Local Sports

Isaiah Lui catapulted onto the podium twice at the B.C. Trampoline provincial championships last weekend in Abbotsford. Lui was among three other Prince George trampolinists from the Prince George Gymnastics Club who competed in the Fraser Valley.

Even though his side went winless, head coach Andy Cameron considered a weekend of exhibition soccer a successful venture. Cameron had the UNBC Timberwolves women's team in Kamloops for a pair of games against the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack.

Haley Black will try to stroke her way back onto the junior national team this week in Victoria.

Five games into his pro hockey career, Troy Bourke is cruising on a point-per-game pace. He scored his second American Hockey League goal this season for the Lake Erie Monsters in a 5-4 shootout loss to the Chicago Wolves Saturday in Chicago.

Olivia McClair and Amanda Tomm may be teammates on Kelly Road secondary school's badminton team, but they are also competitors on the court.

The Hazelton midgets got a taste of what's in store next season for B.C. Hockey League opponents of the Prince George Spruce Kings.

Besides the eight athletes, coaches and builders who were inducted into the 10th Prince George Sports Hall of Fame Saturday night, 15 youth athletes received awards for their accomplishments in the last two years.

The Northern B.C. Inline Roller Hockey Association season starts in less than a month and with the ice gone at Kin 3, the wheels are already in motion for the Prince George Northern Knights rep team.

Jason LaBarbera was 13 years-old when he moved with his family to Prince George. That meant long bus trips to and from road games and hockey tournaments. Those road trips made him more responsible and built long-lasting friendships.

For the last five to seven years, Glen "Moose" Scott has repeatedly told people, "this is my last year in lacrosse." But something always comes up. Like founding a new league or a tournament.