Local Sports

The Prince George Youth Volleyball Club had four players earn Team B.C. spots this summer. For the second consecutive year Jordan Foot will play on the under-18 boys team.

Tryouts for rep hockey teams are just around the corner. Boys interested in playing peewee (11-12) or bantam (13-14) rep hockey next season can tryout Aug. 26-29 and Sept. 3-8. Midget boys and girls (15-17) will hold tryouts starting Sept. 3.

Relief showed on the Prince George Gnats faces after they obtained their first win of the rugby season. The Gnats knocked off the Terrace Northmen 17-14 on Friday to improve their Division 3 record to 1-3 on the season.

The deadline to enter the 2013 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prince George Triathlon is only a few days away. Participants can register online at www.pgtriathlon.ca before 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday. Race day is Sunday, July 21 starting at 9 a.m.

Alicia Somerville exceeded her expectations. The 10-year-old had set a personal goal to finish the 19th Prince George Kids Fun Triathlon higher than seventh place, where she finished last year's race.

The College Heights Pub Assault showed why they're the two-time defending champions in the Prince George Senior Lacrosse League last week when they defeated the upstart Shooters Pub Devils in the first game of the best-of-five series.

Curtis Blake notched the PGARA hat trick. The rookie-class hornets' driver cleaned up during Saturday's races at the Prince George Auto Racing Association Speedway taking the checkered flag in the dash, heat and main events.

The Prince George Spruce Kings added a third goaltender to their roster Thursday, acquiring Alex Murray from the Burlington Cougars of the Ontario Junior Hockey League for future considerations.

Drag racing enthusiasts will have to wait another week to rev their engines at the newly-named and recently-repaved Rolling Mix Concrete Raceway.

Hockey goaltenders are a strange breed. Even Taylor Dakers admits that, and he's been stopping pucks for longer than he cares to remember, and did so well enough to get drafted by the San Jose Sharks.