Local Sports

Bahamas club much improved for World Baseball Challenge

It's called the World Baseball Challenge. And, through various mediums, it will be brought to an international audience. Most notably, media personalities from Cuba, Japan and the Bahamas will be in Prince George to cover the exploits of their teams.

The Prince George IDL midget Knights hit the lights out in Mission. The city's double-A travelling team tuned up for the provincial championships later this month with a tournament win over the weekend in Mission.

The latest rankings of the International Baseball Federation have Chinese Taipei pegged in the No. 5 slot. If they continue their winning ways at the World Baseball Challenge, expect that ranking to rise a notch or two.

Kenny Lally's furious finishing flurry was right out of the Tasmanian devil school of boxing. When all the dust had settled, Jose Javiar, his Brazilian opponent at the Cheo Aponte Cup tournament in Caguas, Puerto Rico scarcely knew what hit him.

Local youngsters hop into kayaks for watery lessons

Once again, Dave Jenkins Jr. was a force on the floor. Now, his College Heights Pub Assault team is two wins away from a playoff championship in the Prince George Senior Lacrosse Association.

Trent Murdoch, a member of last season's Prince George Spruce Kings, will continue his hockey career at Simon Fraser University this fall.

In his last chance to qualify for the Pan American Games, local boxer Jag Seehra suffered a disappointing loss. Seehra, a 21-year-old from the Inner City Boxing Club, fell 13-11 to a British Guyana fighter Sunday in Panama.

Lauren Matheson legged her way to double gold at the Jack Brow Memorial track and field meet, held in Kelowna on the weekend.