Local Sports

It was a rocky start for the Cedars Christian Eagles at the 2011 single-A senior girls volleyball provincial championship Thursday at the Northern Sport Centre.

Day 1 of the 2011 single-A senior girls volleyball provincial championship wrapped up round-robin play Thursday with the matches set for today's elimination games.

Prince George karate artists had a successful weekend at the provincial championship in Burnaby on Nov. 26 and 27. Athletes from the Nechako Karate Club returned home with four bronze, a silver and two gold medals.

Brett Bulmer is a step closer to suiting up for his country at the World Junior Hockey championship after Hockey Canada named him to their tryout camp in Calgary.

The Prince George female tier 1 Cougars returned from a weekend tournament in Kamloops with the silver medal. The Cougars wrapped up the Kamloops Minor Hockey Association tournament with a 2-2 record, losing only to a very strong team from Richmond.

The Prince George Secondary Polars' senior girls volleyball team couldn't maintain momentum in their playoff game against South Kamloops on Saturday and saw their chances of a wild card berth into the quad-A provincial championship this weekend turfe

Invitations were extended to 41 junior hockey players by Hockey Canada to compete in a tryout camp in Calgary from Dec. 9 to 14 for the chance to play for Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton and Calgary from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5.

Kenny Lally earned his seventh provincial boxing title and Jag Seehra picked up his sixth title at last weekend's British Columbia boxing championship in Revelstoke.

A jury was urged to find Jesse Norman Sweder not guilty of murdering Peter John Letendre nearly seven years ago, as a trial that has lasted 10 weeks entered the closing argument stage on Monday.

The Prince George Spruce Kings would like to announce the NCAA Division I scholarship commitment of Michael Colantone with the University of Massachusetts-Lowell beginning with the 2012-13 season.