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The Prince George Farr Fabricating Cougars figured wins at the bantam Tier 1 provincial championships would be hard to come by and so far their prognostications have proved correct.

Riley Dreskin has never been so relieved to see a puck miss the net.

Alyssa Connell's curling team won silver medals at the B.C. Winter Games last month, but they still have one more bonspiel left this week. And it's a big one.

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Alan Alderson didn't like the start, but he'll take the finish. Alderson, head coach of the UNBC men's soccer team, watched the club lose its first three games and win its final three at the Mr. Quick BCISL Competitive Indoor Soccer Tournament.

UNBC won the Francesco Bartolillo sweepstakes. Bartolillo, an ultra-talented midfielder from Calgary, was coveted by numerous university soccer programs but has signed with the UNBC Timberwolves for the next Canada West season.

When the North Shore Winter Club Winterhawks needed someone to put the sting of defeat into their archrivals from Burnaby, they tapped a northern boy to get the job done. Knowing a win over the undefeated Bruins would vault North Shore into the B.C.

Todd Fiddler's pro hockey dream has been realized. The Colorado Eagles of the East Coast Hockey League announced Wednesday afternoon they've signed the 20-year-old Prince George Cougars sniper to a pro contract.

Prince George Cougars forward Zach Pochiro has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the St. Louis Blues. The Blues selected Pochiro in the fourth round (112th overall) in the 2013 National Hockey League draft.

When it comes to the playoffs, Mario Desjardins is a little nervous. But that's a good thing.