Sports by Hartley Tuesday, July 4th as of 12:05 a.m.
Hockey:
The Prince George Cougars have announced the departure of Associate Coach Josh Dixon, who was the right-hand man for Head Coach/G.M. Mark Lamb for the past two seasons.
Dixon will be moving to Ontario after accepting the job as Head Coach of the
University of Guelph hockey team in U-Sports.
Cougars Associate Coach Josh Dixon has accepted a Head Coach position at the University of Guelph.
DETAILS 👉 https://t.co/0GeSHOVoht#ForTheNorth • #WHL pic.twitter.com/oWKGg4gJMi
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) July 3, 2023
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The PG Cougars have the 45th pick in the 2023 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft.
The online draft, featuring all 60 CHL teams, will be conducted Wednesday starting at 8:00 a.m. PT.
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The NHL Trade Tracker is here or here.
Major League Baseball:
Batting in the third spot, first baseman Jared Young of Prince George went 0-for-4 for the Chicago Cubs in an 8-6 Monday afternoon loss to the Brewers in Milwaukee.
In six regular-season games with Chicago this year, the 27-year-old Young is 4-for-17 at the plate for a .235 batting average with one homer and four RBIs.
The (38-45) Cubs visit the (46-39) Brewers again this afternoon (1:10 PT).
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The (45-40) Toronto Blue Jays start a 3-game series tonight (5:10 PT) against the (37-49) White Sox in Chicago.
The Blue Jays 2023 schedule can be found here.
The MLB standings can be found here.
The MLB schedule/results can be found here.
CFL: (Final game in Week 4)
Toronto Argonauts 45 B.C. Lions 24
B.C. quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. threw six interceptions, three of them to Robertson Daniel, who returned one for a touchdown.
It was the first loss of the season for the (3-1) Lions, who will host Montreal Sunday afternoon at 4:00.
The (3-0) Argos are the only unbeaten team in the CFL after four weeks of the season.
The CFL schedule is here or here.
The CFL standings are here.
Tennis:
Canadian Leylah Fernandez won her first-round match at Wimbledon and is moving on while another Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime suffered an upset loss against American Michael Mmoh.
Basketball:
“It’s a feeling I’ll never forget”: Prince George athlete wins basketball gold at Special Olympics Worlds Games https://t.co/Lfy3jYbJw4 pic.twitter.com/pVUJo9OPkg
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) July 2, 2023
Golf:
Cougars Alumni Charity Golf Tournament continues to raise funds for Spirit of the North https://t.co/vm86ZIFqe7 pic.twitter.com/NFTESjXFh2
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) July 3, 2023
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