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The Prince George Polars knew they would have their hands full playing the third-ranked Kelowna Owls in their opening game at the quad-A boys basketball provincial championship in Langley.

Prince George Spruce Kings goalie Jesse Jenks was staring down two possibilities in the dying seconds of the game Tuesday night on the ice at the Coliseum.

Jessie Withey and her Prince George juvenile women's curling team put a lot of miles on their sliders and brooms this season, but in the end it all paid off. Withey won the silver medal at the B.C.

The road to securing a playoff berth for the Prince George Cougars will go through Kamloops. The Cougars have six games remaining in the Western Hockey League's regular season, and four of them are against the Blazers.

Two squads from the Prince George Youth Volleyball Club dug up silver and bronze at the Okanagan Super Series on the weekend in Kelowna.

The Prince George Spruce Kings scored three goals in the first two periods of the game and hung on the rest of the way to defeat the Langley Rivermen 3-2 Tuesday night in Game 6 of a first-round B.C. Hockey League playoff series at the Coliseum.

The Coast Inn of the North midget Tier 1 Cougars went south to Penticton for a three-game hockey test, and aced it.

It was well worth the 60-minute drive to Vanderhoof for the Prince George Blizzard Speed Skating Club to compete at the B.C. Short Track Provincial Championships and the Regionale FUNale on the weekend.

The Duchess Park senior girls basketball squad wrapped up their season with a fifth-place finish at the B.C. High School Girls double-A championship in Langley on the weekend. The Condors defeated Seycove 77-67 on Saturday for the top-five finish.

Thirty kilometres of racing the trails of Otway Nordic Centre was not nearly enough for Nikki Kassel.