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Mark Holick summed it up in a few words. There's only one way to go for the Prince George Cougars and that's up.

A mixture of new and familiar faces were on the ice at the Coliseum as the Prince George Spruce Kings opened training camp on the weekend.

Finally NWAACC USA beat a team other than Canada at the World Baseball Challenge and the picked the right time to do it.

Defenceman Josh Anderson arrived on schedule for his first crack at the Prince George Cougars training camp.

Yander Guevara sizzled on the mound as the Ciego de Avila Tigres won a second straight World Baseball Challenge for Cuba.

Wade Klippenstein's tour of duty in the Western Hockey League now extends to its eastern border in Brandon. The Brandon Wheat Kings have hired the Manitoba native as their new director of scouting.

Grade 3 teacher Karen Degner-Curtis will be taking a precious souvenir of Prince George to school with her to show her students in Hillsboro, Ore.

Don't look back. For Alex Forsberg, there's only one way to go as he heads into his third season with the Prince George Cougars, the team he quit midway through the 2012-13 season.

After eight weeks in the CFL picks game: Ted Clarke: 2-2 last week; 15-9 overall Peter James: 3-1 last week; 21-7 overall Sheri Lamb: 2-2 last week; 17-11 overall Mark Nielsen: 4-0 last week; 18-6 overall Lions (5-2) at Alouettes (2-5) Tonight, 4:30

JX-Eneos of Japan or the national team of Chinese Taipei? It was too close to call on Wednesday. Until Ren Yamasaki stepped to the plate.