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His rise as a coach has been meteoric. Now, Prince George's Jon Cooper is four wins away from the most prized trophy in hockey.

The B.C. Hockey League has expanded into the United States. On Monday, the BCHL - which has the Prince George Spruce Kings as one of its teams - announced that the Wenatchee Wild will join the league for the 2015-16 season.

By the slimmest of margins, the Duchess Park Condors came out on the short end of the stick at the double-A high school girls soccer championship in Vancouver.

Alyx Treasure rose to the occasion in the Texas heat. She cleared the high jump bar at 1.

When the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club put the word out it was looking for a cross-country ski coach and a general manager, the message got through loud and clear to the Moore household in Red Deer.

Just when it looked like the Northern B.C. North Stars were about to fritter away their comfortable lead on the football field at Masich Place Stadium, Bronco-buster Johnny Tatla rushed to the rescue.

Cole Paciejewski stole the show for the BX Pub Bandits.

The Westwood Pub Devils scorched yet another opponent.

The Binchie Steelers felt the brunt of Evan Potskin's bat.

The World Baseball Challenge went down on strikes. Rick Pattie, co-chair of the tournament, said earlier this week that this year's event - which was supposed to happen Aug.