Local Sports

A look at the last half of 2010 in local sports, as presented in the pages of The Citizen's sports section: ----- JUNE Prince George loses to Leduc, Alta., in the bidding for the 2012 TELUS Cup. The NCMP drag strip re-opens under new management.

T-minus 190 days and counting, to the next edition of the World Baseball Challenge. The organizing committee of the tournament will hold a meeting Monday, Jan.

Maybe the hoops in Alberta are bigger than they are here in B.C.

The post-Christmas period hasn't been much kinder to the Prince George Spruce Kings than those pre-Yuletide days, at least in terms of road results. The Spruce Kings lost 1-0 to the Millionaires in Quesnel on Thursday, blanked by Adam Harris.

Falon Burkitt reached the playoffs, but could go no further.

Put another name on the long list of city athletes who have felt the pull to CIS volleyball in Kamloops.

Was there really any doubt? The Prince George Citizen is proud to announce the winner of the 2010 Athlete of the Year Award: city-raised hockey player Brett Connolly.

If it was about saving face, the Cariboo Cougars accomplished the goal. The region's major midget hockey team rebounded after two losses at the Mac's major midget tournament in Calgary by pounding the San Jose Jr.

May 2010

April 2010