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It's not even September and Chance Braid has already started his playoff beard. He has no plans to shave it off, not until next May at the earliest, after the Prince George Cougars have had a chance to hoist the Memorial Cup trophy.

As an amateur boxer, Marcus Hume was getting as lonely as the Maytag repairman. Just two fights in the space of a year was barely enough to keep the cobwebs from gathering on his gloves.

Whether you play table tennis or ping pong, it's all the same to the people trying to round up players for a Canada Winter Games test event set for Saturday, Sept. 20 at Duchess Park secondary school.

If only the start of his rookie season as a pro motocross racer had begun as well as it ended, there's no telling what Jess Pettis could have accomplished. It certainly would have been much less painful.

Kris Yip powered his way through five laps of single-track in four-and-a-half hours to win the Otway Enduro Challenge on Sunday.

When Natasha Kozlowski entered the B.C. novice girls golf championship in Chilliwack last week, she was only teeing off for the experience. Two days later, the 13-year-old secured the title and a crystal bowl and gold medal to go along with it.

A season that started with so much uncertainty answered several questions for high jumper Alyx Treasure.

Prince George Cougars veteran forward Chase Witala tallied a goal and two assists to help lead his Team Black squad to a 10-3 victory against Team White in the Cats annual intrasquad game Monday night at CN Centre.

The Prince George Spruce Kings face off Friday as they launch their main training camp at the Coliseum. It's all in preparation for the B.C. Hockey League's 2014-15 season.

Vic Vallee, Mike Cunningham and Ida Boschman were multiple winners at their home Prince George Horseshoes tournament on the weekend. Vallee won the men's A class, B class and senior 40-foot divisions, while Cunningham won the men's C and D divisions.