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RUHPOLDING, Germany -- Olympic champion Ukraine held off a strong challenge by Germany to win a women's World Cup biathlon relay event on Sunday.

The winning continues for the Cariboo Cougars. Northern B.C's top midget team posted its 10th straight B.C. Major Midget Hockey League victory Saturday at Shawnigan Lake, edging the South Island Royals 2-1.

SASKATOON -- Corey Small scored five times as the Vancouver Stealth toppled the Saskatchewan Rush 13-11 in National Lacrosse League action. Jordan Durston, Joel McCready and Rhys Duch all had a pair of goals for the Stealth (1-1).

Tiana Gairns didn't need a roadmap to find gold at the finish line Saturday at Tabor Mountain Ski Resort.

Brad Morrison picked a fine time to record his first Western Hockey League hat trick.

Any fan of firewagon hockey would have liked what the Prince George Spruce Kings and Victoria Grizzlies had to offer Friday night in downtown Prince George.

Declan MacEachern of the Farr Fabricating Cougars readies a backhander against Maple Leaf Athletic Club goalie Kanmar Gill in the first period of a Friday game at the Doubletake Signs Bantam Tier 1 Hockey Tournament at Kin 2.

Brendan Moseley of the Crossfit Northern Ice Cougars tries to squeeze between Vanderhoof Bears players Josh van der Gleeson, left, and Cole Geernaert during their opening game at the Fountain Tire Bantam Tier 2 hockey tournament at Kin 1 on Friday.

Gavin Rowell has been taking a crash course in ski cross training the past few days at Tabor Mountain getting ready to tackle his first Nor-Am event of the season and so far, so good.

After finishing the year with a scintillating December in which they won 10 of 13 games, the Prince George Cougars have been hit-and-miss in January.