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These two little skiers had a great day at the Omineca Ski Club during a school outing.

The ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake Snowmobile Club held their annual 2018 Cold Smoke races Feb. 17, 2018. Racers competed for the big pot of $2750 in cash prizes. Although it was a cold and windy day and amount of spectators were slightly down, it didn’t stop the 24 racers who came from all over to race that day. Brian Imus won the king class, stay tuned for more results in next week’s issue of Lakes District ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ. (Andrea Curry photos)

Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz finish 0.02 seconds behind Latvian team in Winter Olympics

Lakes District Secondary School’s (LDSS) ski and snoboard teams competed at the Northern Zone Championships in Quesnel last week. The LDSS girls snowboard team placed first overall: 1. Teslin Pinter, 2. Nisa Hofer, 5. Avril Thom-Lucy, 10. Micah Watson, 15. Kiara Watson. Pinter was also number one overall, beating all of the boys. The LDSS boys snowboard team placed first overall: 3. Jeremy Burleson, 5. Cameron Stewart, 6. Avery Wilson, 11. Skyler Tizya-Baker, 14. Austen Goertzen and 16.

Omineca Ski Club volunteers worked extra hard grooming the trails over the weekend to keep up with all the snow. (Submitted photo)

The ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake Bruins Atoms held a hockey tournament Feb. 3 & 4, 2018. The Houston Flyers placed first place, Fort St. James placed second and Hazelton placed third. One of the most exciting and fun games was when the ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake boys teams played the ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake girls team - the win for the boys gave them in fourth place giving the girls sixth. Teams from Fraser Lake, Houston, Hazelton and Fort St. James were all part of the weekend tourney.

Thanks to a generous donation from Chinook Community Forests, the Omineca Ski Club (OSC) has been able to offer cross-country skiing lessons to local school students. The classes are being offered from mid-January to early March by certified coach Rachelle van Zanten. According to the OSC, cross-country skiing is a wonderful way to get outdoors in the winter months and get some exercise while having fun and seeing friends.

Participants from all age and skill levels enjoyed a great day of cross-country ski racing

The Moricetown Canyon Bears played an exhibition game at the Tom Forsyth Memorial Arena last Saturday against a team comprised of ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake residents. In the nail-biting game, the ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake team held the lead 6-3 right into the third period, but the Canyon Bears tied up the game by the end of the period, taking the game to overtime. The Canyon Bears scored in the last minute of the five-minute overtime, winning 7-6. (Submitted photos)

ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake hosted league games over the weekend, welcoming players from Prince Rupert, Fraser Lake, Terrace and the Tri-City team. Pictured above is the ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake pee wee team playing against Fraser Lake. (Flavio Nienow photos)