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Youth athletes to enter Hall of Fame

An exceptional class of 15 youth athletes will be inducted into the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame next month.

An exceptional class of 15 youth athletes will be inducted into the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame next month.

Their accolades in 11 different sports at the provincial, national and international competition in the last two years have made them eligible for the hall of fame.

The 2014 induction ceremony is slated for March 29 at the Hart Community Centre.

Tickets, $40 each, are now on sale for the induction ceremony and can be purchased at Northern Food Equipment at 495 2nd Ave. from Mondays to Fridays, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Doors open at 6 p.m., dinner is at 7 p.m. followed by the awards ceremony at 8 p.m. There will also be a silent auction and a guest speaker.

The following is a list of the new inductees and their accomplishments:

* The five-pin bowling team of Lezzyl Aquino, Kassidy Johnson, Paige Meise and Megan Reimer were 2013 provincial and national champions in the junior girls division.

* Haley Black is a swimmer and one of two B.C. athletes on the junior national team. She won two bronze medals (100m butterfly and 100m backstroke) at the 2013 Canada Summer Games, as well as two gold, one silver and three bronze at the 2012 Canadian age group championships.

* Emily Dickson is a biathlete orginally from Burns Lake who now lives and trains in Prince George. She represented Prince George's Caledonia Nordic Ski Club at the 2013 world youth championships where she finished 75th and 54th in her races.

* Jordan Foot is a volleyball player who is a rookie middle blocker/outside hitter for the Thompson RIvers University WolfPack. He was named an all-star at the 2013 U-18 national championship tournament, where he helped B.C. to a bronze medal.

* Kayla Gordon is a basketball player who is a three-time provincial silver medallist with the Cedars Christian School Eagles and competed in the B.C. high school all-star game in 2013. She helped Team B.C. to bronze at the U-17 nationals in 2012. She's now playing on a scholarship at Trinity Western University in Langley.

* Justin Hampole is a figure skater who made Team B.C. for the Skate Canada Challenge, held in January in Regina. He accomplished it as a 12-year-old competing in a U-16 division. He's the first Prince George figure skater in more than a decade to compete in a national championship.

* Carolina Hiller is a speed skater who made her second appearance at the junior national short track championships in January in Montreal. She had a handful of top-30 finishes at her first nationals last season, even though she was a 15-year-old competing against mostly 17- to 19-year-olds.

* Keiran Leboe is a track and field athlete who is the B.C. hammer throw champion in his age group and was third in discus, javelin, and shot put. He was a member of Team B.C. for the 2013 Legion Youth national championships, where he placed fifth in hammer throw.

* Montell Lindgren is a basketball player who was selected for the B.C. high school all-star game as a member of the Duchess Park Condors. He helped Team B.C. to a bronze medal as the 17-and-under men's national championship in 2012.

* Brad Morrison is a rookie forward with the Prince George Cougars of the Western Hockey League. He was named to Team Pacific for the 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and he helped Team B.C. to a gold medal at the U-16 Western Canada Challenge Cup in 2012.

* Spencer Schouwenburg is an archer and the youngest member of the Silvertip Archers to score a perfect 300, which he accomplished in January. He became just the eighth in club history to achieve a perfect score. He's also a B.C. and Canadian record-holder in his age group.

* Kristen Yawney is a judoist who has made multiple junior national championship appearances with Team B.C. She won silver medals in 2012 and 2011.