Enjoying figure skating club Year End Finale

The Men in Black including Ashley Funke, left, Alysha Buchi, Keely Pacheco, Maryanna Elliott, and Vanessa Shearer were a big hit on March 5.

The Men in Black including Ashley Funke, left, Alysha Buchi, Keely Pacheco, Maryanna Elliott, and Vanessa Shearer were a big hit at the 100 Mile House & District Figure Skating Club Year End Finale on March 5.