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The last time he engaged his racing instincts, Josiah Binnema broke two Prince George Barracudas Swim Club records and made the qualifying standard for the age group national swimming championships Having never before qualified for the national meet

With the chance to leap ahead two games to none in the Prince George Senior Lacrosse Association playoffs the BX Pub Bandits did not have to resort to banditry, they won fair and square.

Motocross Top-three results by category at Interior Motorcycle Club races held over the weekend at Blackwater Motorcycle Park. Saturday results Intermediate GP 1. Nolan DaSilva, Fort Fraser; 2. Trae Franklin, Fort St. John; 3.

Canoeing Results for Two Rivers Canoe Marathon, held over the weekend on the Nechako and Fraser rivers. C-1 Men 1. Chris Cupp, Prince George, 2:06:45; 2. Harry James, Vernon, 2:11:42; 3. Scott Lemon, Vernon, 2:12:38; 4.

There was no doubt about this one. Saturday in Langley, a discus toss by Don Allemeersch gave him the new Canadian record for the 55 to 59 age group. Allemeersch, a captain with the Prince George Fire Department, hurled his 1.5-kilogram disc 45.

Broken ribs can't keep Nikki off the water

As the National Hockey League draft gets closer, things are heating up for Brett Connolly. Quite literally. Connolly, an 18-year-old forward for his hometown Prince George Cougars, was in Phoenix on Friday for meetings with the NHL's Coyotes.

By the time he crossed the finish line ahead of everybody else in Saturday's ARCA West Mr. Quick Lube and Oil 100, Tim Christy had already donated a few fiberglass fenders to stock car racing science.

Chris Cupp avoided an early obstacle. In the two hours that followed, he saw nothing but open water in front of him. Cupp, a 50-year-old local paddler, won the men's solo title during Two Rivers Canoe Club invitational races on the weekend.

The last time he raced in Prince George, Dave Olson had to be towed across the finish line. He wiped out only a few car lengths from the finish of last year's 100-lap ARCA West OK Tire Challenge Series race.