Local Sports

Being a fifth-year player on a varsity team usually comes with added responsibility. In addition to being a go-to guy on the court, the extra duties include being a leader and setting a good example for your teammates.

The UNBC Timberwolves women's soccer team is on the lookout for a new head coach now that the university has given Andy Cameron his walking papers.

Mack Shields will no longer be making saves for the Prince George Cougars but it might not be long before he's called upon to keep them from scoring. He's been traded to the Medicine Hat Tigers, who host the Cougars next Saturday.

You have to be tough to be a high school football quarterback and Kaiden Witso has that quality in abundance as the field general of the Prince George Polars' offence.

The Cariboo Cougars will get the chance to defend their title at the Mac's AAA Midget Hockey Tournament. The team got the news from tournament organizers on Monday night.

Three tournaments. Three championships. That's the way the 2015-16 season has played out so far for the Coast Inn of the North midget Tier 1 Cougars.

Simon Nemethy didn't mind the heavy rain. He was light on his feet in his run to the medal podium at the B.C. high school cross-country running championships Saturday at Jericho Beach in Vancouver.

The lights were bright at the new Rickbeil Light Park at Otway Nordic Centre but they were no match for the brilliant sunshine reflecting off the muddy slope on a beautiful fall afternoon.

Friends of Cyril Schultz will take aim at strikes and spares tonight at the Strike Zone bowling alley. Six teams of three people each are competing in a tournament to honour and remember Schultz as well as give back to the Salvation Army's food bank.

Having started their weekend with losses in Powell River and Alberni Valley, the Prince George Spruce Kings were hoping to salvage victory on the ice in Victoria Sunday afternoon to put a positive spin on their boat-ride back to the Lower Mainland.