Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Friday, August 15th

Sports by Hartley Friday, August 15th, 2025

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

BC Football Conference:

A home game this weekend for the Prince George Kodiaks in the B.C. Football Conference.

The (1-2) Kodiaks entertain the (2-1) Langley Rams Saturday night at 6:00 at Masich Place Stadium.

The game can be heard on Country 97 FM.

The Kodiaks are 5th in the 7-team league while Langley is tied for second.

The top four to advance to the playoffs.

The BCFC standings: Okanagan 4-0, Westshore, Vancouver Island and Langley 2-1,
P.G. 1-2, Valley and Kamloops 0-3

The Kodiaks schedule and results can be found here.

More info on the BCFC can be found here.

Hockey:

Canada plays the USA today (Friday 10AM PT) in the semifinals at the 2025 Hlinka Gretzky Cup U-18 hockey tournament in Czechia and Slovakia.

Canada went 3-0 in the round robin; outscoring host Czechia 5-0 Wednesday, blasting Switzerland 9-1 Tuesday and defeating Finland 5-3 on Monday.

Prince George Cougars defenceman Carson Carels is part of the Canadian team.

(He has not picked up a point in the three games).

Swimming:

The 67th annual provincial swimming championships continue today (Friday), Saturday and wrap up Sunday at the Prince George Aquatic Centre

Speed swimming is featured on the final three days.

Artistic swimming was held Thursday, Water polo took place Tuesday and Wednesday while the week began with diving on Monday.

According to the city, the event has brought roughly 6,000 athletes, coaches, and families to PG.