Local Sports

Bill Masich, son of Prince George Track and Field Club founder Tom Masich, has been named the club's head coach for the 2014 season.

With the B.C. Hockey League playoffs looming next week, the Prince George Spruce Kings make their final regular season stand tonight and Friday night at home against the Langley Rivermen.

Sometimes, a trade needs a bit of time to have an effect. Almost two months into the Marek Tvrdon experiment, the Kelowna Rockets are getting some payback. The No.

Today in Calgary, Prince George's Colin Carson will be presented with a major Canadian Interuniversity Sport award.

The public is welcome to celebrate the athletic achievements of those being inducted into the 10th Prince George Sports Hall of Fame next month. Tickets are $40 each and are available for the award ceremony on March 29 at the Hart Community Centre.

Prince George archers were on target for medals at the 2014 B.C. Winter Games in Mission last week. The five archers from the Silvertip Archers Club represented Zone 8, Cariboo-North East, and won seven medals at the four-day event.

Parker Engel's nickname is "The Jet." His plate number is 737. While he's had the number for the last three years, Engel earned his nickname when he started hitting podiums at motocross tracks across B.C. in 2012. In 2013, he became the top B.C.

Emily Dickson, a member of the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club, has qualified for the youth/junior world biathlon championships for the second year in a row. Dickson was at a qualifying event that wrapped up Sunday in Brookvale, P.E.I.

For the first time in program history, the Northland Dodge Cougars will skate in home playoff games. The Cougars, a regional rep team that competes in the B.C.

The Prince George Minor Lacrosse Association will have a professional presence at its registration table at the Pine Centre Mall Rec Mart this weekend.