Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Thursday, July 17th

Sports by Hartley Thursday, July 17th, 2025

(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PDT)

Judo:

15-year-old Olivia Wisniowski of the Northern Capital Judo Club won a bronze medal at an International Judo Tournament in Brazil.

She moved up an age group and still won the only medal for Team BC.

There were three other residents of PG that competed.

PG’s Wisniowski reaches the podium at Judo event in Brazil | https://t.co/boeKeubVEh #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports pic.twitter.com/3K4oaldPGp

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) July 16, 2025

PG Senior Lacrosse (2nd game in the best of 5 final)

Devils  15  Assault  6   (Wednesday)

The Devils lead 2-0 and go for a 3-game sweep tonight (Thursday).

The Devils have outscored the Assault 29-9 in the series.

NHL:

The full NHL schedule for the 2025-26 season has been released.

The Vancouver Canucks will open their season against Alberta teams; hosting the Calgary Flames on Thursday, October 9th followed by a game in Edmonton against the Oilers on October 11th.

Golf:

Round 1 of the Open Championship is underway at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.

The four Canadians in the field, Taylor Pendrith, Corey Conners, Nick Taylor, and Mackenzie Hughes, are all well back of the first round leaders.

The leaderboard can be found here.

CFL:

Week 7 of the CFL season begins tonight (Thursday 4:30 PT) with (1-4) Toronto at (3-2) Montreal.

The (3-3) B.C. Lions host the (4-1) Saskatchewan Roughriders Saturday at 4 PM.

The CFL schedule are here.

BC Football Conference:

The Prince George Kodiaks are gearing up for their BC Football Conference (BCFC) season.

The Kodiaks play the first of their 10 games on Saturday when they host the Westshore Rebels at 6:00 at Masich Place Stadium.

More info on the BCFC can be found here.

MLB:

The Toronto Blue Jays return to action following the All-Star break Friday (4:07 PM PT) when they entertain the (52-45) San Francisco Giants.

The (55-41) Blue Jays are in first place in the American League East Division by two games over the (53-43) New York Yankees.

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Jared Young of Prince George was recalled by the New York Mets from their Triple-A Syracuse farm club last week, one day after his 30th birthday.

The Mets host the Cincinnati Reds Friday.

Young is batting .171 with 3 homers and 5 RBI’s in 41 at bats this season with New York.

The Blue Jays 2025 schedule and results are here.

The MLB schedule and results are here.

The MLB standings are here.

World University Games:

UNBC’s Director of Athletics and Recreation, Loralyn Murdoch is among four Operations Officers for Team Canada at the FISU World University Summer Games that are underway in Germany.

125 varsity athletes from across Canada are competing in nine sports: archery, artistic gymnastics, athletics, badminton, rhythmic gymnastics, rowing, swimming, table tennis and taekwondo.