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Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Tuesday, July 14th

Hartley Miller
By Hartley Miller

Sports by Hartley Tuesday, July 14th, 2026  as of 12:05 a.m.

NHL:

Former Prince George Cougars sniper Zac Funk has been traded from the Washington Capitals to the Buffalo Sabres for Tyler Kopff, in a swap of minor league forwards.

The 22-year-old Funk tallied 19 points (9+10) in 23 games last season with the ECHL’s South Carolina Stingrays.

He also notched two assists in 10 games with the Capitals AHL farm club, the Hershey Bears.

In the 2023-24 season with the Cougars, Funk led the WHL in goals with 67 in 68 games.

 

MLB:

The 96th Major League All-Star Game will be played in Philadelphia tonight (Tuesday 5:00 PT).

As of the break, Jared Young of Prince George is batting .248 this season with the New York Mets.

The 30-year-old Young has six homers and 18 RBI’s while going 35-for-141 in 51 games with the Mets.

The (40-57) Mets visit the (54-43) Philadelphia Phillies Thursday night (4:00 PT).

The (45-51) Toronto Blue Jays are last in the A.L. East, but are only 2.5 games out of the final American League wild card spot.

The Jays will host the (50-45) Chicago White Sox Friday night (4:15 PT).

The Toronto Blue Jays second-half schedule and results are here.

The New York Mets second-half schedule and results are here.

The MLB standings are here.

 

Soccer: (World Cup semifinals)

(Today-Tuesday) Noon PT in Arlington, Texas

France  vs.  Spain 

(Wednesday)  Noon PT in Atlanta

Argentina  vs.  England

The semifinal winners play in Sunday’s final (Noon PT) in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

The semifinal losers play in Saturday’s 3rd place game (2 PM PT) in Miami.

The World Cup schedule/results are here or you can get more information here.

The World Cup standings are here.

 

CFL: 

Week 7 of the CFL season starts Friday night (6:00 PT) with the (1-3) BC Lions at the
(4-1) Edmonton Elks.

Standings:

West Division: Edmonton 4-1, Saskatchewan 4-1, Winnipeg 3-2, Calgary 2-3, B.C. 1-3

East Division: Montreal 4-1, Hamilton 2-3, Toronto 2-3, Ottawa 0-5

The CFL schedule and results are here.

 

PG Senior Men’s Lacrosse (Playoff game)

Assault  10  Devils  6   (Monday)

The Devils lead the best-of-5 Final 2-1 with Game 4 Thursday night at 8:00 at Kin 1. The Devils won the first two games 8-7 and 14-4.

 

Minor Lacrosse:

The Prince George Posse captured gold in the U-15 division Sunday at the BC Lacrosse Association Box Provincials at the Kin Centre.

The Posse beat Penticton 8-3 in the final to finish with a perfect 5-0 record in the tournament.

In other action, Prince George ended up 4th in U-17 as the Posse lost 13-10 to Peninsula in the bronze medal game.

A total of 38 teams competed over the four days of competition.

Something going on in the Prince George area you think people should know about?
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Hartley Miller
Hartley Miller
Hartley is the News Director for Vista Radio’s B.C. North division, as well as the morning news anchor for 94.3 The GOAT and Country 97FM. He has served as the colour commentator for Prince George Cougars home games for 13 seasons. Hartley has been a fixture on the airwaves since 1979. He is the author of You Don’t Say, a collection of his most memorable sports quotes. Hartley is married with two children and five grandchildren.

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