Local Sports

The Prince George Cougars have added northern B.C. prospect and former local player Josh Maser to their roster. The Western Hockey League team made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon.

Playing home games 1,600 kilometres away from Prince George suited the Cariboo Cougars just fine. On Saturday and Sunday, the Cougars squared off in Whitehorse against the Vancouver Northeast Chiefs and skated to a pair of 6-1 victories.

Caily Mellott had the game-tying shot on her stick and watched the puck go across the line. Too bad about that whistle.

Somebody better check those Bauer hockey sticks the Prince George Spruce Kings were holding in their hands Sunday afternoon. They might find out the B.C. Hockey League’s official equipment sponsor shipped out a defective batch.

After seeing their eight-game winning streak come to an end with a pair of home-ice losses to the Everett Silvertips, the Prince George Cougars didn't take long to get back on the gravy train.

Kody McDonald was the last shooter standing and he made it count.

This road trip involved a plane. The Cariboo Cougars major midget hockey team flew out of Prince George on Thursday night, bound for Whitehorse, Yukon.

Winter weather in October? An early fall snowfall was bound to happen eventually, and Friday's dump means high school and community football teams will have to wait for better field conditions to sort out their differences.

Call it a weekend whiteout wipeout. As a result, there will be no more university soccer played this year in Prince George.

Coming off one of the most productive games of his four-year soccer career in the CIS, which led to a convincing win over the UBC-Okanagan Heat, Tofa Fakunle expects more of the same is in store this weekend for the UNBC Timberwolves.