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Prince George musher Cindy Hawkins had the proper control of her four-dog purebred team. The lone local entry to make the trip, Hawkins finished first in the division at the Rosebud Run in Didsbury, Alta.

No. 1 versus No. 2 -- just the way it's supposed to be. The favoured D.P. Todd Trojans will take on the PGSS Polars -- underdogs by a slim margin -- in tonight's high school basketball city championship game.

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.

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.