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The Calgary Roughnecks have won four of their last seven games and are in a National Lacrosse League playoff position for the first time this season. The Roughnecks hung to defeat the West Division-leading Edmonton Rush 9-8 Friday night in Calgary.

Brandon Manning's latest audition with the Philadelphia Flyers has done wonders for advancing his prospects for long-term employment in the NHL. It's also helped boost his bank account.

The start gun is about to go off on the Prince George Track and Field Club outdoor season. Registration takes place today between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Masich Place Stadium.

Three hours after he was unveiled as the new bench boss of the Prince George Spruce Kings, Chad van Diemen got right to work at the Coliseum - evaluating talent at the team's annual spring prospects camp.

Van Diemen moves from Powell River Kings to Spruce Kings

Kristian Kiland is making his presence felt on the U.S. college tennis courts. The 20-year-old sophomore has been stringing wins together playing for the Doane College Tigers in Crete, Neb., in the NAIA Great Plains Athletic Conference.

Jason Nahal decided he needed to learn how to defend himself the day he came home from a schoolyard scrap with a black eye.

Prince George Cougars general manager Todd Harkins will be heading to Switzerland next week for two reasons. One is the fact his 17-year-old son Jansen will be skating for Team Canada at the world under-18 hockey championship.

Brad Morrison and Tate Olson weren't on NHL Central Scouting's midterm rankings of draft eligible players released in January. But after turning it on in the second half of the season, the two Prince George Cougars got the notice they deserve.

On the eve of the world under-18 hockey championship, Jansen Harkins has made it official. His birth certificate says he was born in Cleveland, Ohio and he does have dual American-Canadian citizenship.