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It was close but the Duchess Park Condors junior A girls volleyball team survived a scare to emerge as the top squad in Prince George for 2012.

It was almost too close to call when the senior girls volleyball teams battled for gold last weekend. Both the gold and bronze medal matches of the D.P.

A slow start saw the UNBC Timberwolves men's basketball team dig a hole they weren't able to get out of as they fell Saturday to Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack 78-63.

Emma Balazs had a bout of stage fright and was unable to complete her race Saturday at the B.C. high school cross-country championship. The 17-year-old Kelly Road student dropped out of the four-kilometre girls race after finishing about 1.

Without one shoe, runner grits it out for medal

Jansen Harkins collected five points and Brad Morrison added three as Team B.C. captured the gold medal with a 9-3 win Sunday over Team Alberta at the 2012 Western Canada under-16 Challenge Cup in Calgary.

If the UNBC Timberwolves women's basketball team win the little battles each night in their inaugural CIS season they'll make head coach Loralyn Murdoch happy. The T-wolves begin their new life in Canada West tonight, 6 p.m.

It didn't take long for the UNBC Timberwolves men's basketball team to make a mark in the Canada West.

The Prince George Spruce Kings six-game win streak came to a screeching halt Friday in Langley against the Rivermen as they fell 5-1. Rivermen goalie James Barr made 31 saves for the win as the Spruce Kings out shot their B.C.

It'll be a veteran crew to lead the UNBC Timberwolves when the men tip off their inaugural CIS season tonight in Kamloops.