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Local track grad shining for U.S. school

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

The Canada Winter Games are more than just a two-week celebration of the best of Canadian sport, arts and culture. And it's not just Prince George which stands to benefit from hosting the 2015 Games.

They were rewarded at the last possible moment. Yes, the payoff was late in arriving.

From the opening tip-off, the Duchess Park Condors put the D.P. Todd Trojans in a hole. Forced to play catch-up, the Trojans never did get all the way back.

When Prince George hosted the Canadian women's curling championship in 2000, Blaine de Jager had the chance to step onto the ice as a fan. This weekend she'll be back at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts as a competitor.

Thomas Speirs now knows, officially, who he'll face in his first professional fight. Speirs, a 22-year-old from the Spruce Capital Boxing Club, will trade punches with Tyler 'The Tornado' Lee during a March 2 card at the Roll-A-Dome.

The Toronto Blue Jays are coming to Prince George for spring training.

For the second year in a row, the Cedars Christian School Eagles claimed the city championship in senior girls high school basketball. To do it, they had to fight off a determined PGSS Polars team Wednesday night at the Northern Sport Centre.

In the Mainland Division of the B.C. Hockey League, the Prince George Spruce Kings have a comfortable lead on the Langley Rivermen. They want to increase the gap. The Spruce Kings and Rivermen will face off tonight at the Coliseum (7 p.m.