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Colburn Pearce had the kind of football game that makes opposing football coaches reach for the hair dye.

The Trail Smoke Eaters left the Spruce Kings eating their dust on Friday.

Prince George Cougars forward Brad Morrison is among three players who have been added to Team WHL for the Canadian Hockey League's Canada Russia Series.

From start to finish, the Prince George Polars were head and shoulders above the rest of the junior varsity football pack. They made that point abundantly clear in Wednesday's B.C.

They're big, they're tough and they have a human steamroller named Hunter Brophy on their side.

They've been homebodies for most of the season. Now it's time for the Prince George Spruce Kings to expand their horizons and get out on the B.C. Hockey League road with games this weekend in Trail, Penticton and West Kelowna.

The UNBC Timberwolves fell short of their goal to make the CIS Canada West Conference men's soccer playoffs but did receive at least one individual honour this week. Defender Gordon Hall was picked as an all-star.

The numbers are growing and the executive is now in place for a year of resurgent baseball in Prince George.

The 1977 Grey Cup game will forever be known as the Ice Bowl. Pat Bonnett and the Montreal Alouettes fired staples into the soles of their shoes that day to get a grip on the Canadian Football League championship, pasting the Edmonton Eskimos 41-6.

The UNBC men's and women's basketball teams start their 2016-17 Canada West seasons Friday in Winnipeg against the Wesmen. Rematches are set for Saturday. The first home games for UNBC are Nov. 11 against the University of Alberta.