Local Sports

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.