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It wasn't the colour of medal Kenny Lally wanted to win in the boxing ring, but it's still a medal.

Prince George Tennis Club members traded in their racquets for work gloves and screw drivers Saturday. It was part of the club's annual spring cleanup to spiffy the courts up, even though the season has already been in full swing since mid-March.

Levi Robinson's goal with 57 seconds left in the game helped lift the Quesnel Crossfire to an 11-10 victory over the Northland Nissan Assault in Prince George Senior Lacrosse action Thursday.

Another Cariboo Cougar is taking his game to the Portland Winterhawks. The Winterhawks announced Friday that Cougars defenceman Conor MacEachern signed with the Western Hockey League team.

The UNBC women's soccer side will tackle some old but familiar rivals in the 2015 season under proposed changes to the CIS Canada West schedule.

Every time Kassidy Johnson steps up to the line at Black Diamond Lanes during practice, she has a checklist of sorts. Getting strikes. Picking the corners. "I'm aiming for strikes and spares," said the 15-year-old.

Steven Kidwell sure knows how to make an entrance. In his first-ever game in the Prince George Senior Lacrosse Association, Kidwell scored four goals for the Prince George Bandits in their 14-4 win against the Cowboy Ranch Stylers.

Former resident Jim Swanson, who still has ties to the World Baseball Challenge that happens every second year in Prince George, is on the verge of becoming a part owner of the Victoria HarbourCats.

What began two years ago when he joined a summer strength and conditioning program for teenaged hockey players run by his parents has developed into a lifestyle passion for Liam O'Beirne.

Nicole Schlick is taking her basketball game from Prince George all the way to the University of Waterloo in southern Ontario. Schlick, a former standout with the Duchess Park Condors, with whom she averaged 22.