Local Sports

With pieces of precious hardware up for grabs at the triple-A girls volleyball championship in Vernon, the College Heights Cougars saved their best for last.

Colby McAuley scored two goals Friday to power the visiting Prince George Cougars to a 3-0 Western Hockey League win over the Everett Silvertips.

Since the start of the high school season the College Heights Cougars have hovered near the top of the provincial triple-A girls volleyball rankings. Now they're just two match victories away from proving themselves worthy of the B.C. crown.

The Nanaimo Clippers play in the B.C. Hockey League's Island Division and come to Prince George but once a season. It would be safe to say the Prince George Spruce Kings are glad of that fact.

The College Heights Cougars have fallen short of accomplishing their high school volleyball mission Ranked fifth at the double-A boys provincial championship, the Cougars were left stranded on the court Thursday in Kelowna, out of reach of the medal

The Prince George Cougars learned a couple things about themselves this week in their two-game set at home against the Portland Winterhawks.

Thanks to donations from various groups and businesses, the Hart Highlands Ski Hill will once again welcome snowboarders and skiers this season. All that's required now is a little snow.

It had been a long wait between wins for Prince George Spruce Kings goalie Sam Tanguay but his hard work on the ice finally paid off Thursday night at the Coliseum. The 20-year-old from Beauport, Que., played a key role in ending a four-game B.C.

The hole the Prince George Spruce Kings have dug themselves into is deep, and with the season more than half complete, time is running out. If the season ended today, the fifth-place Spruce Kings (7-21-0-2) would miss the B.C.

The LJ Contracting Cougars pushed an undefeated streak to 10 games after a pair of ties against the Williams Lake Timberwolves last weekend.