Sports by Hartley Monday, September 11th as of 12:05 a.m.
UNBC Timberwolves:
(Canada West men’s soccer at Masich Place Stadium)
Thompson Rivers 2 UNBC Timberwolves 1 (Sunday)
A gritty battle falls just short.
RECAP: https://t.co/J41Igknowp pic.twitter.com/VgjtuKUZnG
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 10, 2023
UNBC Timberwolves 3 Thompson Rivers 1 (Friday)
VICTORY!
Henman with a brace, Stauffer with the first of his career, and the TWolves gut out a 3-1 win over the TRU WolfPack!
READ: https://t.co/MBkdTnaV3G pic.twitter.com/MZexisn5lH
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 9, 2023
The (1-4-1) UNBC men visit the (0-3-1) Calgary Dinos on Sunday afternoon.
The men’s soccer schedule/results are here.
The Canada West men’s soccer standings are here.
(Canada West women’s soccer)
UBC Okanagan 8 UNBC Timberwolves 1 (Saturday in Kelowna)
Continuing to grow.
A tough one in the Okanagan, but good things are on the horizon.
READ: https://t.co/OebFfqzKju
PHOTOS: Will Thompson / UBCO Heat pic.twitter.com/Ar0Cm3Si8p
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 10, 2023
Thompson Rivers 3 UNBC Timberwolves 0 (Friday in Kamloops)
⚽️ WSOC FINAL | What night for the ‘Pack.#FearTheWolf pic.twitter.com/4GSzmNTyEb
— TRU WolfPack 🐺 (@GoTRUWolfPack) September 9, 2023
The UNBC women’s soccer team is 0-4 and will play again on the road Friday night at Manitoba and Saturday night at Winnipeg.
The women’s soccer schedule/results are here.
The Canada West women’s soccer standings are here.
PG Cougars:
The Prince George Cougars split their first two pre-season games, both of which were played in Port Coquitlam.
The Cougars lost 8-4 to the Vancouver Giants Friday and then rebounded for a 5-0 win over the Victoria Royals Saturday.
Associate Coach Jim Playfair spoke post-game on our 5-0 victory over the Royals!#ForTheNorth • #WHL pic.twitter.com/JloGGzwjrc
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) September 10, 2023
P.G. will play two more exhibition games both against the Edmonton Oil Kings in Grande Cache, Alberta (Friday night and Sunday afternoon).
The PG Cougars pre-season schedule/results are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
PG Spruce Kings:
The Prince George Spruce Kings went 1-1 in a pair of exhibition games on the road.
The Spruce Kings lost 2-1 to the Chilliwack Chiefs on Friday and followed that up with a 4-1 victory over the Langley Rivermen on Saturday.
They have three more pre-season games this week, all in Trail: Thursday (4 PM) against Cranbrook, Friday (7:30 PM) against Trail and Saturday (2 PM) against Powell River.
The Spruce Kings’ pre-season schedule/results are here.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule is here.
Junior Football:
The Prince George Kodiaks took it on the chin in the BC Football Conference with a 62-0 loss to the Langley Rams (Saturday) in Langley.
Final. pic.twitter.com/0b51mvlm6J
— Prince George Kodiaks (@PGKodiaks) September 10, 2023
The same two teams have a rematch in Prince George this Saturday night at 7:00 at Masich Place Stadium.
The Kodiaks are 2-3 and the Rams are 3-2.
The Kodiaks’ schedule/results are here.
The BC Football Conference (BCFC) league schedule is here.
The BCFC league standings are here.
NFL: (Sunday night game)
Dallas 40 New York Giants 0
The Dallas Cowboys become the 2nd team in NFL history to record a 40+ point shutout & at least one offensive, defensive & special teams TD in a season opener.
The other team to do this was the 1920 Akron Pros against the Wheeling Stogies (43-0).
Data via OptaSTATS pic.twitter.com/HMmYx3ChZV
— Greg Harvey (@BetweenTheNums) September 11, 2023
Week 1 of the NFL season concludes with Buffalo at the New York Jets (5:15 PT) on Monday Night Football.
The NFL schedule/results are here.
CFL: (Week 14)
The (8-4) B.C. Lions are four points behind the (10-3) Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the battle for top spot in the West Division.
While the Lions had the bye on the weekend, the Blue Bombers blitzed the Saskatchewan Roughriders 51-6 on Saturday.
B.C. will host the (3-9) Ottawa RedBlacks on Saturday (4 PM).
Ottawa has lost six straight.
The (10-1) Toronto Argonauts have the best record in the CFL.
The CFL schedule/results are here or here.
The CFL standings are here.
Major League Baseball:
Toronto Blue Jays 5 Kansas City Royals 2
The (80-63) Jays swept the 3-game series from the (44-100) Royals and have now won six of their last seven.
Toronto holds down the 2nd of three wild-card spots in the A.L. a game ahead of (79-64) Seattle Mariners and 1 1/2 in front of the (78-64) Texas Rangers.
The Jays, with 19 games left, host Texas in a four-game series starting tonight (Monday 4:07 PT).
The MLB Wild Card standings are here.
The MLB standings can be found here.
The MLB schedule/results can be found here.
The Blue Jays 2023 schedule/results can be found here.
Men’s Basketball:
(Bronze medal game at the FIBA World Cup)
(OT) Canada 127 USA 118
The Canadian team earned its first medal in this tournament. They have also qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
(Gold medal game)
Germany 83 Serbia 77
More information can be found here.
Tennis:
Novak Djokovic defeated Daniil Medvedev in straight sets (6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3) on Sunday to capture the men’s US Open for his historic 24th major championship.
He is now tied with Margaret Court for the most Grand Slam singles titles in tennis history.
On Saturday, 19-year-old American Coco Gauff won her first Major, winning the women’s U.S. Open title (2-6, 6-3, 6-2) over Aryna Sabalenka.
Results can be found here.
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