Local Sports

They were a little out of their league at the Olympic swim trials last week in Toronto, an event which happens but once every four years, but just give them time.

After months of uncertainty, the city's drag racing facility has been sold to a non-profit organization which intends to keep the quarter-mile track in the hands of the community.

The Prince George Spruce Kings' January fire sale has paid off in a lanky dividend. They have acquired six-foot-six, 190-pound goaltender Stefan Wornig to complete a trade with the Powell River Kings made at the Jan. 10 B.C.

Emmanuel Drame will be a new face in the soccer lineup this season for the UNBC Timberwolves but he's already well-accustomed to student life on the Cranbrook Hill campus.

Jared Young is moving on to the big leagues of college baseball. Young, a 20-year-old Prince George product, will play on scholarship next school year at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.

Members of the Prince George Alpine Ski Club dominated the slopes at the north zone finals, held at Hudson Bay Mountain in Smithers. The event began with a two-run giant slalom race last Friday, and five P.G. skiers were quickest in both runs.

Neil Sedgwick, the newly-minted coach of the UNBC Timberwolves women's soccer team, is the answer to a Canadian pro soccer history trivia question.

Learning a new skill in any sport takes time and practice and it helps to learn from one of the masters.

How mild was our winter this year? It was so warm and ice-free that canoe paddlers hoping to get the jump on training for the Northern Hardware Prince George Canoe Race have been plying the waters of the Nechako River since late January.

On Sunday, Ryan Howse was a guest coach for the Prince George Spruce Kings, running the bench for Team White in the Spruce Kings Top Prospects Game. For now, Howse is just a scout for the B.C. Hockey League team.