Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Monday, July 20th

Sports by Hartley Monday, July 20th, 2026  as of 12:05 a.m.

Soccer:

(World Cup Final Sunday in East Rutherford, New Jersey)

Spain  1  Argentina  0  (Extra time)

Spain scored early in the second period of extra time, in the 106th minute (on a goal by Ferran Torres) to capture its second World Cup.

Spain controlled most of the play and registered 20 total shots compared to just two from Argentina.

England finished third following Saturday’s 6-4 victory over France.

There was a World Cup Watch Party in Prince George at Canada Games Plaza.

Prince George comes together to take in FIFA Final https://t.co/iBGY60sVnd

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) July 19, 2026

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

MLB: 

New York Mets first baseman Jared Young of Prince George was 0-for-1 and hit by a pitch before he was replaced in Sunday’s 6-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Young did not play in the Mets 6-1 Saturday loss to the Phillies.

He has a .243 batting average this season in 53 games with the Mets.

The 31-year-old Young has six homers and 18 RBI’s while going 35-for-144.

The (42-58) Mets visit the (62-37) Milwaukee Brewers tonight (Monday 4:40 PT).

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Chicago White Sox  3  Toronto Blue Jays  0

The Box Score is here.

The (46-53) Blue Jays host the A.L. East-leading Tampa Bay Rays in a four-game series starting tonight (Monday 4:07 PT).

The (56-42) Rays have lost five straight.

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

The MLB standings are here.

West Division: Edmonton 5-1, Saskatchewan 4-1, Winnipeg 4-2, Calgary 2-4, B.C. 1-4

East Division: Montreal 5-1, Hamilton 3-3, Toronto 2-4, Ottawa 0-6

The CFL schedule and results are here.

BC Football Conference: 

(First three games of the regular season from Saturday, July 18th)

Langley Rams  72  Kamloops Broncos  1

Westshore Rebels  27  Valley Huskers  1

Okanagan Sun  45  VI Raiders  17

Standings:

Langley, Westshore and Okanagan all 1-0
Prince George 0-0
VI, Valley and Kamloops all 0-1

The Prince George Kodiaks play their first game of the season on Saturday night, July 25th when they host the (0-1) Vancouver Island Raiders at 6:00 at Masich Place Stadium.

The BCFC home page and schedule can be found here.

Golf:

39-year-old Ryan Fox of New Zealand birdied the final hole to win his first major; the Open Championship.

Fox finished at 10-under-270, one shot ahead of Cameron Young for his third victory on the PGA Tour, with all of them coming in the last 14 months.

The leaderboard is here.

Hockey:

Mavrik Turnbull’s Celebration of Life to be held at the CN Centre https://t.co/h8FZ8ZVOoY

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) July 19, 2026

The Prince George Cougars have named Rob Rogers their new Director of Scouting.

Rogers steps into the role after serving as a British Columbia-based scout for the Cougars since the 2019-20 season.

He succeeds Leland Mack, who has accepted a scouting position with the Boston Bruins.

We are excited to announce Rob Rogers as the new Director of Scouting!

DETAILS: https://t.co/bin1Fmr1Cl#ForTheNorth | #WHL pic.twitter.com/D2WXiSFEHD

— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) July 17, 2026

The NHL has released its 2026-27 regular-season schedule which will begin on September 29th with 5 games including Vancouver at Edmonton and Montreal at Toronto.

Each team will play 84 games, up from 82 last season.

The Canucks schedule is here.

PG Senior Men’s Lacrosse: (Final playoff game of the season from July 16)

Devils  22  Assault  5

The Devils won the best-of-5 Final 3-1.