Sports by Hartley Friday, August 11th as of 12:05 a.m.
CFL: (Start of Week 10)
Winnipeg 38 Edmonton 29
The Elks blew a 22-0 lead in the second quarter to extend their North American major sports leagues record home losing streak to 22 games, dating back nearly four years (Oct 12th, 2019).
The (7-2) Blue Bombers are in the top spot in the West, two points ahead of BC.
The (6-2) Lions host the (3-5) Calgary Stampeders Saturday (4:00 PT).
In the CFL Friday night game tonight (4:30 PT) (4-4) Saskatchewan is at (4-3) Montreal.
The CFL schedule is here or here.
The CFL standings are here.
Junior Football:
The (0-1) Prince George Kodiaks junior football team host the (2-0) Westshore Rebels Saturday afternoon at 4:00 at Masich Place Stadium.
The Kodiaks lost 32-0 to the Okanagan Sun in the first of its 10 games this year.
Hockey:
The Prince George Cougars released local product Fischer O’Brien, who played three seasons with his hometown team.
O’Brien had just 12 points (three goals) in 54 games as a 19-year-old forward with the Cougars in the 2022-23 season.
Local product O’Brien waived by Cougars, will not return for 2023-24 season https://t.co/HBkDiY6KMc | #CityOfPG #PrinceGeorge pic.twitter.com/F1trm7cOCp
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) August 10, 2023
Columns:
Hurricanes’ head coach leaves for AHL . . . OHL commish to retire after 45th season . . . Broncos, Winterhawks make interesting deal https://t.co/SWpfl9HAlL
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) August 11, 2023
HARTLEY’S HART ATTACK – (One cliché at a time) Aug. 11th, 2023 EDITION 953 https://t.co/HLLXdf9qp6 pic.twitter.com/Y2KBkHw9rA
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) August 11, 2023
Soccer: FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand
(Quarterfinals)
Spain 2 Netherlands 1
Sweden 2 Japan 1
The other two quarterfinals will be played on Saturday: France vs. Australia (12:01 AM PT) followed by Colombia against England (3:30 AM PT).
The first semi between Spain and Sweden will be played Tuesday (1 AM PT).
The tournament schedule and results are here.
Major League Baseball:
Cleveland Guardians 4 Toronto Blue Jays 3
The (65-52) Jays went 5-2 on a 7-game road trip.
Toronto will host the (59-56) Chicago Cubs tonight (Friday 4:07 PT) to begin a 3-game weekend series.
The Blue Jays 2023 schedule can be found here.
The MLB standings can be found here.
The MLB schedule/results can be found here.
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