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They have the talent and the experience. Unfortunately, the UNBC Timberwolves also had a bad case of the nerves when they played their first games of the Canada West women's basketball season last weekend in Winnipeg.

TODAY BASKETBALL: CIS Canada West -- UNBC Timberwolves vs. Thompson Rivers University WolfPack, women's game at 6 p.m., men at 8 p.m., Charles Jago Northern Sport Centre.

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There's a ringette revival going on in Prince George.

New faces, new style, same objective. When the UNBC Timberwolves men's basketball team plays its home-opener tonight at the Northern Sport Centre, long-time followers of the squad may not recognize many of the guys in green and white.

It's easy to pick Michael Iovanna out of crowd of junior hockey players. Just ask the newest member of the Prince George Spruce Kings to say something.

The easy part of the season is over for the Prince George junior bantam Axemen. Their quest for a 12-man minor football provincial championship resumes on Sunday in Kelowna and the Mission Lions are no certainly no pushovers.

In case the Prince George Cougars didn't get enough of the Kelowna Rockets last week, they'll renew old ties again tonight in Kelowna. For the Cougars, the key to success will be trying to find a way to pressure the Rockets' defencemen.

The Cariboo Cougars have a chance to make up some ground this week in the BC Major Midget League standings as they travel to the provincial capital to take on the South Island Royals.

After 19 weeks in the CFL: Ted Clarke: 2-2 last week; 40-24 overall Peter James: 2-2 last week; 46-22 overall Mark Nielsen: 0-4 last week; 40-24 overall Sunday Montreal (8-10) at Hamilton (10-8) TSN 9 a.m.