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Megan Spooner admits her hollow leg makes a serious dent in the family grocery bill. As a goalie in hockey and ringette, the 16-year-old burns a lot of energy in her sporting endeavours and it takes a steady food intake to keep her going.

Three Prince George wrestlers battled their way onto the medal podium at the B.C. high school championships, held in Burnaby on the weekend.

Clarence Wigmore and his Prince George Golf and Curling Club team of third John Thors, second Curt Vagt and lead Lionel Fraites will have to wait until next year to go after another provincial men's masters curling title.

The Duchess Park Condors put together four impressive performances and finished with a 2-2 record at the junior boys high school basketball provincials.

The Ken Laursen peewee female Cougars are on a two-game winning streak at provincials. The Cats, a rep team from the Prince George Minor Hockey Association, skated against Kelowna on Monday and emerged as 4-2 victors.

The game was already a loss, their best player (Brett Connolly) was on the sidelines for his 55th game on the injury shelf, and their dreams of making the playoffs had already come to a nightmarish conclusion.

The Prince George Polars are still looking for their first win at the triple-A girls basketball provincial championship. The Polars fell to 0-3 Friday, losing 68-40 to the Kitsilano Blue Demons of Vancouver.

Provincial rankings are on the line this weekend in Kelowna for a pair of Prince George volleyball teams.

Dead-tree removal gives golf club a new look

It turns out the Prince George Fury managed four wins in the inaugural season, not three. The extra Fury win is the product of boardroom wrangling after the Tacoma Stars used a pro player competing under a false name.