Local Sports

Jag Seehra called it the worst beating he's ever taken as a boxer. Seehra's physical pain was eclipsed by the emotional sting of his elimination from the Pan-American Games qualifying tournament in Quito, Ecuador.

The Prince George Minor Hockey Association has reversed a decision to remove body checking from its midget club division. Body checking was reinstated for the 2011-12 season during a meeting of the PGMHA executive on Monday night.

Local legs will power the UNBC Northern Timberwolves women's soccer team next season. On Tuesday, UNBC head coach Mato Mikic revealed he has received commitments from seven recruits, six of them from Prince George and one from Quesnel.

The Prince George Minor Hockey Association has reversed a decision to remove body checking from its midget club division. Body checking was reinstated for the 2011-12 season during a meeting of the PGMHA executive on Monday night.

The sharpest-shooting four on the floor were Elmer Braun, John Heibert, Anne Heibert and Maureen Braun.

Four Prince George players skated to gold at B.C. Hockey high performance tournaments on the weekend.

UNBC about to discover its Canada West fate

Simon Yu doesn't play for the Harlem Globetrotters. But with the travel schedule he has ahead of him in the next few months with his basketball teams, there's no doubt he will be a world traveler.

A local group is seeking to bring the 2013 Mastercard Memorial Cup to Prince George. The Memorial Cup is the top honour awarded in Canadian junior hockey.

Joel MacDonald says there's no place for elitism in youth soccer.