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After running 86 kilometres over rugged mountain terrain in 27 C heat, a torturous grind that lasted 13 hours, Reid Roberts of Prince George had a few choice words to describe the course in the Scorched Sole Ultra.

The chance to share knowledge firsthand with former major league baseball players and learn the same drills that helped them achieve their goals on the ball diamond is priceless.

Prince George Senior Lacrosse Association Award winners Helen McIntosh Memorial Award (Most valuable player) Dave Jenkins, College Heights Pub Assault Scoring champion Clarke Anderson (32 goals 32 assists, 64 points) Aaron Van Driesum Memorial Award

The guys on the College Heights Pub Assault were looking for a peace officer to bail them out.

Highway closures and forest fires have contributed to a low number of team entries, forcing cancellation of this weekend's 46th annual aboriginal fastball tournament at Spruce City Stadium.

The Prince George Cougars will be seeing a lot of their closest geographic rival in the Western Hockey League next season. In 10 of their 72 regular season games in 2011-12, the Cougars will come to face-to-face with the Kamloops Blazers.

The peewee Pirates are champions of the Prince George Youth Baseball Association. To get their mitts on the trophy, they had to defeat the regular season-champion Mets in the playoff final Tuesday night at Gyro Field.

The Prince George Cougars announced their selection of Marko Dano, a 16-year-old forward, in the 2011 CHL Import Draft yesterday. Dano, a five-foot eleven-inch, 174-pound left-hander from Slovakia, was selected 60th overall by the Cougars.

Seventy-eight-year-old Zena Campbell doesn't act her age. She also takes competing very seriously. Campbell has registered for all the in the BC Seniors Games' track and field events, for a total of 13 different sports.

Scott Anderson didn't really have to say it, the look in his bruised and battered left eye said it all.