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Special Olympics gymnasts find their rhythm

The image of Malle Ricker clearing the last jump on her snowboard at Cypress Mountain with no other athlete in sight to win gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics is burned into the memories of Canadians.

Piper Hoekstra's season ended in disappointment when she sprained her ankle in the warmup of the opening game for the D.P. Todd Trojans in the provincial girls double-A basketball tournament in Kamloops. Or so she thought.

Inexperience on track no barrier for Dupuis

Relax, find the mark, and throw. When Jeff Strong is on the five-pin bowling lanes, he follows that sequence of events over and over again. The routine has worked well for him. So well, in fact, he now has the chance to roll for national gold.

First the Prince George Cougars, now the Portland Winter Hawks -- the task at hand just got a lot tougher for Brett Bulmer and the Kelowna Rockets.

They'll be defending their home turf on Saturday. But, before local judo athletes could start thinking about upcoming battles at the Prince George Open, they had fights in Edmonton that required their attention.

They had more highway time than icetime. But, for the Western Record Management Canadiens, a longer-than-usual trip to Edmonton was paved in gold.

Six players agree to play for local BCHL team next season

First tournament of the year, first tournament win. The Under-13 Kodiaks, an all-star team from the Prince George Youth Soccer Association, topped the field at the Penticton Spring Cup, held on the weekend.