Local Sports

Paul Wilson was still in shock two weeks after receiving the call to the North Idaho College sports hall of fame.

Jujhar Khaira, who spent two seasons with the Prince George Spruce Kings, has been invited to the NHL Scouting Combine. Khaira, a 17-year-old forward from Surrey, was one of 105 players asked to attend the gathering, May 28 to June 2 in Toronto.

In the British Columbia Hockey League's inaugural FortisBC Fan Favourites contest a pair of Prince George Spruce Kings scored victories.

Jari Erricson is coming home. The Prince George Cougars acquired the hometown forward in a trade with the Everett Silvertips during the 2012 Western Hockey League bantam draft Thursday in Calgary.

Dallas Ehrhardt was acquired Thursday by the Prince George Cougars in a swap of defencemen.

The Prince George Cougars made North Vancouver product Jansen Harkins the second overall pick Thursday at the 2012 WHL bantam draft in Calgary.

Elite horseshoe pitchers this side of Ontario will be in Prince George this summer, aiming for championship titles at the Western Canada Classic.

Elite horseshoe pitchers this side of Ontario will be in Prince George this summer, aiming for championship titles at the Western Canada Classic.

If the timeline holds, the UNBC athletics department will have full-time soccer coaches in place by the end of May. Jason Kerswill, UNBC athletics director, said some "amazing candidates" applied for the men's and women's head-coaching positions.

Home plate -- and everything else associated with the 2012 Baseball Canada Senior Championship -- will be linked directly to a local company that specializes in matching people with houses.