Local Sports

Loralyn Murdoch has secured some much-needed size from south of the border. On Monday, the head coach of the UNBC Northern Timberwolves women's basketball team received a commitment from Kellie Fluit, a five-foot-11 post player from Lynden, Wash.

The Vanderhoof community was "all in for Madison" on Saturday - hoofing, hiking and motoring around the Hogsback Lake trail system. This was the area where Madison Scott, 20 at the time, was last seen.

Think curling but substitute grass for ice. Oh, and there's no sweeping. The sport is lawn bowling, and the season is about to get rolling. With that in mind, the Prince George Lawn Bowling Club is offering free lessons.

COMIN' AT YA -- Jesse Dill of the District Clothing/TQ Titans delivers from the mound during a Saturday game at Citizen Field against the Queensway Auto World Red Sox.

In the Central Interior Rugby Union, the Prince George Gnats are expecting to get the roughest ride from the Williams Lake Rustlers. If Sunday's season-opening game in Williams Lake was any indication, that prediction looks more like fact.

Number-crunching squashed the chances of the Lomak Knights. The local peewee all-stars missed the playoffs at the 16-team John Main Classic baseball tournament in North Delta based on mathematics.

In the Central Interior Rugby Union, the Prince George Gnats are expecting to get the roughest ride from the Williams Lake Rustlers. If Sunday's season-opening game in Williams Lake was any indication, that prediction looks more like fact.

Brett Roulston has gone from "protected" to "signed.

The 18-and-under Kodiaks pounded their way to a silver medal at the club volleyball nationals in Toronto this week. The local boys team, under the guidance of coach Dan Drezet, finished second in the Division 1, Tier 3 category.

The captain has himself a scholarship. Ben Matthews, leader of the Prince George Spruce Kings during the 2011-12 B.C. Hockey League season, has reached an agreement with the University of Alaska Anchorage.