Local Sports

Members of the Twisted Cork/Regional Security Stylers won't be complaining about the welts and bruises they sustained during weekend action in the Prince George Senior Lacrosse Association.

Todd Jordan is back with Team B.C. For the second year in a row, Jordan is head coach of a Basketball B.C. provincial all-star team. Last year, he guided the Under-16 club and this year he's at the controls of the Under-17 squad.

The Prince George Tennis Club will be getting into the swing of a new season today. The club, located at 2833 Recreation Place, is holding a clean-up at 10 a.m. and that will be followed by the first "official" games of the season.

The Quesnel Crossfire will take aim at their first-ever win tonight. The Crossfire, a brand new team in the Prince George Senior Lacrosse Association, will battle the Mackenzie LumberJax - a club that joined the league last year - in a 7 p.m.

Local kids will have the chance to run with Lions today. Mike Reilly and Jerome Dennis, members of the Grey Cup champion B.C. Lions, will be guest instructors at the Play With the Pros football camp at the Northern Sport Centre fieldhouse.

Natasha Tyzler-Williams is being pursued by several Canadian Interuniversity Sport basketball teams. She'll be in Prince George this week to spend some time with the UNBC Northern Timberwolves.

Seven months ago, track athlete Cassie Keeping added some jump to her sport. Her landing spot could be the Canadian Olympic trials. Keeping, a Prince George product who is attending Siena Heights University in Adrian, Mich.

The 2015 Canada Winter Games may still be a long way out on Prince George's sporting horizon but they were part of the reason Sandy Kent was in town on the weekend. Kent, president of Judo B.C.

Emily MacDonald had a golden weekend at the Spring Fling. MacDonald, from the Prince George Gymnastics Club, won the all-around title for Level 1 tyro competitors at the meet, held in Kitimat.

Nelson going on the offensive in judo