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The College Heights Cougars have a plan, one they hope puts them on the fast track to gold at the double-A boys volleyball championship in Kelowna.

Kenny Lally is on the move again. The six-time national boxing champion leaves today for Montreal for the Canadian Olympic team trials which start Sunday and run through Thursday.

With players ranging from 17 to 20, the Prince George Spruce Kings aren't just developing players. They are also developing people. That's where the team chaplain Jim Brown comes in.

Don't look now but the Prince George Cougars are getting hot and they're plotting a move into the Western Hockey League's high-rent district. Kody McDonald used his stick to come up with a down payment to help the Cougars' cause.

The Portland Winterhawks were in town tonight to take on the Prince George Cougars in the first of two games in two nights. The Cougars were able to hold on for a 3-2 victory and the same two teams will meet again on tonight.

A 2-1 victory against an upper-echelon team was a hard-earned and welcome result. The 6-1 loss that followed was nowhere near as satisfying.

The Prince George Cougars have nine games left until Christmas -- still plenty of opportunity to go shopping for points before they get a week-long break from the grind of the Western Hockey League schedule.

Captain James Gordon gladly accepted the miniature Stanley Cup replica on the ice Sunday afternoon at CN Centre, then handed it off to his elated teammates.

Ted CLARKE Citizen staff [email protected] osplay was the theme of Northern FanCon night at CN Centre and dozens of hockey fans arrived at rink Saturday decked out in distinctive disguises.

After spotting the Mount Royal Cougars an 18-point lead, the UNBC Timberwolves decided they did not want to enter the Christmas break beaten and battered.