Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 p.m. Monday, September 13th
PG Cougars:
The Prince George Cougars conclude their 5-day training camp tonight (Monday) at CN Centre with the team’s annual Intra-squad Game for the Rob Charney Cup. Charney was a Manitoba-based scout for the Cougars who passed away from cancer in 2013. Those planning to attend the Intra-squad Game will have to provide proof of vaccination status. The Cougars have pre-season games this week against the Blazers: Friday in Kamloops and Saturday in Prince George.
In conjunction with @blazerhockey, we have made changes to our WHL Pre-Season schedule.#NorthernUprising
INFO ? https://t.co/hbTM6pJxgM pic.twitter.com/VYrG2F52GB
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) September 13, 2021
Team Hirsche wins their final scrimmage, backed by a couple two-goal efforts from Blake Eastman and Tyson Upper. #CougarsCamp pic.twitter.com/7SxxQ0sQBA
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) September 13, 2021
Schedule changes for the Prince George Cougarshttps://t.co/6P7AaROjFP pic.twitter.com/U2Nj3TmEiL
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) September 8, 2021
??ALUMNI UPDATE?? Reid Perepeluk has signed on the dotted line with the AHL Stockton Heat!
Congratulations Reid and best of luck in this next chapter! #defendthenorth #cariboohockey pic.twitter.com/fYoxMJAJNP
— Cariboo Cougars U18 AAA (@cariboocougars) September 9, 2021
Canada West Soccer: (First weekend of the regular season)
Men: Victoria Vikes 2 UNBC Timberwolves 2 (Tie-Saturday)
The @UNBCMSoccer team came out firing, but eventually had to settle for a 2-2 draw with the @uvicvikes, Saturday night in Victoria. Read about it, and hear from @UNBC fifth-year @Husseinbehery: https://t.co/1qb6599KV6 pic.twitter.com/OO1VHInGaf
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 12, 2021
Men: Victoria Vikes 2 UNBC Timberwolves 1 (Friday)
RECAP: Abou Cisse scored in the 85th minute and @UNBCMSoccer had the better chances, but the TWolves fell just short of the @uvicvikes, losing 2-1 on @CanadaWest opening night.
READ: https://t.co/6Wzsb06jXS pic.twitter.com/vJ85JySk49— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 11, 2021
Women: Victoria Vikes 5 UNBC Timberwolves 0 (Saturday)
A @UNBCWSoccer team with 21 first-year players found themselves in tough tonight against an athletic @uvicvikes side.
READ: https://t.co/i8AsLMxCgE pic.twitter.com/LLGTUJGmSI— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 12, 2021
Women: Victoria Vikes 3 UNBC Timberwolves 1 (Friday)
A gritty effort from @UNBCWSoccer fell short, as the TWolves lost the season opener 3-1 to the @uvicvikes. Full recap, including thoughts from goal-scorer @sarahzuccaro17: https://t.co/e08Y5YP40I pic.twitter.com/L3CwgMfsiY
— UNBC Athletics (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 11, 2021
The UNBC soccer teams will have their home openers Friday and Saturday (Sept 17 and 18) against Trinity Western. Game times are 5:00 PM for the women followed by the men at 7:15 at Masich Place.
Daniil Medvedev of Russia has his first Grand Slam title winning the men’s singles final at the US Open tennis championships. Medvedev beat Novak Djokovic of Serbia in straight sets to deny the 34-year-old Djokovic the Grand Slam in one calendar year.
BREAKING: Daniil Medvedev has defeated Novak Djokovic in the US Open men’s final, securing his first Grand Slam title.https://t.co/SWPDxNv8wM
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) September 12, 2021
Emma Raducanu of Great Britain beat Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 in the women’s final at the U.S. Open. Both players were unseeded.
There was no storybook ending for Leylah Fernandez at the US Open.
But outcomes aren’t all that matters. And on her journey from relative unknown to household name, she hit all the right notes — even when she was crushed by defeat. (@KrRutherford)https://t.co/6VXiG4N7MS
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) September 12, 2021
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 22 Baltimore Orioles 7
The Jays have won 11 of their last 12 games and will host A.L. East-leading Tampa Bay tonight. The (80-63) Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox are tied for the two AL Wild Card spots, a game ahead of the Yankees and three in front of Seattle and Oakland. Toronto has 19 games remaining, 7 on the road and 12 at home. The Jays have seven left against Minnesota, six against Tampa, three against the Yankees, and three against Baltimore.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
Triple-A Baseball:
Jared Young of Prince George is batting .270 since getting called up to AAA with the Iowa Cubs. The 26-year-old Young has four homers and 15 RBI’s in 27 games. He has been playing at first and third base plus some work in the outfield.
NFL:
Seattle 28 Indianapolis 16
LA Rams 34 Chicago 14
All teams in the NFC West won while all teams in the NFC North lost.
Full results and details are right here.
Monday Night Football to conclude Week one of the NFL season has Baltimore at Las Vegas.
The NFL regular season schedule is right here.
CFL: (Week 6)
B.C. Lions 45 Ottawa 13 (Saturday)
Lions offence explodes in blowout of Redblacks.
MORE: https://t.co/GQqbs065rN pic.twitter.com/Czq2FHFDjz
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) September 12, 2021
Calgary 32 Edmonton 16 (Saturday)
Winnipeg 33 Saskatchewan 9 (Saturday)
Toronto 17 Hamilton 16 (Friday)
Week 7 of the CFL season starts on Friday with Calgary at Hamilton (4:00 PM PT) followed by Toronto at Saskatchewan (6:45). The Saturday games have B.C. at Montreal (4:00 PM) and Winnipeg at Edmonton (6:45).
West: Winnipeg 5-1, Saskatchewan and B.C. 3-2, Edmonton 2-3, and Calgary 2-4
East: Toronto 3-2, Montreal 2-2, Hamilton 2-3, and Ottawa 1-4.
The CFL schedule is right here.
Columns:
Scattershooting on a Sunday night after a day full of football and glorious weather . . . https://t.co/f2mydsIyW8
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) September 13, 2021
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller is happy to see the @NFL back in action among other things in his latest column | #cityofpg https://t.co/ByzzkXW56j #sports pic.twitter.com/SgLoPxAb4C
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) September 10, 2021