Local Sports

If hockey is a religion to the Northland Dodge Northern Capitals, Sunday has been their day of rest. They looked rather lethargic against the Greater Vancouver Comets in the second half of their game Sunday at CN Centre and lost 6-2 to the B.C.

Aman Bansal is not just a basketball player. As he so readily proved Saturday afternoon at Masich Place Stadium, he's quite versatile on the football field.

Coquitlam Express forward Jackson Cressey scored a power play goal to break a 1-1 tie late in the second period and the Express held on to edge the Prince George Spruce Kings 2-1 Saturday night at the Coliseum.

While she was developing into a world-class athlete, Catriona LeMay Doan won her share of awards.

There's no snow for skiing but biathletes know how to run the trails. They do a lot of that at Otway Nordic Centre getting ready for the winter race season and they'll be bringing their rifles to the range this Sunday at 1 p.m.

Seven months ago on March 22 at Kin 2, the Northland Dodge Northern Cougars wrapped up their first-ever B .C. Triple-A Female Midget Hockey League championship.

Soccer season ends this weekend for both UNBC teams.

Home ice has not been kind to the Spruce Kings. Not that they've had many games this B.C. Hockey League season to take advantage of the comforts of the Coliseum. Ten of their first 15 games were played in hostile territory.

Citizen staff The Kelowna Rockets picked up where they left off last weekend and put another dent in the pride of the Prince George Cougars. They scored three unanswered goals and defeated the Cats 5-2 Friday night in Kelowna.

For the first time this season, the Prince George Cougars have a winning record. For that, they have a couple of castoffs to thank.