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It's the small victories that count for the Prince George bantam tier 2 Cougars this season.

Prince George has a triple threat in the dirt.

The Prince George Judo Club returned from the 2013 Pacific International Judo tournament Saturday in Richmond with four medals while the North Capital Judo Club brought home one medal.

If the Prince George Cougars want a playoff spot they'll have to earn it.

In his B.C. Hockey League debut Saturday Ryan Forbes picked up two assists as his Nanaimo Clippers beat the visiting Coquitlam Express 5-2. Forbes was available to the Clippers because the Cariboo Cougars, his BCMML team, had the weekend off.

The Duchess Park Condors are one of the top junior girls basketball teams in the province. To nobody's surprise, they soared to a district championship on the weekend.

They proved they could play at the top level in Canada. And the UNBC Timberwolves are poised to make even bigger strides in 2013-14.

On a night when four of the most influential players in program history were in uniform for the final time, the UNBC Timberwolves played with passion and pride and ended their season with a long-awaited victory.

The D.P. Todd Trojans are the top junior A boys' basketball team in the district after a 70-48 win over the Prince George secondary Polars in the gold-medal final at the championship hosted Saturday at D.P. Todd school.

A playoff spot wasn't on the line for either team, but pride and bragging rights certainly were.