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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.

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Two days after they ended the season as the league's top regular season team, the Shooters Pub Devils came crashing down to earth Wednesday night.

Next stop provincials, tomorrow the world. That's what could be in store on the competitive stage for a group of Prince George athletes who have qualified for this weekend's Special Olympics B.C. Summer Games.

So you want to join the Prince George Spruce Kings board? Maybe you'd just like to find out what it takes to be a Spruce Kings volunteer. Supporters of the community-owned B.C.