Sports by Hartley Friday, June 30th as of 12:05 a.m.
Hockey:
33 WHL players, including Prince George born and raised Nico Myatovic of the Seattle Thunderbirds, Riley Heidt and Koehn Ziemmer of the Prince George Cougars and McBride’s Tanner Molendyk of the Saskatoon Blades were selected in the first three rounds of the 2023 NHL Draft.
On Thursday, Myatovic was the first player taken in the second round, 33rd overall to the Anaheim Ducks; Heidt was the last player selected in the second round, 64th overall to the Minnesota Wild and Ziemmer went in round three, 78th overall to the LA Kings.
Heidt and Ziemmer relieved after hearing names called at NHL draft https://t.co/EX0wWcKDdf | #CityOfPG #NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/GTG6ZopBxJ
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) June 29, 2023
On Wednesday, Molendyk was selected in the first round going 24th overall to the Nashville Predators.
The NHL Draft Tracker is here.
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The Sportsnet NHL Trade Tracker is here.
Major League Baseball:
Jared Young of Prince George belted an RBI triple in the second inning for the Chicago Cubs in their Thursday 3-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.
JY turns on the wheels for an RBI triple! 🏎️💨 pic.twitter.com/TtsCh2tHPH
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) June 30, 2023
The 27-year-old Young played first base and finished the game 1-for-4 at the plate.
Since being called up from the Triple-A Iowa Cubs, he is 2-for-6 for a .333 average and two RBIs.
Chicago (37-42) is home today (Friday 11:20 AM PT) to begin a weekend series against the Cleveland Guardians (39-41).
Toronto Blue Jays 2 San Francisco Giants 1
The (45-37) Jays are 4-2 on a 9-game homestand which continues tonight (Friday 4:07 PT) against the (40-42) Boston Red Sox.
The Red Sox have lost five straight.
The Blue Jays 2023 schedule can be found here.
The MLB standings can be found here.
The MLB schedule/results can be found here.
Fastball:
26 teams from all over Western Canada compete in the John Cho Cup fastball tournament this weekend at the Spruce City Stadium and Carrie Jane Grey Park in PG.
Games start today (Friday) at 4:00 p.m. and conclude with the final Sunday afternoon around 3:30.
The tournament consists of 13 teams in the men’s division, seven in U23 and six in the women’s.
Track:
Sprinter Adam Sieban of the Prince George Track and Field Club has been named to the Canadian NACAC (North American Central American and Caribbean) U18 championship team.
Sieben will be competing in the 100m and 200m sprint events in Costa Rica, from July 21-23.
CFL:
The 4th week of the CFL begins tonight (Friday 4:30 PT) with a pair of winless teams going head to head: (0-3) Edmonton at (0-2) Ottawa (4:30 PT).
The Saturday, July 1st game has (2-1) Winnipeg at (2-0) Montreal (4:00 PT).
The (3-0) B.C. Lions visit the (2-0) Toronto Argonauts on Monday (4:00 PM PT).
The CFL schedule is here or here.
The CFL standings are here.