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Bragging rights to determine who is the fastest kid in the school were settled Friday morning at Masich Place Stadium.

For a good chunk of their game at the North Central zone single A girls soccer championship Friday afternoon, the Fort St. James Falcons played keepaway.

TAMPA, Fla. -- A flash of false lightning cracks through the air above Gary Cross' head. The purple electricity hung high near the rafters, a sign for the home team's goal that would only streak twice for Wednesday night's Tampa Bay Lightning loss.

For the fourth time this month, the Brooks Bandits are standing in the path of the West Kelowna Warriors. On Saturday, however, the stakes are higher than they've ever been in the battle between the respective Alberta and B.C.

The Prince George Spruce Kings will have some Illinois blood in their lineup next season. They've recruited defenceman Drew Lennon, an 18-year-old native of Bloomington, Ill.

Christine Cooper got to the rink just 10 minutes before her favourite hockey team, the Tampa Bay Lightning, skated out to take on the Pittsburgh Penguins to take on the Lightning in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Eastern Conference semifinal series.

With the wind at her back on a blustery day at Rotary Soccer Field, Sarah Irving stood on the goal line and offered an icy stare to Northside Christian North Stars shooter Emily Friesen, knowing if she made the save the Westside Academy Warriors woul

This week's north central zone single-A girls soccer championship at Rotary Field is a qualifier for the B.C. provincial playoffs in two weeks and the odds of advancing are better than ever for the five teams involved. Because the Fort St.

Austin Derksen had real reason to celebrate at his graduation ceremony. Anyone who can complete a line of study in cellular molecular biology while being a full-time varsity athlete deserves to blow off a little steam when the task is done.

Collectively, the 2015-16 season wasn't one of the better ones for the Prince George Spruce Kings, who finished with just 14 wins and missed the B.C. Hockey League playoffs.