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Fighting for their playoff lives, the Prince George Cougars gave the powerful Tri-City Americans more than they could handle Tuesday night in Kennewick, Wash. And, at least for now, they still have a heartbeat.

With their provincial championship tournament just days away, the Farr Fabricating Cougars needed some positive results. An exhibition series against the Grande Prairie Storm did the trick.

Drew Owsley was rock solid in the Prince George Cougars' net leading his team to a 3-1 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds.

Good basketball is played in the north too. The D.P. Todd Trojans proved that point when they finished ninth out of 16 teams at the junior boys provincial championship tournament, which wrapped up Saturday in Vancouver.

They didn't come home empty-handed. In their final game at the triple-A girls high school basketball provincial championship tournament, the PGSS Polars picked up their first victory.

Paul De Jersey was a man on a mission for the Prince George Spruce Kings on the weekend.

Good basketball is played in the north too. The D.P. Todd Trojans proved that point when they finished ninth out of 16 teams at the junior boys provincial championship tournament, which wrapped up Saturday in Vancouver.

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They were terrific on the turf. Roy Green, Garry Kwast, Alzora Hick and Maureen Braun -- representing the Loyal Order of the Moose -- rolled to a championship at the zone carpet bowling tournament, held last week at the Hart Pioneer Centre.

Ty Rimmer came back to haunt his ex-Prince George Cougars teammates stopping all 15 shots he faced in the Tri City Americans' net and adding an assist on the winning goal.