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The College Heights Cougars were ranked sixth in B.C. for much of the season. But, when the double-A girls provincial volleyball championship starts on Thursday in Abbotsford, the Cougars won't be there. College Heights, edged by the D.P.

Brett Mennear piled up eight points in two games. With stats like those, the captain of the Prince George Spruce Kings was an easy choice for player-of-the-week recognition in the B.C. Hockey League.

Like the rest of his Coast Inn of the North midget Tier 1 Cougars teammates, Kyle Boshier is doing whatever he can to climb one last minor hockey rung and play for a junior team.

By Dan Ralph THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Henry Burris called the Ottawa Redblacks' thrilling victory over the heavily favoured Calgary Stampeders the most memorable of his three Grey Cup titles. What he won't call it is an upset.

The Cariboo Cougars have pretty much had it their way all season in the B.C. Hockey Major Midget League. Aside from losing 8-0 in their home-opener to Valley West back on Oct. 8 and a 3-3 tie with Fraser Valley Nov.

How’s that for a sudden fall back down to earth? The Prince George Cougars suffered their second-straight loss Sunday afternoon In Portland, a humbling 6-3 defeat at the hands of the Portland Winterhawks.

Consecutive losses drop T-wolves women to 1-7

The Everett Silvertips showed once again showed they aren't impressed by the Prince George Cougars' lofty ranking as the top major junior hockey team in the country.

The Prince George Spruce Kings are making a lot of noise while they climb up the B.C. Hockey League standings and the Salmon Arm Silverbacks could not find a way to drown out the racket.

Brett Mennear got in the habit of winning junior A hockey games last season with the West Kelowna Warriors when they ran the table all the way to their first RBC Cup national championship.