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Seven Prince George gymnasts conquered the 2014 Ogopogo Invitational meet in Kelowna on the weekend. And five of them returned with medals around their necks.

Competition was fun and light on the greens Tuesday morning. Four teams of four players were trying to roll their bowl as close to the white jack (target) as possible as two games were underway.

Luke and Jake Roderick are identical nine-year-old twins. It wasn't hard to tell them apart once the BMX races ended Sunday. Despite the 22 C heat of the afternoon, Luke was a wearing a wool full-face ninja balaclava.

Shoes were pitched and ringers were made at the Prince George Horseshoe Club's open tournament on the weekend.

Their names may rhyme, but that's not why the Prince George Cougars acquired a pair of forwards named Chance Braid and Lance Yaremchuk from the Prince Albert Raiders in a trade on Monday. Rather it's what they'll bring to the ice at CN Centre.

The Prince George Lomak Bulk Carrier double-A bantam Knights outscored their opposition 53-7 en route to winning a single-A baseball tournament in Mission on the weekend. "This was a tournament we expected to win," said Knights co-coach Shane Taylor.

Ryan Gaiesky served notice over the weekend he's among the fastest 400-metre runners in the province. Gaiesky,a junior from D.P. Todd secondary school, hurdled his way to a bronze medal in the 400m event at the B.C.

Alyx Treasure clinched her second trip to the NCAA Div. 1 outdoor track and field championships on Saturday.

Parker Yaskow wasn't about to give up that easily. Fighting in his first match of the 10-11 year-old sparring division at the B.C.

The Prince George Timberwolves got more than they bargained for Sunday at Ron Wiley Field.