Local Sports

South Peace Junior Soccer registration is on and it appears as if about the same number of kids will be playing the "beautiful game" this spring as did last year.

Curling fans who attend the upcoming Grey Power Players' championships next week will have the added thrill of seeing the World Curling Tour Players' Association hand out five awards to the top curlers.

Forward-turned-defenceman Adam Loncan has had a couple of surprises this hockey season. The first was when the Dawson Creek Canuck was selected as the North Peace Hockey League's top defenceman.

The 2010 Dawson Creek Minor Ball season is on after enough volunteers stepped forward to fill the vacant executive positions and get the registration process rolling.

With the final minor hockey games over and the skates and equipment stored away for the summer, the Dawson Creek Minor Hockey Association recognized its outstanding players, coaches and organizers at an awards ceremony Monday night.

Dawson Creek speed skaters Pauline Sutherland and Jacob Graham skated some of their fastest times at the Canadian Age Class Short Track Championships in Campbellton this past weekend and placed 13th and 15th respectively among juvenile skaters.

The Mile Zero Figure Skating Club had two of its members at the 2010 Special Olympic regional qualifier in Kamloops last month and both have a shot at moving on to the next step towards the world competition in 2013.

Seven local competitive soccer teams competed at the 2011 Power Play Cup over the weekend and four returned with medals. The U12 boys and U16 mixed Northern Strikers won gold in their respective divisions.