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It was a silver rush instead of gold, but the players and coaches will take it.

Fresh off her appearance at the Canada Winter Games, Grace Northrop battled to gold at the Pacific International judo tournament on the weekend.

Chad Staley scored on the power play in sudden-death overtime to lift the Prince George Spruce Kings to a 5-4 victory Monday night in Langley. Staley's goal, his second of the game, was scored at the 8:56 mark of the extra frame.

The road to the Telus Cup got a little bit shorter Friday for the Cariboo Cougars. They notched their first victory of the 2015 B.C. Major Midget Hockey League playoffs, a 3-1 triumph over the visiting Fraser Valley Thunderbirds at Kin 1.

Skiers from across Alberta and B.C. will race down the slopes this weekend at the Western Canada Ski Cross Series at Tabor Mountain.

The Duchess Park Condors will return to Prince George without a provincial medal. The top-ranked double-A senior girls' basketball squad was upset by No. 8-ranked Notre Dame 63-61 in a quarterfinal at the B.C.

Gavin Rowell had already tasted success on the Western Canadian ski cross championship trail when he won both days of racing at Lake Louise in early February.

On night when it appeared Tyler Mrkonjic was about to write a Cinderella story for the Prince George Cougars, a Taylor by the name of Crunk, instead brought that happy ending to the Victoria Royals.

The Prince George Spruce Kings best-of-seven playoff series has now become a best-of-three. The Kings lost to the visiting Langley Rivermen 4-1 Saturday night at the Coliseum in Game 4 of their best-of-seven B.C.

With the game on the line in the dying minutes, the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds kept attacking. Trailing the Cariboo Cougars 3-2 late in the third period at Kin 1 Arena, they were desperate to score the equalizer.