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PG Sports—Sunday, March 8

A near capacity crowd of 5,404 witnessed the Prince George Cougars erase a 3-0 deficit to earn a point in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Victoria Royals. The 50-50 record jackpot hit a grand total of $67,095. Half of that total goes to the Shelly L. Mrkonjic ALS Research Fund. Shelly, the mother of Tyler Mrkonjic, died of ALS in 2006.
Tyler Mrkonjic scored the first Cougars goal and was named the first star. The Royals needed 11 rounds of the shootout to post the victory.

–With six games left, the P.G. Cougars are closing in on a playoff spot. They are 3rd in the B.C. Division, four points ahead of Kamloops and six in front of struggling Vancouver. The Cougars still have four games left against the Blazers starting Wednesday in Kamloops. The Cats also play Friday in Tri-City and Saturday in Portland. (The Cougars edged Victoria Friday 4-3 for their 5th straight win before 2404 fans). The Cougars are
5-0-1 in their last six and 7-1-2 in their last 10.

Photo of Tyler Mrkonjic: Courtesy of PG Cougars

–The Langley Rivermen scored three unanswered goals in less than three minutes midway through period three to post a 4-1 victory over the Prince George Spruce Kings. The Rivermen tied the best of 7 Mainland Division semi-final series 2-2 before 937 fans at the PG Coliseum. (The Spruce Kings doubled Langley 4-2 Friday before 1,037 fans). Game five will be played Monday in Langley before the series returns to Prince George for game six on Tuesday.

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UPDATE:–The Cariboo Cougars scored the first three goals and secured the victory with an empty netter in a 4-2 triumph over the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds today (Sunday). The Cougars win the series 2-1 to advance to the Major Midget semi-final against the South Island Royals starting Friday at Kin 1. The Royals upset the second place Vancouver North West Giants in the opening round.

–The Fraser Valley Thunderbirds beat the Cariboo Cougars 4-2 to tie the best of 3 BCMML quarter-final series 1-1. The Cougars took the opener 3-1.

–The Duchess Park Condors placed 5th following a 77-67 victory over Seycove at the BC Girls Double A Basketball Championship in Langley. Duchess finished the 16-team tournament with an overall 3-1 record. The top
ranked Condors were eliminated from medal contention when they were upset in the quarter-finals, falling 63-61 to Notre Dame. Alina Shakirova of the Condors was named to the second all-star team while Marcie Schlick of Duchess was chosen to the honorable mention team. The tournament was won by Immaculata of Kelowna.

–Also in Langley, Duchess Park finished 13th and College Heights 14th at the BC Junior Girls Basketball Championship. Duchess Park edged College Heights 44-38 in the last game for both teams on the consolation side.

–Cedars Christian whipped Agassiz 58-42 in the 9th-10th place game at the BC Girls Single A Basketball Championship in Lumby. Fort St. James ended up 13th.

–A total of three Prince George rinks are competing at the BC Juvenile Curling Championships at Lake Cowichan. Alyssa Connell and Jessie Withey are 2-1 in the eight-team girls division. On the boys side, (also with eight teams competing) Coleton Vriesendorp is 1-2. Provincial winners qualify for the International Juvenile Championships in Edmonton next month.

–Bud Burbee of Prince George finished 1-6 and in the basement at the BC Masters (60 +) Curling Championship in Nanaimo.

–The Caledonia Nordic Ski Club holds its Annual (Stride and Glide Sports) Spirit of the Rivers Loppet today at 10am at the Otway Nordic Center. A record 165 cross country skiers have registered. The wide variety of routes includes: 2.5km, 7.5km, 15km and 30 km.

–Canada’s best junior snowboard athletes have left for China to compete in the Junior World Championships
Tuesday to Saturday (March 10 to 14). The Snowboardcross 11 member team includes Meryeta O’Dine and Evan Bichon of Prince George.

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