By Brendan Pawliw
As of 12:01 AM
The BC Minor Baseball Bantam AA Championship will begin on Thursday in PG at Nechako Park.
The Prince George Knights are the hosts and among the 12 teams in the field.
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MLB
Toronto Blue Jays 7 Kansas City Royals 3
Blue Jays rookie Bo Bichette recorded a hit in his first career at bat.
Congrats @19boknows ??⚾️⚾️ https://t.co/cgc0Jl34Aw
— ericpardinho (@ericpardinho) July 30, 2019
Cavin Biggio also had 3 hits and two RBI’s in the victory for Toronto who improve to 41-67 on the season.
The MLB Trade Deadline is on Wednesday.
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CFL
The Hamilton Tiger Cats have signed free agent QB David Watford.
He spent last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and was picked up after Ti-Cats starting QB Jeremiah Masoli tore his ACL in Friday’s win over Winnipeg.
The BC Lions are off this week after dropping to 1-6.
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NHL
The Tampa Bay Lightning signed goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy to an eight-year, $76-million dollar extension on Monday.
He posted a 39-10-4 record last season with .925 save percentage and a 2.40 GAA.
THE BIG CAT!! ?
We have re-signed Andrei Vasilevskiy to an eight-year contract worth an AAV of $9.5 million.
?: https://t.co/KAPMXn9qM6 pic.twitter.com/7Vo1JrPiJg
— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) July 29, 2019
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Jared Young of Prince George and the Tennessee Smokies take on the Chattanooga Lookouts in minor league baseball action tonight.
The Smokies edged the Lookouts 4-3 on Monday to improve to 46-61 on the season.
Young has a .234 batting average this season with 4 HR and 32 RBI’s in 94 games this season.
They are the AA affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.
Series won!! Another extra inning win for your Smokies!! Thats three straight ?https://t.co/biqiJKvk3p
— Tennessee Smokies (@smokiesbaseball) July 30, 2019
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