Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, September 22nd
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 4 Tampa Bay Rays 2
The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox also won on Tuesday so the Jays continue to hold down the second of two AL wild-card spots, 1 1/2 games behind the Red Sox and just half-a-game ahead of the Yankees. Toronto has 11 games left, 5 on the road, and 6 at home. The (85-66) Blue Jays have four remaining against Minnesota, one against Tampa, three against the Yankees, and three against Baltimore. Toronto will play the Rays again this afternoon (Wednesday 12:10 PT) in Tampa.
Blue Jays maintain wild-card spot with win over Rays.
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— TSN (@TSN_Sports) September 22, 2021
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
Triple-A Baseball:
Jared Young of Prince George is batting .252 since getting called up to AAA with the Iowa Cubs. The 26-year-old first baseman has four homers and 15 RBI’s in 31 games.
PG Spruce Kings:
The Prince George Spruce Kings have named Kolton Cousins the 21st captain in franchise history.
The 20-year-old is entering his 4th BCHL season and his third with the Spruce Kings.
In the spring pod season, Cousins scored 8 goals in 20 games.
Selfless. Resilient. Humble.
The Prince George Spruce Kings are proud to announce Kolton Cousins as the 21st captain (BCHL era) in franchise history!
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— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) September 21, 2021
The PG Spruce Kings open their four-game preseason schedule on Friday against the Centennials in Merritt. The Spruce Kings also visit West Kelowna on September 28th and Penticton on the 29th before concluding the exhibition play on Sunday, October 3rd when they host Merritt at 3 pm.
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
PG Cougars:
The Prince George Cougars play their final two preseason games this week, Friday in Maple Ridge against the Vancouver Giants and Saturday in Victoria against the Royals.
The regular season for the Cougars will begin on October 2nd when they host the Kamloops Blazers. The Cougars are carrying 27 players, three goalies, nine defencemen, and 15 forwards. Eight of the players are rookies and four are 20-year-olds (one over the limit); goalie Taylor Gauthier, defenceman Majid Kaddoura plus forwards Jonny Hooker, and Connor Bowie. There are 3 PG boys on the team: defenceman Aiden Reeves and forwards Caden Brown and Fischer O’Brien.
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
Cariboo Cougars:
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Our official roster for the 2021/2022 season, it’s time to #defendthenorth ! #cariboohockey pic.twitter.com/0mBXx9mPC0
— Cariboo Cougars U15AAA (@caribooU15AAA) September 20, 2021
Canada West Soccer:
The UNBC Timberwolves visit the UBC Thunderbirds on Friday and Saturday night in Canada West Soccer before hosting UBC Okanagan on October 1st and 2nd.
The UNBC men have two losses and two ties after four games while the UNBC women have four losses. The Thunderbirds have two ties in men’s action and two wins in women’s play after a couple of games.
CFL: (Week 8)
There is a rare Wednesday night game in the CFL and that has Hamilton at Ottawa (4:30 PM PT) to begin Week 8 of the season. The league has a pair of Friday games: Montreal at Toronto (4:30) and Saskatchewan at B.C. (7:30).
West: Winnipeg 6-1, B.C. and Saskatchewan 4-2, Edmonton 2-4, and Calgary 2-5
East: Toronto and Hamilton 3-3, Montreal 2-3, and Ottawa 1-4.
The CFL schedule is right here.
NFL:
Week three of the NFL season starts Thursday with the Carolina Panther at the Houston Texans. Carolina is one of seven teams to start the season 2-0. The others are San Francisco, LA Rams, Arizona, and Tampa Bay in the NFC plus Denver and Las Vegas in the AFC.
There are seven teams sitting 0-2. They include Detroit, Minnesota, Atlanta, and New York Giants in the NFC plus New York Jets, Jacksonville, and Indianapolis in the AFC.
Column:
Blue Jackets’ president: We want our people vaccinated . . . Report: Kraken players fully vaccinated . . . U.S. keeping border closed for at least another month https://t.co/0hLTywId2P
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) September 22, 2021