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Now that they've tasted victory for the first time the question is: can the Prince George Fury find that winning feeling on the road.

It was payback time for the Prince George Roga Contracting Cougars. Three weeks ago the Burns Lake Bruins stung the Cougars 4-3 to knock the visitors out of the Burns Lake bantam tier 3 hockey tournament.

Mercedes Van Koughnett is making a strong case to be named rookie-of-the-year in the B.C. Colleges Athletic Association.

Triskaidekaphobia is defined as the fear of the number 13. Losers of their last 13 games, the Prince George Cougars already had that fright put into them last weekend, long before the Edmonton Oil Kings came calling at CN Centre.

The team may be low in the standings in the B.C. Hockey League but when it comes to tapping into the heart of the community for its biggest annual fundraiser, the Prince George Spruce Kings hockey club is on top of the chart.

If it was up to Paul Collard, there wouldn't even need to be a vote to determine which B.C. city will win the right to host the 2010 Canada Winter Games.

Brett Connolly is starting to feel good again when he digs his hockey blades into ice. It won't take away that sinking feeling of a season almost completely lost to injury, but it's a positive sign Connolly is finally on the road to recovery.

The matchups are known and the stage is set for the Big Kahuna City League high school basketball finale. The No. 2-ranked Prince George Polars advanced to the girls final with a 72-58 win over the No.

From gas jockey and retired jock, to playing a regular shift in the Western Hockey League, Taylor Orser's career path has come full circle this season.

Told another Prince George resident secured tickets for the men's hockey final at the Olympics, and paid $1,100 apiece for four tickets, Gary Clarke sighed, then laughed.