Local Sports

Two weeks ago in Kamloops the P.G. Surg-Med Knights took their lumps at the River City Classic.

Mountain bikers will have endurance levels put to the test Sunday on the undulating single-track trails at Otway Nordic Centre.

Prince George Track and Field Club members Bazil Spencer and Max Schonewille made medal memories Friday at the B.C. high school provincial championships in Langley.

The College Heights Cougars won their morning game Friday 2-1 over Mark Isfeld of Comox at the B.C. high school double-A girls soccer championship in Kamloops to improve to 1-2.

Tuesday is tennis time for three Prince George high schools vying for city championship bragging rights. Let's just hope the weather gods co-operate, with no make-up date scheduled if it rains. The first matches start at 9 a.m.

It seems wherever Justin Fillion pops up as a hockey coach, success follows.

The College Heights Cougars found themselves in tough company Thursday at the double-A girls provincial soccer championship in Kamloops.

Drag racing is usually an individual sport, a race against time and the driver in the adjacent lane to get to the finish line first.

Other than the fact her oldest son Max Schonewille has become a dedicated throwing specialist in hammer toss, discus and javelin, the new president of the Prince George Track and Field Club had no previous connection to athletics.

Stock car racing season in the Prince George Auto Racing Association officially began Saturday at PGARA Speedway and it wasn't exactly a chock-a-block, bumper-to-bumper traffic jam. Just three Canadian Tire street stocks, two Tri-Par R.V.