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He's furry, and friendly. His giant red shades give him a mysterious look. His name used to be Bark Kent, but now he needs a new name for his new home at the Prince George Coliseum at Spruce Kings games.

Semifinal playoffs Scores July 7 Northland Nissan Assault 11 BX Pub Bandits 10 Scoring Assault Craig Dunfield 4G 1A Bandits Cole Paciejewski 5G 1A

The Prince George Youth Soccer Association under-14 boys Timberwolves earned a silver medal at the Provincial B Cup championship Sunday in Richmond.

Trevor Sakamoto and his son Gabe, two generations of Prince George judokas, competed at the fifth annual Grassroots Judo, youth, team and kata national championships in Honolulu, Hawaii last week.

Supertrak BMX riders are about to gear up and tear up the track for charity Friday night. It's the Race for Life with all proceeds donated to the B.C. Children's Hospital.

Scores, July 6 Gunners 2 Caledonians 2 Team Powerhouse 5 Assante 3 Nancy O's 3 Columbia Fuels 1 Subway 4 Kickers 1 Eden Spa/Geotech 3 Queensway Autoworld 7

The Prince George Youth Soccer Association under-16 Timberwolves can now call themselves provincial silver medallists. And they're darn proud of it.

The Prince George Senior Baseball League hopes to hit a home run for local youth at its all-star game July 18. All proceeds from the home run derby and game at Citizen Field will go toward Kendall's Kids, an online bursary.

As a coach, Dawn Taylor has had a taste of being on deck for several Special Olympics provincial swim meets.

Bronze for Balazs Emma Balazs won the bronze medal in the 2,000-metre steeplechase at the Canadian Junior Track and Field championships in Ste-Therese, Que. Friday.