Local Sports

The road to the provincial high school wrestling championships takes a detour today through Kelly Road secondary school. A total of 140 wrestlers from northern B.C.

They couldn't have picked a worse time to schedule a test.

A bit of puck luck would have been welcome. The Freightliner Cougars settled for a 5-5 tie with Kitimat in their opening game of the Up The Creek Garment Company peewee rep hockey tournament.

Captain RJay Berra lifted the Prince George Spruce Kings to a 5-4 overtime win against the Quesnel Millionaires Friday night at the Coliseum. In the B.C.

The city of Prince George was prominent in the hockey world's two biggest tournaments over the holiday season.

The unsung heroes of sport are not the front-line players who net the winning goal in overtime. You won't find them running the bases after a walk-off home run, nor will they save the day with a timely dive in the soccer crease.

It's a huge step up from midget hockey to the Western Hockey League. Kind of like traveling from the flat prairie of Waldheim, Sask., to the Himalayas. The players in the 'Dub are bigger, stronger, faster, and older than Alex Forsberg.

High school basketball Nechako Valley senior girls tournament in Vanderhoof Thursday result D.P. Todd 73 College Heights 49 D.P. Todd; Danielle Steel, 17 pts.

The snow dump that blanketed the Prince George area this week couldn't have come at a better time for organizers of the B.C. Pond Hockey northern regional championships.

Thinking of renting rent snow equipment for Ski Fest at Otway Nordic Centre. Better get there early.