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Zach Pochiro scored the shootout winner to help the Prince George Cougars claw past the Prince Albert Raiders 6-5 Monday night in Prince Albert.

The Prince George Blizzard blazed to third overall in the team category at the B.C. long track speed skating provincial championships and FUNale last weekend in Fort St. John.

Darren Hards went to bed Saturday night thinking he had a day off as a hockey sniper.

The Prince George Spruce Kings stopped the Coquitlam Express right in their tracks Sunday. The Kings derailed their rival Express 5-1 in a B.C. Hockey League Mainland Division tilt at the Prince George Coliseum. "We were definitely looking for that.

Frank Labounty can now call himself a nine-time provincial champion. The Prince George curler was part of the gold-medal winning rink that won the B.C. Wheelchair Curling Championship Sunday in Coquitlam.

UNBC's women's basketball team lost its sixth-straight game Saturday in CIS Canada West action. UBC Thunderbirds beat the Timberwolves 84-58 at War Memorial Gymnasium in Vancouver.

It was 46 C at poolside in Melbourne, Australia. Unfortunately for Prince George Barracudas swimmer Haley Black, the water provided little relief from the heat.

On the surface, Saturday's 6-3 loss in Brandon was yet another sorry chapter in the sad saga of the Prince George Cougars.

The Prince George Cougars begin a six-game road trip tonight (5 p.m. CIRX 94.3 FM) in Regina against the Pats (24-20-3-2), who rank sixth in the Eastern Conference.

When he's not dunking basketballs or studying history in class, Devin McMurtry spends a lot of time in the weight room.