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Maybe it was the pressure of playing for gold in the biggest game of their lacrosse careers with a big home crowd watching that led to the meltdown of the Prince George Posse.

Jonathon Wittmeier almost shut out the Port Moody Thunder Saturday afternoon at the A2 provincial lacrosse championship. A seeing-eye shot by Thunder forward Ryan McBeth late in the game broke up that possibility.

Dave Dupas has found a new home behind the bench. The former head coach of the Prince George Spruce Kings has signed on as an assistant coach with the Fort McMurray Oil Barons of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.

When Justin Hampole steps onto the ice, he's always nervous. But the Prince George skater has always found a way to conquer those jitters at provincial- and national-level figure skating meets.

The Prince George Pisces Swim Club has the home pool advantage this weekend. The club will also have strength in numbers. Forty of the 114 swimmers registered for the two-day B.C.

Dawson Calfa admits it was a bit strange walking out with his lacrosse stick into Kin 1 arena this week for the start of the A1 midget provincial tournament.

Adam Veenstra first picked up a set of golf clubs as a three-year-old. They may have been plastic, but the kid from Smithers was hooked on the game.

It's a tall order ahead of Amanda Asay and Canada's women's baseball team. After losing 3-1 to the United States Friday night at the Pan Am Games in Ajax, Ont., they will need back-to-back wins to clinch the tournament.

The secret is out on the Prince George Posse. After two convincing wins Friday in their first games this season at the A2 midget level, they are no longer snakes in the grass at the provincial lacrosse championship.

After three years coaching men's soccer at Canada's green university, Alan Alderson is moving on to greener pastures.