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Marcie Schlick plays basketball at a higher level than the vast majority of her secondary school peers. Part of the reason for that is her six-foot-four stature.

After the Cariboo Cougars scored eight goals in a wild, one-sided, penalty-filled B.C.

The Portland Winterhawks gave the Prince George Cougars a teddy bear scare.

The Portland Winterhawks gave the Prince George Cougars a teddy bear scare.

Ayden Baldo of the Kitimat Winterhawks dives to get to the puck before Zachary Fillion of the Premium Truck & Trailer Cougars during a Friday game at the Up the Creek Garment Company peewee Tier 2 tournament. The Cougars went on to an 8-2 win.

The high school basketball season is now underway and the D.P. Todd Trojans have home court advantage when they host an eight-team senior girls tournament this weekend.

The Northern Capitals of Prince George lost 4-1 Sunday to the Okanagan Hockey Academy and were eliminated from title contention at the Mandi Schwartz Memorial tournament triple-A female hockey tournament in Wilcox, Sask.

he Cariboo Cougars won't have goalie Dorrin Luding to lean on this weekend when they take on the North Island Silvertips. He's going to be two provinces away in Saskatoon, after getting a WHL call-up to the Saskatoon Blades.

Chase Witala is still the hottest scorer in the Western Hockey League. The 20-year-old Prince George Cougars winger had six goals in his previous two games and collected two more Friday night early against the Portland Winterhawks.

The Chilliwack Chiefs came to the Prince George Coliseum thinking they had a chance to take advantage of one of the bottom feeders of the B.C. Hockey League in a two-game series at the Coliseum.