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After back-to-back wins, the Prince George Cougars were running a temperature. Certainly no cause for concern there for a team that won just 12 times all of last season.

Prince George will host the 2012 Baseball Canada Senior Championship at Prince George Citizen Field and Rotary Park August 23 to 26, 2012. Ten provincial men's amateur champion teams will compete for the national title.

The regular season is a little more than two weeks away. And, for members of the UNBC Northern Timberwolves women's basketball team, it's still unclear as to when their head coach will return.

On Monday, he was selected as the Western Hockey League player of the week. On Tuesday, Sena Acolatse accepted another honour, and this one was nationwide.

The Prince George Spruce Kings continued the overhaul of their roster on Monday. The Spruce Kings, the last-place team in the B.C. Hockey League, acquired 19-year-old forward Zac Ashdown from the Coquitlam Express in a future considerations deal.

The news hits with the same force as one of her crunching kill shots. Despite scholarship offers from a trio of American universities, Amy Hogan will not pursue a post-secondary volleyball career. Hogan, one of the most skilled players in the B.C.

Sometimes, the letters behind the name are as important as the ones in the name.

They were facing one of the top clubs in the league, and the Bursey Buryn Cougars managed to steal a point. The Cougars, who skate in the B.C.

Sixth out of 28 teams. The D.P. Todd Trojans really were among the Best of the West.

By GREGG DRINNAN Daily News Sports Editor KAMLOOPS -- The Prince George Cougars appear to be serving notice that they no longer are the WHL's 98-pound weakling.