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Two Prince George high school volleyball teams finished off their seasons on Saturday standing on the medal podium.

Mercedes Van Koughnett certainly made up for lost time.

Kings 2 at Spruce Kings 3 (2OT) First Period 1. Prince George, Luedtke 7 (Staley, Eden) 6:54 2. Powell River, Scarfo 15 , 8:46 (sh) 3.

High winds wreaked havoc on the World Cup biathlon course Sunday in Oestersund, Sweden but the conditions didn't seem to bother Megan Heinicke.

Chad Staley took one for the team, then returned to strike the decisive blow in Sunday's battle of the BCHL Kings.

Nobody could have blamed the Vancouver Giants for thinking they were heading for an early-round knockout of the Prince George Cougars.

A Christmas tradition seemed in jeopardy. But, the Cariboo Cougars -- who struggled to win games early in the season -- have been invited to the Mac's AAA Midget Hockey Tournament for the eighth consecutive year.

In five seasons of running the court playing basketball for the UNBC Timberwolves, Mercedes Van Koughnett found herself in unfamiliar territory Saturday night. She was sitting in the stands as a spectator.

Two more passes to the B.C. Scotties Tournament of Hearts will be handed out this weekend. Tracey Jones wants one of them.

In past seasons, a game between the Cariboo Cougars and Vancouver Northwest Giants was often a fight for first place. That won't be the case when the Cats and G-men collide tonight and Sunday at the Burnaby Winter Club.