Local Sports

When Team B.C. takes to the ice at CN Centre for the 2015 Canada Winter Games in February, it'll feature a pair of players who know their way around the rink.

The Prince George Cougars have placed 20-year-old goaltender Jared Rathjen on waivers. The local WHL team made the announcement late Tuesday afternoon. Rathjen, a Prince George product, was a victim of the numbers game.

There wasn't much that struck fear into the heart of Roman Vopat during his tenure as an NHL forward.

Prince George may be in the throes of an early winter, but that doesn't mean stock car racing enthusiasts aren't stuck spinning their wheels. In fact, it's just the opposite.

The College Heights Cougars rose to the top by winning their own junior boys icebreaker basketball tournament on the weekend. The Cougars beat the Duchess Park Condors 68-36 in Saturday's championship final.

Locked in the grips of a three-game losing streak, the Coqutlam Express turned to their top producers to bring Philadelphia freedom. Corey Mackin and Brett Supinski, who both came to the B.C.

UNBC's women's basketball squad no longer has a goose egg in the win column. The Timberwolves snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 76-70 victory against the UBC Okanagan Heat Saturday night at the Northern Sport Centre.

Three wins in four games is a pretty good way to cap off the first half of a season for any team. Especially right before the Christmas break.

Dorrin Luding won't forget the first time he got swarmed by his teammates on the ice at Kin 1. It happened eight months ago when he helped the North Shore Winter Club Winterhawks clinch the bantam tier 1 provincial hockey championship.

The Duchess Park Condors were right in the medal hunt at the triple-A girls provincial championship in Parksville. Unfortunately for the Condors, there were no Angels on their side. In fact, the Little Flower Academy Angels were devils in disguise.