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The Pacific Western Helicopters Knights showed flashes of how good they can be. At other times, they struggled with some baseball basics.

In 12 innings of work, they struck out 27 batters and gave up just three hits.

The plan is to roll for gold. Naturally, other teams will do their best to foil the intentions of the Cariboo-North East all-stars at the BC Summer Games.

A free skills camp will help the Prince George Minor Football Association kick off the season. The camp, open to players born between 1999 and 2006, is set for Saturday at cole Lac des Bois and will focus on fun. The session will run from 9 a.m.

Close to 80 players were vying for Team BC jobs. Three from Prince George were among the successful candidates.

For the second straight year the College Heights Pub Assault swept their rivals off the floor in the championship series.

Andrej Vdovenko served up a championship in men's singles at the annual P.G. Open tennis tournament Saturday at the Prince George Tennis Courts.

It's an all Prince George squad headed down to Surrey for the 2012 BC Summer Games, July 19-22 to compete in girls volleyball.

Landon Shannon has spent many hours on the road this summer.

They may not hit the ball as long as they used to, but they can still shoot scores that would humble many a younger player.