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A new lethal combination unleashed terror on the Kelowna Rockets.

The UNBC Timberwolves will get their first pre-season tests tonight at the Northern Sport Centre. The women's and men's basketball teams will tip off against the Grande Prairie Regional College Wolves, the women at 6 p.m. and the men at 8 p.m.

There's no panic in the Prince George Cougars top trio. If points for opportunities counted in the Western Hockey League the combination of Jari Erricson, Troy Bourke and Daulton Siwak would be near the top of the league.

A top-eight finish was considered realistic. Instead, the Duchess Park Condors winged their way to gold at the 32-team UBC Okanagan Heat junior girls volleyball tournament in Kelowna on the weekend.

Seven of the top high school volleyball teams in B.C. will be hammering kill shots in the Jon Bragg Memorial tournament, which starts tonight at College Heights secondary school. The North Peace Oscars, Duchess Park Condors, D.P.

Caleb Belter entered this season determined to be an impact player for the Prince George Cougars. So far, he's delivering. Belter, a 19-year-old forward, is off to his best-ever start as a Western Hockey League player.

In their first regular-season game, the Duchess Park Condors were a perfectly-tuned football machine.

When pushed, the College Heights Cougars pushed back. The result was double gold at the PGYVC Junior Kodiak Classic. In the annual high school volleyball tournament, the Cougars claimed titles in the boys and girls divisions.

There's no such thing as too much offensive firepower. The Prince George Spruce Kings, one of the highest-scoring teams in the early stages of the B.C. Hockey League season, added skilled forward Shayne Morrissey to their roster on Tuesday.

Billy Cheng and the 2012-13 UNBC Timberwolves men's basketball team soared to victory defeating the UNBC alumni, including Dennis Stark, Inderbir Gill and Luke Groot, 89-51 on Saturday night at the Northern Sport Centre in front of about 150 spectato