Local Sports

When it came down to the wire, Hayden Holmes and Chris Metcalfe held the hot sticks.

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The Prince George Sun Life midget Cougars have a title to their credit -- the Cariboo League crown.

The last time the Fraser Valley Bruins tried to travel to Prince George, they didn't make it. On winter highways, their bus crashed just south of Williams Lake. This time, the Bruins are flying.

The D.P. Todd Trojans put on a dominant display of basketball. They are now two-time defending city champions, with an exclamation point. The D.P.

The Prince George Fury found the road to be a tough environment on the weekend. The indoor soccer team, billed as Prince George's first pro sports franchise, is now 0-4 in road games -- and 2-6 overall -- after dropping games in Edmonton and Calgary.

Prince George musher Cindy Hawkins had the proper control of her four-dog purebred team. The lone local entry to make the trip, Hawkins finished first in the division at the Rosebud Run in Didsbury, Alta.

No. 1 versus No. 2 -- just the way it's supposed to be. The favoured D.P. Todd Trojans will take on the PGSS Polars -- underdogs by a slim margin -- in tonight's high school basketball city championship game.

The team may be low in the standings in the B.C. Hockey League but when it comes to tapping into the heart of the community for its biggest annual fundraiser, the Prince George Spruce Kings hockey club is on top of the chart.

Now that they've tasted victory for the first time the question is: can the Prince George Fury find that winning feeling on the road.