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After being confined indoors rehearsing their football moves through winter months, the Prince George Northern Eagles took their game outdoors for the first time Sunday in North Delta.

Before every bout, Quinn Clemas likes to make sure he's in the right frame of mind. It helps him focus on the task at hand - beating the opponent across from him on the mat.

At about the same time that police believe Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were planting their pressure-cooker bombs in the crowd at last year's Boston Marathon, Prince George runner Tanya Carter was crossing the finish line.

Realignment of university teams competing in CIS Canada West next season means a revised schedule for UNBC's soccer and basketball programs.

Blake McIntosh should be on a frequent driver program.

The scouting report on the Japanese women's under-18 basketball team left no major surprises for the Kayla Gordon and the B.C. Selects.

Kayla Gordon missed out on home cooking this season as a Canada West basketball rookie for the Trinity Western University Spartans.

Olin Erricson knows better than any of his Prince George George Posse teammates how tough it's going to be win games this season against teams from the B.C. Intermediate B Lacrosse League.

Climate change or global warming - call it what you will, but Prince George will remain a winter city for the next 300 years or so.

Biathlon and cross-country skiing go hand-in-hand and on Saturday the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club is staging a year-end fun relay event at Otway Nordic Centre which combines both sports.