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Vipers 3 at Spruce Kings 0 First Period 1. Vernon, Dumonceaux 4 (Latina, L.Coughlin) 11:26 Penalties - Meek Ver (hooking) 5:34, Clements PG (tripping) 12:54, Grewal PG (interference) 17:42. Second Period 2.

The Edmonton Oilers liked Vernon Vipers left winger Liam Coughlin enough to use a fifth-round draft pick to bring him under their protection last June.

The top two teams in the B.C. Hockey Major Midget League battle each other this weekend at Kin 1. That would be the first-place Cariboo Cougars (13-2-1) taking on the second-place Vancouver Northwest Giants (12-2).

Now that the dust and mud has settled, the PGSS Polars and Duchess Park Condors know who they'll face in the first round of the B.C. High School double-A football championships this weekend.

The streak is now up to 15. As in 15 straight wins the Northland Dodge Northern Female Cougars have rattled off since their last loss Sept. 26 in Vernon.

Lavanna Laass battled to a pair of medals at the Ontario Open judo tournament on the weekend. Laass, who trains at the Hart Judo Academy, earned bronze on Saturday and silver on Sunday.

There's something about the Prince George Cougars that just brings out the best in Brandon Magee.

The Prince George Spruce Kings surrendered four goals in the first period and suffered a 5-0 shut-out loss to the hands of the West Kelowna Warriors Sunday afternoon.

Four points was all that separated a win from a loss for UNBC's men's basketball team on the weekend.

Kelowna skaters Olivia Gran and Rochelle Reeve could soon be making plans for a return trip to Prince George.