P.G. biathletes Aliah Turner and Liam Simons place in the top 10 in individual events at the Canada Winter Games in P.E.I.

For Team BC, Cameron Schmidt hit his stride at the ideal moment.

Manitoba is down 2-1. At the Canada Winter Games in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on Thursday night during a playoff game to determine who advances to the semifinal round, the 15-year-old Prince George minor hockey product scored two unanswered goals and provided an assist on Savin Virk’s empty-netter to seal a 4-2 victory.

For the chance to compete for the gold medal on Saturday, the British Columbian boys will take on Ontario on Friday at 3:30 PT.

Although facing a 39–28 shooting deficit, Ryder Green of Prince George made 37 saves in goal for British Columbia.

After losing their tournament opener 7-4 against Ontario on Sunday, B.C. (2-1) placed second in Pool B.

On Thursday, Saskatchewan defeated Nova Scotia 7-2, Ontario defeated New Brunswick 5-2, and Quebec defeated Alberta 3-1 in other quarterfinal games.

Friday at noon, Saskatchewan will play Quebec in the other semifinal.

In the female individual biathlon event earlier on Thursday at Mark Arendz Provincial Ski Resort in Brookvale, P.E.I., and B.C. secured the top three finishers, making history as the first province to ever sweep the medal podium in a biathlon competition at the Canada Games.

Gold champion Mia Rodger of North Vancouver finished the 10-kilometer route in 40:07, followed by Jessabelle Telenberg of Williams Lake in second place (40:11), and Molly Caldwell of Golden in third place (40:49).

Aliah Turner, 16, from Prince George, came in 10th (43:23).

The Games’ third gold medalist, Jean-Nicolas de Broek of Sate-Foy, Quebec, finished first in the male solo event in 38:59. Silver went to Kamloops’ Sebastien Simonson (39:26), and bronze went to Canmore, Alberta’s Theo Fradelle (40:18).

Liam Simons, 19, of Prince George, who won the bronze medal in the pursuit on Tuesday, finished tenth (41:58).

Jack Hanson, 17, a former member of the Prince George Blizzard Speed Skating Club, finished 10th in the 5,000-meter long track speed skating competition on Thursday in Halifax.

Hanson finished in 7:53.71, barely ahead of fellow Fort St. John Elks club member Matthew Mitchell (7:56.80) in 11th position and Fort St. John resident Nicolas Guliov in 15th place (8:19.33).

Calgary’s Daniel Hall took first place in 2:15.41.

The 20-year-old brother of Jack, Kieran Hanson of Fort St. John, did not compete in the 5,000.

The team pursuit earlier on Thursday, which was won by Team Quebec, placed the four male long track athletes from Team B.C. ninth.

Joel Ewing, 23, of Prince George, and the unbeaten British Columbia wheelchair basketball team had the day free on Thursday after winning three games in a row to secure first place in Pool B. They are now waiting for their opponents in the semifinal round on Friday.

Québec has also made it to the semifinals as the A Pool’s first-round victory.