Darin’s Sports Shorts, Saturday, September 23rd

Sports by Darin, as of 6:00 a.m., Saturday, September 23rd

WHL:

Prince George Cougars  9  Tri-City Americans  0

Zac Funk and Viliam Kmec each scored hat tricks in the win.

Won’t you take me to, Funkytown.@PGCougars | #WHLHatTricks | #WHLOpeningWeek pic.twitter.com/mfCQUdUADI

— The WHL (@TheWHL) September 23, 2023

Terik Parascak scored two, while Ondrej Becher scored one.

The Cougars and the Americans will go at it again tonight at the CN Centre. (6:00)

And we are off and running!#WHLScores | #WHLOpeningWeek pic.twitter.com/6ubYdKz4mm

— The WHL (@TheWHL) September 23, 2023

BCHL:

The Prince George Spruce Kings will kick off their regular season against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in Salmon Arm tonight. (6:00)

The Silverbacks swept the Spruce Kings in the first round of last year’s BCHL Playoffs.

The Spruce Kings finished 5th in the BCHL’s Interior Division last season with a record of 27-20-6-1.

Canadian Junior Football League:

The Prince George Kodiaks (2-4) will play the Valley Huskers (4-2) in Chilliwack this afternoon. (2:00)

This will be the first meeting of the two teams this season.

UNBC Womens Soccer:

University of Alberta  3  UNBC 0

UNBC Mens Soccer:

UNBC  2  University of Alberta  0

CFL:

Ottawa Redblacks  36  Saskatchewan Roughriders  28

BC Lions  37  Edmonton Elks  29

Two Saturday games:

Montreal Alouettes @ Calgary Stampeders (1:00 p.m.)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Toronto Argonauts (4:00 p.m.)

MLB: 

Chicago Cubs  6  Colorado Rockies  0

Prince George’s Jared Young went 1-for-3, knocking a two-run homer in the 6th.

The Cubs (80-74) are sitting in the final wildcard spot in the National League, and are a half-game ahead of the Miami Marlins (79-74), and one game behind the Arizona Diamondbacks (81-73).

Toronto Blue Jays  6  Tampa Bay Rays  2

The Blue Jays (86-68) are holding onto the second wildcard spot in the American League.

The Jays are one game ahead of the Texas Rangers (84-68).