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They had barely left the starting gate at the double-A girls provincial basketball championship Wednesday in Kamloops when the wheels were starting to fall off on the seventh-seeded D.P. Todd Trojans.

Nationals are next for the Northern Lights ringette team.

High school hoops teams starting provincial tournaments

In cross-country ski racing, the right wax on a fast pair of skis can make all the difference. Nikki Kassel knows that all too well, and made sure she had the Ferraris under her feet Wednesday at the masters World Cup at Sovereign Lakes.

Jeff Strong now has a complete set of medals from the Bowl B.C. youth provincial championships. Strong, from Prince George's Black Diamond Lanes, rolled to gold in the junior boys singles category at provincials.

A whole new world of boxing is about to open up for Jag Seehra. Quite literally. Seehra, a 21-year-old member of Prince George's Inner City Boxing Club, will step into the ring for his first-ever international fight later this month.

The thunderous crash of shattered Plexiglas reverberated through the empty rows of seats at CN Centre.

As if racing on skis and then having to control your body movements enough to fire a rifle at tiny targets 50 metres away is not enough of a challenge, consider what Liz Czechmeister had to endure in her B.C. Cup biathlon race Saturday.

It was a crushing loss, one in which the Prince George Cougars looked nothing like a playoff team. If they continue to play the same way, they won't have to worry about making post-season plans anyway.

He has been healthy and productive. Brett Connolly has also been the most dangerous offensive player for the Prince George Cougars this season.