Sports by Hartley Tuesday, August 13th
(As of 10:15 a.m. All times listed are PDT)
World Men’s Fastpitch Championship (in Surrey)
The Prince George River Kings lost 10-3 to the Omma Tigers in their first game at the 2024 International Softball Congress World Men’s Fastpitch Championship at Softball City in Surrey.
On Monday, the River Kings rebounded to an 8-5 afternoon win against the Can-West Thunder.
In the evening, PG fell 6-0 to Circle Tap Dukes.
The Vanderhoof Rippers won their opener by default and lost their second game on Sunday 13-1 against the Circle Tap Dukes of Denmark, Wisconsin.
Vanderhoof then fell to Lacey A’s 5-0 on Monday.
Both the Rippers and River Kings are 1-2.
The tournament runs until Saturday.
PG, Vanderhoof fastball teams to compete in men’s world championship tournament
| https://t.co/AvjlSyoYUH #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) August 9, 2024
The full schedule and results can be found here or here.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 4 LA Angels 2
The (55-64) Jays continue a 6-game road trip tonight (Tuesday 6:30) against the (52-67) Angels.
The Seattle Mariners start a 9-game road trip tonight (3:40) at Detroit against the (56-63) Tigers.
The (63-56) Mariners are 2nd in the A.L. West, just half-a-game behind the (63-55) Houston Astros.
The Mariners second half schedule and results are here.
The Blue Jays second half schedule and results are here.
The MLB schedule is here.
The MLB standings are here.
CFL:
After failing to land a job with an NFL team, quarterback Nathan Rourke is returning to the B.C. Lions.
The 26-year-old Rourke, from Victoria, completed 78 per cent of his passes over 10 regular-season games with the Lions in 2022.
That was the year he was named the league’s top Canadian.
Welcome home, Nathan 🔥
MORE ➡️ https://t.co/K4WO5CFnxH#BCLions pic.twitter.com/OyknfNm6nP
— BC LIONS (@BCLions) August 13, 2024
The (5-4) Lions will try to end a 3-game losing skid when they host the (3-6) Winnipeg Blue Bombers Sunday at 4 PM.
Week 11 of the CFL season begins Thursday night (6:00) with (5-2-1) Ottawa at (4-5) Calgary.
The CFL schedule and results are here.
The CFL standings are here.
BCFC:
The Prince George Kodiaks of the BC Football Conference visit the first place (4-0) Okanagan Sun Saturday night at 7:00 in Kelowna before hosting the last place (0-3) Kamloops Broncos Saturday, August 24th at 6 PM.
The (1-3) Kodiaks, who are coming off a 48-28 loss to the Valley Huskers, are allowing on average 42 points per game while scoring 25 over their first four games.
Kodiaks defence picked apart by Huskers https://t.co/uEpceennOK
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) August 11, 2024
The league standings can be found here.
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