Sports by Hartley Monday, August 21st as of 12:05 a.m.
Junior Football:
The Prince George Kodiaks junior football team has its first win of the season in the BC Football Conference (BCFC).
The (1-2) Kodiaks beat the (0-3) Kamloops Broncos 25-11 Saturday night at Masich Place Stadium.
⚠️🐻 KODIAKS WIN 🐻⚠️
A strong team effort gives us our first win of the season.
Brady Harper boots a trio of field goals, Jerome Erickson and Kayle Cowley add touchdowns and our defence earns a safety to top the Broncos! pic.twitter.com/vCOZwzOyhM
— Prince George Kodiaks (@PGKodiaks) August 20, 2023
Prince George will play its first road game of the season Saturday night at 5:30 in Nanaimo against the (0-4) VI Raiders.
The league standings are right here.
CFL: (Final game in Week 11)
Saskatchewan Roughriders 34 B.C. Lions 29
The Riders evened their record to 5-5 while the Lions fell to 7-3.
B.C. will host (3-6) Hamilton in its next game Saturday at 4 PM.
Week 12 begins Thursday night (5:30 Pt) with (6-3) Montreal at (8-2) Winnipeg.
The CFL schedule is here or here.
The CFL standings are here.
Major League Baseball:
Toronto Blue Jays 10 Cincinnati Reds 3
The Jays visit the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (all starting at 4:05 PM PT).
The (69-56) Blue Jays are half-a-game behind the (69-55) Seattle Mariners for the third and final wild-card spot in American League.
Toronto is also just one game back of Houston as the (70-55) Astros hold the second wild-card berth.
The Mariners play the (49-75) White Sox tonight (Monday 5:10 PT) in Chicago while the Astros host the (66-58) Boston Red Sox this evening (5:10 Pt).
The Blue Jays 2023 schedule can be found here.
The MLB standings can be found here.
The MLB schedule/results can be found here.
Columns:
Is it the USHL’s time to be No. 1? . . . Norway’s hockey federation feeling the pinch . . . Memorial Cup champs get 74 days between games https://t.co/cHiMmbrlM7
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) August 21, 2023
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller examines whether or not the @BlueJays will hold on to the final wild-card spot in the American League playoff race
| https://t.co/9mYuHMmSqF #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports #BlueJays #NextLevel pic.twitter.com/dVh1UHFsas— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) August 18, 2023
Soccer:
FIFA Women’s World Cup–(in Australia)
Gold Medal game: (Sunday in Sydney)
Spain 1 England 0
Spain scored in the 29th minute and captured its first women’s World Cup.
Bronze Medal game:–(Saturday in Brisbane)
Sweden 2 Australia 0
The tournament results are here.
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