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Chase Caron just missed the medal podium at the Special Olympics Winter National Games three months ago in snowshoeing, but his talents as a track star were virtually unknown. The secret is out now.

Golfers will be teeing it up this Saturday in the seventh annual Dillon Adey Memorial golf tournament at Aberdeen Glen.

Back in 1986, not long after Frank Blues came to Prince George from Dundee, Scotland to take a job with the city, he decided to race in the Prince George Triathlon.

Among Don Nachbaur's hockey idols, Gordie Howe and Dave Keon were at the top of the list.

Darrin Meroniuk has been trying to break speed limits behind the wheel of a car most of his adult life.

Randall Graham was the star of the show at the B.C. Golden Gloves. Graham, who trains at the Shaolin Boxing Club, had two fights at the Golden Gloves, held last weekend in Quesnel, and won both of them convincingly.

Soccer season starts two weeks earlier and the regular season will be four games longer in 2016 for the UNBC Timberwolves men's team. The CIS released its 16-game schedule Wednesday and the T-wolves have Friday, Aug. 26 circled on their calendar.

Prince George product Don Nachbaur has been chosen as the first-ever recipient of the Pat Quinn Coaching Award. The announcement was made by the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday.

Rick Pattie doesn't have confirmation from the source, but it appears Cuba will not be sending a team to Prince George for the 2016 World Baseball Challenge.

Seventeen-year-old Robin Yeager is looking forward to strutting her skills as a dressage rider when she represents the north central zone next month at the B.C. Summer Games in Abbotsford.