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Trevor Sprague and the Cariboo Cougars are making their lists and checking them twice this weekend. Sprague, the head coach of the northern B.C.

It may have only been their third game of the pre-season, but the Prince George Cougars passed their first tough test Friday night at CN Centre.

The first home-ice exhibition game for the Prince George Cougars will likely be a tough one. Tonight at CN Centre, the Cougars will clash with the Edmonton Oil Kings, the defending Western Hockey League and Memorial Cup champions.

Don't panic. That wasn't the same Prince George Spruce Kings team that will take to the ice during the B.C. Hockey League regular season.

With one hundred years of motocross race experience spread over three generations, the Watson family of Quesnel seems to have no fear of flying. If that worry does exist, they're pretty good at hiding it.

Hayden Wolff most likely won't get a new bike from Kawasaki this year but there's a good chance of a $3,000 cheque coming his way once the Prince George Motocross Association season wraps up this weekend in Quesnel.

The Barley Boyz of Alberta earned bragging rights as slo-pitch national champions Saturday at the Canada Plus-55 Games in Sherwood Park, Alta.

Members of the Prince George Horseshoe Club tossed to medals and had top-five results at the B.C. Horseshoe Championships in Cloverdale on Labour Day weekend.

Cramming and studying in the exhibition season is now complete for the UNBC Timberwolves.

The Prince George Cougars have hired a guy once traded for Wayne Gretzky as their new assistant coach.