A look at the last half of 2010 in local sports, as presented in the pages of The Citizen's sports section:
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JUNE
Prince George loses to Leduc, Alta., in the bidding for the 2012 TELUS Cup.
The NCMP drag strip re-opens under new management.
Local powerlifters, including Jay Cook, find success at nationals in Calgary.
Former city resident Steve Brooks talks about his job as VP of finance and administration for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Kevin Grigg wins the YMCA road race, men's division. Shar Jackson is the top female.
Alyx Treasure wins two gold medals at the provincial high school track competition.
At the major league baseball draft, six of the top 41 players are from the U.S. team that played at the 2009 World Baseball Challenge.
Kelsy Hogh finishes third at the national bowling championship.
Dustin Byfuglien becomes the first former Cougars player to win a Stanley Cup, part of the Chicago Blackhawks club that beats the Philadelphia Flyers in the final.
Prince George's Dave Wood resigns as national cross-country ski coach.
Ryan Howse is named to the summer evaluation camp for the national junior team, Brett Connolly is not. The result would be reversed in December when it comes to the final roster.
Boxer Kenny Lally is a winner on the international stage.
Todd Jordan is named head coach of the UNBC men's basketball team.
The Prince George Gnats rugby team improves to 6-0 in CIRU play, a sign that the are contenders for the provincial crown.
Brett Connolly goes sixth overall to Tampa Bay, and Brett Bulmer 39th overall to Minnesota in an historic NHL draft for Prince George hockey circles.
Dustin Byfuglien is traded by Chicago to Atlanta, where he will be played as a defenceman.
The Cougars take Martin Marincin first overall in the CHL import draft.
JULY
Former Prince George Cougars star Dan Hamhuis signs with the Vancouver Canucks.
Ashley McMillan of D.P. Todd heads to NAIT to play college basketball.
The Roga Contracting Knights 9-10-year-old baseball team finishes third in a major tournament in Kamloops.
The BX Pub Bandits win the Prince George Senior Lacrosse League title.
Three local youth soccer teams win provincial championships.
UNBC hires Jason Kerswill away from a high school athletic director job to take the place left vacant when Len McNamara was fired nearly a year prior without cause.
Kathleen Cuniffe and Shaun Kuzio claim the Citizen Triathlon crowns.
Colin Carson is named to the national junior volleyball team.
AUGUST
City residents turn out in force to welcome the Canada Winter Games evaluation committee.
The Grays baseball team is blasted at provincials in Trail.
Former Cougars captain decides to head to the University of Saskatchewan to continue his hockey career.
Former city resident Jon Cooper is hired to coach the AHL's Norfolk Admirals.
Trevor Linden agrees to come to P.G. for a YMCA fund-raiser.
City arenas to be outfitted with defibrillators.
Lacrosse player Jeff Moleski is traded by the Calgary Roughnecks, to the Everett-based Washington Stealth.
Heavy smoke from forest fires brings a halt to local sports activity.
Former Olympian Chris Wong announces his retirement from freestyle skiing.
Cole Shaw wins the men's Simon Fraser golf title.
Laurie Pierce retires from his job as head pro at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club.
Surprisingly, Tom Bohmer agrees to return to the Prince George Spruce Kings as an assistant coach.
Fury, buried -- indoor soccer team closes down, with owner John Mehrassa ducking all attempts to get comment. The league hints that fees were not paid.
The Prince George Cougars open their 17th training camp.
Alyx Treasure spurns offers from U.S. schools, including Florida, to take her track talents to UBC.
SEPTEMBER
Joel MacDonald is hired as the new technical director for P.G. Youth Soccer.
The Cougars announce they will stage a game of the Russia-WHL series on Nov. 18 at CN Centre.
The Cougars trade for Charles Inglis, a Saskatoon Blade.
Ryan Hill explains the background to his 2007 on-ice attack on Solomon McCann.
Spruce Kings lose their season-opener... a sign of things to come.
Kevan Madsen is ruled academically ineligible to return to the UNBC men's basketball team.
UNBC women's basketball team head coach takes medical leave to be with her baby, born prematurely in the summer.
Trevor Linden arrives to help with a YMCA fund-raiser.
Prince George is named host city for the 2015 Canada Winter Games.
Sarah Loedell accepts a volleyball scholarship at Grande Prairie Regional College.
The Prince George Spruce Kings open with five straight BCHL losses.
Brett Connolly plays NHL exhibition games for Tampa Bay.
The Prince George Gnats rugby team wins provincials.
OCTOBER
Longtime soccer participant Terry Carter finally decides to walk away from the game he loves.
Prince George makes a pitch for the 2012 Baseball Canada Senior Championship, the same tournament that was in P.G. in 2002.
The Cougars trade former captain Art Bidlevskii to Regina, and Parker Stanfield to Everett.
UNBC's women's soccer team finishes the season 0-11-1. The men make the playoffs with a 6-5-1 mark.
Amy Hogan says she will not play college volleyball, the star player deciding to concentrate on studies in the fall.
Sena Acolatse of the Cougars is named WHL and CHL player of the week.
Prince George's bid for the 2012 Baseball Canada Senior Championship is successful, bid chair Virginia Sprangers earns plenty of credit.
Cougars coach Dean Clark wins his 400th game.
UNBC's men's soccer team posts an upset to reach the playoff semifinals, then advance to the final, only to lose 3-0 to VIU in the provincial final.
NOVEMBER
PGSS Polars win the P.G. Bowl high school football championship, defeating the Nechako Valley Vikings 26-19.
UNBC president George Iwama unveils a new school vision -- athletics is not mentioned.
Speed skater Tim Hempsall advances to the Canada Winter Games.
The Prince George Cougars commit to bidding on the 2013 Memorial Cup.
A group forms to offer centralized services and an office for local sports.
The Cariboo Cougars are invited back to the prestigious Mac's midget hockey tournament in Calgary.
Junior bantam Axemen win provincial football title.
Team WHL loses to the Russian Selects, 5-2, in front of a sold-out CN Centre.
The Cariboo Cougars go on an 11-game winning streak.
City hockey product Brandon Manning signs a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.
Prince George Spruce Kings fire Ed Dempsey.
Jen Fewster's rink books a trip back to the women's curling provincials.
The Prince George Cougars move into first place in the B.C. Division.
Brett Connolly and Ryan Howse are named to the Team Canada selection camp.
DECEMBER
Richard Watt takes over as P.G. Youth Soccer Association president.
The Prince George Spruce Kings' losing streak reaches 12 games.
World Baseball Challenge officials meet with Cuban Baseball Federation leaders in Havana about the 2011 tournament.
Jag Seehra gets silver at the national boxing championship in Quebec, Kenny Lally grabs gold.
PGSS defeats College Heights 3-2 to win the annual high school hockey game.
The Prince George Mohawks hammer on Penticton in senior hockey exhibition action.
Patti Knezevic qualifies for the women's curling provincials.
The Erik Leisinger and Falon Burkitt rinks are both eliminated from the provincial junior curling playdowns.
Nick Balazs agrees to join the TRU volleyball team in the fall.
