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In a short race against the best in the world on the IBU Cup biathlon stage, a bad day on the shooting range can make for a miserable race. Such was the fate of Sarah Beaudry Friday in Canmore, Alta.

In case you didn't get to watch Lavanna Laass fight her way to a silver medal in judo at the Canada Winter Games, you can watch her quest for gold at the Pacific International tournament live on a computer screen on Saturday.

Bob Pegues is the president's choice. The longtime coach of the Inner City Boxing Club in Prince George has been selected a winner of Sport BC's Presidents' Award.

The Prince George Cougars have been winning often lately and that's given them a bit of breathing room in the Western Hockey League's playoff district.

On paper, there isn't much separating the Prince George Spruce Kings from their first-round B.C. Hockey League playoff opponents, the Langley Rivermen. The season series was almost a dead heat.

The deadline to register is today at noon. For cross-country skiers, that means time is short if you haven't yet entered Sunday's Stride and Glide Sports Sprit of the Rivers Loppet.

Sarah Beaudry is back in the groove again. Skiing fast and knocking down targets.

A broken finger has put Brett Connolly's debut with the Boston Bruins on hold.

The Cariboo Cougars have reached two of their goals this season. They won the acclaimed Mac's Midget tournament on New Year's Day in Calgary and then clinched first place in the B.C. Hockey Major Midget League in the second half of the season.

It doesn't matter how you score 'em, as long as the puck crosses the line. Years from now, Cal Babych can tell his kids he beat his former Calgary Hitmen teammates for the winning goal with a five-player dangle, capped by a roof shot into the net.