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It's official, the Prince George Cougars will miss the Western Hockey League playoffs.

The UNBC Northern Timberwolves may want to stock up on ice packs. The Timberwolves will play their first game at the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association women's basketball national championship tournament Thursday in Lethbridge.

UNBC men have top ranking for CCAA nationals

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.

When Haley Black was at the Olympic trials last year in Victoria, she refrained from asking Team Canada members Annamay Pierse, Audrey Lacroix and Brent Hayden to sign her swimming cap. She's not sure if she'll be able to hold back this year.

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.