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Barring a successful appeal, the unintended use of an ineligible player means a UNBC coach will have to sit out a game. Northern Timberwolves men's soccer coach Sonny Pawar has been handed the punishment by the B.C. Colleges Athletic Association.

The Tri-City Predators were fortunate they didn't become the prey.

It was cold and windy over the weekend in Saskatoon. But no matter how hard that frigid prairie breeze blew, it couldn't take the lightning out of Tim Hempsall's blades at the the junior national long track speed skating championships.

Wins have been rare for the WIC bantam female Cougars this minor hockey season. The Cats did, however, post some small victories on the weekend. The 13- and 14-year-old Cougars were in Surrey for a tournament and lost all four games they played.

LINEUP CARD COLUMN Lots of action, lots of goals, but not lots of bums in seats. The Prince George Fury have two home weekends in the books, four games to talk about the early returns at the gate, and in the standings.

City’s best wheelchair curlers shooting for fourth Canadian championship

LINEUP CARD COLUMN It was about 5 p.m. on Friday when the bah-humbug attitude I admit I had toward the Olympics was taken away. Burned away, if you will, by a flame.

Just days from now, the Columneetza Cougars will be favoured to claim a zone championship title on their home court.

Running with the Olympic torch in Quesnel ‘part of history’ for P.G. man

Four points was the goal. The Cariboo Cougars had to settle for one. Entering a weekend doubleheader with the Okanagan Rockets, the Cougars were looking to continue their climb back to the top of the B.C. Hockey Major Midget League standings.