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When the St. Louis Blues decided last week it would be better for Josh Pochiro's hockey development if they returned him from the ECHL to the Prince George Cougars, they knew he'd have games like the one he had Saturday night in Vancouver.

The College Heights junior A Cougars stood tall to stick around in the winners' bracket of the junior boys provincial volleyball championship but eventually fell short to the defending champions.

UNBC's men's basketball squad downed the Mount Royal Cougars 71-60 to earn its first win of the season Friday night. The victory, in front of 1,300 fans at the Northern Sport Centre - UNBC's home-opener - snapped the T-wolves four-game losing streak.

One point was all that separated UNBC's women's basketball team from celebrating it's first win of the season Friday night.

Losing 5-2 to the Kamloops Blazers was bad enough for the Prince George Cougars. Losing top-line sniper Chase Witala to injury Friday night in Kamloops made it even tougher to swallow.

The pool deck at the Prince George Aquatic Centre will be a crowded place the next two days while the Prince George Barracudas host their annual Northern Medical Sprint meet. Swimmers from Prince George (Barracudas), Fort St.

The Prince George Spruce Kings are still first in their division but if they keep playing like they did Friday night at the Coliseum it's only a matter of time before they get kicked out of the penthouse suite.

It took about 10 minutes for the Prince George LJ Contracting Cougars to start filling the Prince Rupert Seawolves' net, but once they did, there was no stopping them.

Zach Pochiro left a professional hockey team and returned to a pro reception in Prince George. Sent back to the Cougars this week by the St.

Prince George Cougars forwards Jansen Harkins and Jared Bethune are among 59 WHL players rated by NHL Central Scouting as draft-eligible players to watch. The NHL's November watch list also includes Prince George Spruce Kings forward Brogan O'Brien.