Local Sports

The best cross-country skiers in the province will be at the Otway Nordic Centre this weekend for the 2013 Teck B.C. Championships.

Thomas Speirs set to throw leather at a new level

The Spruce Capital Boxing Club is dropping its affiliation with Boxing B.C. and is signing on with the British Columbia Combative Sports Association. Wayne Sponagle, Spruce Capital's head coach, had grown weary of the politics within Boxing B.C.

Once again, the Prince George Cougars let their opponent get the jump on them. Once again, the Cats missed an opportunity to pick up two valuable points in their quest to qualify for the Western Hockey League playoffs.

A pair of Prince George hockey products were front and centre when the American Hockey League held its all-star game Monday in Providence, Rhode Island.

Fighters from the Kaiten Mixed Martial Arts Academy had plenty of reasons to celebrate on Saturday night.

A quartet of Prince George gymnasts returned with plenty of trinkets from a meet in Coquitlam last weekend.

Sarah Beaudry nearly nabbed a podium position at worlds. Beaudry, an 18-year-old from Prince George, finished fifth overall in a women's individual race at the world youth biathlon championships in Austria on Tuesday.

It was a disappointing conclusion for the Prince George bantam tier 2 Cougars at their home tournament last weekend. The Cougars (1-4) wrapped up the tournament Sunday morning with a 6-4 loss to Kitimat in the seventh-place consolation game at Kin 3.

Sarah Beaudry nearly nabbed a podium position at worlds. Beaudry, an 18-year-old from Prince George, finished fifth overall in a women's individual race at the world youth biathlon championships in Austria on Tuesday.