Local Sports

Josh Anderson didn't get to play Tuesday night in Kelowna, where his Prince George Cougars lost 7-4 to the Kelowna Rockets.

Tabor Mountain Ski Resort has once again passed the scrutiny of some of the continent's ski experts.

When the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame inducts its newest members this spring, it will also present 12 local athletes with Youth Excellence awards. The PGSHOF announced the youth winners on Tuesday.

The Jessie Withey rink rolled to a convincing victory at the juvenile girls Zone 8 playdown and will now represent the region at the B.C. Winter Games, Feb. 25-28 in Penticton. In the playdown, held Jan.

The Patti Knezevic rink began the defence of its B.C. Scotties Tournament of Hearts women's provincial curling title Tuesday night in Coquitlam. Knezevic took on Nanaimo's Kesa Van Osch and won 5-4.

The Prince George Cougars' plan to dethrone the Victoria Royals in the WHL rankings was foiled by a Rocket barrage on Tuesday. The Cats lost 7-4 on the road against the Western Conference-leading Kelowna Rockets.

Five members of the Prince George Blizzard speed skating club have booked spots in the Canadian age class long track championships, Feb. 7-8 in Sainte-Foy, Que.

With a win tonight, the Prince George Cougars will pass the Victoria Royals for second place in the Western Hockey League's B.C. Division. The Cougars will be in Kelowna to take on the division-leading Rockets.

The bad news is the UNBC men's basketball team lost both its weekend games and will now have a tremendous uphill struggle to try to qualify for playoffs.

Despite getting shelled 10-1 by the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in Sunday's Tier 2 bantam hockey tournament championship game at CN Centre, the Crossfit Northern Ice Cougars can take comfort in the fact that for the first time all season they made it to a