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Last August, Kevin Pederson won the Men's Simon Fraser Open for the fourth time in his career. He won't be around to try for a fifth title this year. The annual men's golf tournament tees off Saturday at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club.

Last August, Kevin Pederson won the Men's Simon Fraser Open for the fourth time in his career. He won't be around to try for a fifth title this year. The annual men's golf tournament tees off Saturday at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club.

In a pitcher's duel the Prince George bantam single-A Knights held steady until the top of the seventh inning of their opening game at the 2012 B.C. Minor Baseball Association championship in Kamloops.

The Prince George Cougars have traded defenceman and captain Jesse Forsberg to the Seattle Thunderbirds for Colin Jacobs, a forward who is a Buffalo Sabres draft pick. Both players are 1993-born.

Craig Somerville and Amanda Alexander are a perfect team in a solo sport. It was 10 years ago when Somerville shared his desire to compete with Alexander in the Subaru Ironman Canada competition, held annually in Penticton.

The BID Group Grays are set to swing for a title on home turf. The Grays are the host team for the B.C. Senior Baseball Championship, which starts tonight at Citizen Field.

The Cap-abilities Knights have plenty of pop and they're taking it to provincials. Pop in their bats, that is.

Kristian Kiland is in for a true test of tennis. Kiland, the top junior player in the city, is traveling south for this weekend's Interior Open in Kelowna.

Against single-A competition this season, the Pacific Western Helicopters bantam Knights have had no problem reaching altitude. They'll need to soar into the blue again to turn their championship ambitions into reality.

Kristian Kiland is in for a true test of tennis. Kiland, the top junior player in the city, is traveling south for this weekend's Interior Open in Kelowna.