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Ridge Meadows Burrards will be hosting a female lacrosse tournament called Reign Storm from June 8 to 11. (Ridge Meadows Burrards/Special to The News)

700 female lacrosse players travel to Lower Mainland for province-wide tournament

Reign Storm tournament takes place in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows from June 8 to 11

 

There to celebrate the announcement of West Fraser Timber’s donation to the Lhtako Quesnel BC Winter Games were (back row): Brian Balkwill (2024 Games president), Caleb Woolends (curling 2020), Brooklynn Novak (archery 2023), Noah Woolends (skiing 2018), Boroka Peter (skiing 2020), Petra Peter (skiing 2023), Ivy Sinkinson (ringette 2023), Avery Cassidy (ringette 2023), D’arcy Henderson (West Fraser vice-president), while kneeling were Laura Balkwill (biathlon 2020), Liv Boudreau (skiing 2023), Anna Maria Kadenbach (skiing 2023).

West Fraser boosts Lhtako Quesnel Winter Games

Major funding support from Quesnel timber company to local athletes

 

Brooklynn Novak aims at a podium finish at the B.C. archery provincials held in her hometown of Quesnel. (Tracey Roberts photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)

Quesnel was silver charm for teen archer

Brooklynn Novak fires to the podium at B.C. championships

 

James "Old Fox" Mott helps train grandson Karter and granddaughter Tamina, and all three were on the fight card at Rumble 31 in Quesnel. (Frank Peebles photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)

Motts have family fights for real in Quesnel

Three generations get in the ring with 2 Rivers Boxing Club

James "Old Fox" Mott helps train grandson Karter and granddaughter Tamina, and all three were on the fight card at Rumble 31 in Quesnel. (Frank Peebles photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Referee Peggy Maerz had no choice but to award the bout to both fighters in the exhibition fight between close friends Melissa O'Flynn (blue) and Britynn "Hurricane" Carter (red). (Frank Peebles photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)

Outside of the box – unusual bouts at 2 Rivers in Quesnel

Can’t fight the feelin’ of boxing fever

Referee Peggy Maerz had no choice but to award the bout to both fighters in the exhibition fight between close friends Melissa O'Flynn (blue) and Britynn "Hurricane" Carter (red). (Frank Peebles photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Beginners can learn pickleball this weekend in Quesnel. A set of coaching workshops will happen at Correlieu Secondary, with a session especially for newcomers to the sport. (Quesnel Pickleball Club photo)

Get yourself into a pickle, Quesnel

A coaching session happens this weekend for beginners

Beginners can learn pickleball this weekend in Quesnel. A set of coaching workshops will happen at Correlieu Secondary, with a session especially for newcomers to the sport. (Quesnel Pickleball Club photo)
Coldstream’s Dean Francks (left, with daughter Kristen after the pair won the B.C. Senior Girls AA Volleyball Championship in Merritt in December 2022) has been named a B.C. School Sports Citation of Excellence Award Winner for 2022-23. (Contributed)

Okanagan coach collects provincial honour

Dean Francks led Kal Lakers Sr. girls volleyball team to B.C. title and basketball team to provincials

Coldstream’s Dean Francks (left, with daughter Kristen after the pair won the B.C. Senior Girls AA Volleyball Championship in Merritt in December 2022) has been named a B.C. School Sports Citation of Excellence Award Winner for 2022-23. (Contributed)
Wally Doern, left, has coached (L to R) Melissa O’Flynn, Robyn Grant and Britynn “Hurricane” Carter who will all now be on the same fight card on April 15 at 2Rivers Boxing Club. (Wally Doern Facebook photo)

Rumble 31 to showcase Quesnel’s best boxers

Going to the spring dance…in the boxing ring

Wally Doern, left, has coached (L to R) Melissa O’Flynn, Robyn Grant and Britynn “Hurricane” Carter who will all now be on the same fight card on April 15 at 2Rivers Boxing Club. (Wally Doern Facebook photo)
Archer see, archer do. One of Quesnel’s brightest bow and arrow up-and-comers, Kayden D’Entremont, is only 15 but is already coaching younger aspirants like Brendan Douglas. (Frank Peebles photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)

Ready…aim…provincials in Quesnel

Quesnel hosts indoor archery championships

Archer see, archer do. One of Quesnel’s brightest bow and arrow up-and-comers, Kayden D’Entremont, is only 15 but is already coaching younger aspirants like Brendan Douglas. (Frank Peebles photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Brooklyn Novak was Quesnel’s top medalist at the 2023 BC Winter Games in Vernon, coming home with a bronze and silver in archery. (Photo by Shannon Goertzen Novak)

BC Games results for Quesnel kids

Six local athletes close out the winter with a rush

Brooklyn Novak was Quesnel’s top medalist at the 2023 BC Winter Games in Vernon, coming home with a bronze and silver in archery. (Photo by Shannon Goertzen Novak)
Petra Peter is one of Quesnel’s athletes heading to the BC Winter Games in Vernon. (Photo submitted by Bonnie Grenon)

Quesnel athletes, officials, coaches set for Winter Games

Local contingent of 15 heading for Vernon

Petra Peter is one of Quesnel’s athletes heading to the BC Winter Games in Vernon. (Photo submitted by Bonnie Grenon)
RCMP retired Sgt. Stuart Murray stands on guard by the commemorative placard explaining the relationship between the Lhtako Dene Nation and City of Quesnel as co-hosts of the 2024 BC Winter Games. (Frank Peebles photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)

Lhtako and Quesnel equal Games hosts

First Nation and municipality share the BCWG billing

RCMP retired Sgt. Stuart Murray stands on guard by the commemorative placard explaining the relationship between the Lhtako Dene Nation and City of Quesnel as co-hosts of the 2024 BC Winter Games. (Frank Peebles photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
River Kings forward Colin Bell takes a shot on Kangaroos goaltender Ryan Manderson. (Michael Bramadat-Willcock/Terrace Standard)

Terrace River Kings kick off CIHL finals with 6 – 5 overtime win

Kangaroos will have home ice advantage at game 2 in Quesnel

River Kings forward Colin Bell takes a shot on Kangaroos goaltender Ryan Manderson. (Michael Bramadat-Willcock/Terrace Standard)
Northstars Hockey Academy goaltender Jaxson Dikur stops a shot on the Northstars’ net. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

UPDATED: Northstars Hockey Academy wins 1, loses 1 on home ice in Williams Lake Jan. 5

The Northstars Hockey Academy won one and lost one on home ice…

Northstars Hockey Academy goaltender Jaxson Dikur stops a shot on the Northstars’ net. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
While there might not be snow in Quesnel, up near Groundhog Lake, there’s likely some. (Wells Snowmobile Club Facebook)

Snowmobilers in Cariboo encouraged to purchase insurance

Snowmobile owners should purchase liability insurance, said insurance advisor Josee Jalbert in…

While there might not be snow in Quesnel, up near Groundhog Lake, there’s likely some. (Wells Snowmobile Club Facebook)
Langley Secondary senior girls basketball coach Sheldon Guy speaks to a crowd at Earl Marriott Secondary Tuesday (Dec. 5) before an exhibition game about his experience with suddenly losing his sight, and how to pivot and adapt to the challenges life may bring. (Contributed photo)

Blind B.C. basketball coach gives inspirational talk before exhibition game

‘It’s OK to not be OK,’ Langley coach Sheldon Guy tells Earl Mariott audience

Langley Secondary senior girls basketball coach Sheldon Guy speaks to a crowd at Earl Marriott Secondary Tuesday (Dec. 5) before an exhibition game about his experience with suddenly losing his sight, and how to pivot and adapt to the challenges life may bring. (Contributed photo)
Two of the top prospects in hockey battled it out at Prospera Place on Tuesday night.(@Kelowna_Rockets/Twitter)

Cristall wins the battle, Bedard wins the war as Kelowna Rockets fall in front of sold-out crowd

Rockets forward Andrew Cristall collected four points but Connor Bedard extended his point streak

Two of the top prospects in hockey battled it out at Prospera Place on Tuesday night.(@Kelowna_Rockets/Twitter)
Best friends and two of the top prospects in hockey: Kelowna Rockets forward Andrew Cristall (left) and Regina Pats forward Connor Bedard are set to each each other for the first time in their WHL careers. (Regan Bartel/Kelowna Rockets)

Top hockey prospects, best friends Bedard and Cristall set to battle it out in Kelowna

Rockets and Pats forwards first and second in WHL scoring

Best friends and two of the top prospects in hockey: Kelowna Rockets forward Andrew Cristall (left) and Regina Pats forward Connor Bedard are set to each each other for the first time in their WHL careers. (Regan Bartel/Kelowna Rockets)
The Canada and USA’s women’s hockey teams met at Prospera Place in Kelowna on Tuesday, Nov. 15. (HockeyCanada/Twitter)

Rivalry renewed in B.C. as Canada falls to USA in women’s hockey action

The Rivalry Series continues in Kamloops on Thursday

The Canada and USA’s women’s hockey teams met at Prospera Place in Kelowna on Tuesday, Nov. 15. (HockeyCanada/Twitter)
Peace Hills Insurance recently provided $5,000 to help light up the tennis and pickleball courts at West Fraser Timber Park. (Tracey Roberts photo — Quesnel Observer)

Donation supports lighting project at Quesnel pickleball and tennis courts

$5,000 has been provided by Peace Hills Insurance

Peace Hills Insurance recently provided $5,000 to help light up the tennis and pickleball courts at West Fraser Timber Park. (Tracey Roberts photo — Quesnel Observer)