Local Sports

They have important playoff games on the horizon. Given that fact, the Pacific Western Helicopters Knights picked the perfect time to reach new heights of success.

Four Prince George Pisces swimmers stroked to overall gold medals at a weekend meet in Mackenzie. Matthew Shand, Ben Shand, Jessica Ballantyne and Ian Williams finished on top of their respective divisions.

PGYVC sending 10 players to post-secondary programs

Danica Ludlow was one fast fish at the Swim BC provincial championships. At the meet in Richmond, the 15-year-old member of the Prince George Barracudas touched the wall first in all six of her races and, in the process, set four meet standards.

Fans of the Prince George Spruce Kings will be spending a lot of Friday and Saturday nights in their favourite seats at the Coliseum. The BC Hockey League released its 2012-13 regular-season schedule on Tuesday.

Since 2008, Prince George has been an exporter of volleyball talent. In March of that year, CNC cut its varsity volleyball program as part of a response to a projected $1.1 million budget deficit.

The College Heights Pub Assault held off the BX Pub Bandits and put themselves in an enviable position in the Prince George Senior Lacrosse Association playoff championship series.

Two judokas from Prince George strutted to silver and bronze medals at the Canadian championship, July 5-8.

BOXERS: Allan Bayne Retired in 1997 with a 3-0 professional boxing record and an amateur record of 144-24 including nine BC light middleweight championships.

Danica Ludlow was one fast fish at the Swim BC provincial championships.