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Patti Knezevic is among a field of eight rinks who'll compete at the B.C. Scotties Women's Curling championship next month in Maple Ridge.

For the last couple years, Megan Heinicke has been the lone biathlete from B.C. competing on the international World Cup stage.

Northland Dodge Northern Cougars left-winger Ava Keis, a 17-year-old native of Quesnel, has signed a scholarship agreement to attend Nipissing University in Thunder Bay, Ont., next season. The Cougars are currently in first place in the B.C.

Throughout his storied career as a Western Hockey League head coach, Don Nachbaur has always looked forward to coming back to Prince George. It's not that he likes the 961-kilometre (one-way) bus trip from Spokane in winter driving conditions.

The Cowichan Valley Capitals handed the Prince George Spruce Kings their third-straight loss Saturday night at the Coliseum.

On Friday, Prince George biathletes Megan Heinicke and Sarah Beaudry found out what's it's like to compete against each other in a World Cup race when they raced the sprint in Hochfilzen, Austria.

The smile of the face of Cariboo Cougars centre Mitchell Williams said it all. Winning is fun, and the Cougars have made that a habit this season in the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League.

It turns out, the College Heights Cougars just needed a little more time to find their game. The Cougars downed the Cedars Christian Eagles 48-32 in the final at D.P. Todd's senior girls basketball tournament Saturday.

A prairie blizzard hit southern Saskatchewan Sunday afternoon but Mario Desjardins, head coach of the Northland Dodge Northern Cougars, found a safe haven to avoid the winter blast.

Ty Edmonds did his best impression of an octopus, but after making three saves in a mad scramble around the Prince George Cougar' net, there was nothing he could do to prevent Liam Stewart from becoming the hero for Spokane Chiefs.