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If Brett Connolly returns to the Western Hockey League this season, he won't be wearing a Prince George Cougar jersey.

Claire Lapointe is as quick with a pistol as she is on skis.

The Silvertip Archers have qualified six members for the B.C. Winter Games team in Vernon from Feb. 23 to 26.

Hayden-James Berra counts his blessings every time he laces his skates for the Cariboo Cougars. "I only have one shot at it here and I'm not taking it for granted and trying to make the most of it," said the 17-year-old rookie in the B.C.

It was a two-game sweep for the under-18 women's team from Japan over the University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves in a pair of exhibition games this week.

Without a lot of offensive support Troy Bourke hasn't been consistent in filling the net for the Prince George Cougars in his sophomore season.

The Duchess Park Condors won the junior A girls basketball tournament at PGSS on Saturday beating the College Heights Cougars 58-13 in the final.

It was a perfect weekend for the Prince George Secondary Polars' boys basketball team. The Polars completed a 3-0 weekend at the Trojan Warriors 2012 tournament at D.P.

It's gold or bust for the fighters at Spruce Capital Warriors Boxing Club. Thomas Spiers and Robbie Cousins flew out of Prince George on Friday morning headed for Sydney, NS and the 2012 Canadian National (Senior) Elite Boxing Championship from Jan.

Ruth Hamblin is used to attracting attention wherever she goes. "People say, 'Oh, there's Ruth,' and it's like, 'I have no idea who you are,'" says the six-foot-six basketball and volleyball player from Houston Christian in Houston, B.C.