Local Sports

When the UNBC Timberwolves men's soccer team takes to the field in September they'll have a full house of Prince George talent on the roster.

Alan Alderson's connections in the Lower Mainland are already paying dividends for the UNBC men's soccer program.

Their bones may creak and their muscles may protest loudly after games, but Scott Morash and Brett Doig can still inflict pain on the opposition.

Matt Neumann has perfected the role of the starving athlete. The Prince George biathlete balances training and competition with a part-time job at a Canmore golf course as he works to earn his Olympic ticket to Sochi, Russia in 2014.

Their bones may creak and their muscles may protest loudly after games, but Scott Morash and Brett Doig can still inflict pain on the opposition.

When Roxanne Solmonson made the decision to get into shape it opened the door for a new sporting adventure.

Geoff Martinson earned a bronze medal at the 2012 Canadian Track and Field Championship and Olympic Trials on Friday but it wasn't enough to earn him a trip to London.

Prince George runner hits the blocks tonight in Calgary at 6:20 p.m.

Trevor Sprague will play a role in the formation of BC Hockey's Under-16 provincial team.

Matthew Shand had a wonderful weekend in the water. Shand, a 10-year-old member of the Prince George Pisces swim club, set four pool records and stroked to the aggregate title in his age group at a meet in Dawson Creek last weekend.