Local Sports

As they return to the WHL road for the first time in almost a month, the Prince George Cougars can take satisfaction in the fact they looked like a pretty solid hockey team Wednesday in their 6-1 win at home over the Vancouver Giants.

When the LJ Contracting Cougars begin their quest to win the Hart Home Hardware midget Tier 2 hockey tournament today on Kin 1 ice they're going to hear in the backs of their minds the booming voice of hockey dad Rob Hinsche.

Direct flights from Calgary to Prince George make it easier for the Mount Royal University Cougars basketball teams to get to the city. A jet can get them to their destination in about an hour.

After getting spanked 5-1 Wednesday on the road in Chilliwack, the Prince George Spruce Kings will have something to prove to their fans at the Coliseum tonight when they host the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.

History will be made starting today at the junior boys provincial volleyball championship when the College Heights Cougars A and B teams walk out on the court in Kelowna.

Cal Babych isn't at all superstitious when it comes to the number 13. He was quite comfortable wearing those digits on his back for the Prince George Cougars until this week, when the St.

Vonda Hofferd has ensured a level playing field on the ice at both the Brier and Scotties. In addition to the Canadian men's and women's national curling championships, she can now put the European championships on her resum.

Tony Procter has a mantra when he steps to the line with his bow and arrow - point and shoot. It's what he's told himself since he was two-years-old and eventually competed in his first tournament at the young age of four.

Zach Pochiro is on his way back to the Prince George Cougars. Pochiro, a 20-year-old forward, has been reassigned to the Cougars by the St. Louis Blues, who selected him in the fourth round (112th overall) of the 2013 National Hockey League draft.

The PGSS Polars were shut out 41-0 by the John Barsby Bulldogs in a quarter-final match in the B.C. High School double-A football championships Saturday in Nanaimo.