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As Legion veterans, Shelby Jansen and Ryan Gaiesky know the drill. Last year at the Legion National youth track and field championships in Langley they came within a split-second of the medal podium.

There's something about Aberdeen Glen Golf Course that Adam Veenstra seems to like. And Aberdeen seems to like him too.

Justin Hampole finally had a day off Monday. He deserved it after a 20-hour travel day Sunday, returning from Detroit to Prince George, finally arriving at midnight.

Amanda Asay's voice on the line was a little hoarse on Monday. The Prince George pitcher had reason to be a tad tired. Less than 24 hours earlier in Ajax, Ont.

As Serafina Sia stepped into the lacrosse box last Tuesday in Calgary, she tried her best to calm her jitters. The 16-year-old from Prince George had reason to be nervous since it was her first time competing at the national level.

Meagan Friess always wanted to excel in dressage.

Seven athletes. Two coaches. One manager. One mission staff. That sums up the Prince George contingent of Team B.C. who will take on the best in the West at the Western Canada Summer Games in early August. The Games open in Fort McMurray on Aug.

Justine Guillet loves to play a lot of sports - hockey, soccer, volleyball, and basketball, among them.

Vanderhoof is home of the Bears, the 2015 midget C lacrosse champions of B.C., but they couldn't have brought home that provincial banner without a migration of talent from Mackenzie.

Thomas Semple loves roadtrips to Prince George and it's even better when he gets to play in provincial championships in his two favourite sports -- hockey and lacrosse -- at Kin 1 arena. The arena floor was covered in ice in March when he won the B.