Local Sports

Two years ago on home turf they were expected to win. Last year in Duncan their triumph at the provincial double-A midget baseball championship came right out of left field.

So who is this Greg Pocock fella? Well, with all due respect to former Prince George Cougars owner Rick Brodsky, he's the anti-Brodsky. At least in terms of being local.

2013 was the year of the Red Sox. In October, the Boston Red Sox capped a worst-to-first season with a World Series triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Goalie Avery Quiring, defencemen Kiana Wilkinson, and forwards Sabrina Knoop and Madison Fjellstrom, all of Prince George, are going camping this weekend. They are among 42 players selected to compete in this weekend's B.C.

National women's team Jessica Hewitt, Kamloops; Marie-ve Drolet, Chicoutimi, Que; Namasthe Harris-Gauthier, Montral; Valrie Maltais, La Baie, Que; Keri Morrison, Burlington, Ont; Caroline Truchon,Chicoutimi; Marianne St-Gelais,Saint-Flicien, Que.

It's a 12-hour drive from Fort St. James to Calgary but for short track speed skater Jamie MacDonald it's taken years to get there.

Monday result Westwood Pub Devils 20 Cowboy Ranch/Regional Security Stylers 4 Devils: Cameron Braun 4g 3a, Blake McIntosh 3g 2a, Jamie Klarenbeek 2g 4a; Stylers: Brandin Daychief 2g Wednesday game BX Pub Bandits vs. Northland Nissan Assault, 8 p.m.

The Duchess Park Condors earned their second-straight zone title on the soccer pitch Tuesday afternoon.

It took seven months to complete the deal which transferred ownership of the Prince George Cougars franchise from Rick Brodsky, who brought the team from Victoria in 1994, to the EDGEPRO Sports & Entertainment group headed by Greg Pocock.

Dan Hamhuis talks to his Vancouver Canucks teammates about what it was like playing for the Prince George Cougars, when their foot-stomping crowds were the talk of the Western Hockey League.