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Wednesday summary Rivermen 2 at Spruce Kings 1 First Period No scoring. Penalties -- Urban Lan (high-sticking) 9:03, Robinson Lan (roughing), Pacheco PG (roughing) 16:01. Second Period 1.

The quest for provincial gold in high school volleyball starts today. Two local senior boys teams -- the College Heights Cougars and D.P. Todd Trojans -- are in Kelowna for the double-A championship tournament.

First place will be on the line tonight at the Coliseum. But when the Prince George Spruce Kings step onto the rink against the Langley Rivermen, they'll do so knowing it's only November and that their B.C.

On the way to gold, the WIC Cougars were close to perfect. The Cougars, a bantam female rep team from the Prince George Minor Hockey Association, skated to a 5-0 record and a tournament championship at a weekend event in Kamloops.

The Prince George Cougars have traded disgruntled forward Carson Bolduc to the Kamloops Blazers for forward Aaron Macklin. Bolduc is 17 and Macklin is 18. Bolduc, from Salmon Arm, was in his second full season with the Cougars.

Sarah Beaudry, Matt Neumann and Emily Dickson didn't need much time to round into form.

The Scotiabank peewee female Cougars fell one victory short of reaching the final at a weekend minor hockey tournament in Kamloops. In a Sunday semifinal, the Cougars lost 2-0 to the Kelowna Junior Rockets.

Prince George rider Norbraten gaining traction with lift-accessible Coast Gravity Park project

The pattern that's repeating itself offers no comfort to the Prince George Cougars.

If the Cariboo Cougars had any doubts the Okanagan Rockets deserve their lofting standing in the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League, they know now.