Sports

Thirteen years of hard work paid off for Williams Lake’s Roberto McLellan on Thursday, March 10 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Calgary, when the lakecity pro boxer became the first Canadian Professional Boxing Council’s Light Middleweight Champion.

The Williams Lake Boxing Club’s (from left) Cycle Tugnum, Tristan Meldrum and Oaks Harrison will be competing in their very first boxing matches this weekend at the Prince George Roll-A-Dome.

The Williams Lake Atom Spice Girls — an all-girls team from Williams Lake — were the winners of the Attitude on Ice hockey tournament in 100 Mile House this past weekend, wrapping up their season on an extremely positive note.

For the fourth time in six seasons, the Kitimat Ice Demons are the B.C. Senior Men’s AA Coy Cup provincial hockey champions.

The Williams Lake Hulksmash Bantams saw a successful season come to an end March 6, finishing second at a tournament in Merritt.

Saturday, during the Central B.C. Aboriginal Youth Hockey Tournament, hundreds of players flooded the ice for an elaborate opening ceremonies.

The Timberland Ski Club hosted its annual race day on Saturday, March 5 at Mt. Timothy with local racers competing in slalom, jump and radar races.

Dave Raincock catches some air off a jump at the Mt. Timothy Ski Hill Sunday afternoon.

Williams Lake Shogun Martial Arts Academy student Brittany Denny (right) throws a kick on her opponent during the World Karate and Kickboxing Council B.C. provincials held at Columneetza secondary Saturday.

From left to right, carpenter Dan Butchart, human resources and project manager Adam Piccolo, and general manager Noel Thompson at the Mt. Timothy Ski Area were working on the new guest services building at the hill Sunday afternoon.