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It wasn't perfect, but the LJ Contracting Cougars will certainly take the result. The Cougars, host team at the B.C. Hockey Midget Tier 2 provincial championship tournament, defeated the Fort St. John Flyers 5-2 Tuesday night at Kin 1.

Jacob Hoskins may just have a new favourite hill. Hoskins and a selection of his Prince George Alpine Ski Club teammates were at Kelowna's Big White Ski Resort for the Under-12 interzone championships last weekend. With athletes from all over B.C.

Colbey Simunac won an all-around bronze medal at the B.C. high school gymnastics championships, held last weekend in Burnaby. Simunac competed in the Level 3 boys category.

A quick start propelled the LJ Contracting Cougars to a 5-2 win against the Castlegar Rebels in their first game of the B.C. Hockey Midget Tier 2 provincial championship tournament.

Trey Thomas knows how to feels to go from almost being the goat to emerging as the playoff hero.

If they could play it over again, the Prince George Cougars would want to redo the first eight minutes of Sunday's game in Victoria. With a national TV audience tuned in, the Cougars soiled the nest.

The 2016 high school basketball season ended on a losing note for two Prince George teams. The Duchess Park Condors lost a heartbreaker Saturday in the battle for ninth place at the triple-A boys provincial tournament in Langley.

Shar Balogh is undeniably one of the fastest female cross-country skiers in the city. On Sunday she just about eclipsed the male speed demons in the 30-kilometre event at the Stride and Glide Sports Spirit of the Rivers Loppet.

If they could play it over again, the Prince George Cougars would want to redo the first eight minutes of Sunday's game in Victoria. With a national TV audience tuned in, the Cougars soiled the nest.

Kenny Lally defeated Hector Luis Garcia of the Dominican Republic Sunday at the IABA American tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which moved the Prince George boxer one step closer to qualifying for the 2016 Olympics.