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Geoff Martinson of Prince George is one of the top three seeds in today's 1,500-metre run at the senior national track and field championships in Calgary.

Yamaha rider Blade Degen has been doing so well on provincial motocross circuit he's being stripped of his junior classification. Now that the CMRC Spring Series has ended, Degan is now officially an intermediate rider.

With less than 4,000 people, the town of Raymond, Alta., is small by any standard. But for Sara King, a 14-year-old motocross rider from Fort St. James, there's nothing bigger than Raymond on her race calendar this season.

If you were only one inch tall, wrote the poet Shel Silverstein, you'd ride a worm to school. And if Dylan Willick was only one inch taller, he might be riding a lot higher in the buildup to this weekend's NHL draft.

Prince George is considered ideal paddling territory for canoe and kayak enthusiasts. The city has two rivers flowing through it and as a result of an above-average winter snowpack, both are currently running high.

History will be made tonight on the lacrosse floor in Mackenzie.

Mark Berriau knew his car was quick, he just wasn't sure it would still be the fastest of the bunch after 100 laps. After setting a new track record in qualifying for Saturday's ARCA OK Tire Sportsman Mr.

Thousands of children in Prince George will have the opportunity to fine-tune their soccer skills during Summer Soccer Development Camps held in July and August for seven- to 12-year-old children at the Rotary Fields on Ospika Boulevard.

He's five-foot-eight, 260 pounds, can run like the wind, and he's tough as nails. He's Wes Black, and as the Williams Lake Rustlers found out, when he gets a head of steam, there's almost no stopping him.

Rain, rain, and more rain. Is it ever going to stop? Only the weather gods in Alberta know for sure. Any respite from the drenching downpours that have soaked the field in St. Albert might come too late to allow the St.