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The UNBC Northern Timberwolves are still in the medal hunt. Friday in Oshawa, Ont., the UNBC men's basketball team defeated the host Durham College Lords 72-67 at the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association national championship tournament.

Heading into the last weekend of the WHL season, about the only thing certain about the Prince George Cougars' playoff chances is they control their own destiny.

UNBC men lose to Lethbridge at basketball nationals

In the late-1980s and 1990s Prince George was a hotbed for freestyle skiing. Based on the slopes of Tabor Mountain, Purden Mountain and the Hart Highlands ski hill, the Central Interior Freestyle Ski Club one of the best in the province.

The Prince George Mohawks have won just one game but have already booked themselves a spot in the Savage Cup final in Fort St. John.

The last time they skated against the Thompson-Okanagan Rockets, the Bursey Buryn Cougars pulled off the upset of the year in the B.C. Hockey Female Midget AAA League. The Cats will be seeking a couple of similar outcomes this weekend.

They wanted gold for the second consecutive year. The best the UNBC Northern Timberwolves can do now is bronze.

Inderbir Gill has been named national player of the year in men's college basketball. Gill, a fifth-year guard for the UNBC Northern Timberwolves, won the award Wednesday night in Oshawa, Ont.

As veteran post players, Dennis Stark and Jesse Smith are going to have to come up big.

Michael Dahms is caught in a logjam of contenders after two days at the Williams Moving & Storage B.C. mixed curling championship.