Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Tuesday, October 5th
NFL: (Final game in Week 4)
LA Chargers 28 Las Vegas Raiders 14
Both teams are 3-1 and tied with Denver for first in the AFC West, a game ahead of Kansas City.
With the Raiders loss, that leaves 4-0 Arizona as the only unbeaten team in the NFL.
Through Week 4, the @AZCardinals lead the NFL outright in:
-winning percentage (1.000)
-total offense (440.5)
-scoring offense (35.0)They’re the first team to be the outright leader in all 3 categories through Week 4 of a season since the Cleveland Browns in 1953.
— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) October 5, 2021
Just two teams are winless. Both Jacksonville and Detroit are 0-4.
The NFL standings are right here.
The NFL regular season schedule is right here.
CFL:
Week 10 of the CFL season starts Wednesday (4:30 PT) with Ottawa at Toronto.
The BC Lions don’t play again until Saturday, October 16th when they host Calgary.
West: Winnipeg 7-1, Saskatchewan 5-3, B.C. 4-4, Calgary 3-5, and Edmonton 2-5
East: Toronto 4-3, Hamilton 4-4, Montreal 3-4, and Ottawa 2-5.
The CFL schedule is right here.
MLB:
The New Yankees visit the Boston Red Sox tonight (Tuesday) at 5:00 in the American League wild-card game.
The winner will play the Tampa Bay Rays.
The National League wild-card game Wednesday night at 5:10 has St. Louis at the LA Dodgers.
The MLB playoff schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
MLB drew 45.3 million fans this year as fans gradually were allowed to return, down from 68.5 million over 2019 in the last season before the coronavirus pandemic.https://t.co/WOwLwWEbvn
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 4, 2021
Triple-A Baseball:
Jared Young of Prince George batted .254 this season after being called up to the AAA Iowa Cubs. The 26-year-old first baseman finished with five homers and 18 RBI’s in 37 games this year with the Cubs.
Iowa ended up on an eight-game losing streak and posted a 51-78 record.
NHL:
The Vancouver Canucks host the Seattle Kraken tonight at 7:00 in an exhibition game.
The Canucks regular season opens Wednesday, October 13th in Edmonton.
The Canucks schedule is right here.
WHL (PG Cougars)
The (0-1) Prince George Cougars visit the Vancouver Giants Friday and the Kamloops Blazers on Saturday.
The next home games for the Cougars will be against the Victoria Royals on October 16th at 7 PM and October 17th at 2 PM.
Late Blazers goal spoils the PG Cougars home openerhttps://t.co/ryPo2czJur pic.twitter.com/tRiluwRshd
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) October 3, 2021
Despite the loss, it was an entertaining Home Opener on Saturday night. Check out the highlights from our battle with @blazerhockey.
WATCH ? https://t.co/OswHno5jKk pic.twitter.com/alp5obTAfw
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) October 3, 2021
The PG Cougars regular season schedule is right here.
BCHL (PG Spruce Kings)
The Prince George Spruce Kings play a couple of road games this week to open their regular season.
The Spruce Kings visit the Merritt Centennials on Friday and the West Kelowna Warriors on Saturday.
Prince George will be home on October 15th and 16th against Merritt.
The Spruce Kings finished 2-1-1 in the pre-season after Sunday’s 4-0 victory over Merritt.
Simon Labelle led the way for the Spruce Kings, finishing with three points and first star honours, and Jordan Fairlie earns a 21 save shutout, giving the Spruce Kings a 4-0 victory to cap off the preseason.
?https://t.co/wdTSE9ZpGd#TrueBlue • #Spruce50 pic.twitter.com/EaSHwl1PEC
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) October 4, 2021
The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is right here.
BC Elite Hockey League: (Cariboo Cougars & Northern Capitals)
(U18AAA )
The (2-2) Cariboo Cougars visit the South Island Royals in Victoria Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday morning at 7:00.
The Cariboo Cougars schedule is right here.
(FEMALE U18 AAA)
The (4-1-0-1) Northern Capitals host the (4-0) Fraser Valley Rush Saturday night at 6:00 and Sunday morning at 9:45 at Kin 2.
The Saturday game will be “Pink in the Rink” night with the 50/50 to start at $500 and the proceeds will all be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society!
The Northern Capitals schedule is right here.
??PINK IN THE RINK??
We are pleased to announce our “Pink in the Rink” night will be taking place this weekend!
Saturday nights 50:50 will start at $500 and the proceeds going to the Canadian Cancer Society! #defendthenorth #capitalshockey pic.twitter.com/jNjBOtOxx4
— Northern Capitals (@NCapitalsfmaaa) October 4, 2021
Canada West Soccer: (UNBC Timberwolves)
The UNBC Timberwolves are off this week in Canada West soccer. The Timberwolves have just four games remaining in each division. The UNBC soccer teams visit Fraser Valley on October 15th and 17th before hosting Thompson Rivers on October 23rd and 24th (at Masich Place starting at noon for the women and 2:15 for the men).
The UNBC men have one win, four losses, and three ties after eight games while the UNBC women have one win, six losses, and one tie.
The women’s standings are right here while the men’s standings are right here.
Column:
Scattershooting on a Sunday night after a day of pushing the ‘previous’ button on the remote control . . . https://t.co/7ngYZFaW8P
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) October 4, 2021
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