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Only 7.1 seconds separates Matt Thomson from another championship season. "We've been flip-flopping all year," said Thomson about fellow Prince George Cycling Club rider Simon Perreault. "It's been quite an interesting year.

It was a day of firsts for David Gobbi. The former Prince Georgian took part in his inaugural Labour Day Classic and wound up crossing the finish line first in the 17-mile distance.

After a pair of weekend exhibition losses in St. Albert, Alta., the Prince George Cougars returned a trio of players to their midget AAA teams before starting the journey home.

Sunday wasn't a lucky day for Fort Fraser's Fuller brothers. "It was short-lived today, but we put a good show on for everyone," said Darcy Fuller, 26, about his unlucky day at PGARA Speedway Park during the second day of hit-to-pass competition.

Kelly Pringle is preparing to take her first spin behind the wheel. "I've never driven in my life," says the 16-year-old wannabe hit-to-pass driver, watching her dad and brother build her four-cylinder car Friday.

Joe Cherniawski had the raw diesel power of 720 horses working for him under the hood of his modified class mud bogger, a 1985 GMC truck he calls Panic.

Jarrett Bonn is either a creative genius or a villain after his crafty move to win Sunday's hit-to-pass main race at PGARA Speedway.

A new city on a different team hasn't changed Drew Owsley's outlook on life as a WHL goaltender. He expects the winning to continue.

Runners, walkers and relay teams will hit the pavement Sunday morning for the 39th annual Labour Day Classic. There was 45 competitors signed up to participate as of Friday in one of six events: 17 mile run, five kilometre run, 8.

It didn't take Brandon Deschamps long to make an impact as a rookie running back in the CIS.