Sports by Hartley Monday, September 25th as of 12:05 a.m.
WHL:
Tri-City Americans 6 Prince George Cougars 4 (Saturday)
We split home opening weekend to begin the 2023-2024 season.
https://t.co/NLtgBAHcxz#ForTheNorth • #WHL pic.twitter.com/1f7D1Puivb
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) September 24, 2023
Prince George Cougars 9 Tri-City Americans 0 (Friday)
Funk and Kmec hat tricks too much for Tri-City in Cougars season opener https://t.co/0ptm5h40yb pic.twitter.com/IxZXFXImcH
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) September 23, 2023
The (1-1) Cougars visit the (0-2) Victoria Royals on Friday and Saturday.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
The WHL standings are here.
BCHL:
Salmon Arm Silverbacks 4 Prince George Spruce Kings 1 (Saturday)
Spruce Kings drop season opener in Salmon Arm https://t.co/05fWbyz3OD pic.twitter.com/GAoVWaDAUc
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) September 24, 2023
The (0-1) Spruce Kings host the (1-1) Chilliwack Chiefs Friday night at 7:00 in their home opener.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule is here.
The BCHL standings are here.
Canada West Soccer: (at Masich Place Stadium)
(Men’s Division)
UNBC Timberwolves 1 Lethbridge Pronghorns 1 (Tie-Sunday)
A 90 minute war of attrition ends in a 1-1 draw after Alberto Kuri scored in the 87th minute for UNBC.
READ: https://t.co/pE4OKfHYCP pic.twitter.com/BCP7IypmVa
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 24, 2023
UNBC Timberwolves 2 Alberta Golden Bears 0 (Friday)
Youthful Timberwolves MSOC hand Alberta first loss; Pandas blank UNBC WSOC https://t.co/hz14K9JIDR pic.twitter.com/iA9LwVBPyY
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) September 23, 2023
The (2-5-2) UNBC men visit (5-1-2) Victoria on Friday night and Saturday night at 7:15.
The men’s soccer schedule/results are here.
The Canada West men’s soccer standings are here.
(Women’s Division)
MacEwan Griffins 1 UNBC Timberwolves 0 (Sunday)
Alberta Pandas 3 UNBC Timberwolves 0 (Friday)
A gutsy effort by a gutsy group.
READ: https://t.co/QSaxrkO9S0 pic.twitter.com/7ROMmQDhiv
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 23, 2023
(The 0-7-1) UNBC women visit (4-3-2) Victoria Friday night at 5:00 and (2-3-3) Mount Royal Sunday at noon (PT).
The women’s soccer schedule/results are here.
The Canada West women’s soccer standings are here.
BC Football Conference (BCFC)
Valley Huskers 34 Prince George Kodiaks 12 (Saturday in Chilliwack)
The (2-5) Kodiaks host the (5-1) Okanagan Sun Saturday night at 7:00 at Masich Place Stadium in their final home game of the year.
Prince George will conclude with a pair on the road: October 7th at Okanagan and October 14th at Kamloops.
The Kodiaks’ schedule/results are here.
The BC Football Conference (BCFC) league schedule is here.
The BCFC league standings are here.
NFL: (Week 3)
(Sunday night game)
Pittsburgh 23 Las Vegas 18
The Steelers improved to 2-1 while the Raiders fell to 1-2.
There are two teams at 3-0: San Francisco and Miami.
There are four teams at 0-3: Chicago, Minnesota, Carolina and Denver.
Week 3 wraps up with a pair of Monday Night Games: (2-0) Philadelphia at (2-0) Tampa (4:15 PM PT) and (1-1) LA Rams at (0-2) Cincinnati (5:15 PM PT).
The NFL schedule/results are here.
The NFL standings are here.
CFL:
With four games to go the (10-4) B.C. Lions are tied with (10-4) Winnipeg Blue Bombers for top spot in the CFL West Division.
In Week 17, The Lions host the (6-8) Saskatchewan Roughriders Friday night at 7:30 while the Blue Bombers entertain the (12-1) Toronto Argonauts Friday night at 5:00 (PT).
B.C. will also host Winnipeg on Friday, Oct 6th, visit Hamilton on Oct 13th and entertain Calgary to conclude its regular season on Oct 20th.
The CFL schedule/results are here or here.
The CFL standings are here.
Major League Baseball:
Toronto Blue Jays 9 Tampa Bay Rays 5
Toronto sits in the second wild-card spot in the American League, two games ahead of Houston and 2 1/2 in front of Seattle.
The (87-69) Jays, with six games left, host the NY Yankees on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (all at 4:07 PT).
Toronto will conclude the regular season with three home games Friday (4:07 PM PT), Saturday (12:07 PM PT) and Sunday (12:07 PT) against Tampa Bay.
The Astros visit the Mariners tonight (6:40 PT Monday).
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.
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Jared Young of Prince George did not play for the Chicago Cubs in their Sunday 4-3 victory over Colorado or the Cubs Saturday 6-3 win over the Rockies.
The 28-year-old Young smacked a two-run homer on Friday in a 6-0 triumph over Colorado to bring his big-league batting average this year to .205 (with a pair of homers and eight RBIs) in 15 Major League games.
The (82-74) Cubs are holding the third and final wildcard spot in the National League, a game ahead of (81-75) Miami.
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