Brendan’s Sports Shorts; Wednesday, August 19th

MLB:

San Diego Padres  5  New York Mets 2 

PG’s Jared Young pinch hit in his lone at-bat of the night dropping his average to .266 on the season.

The Mets (57-70) are fifth in the NL East.

Toronto Blue Jays 10 Tampa Bay Rays 5

The Jays (62-65) continue their series against the Rays at Tropicana Field today at 3:40 Pacific Time. Toronto remains a half-game back of the final wild card spot in the AL.

BC Football Conference:

The (1-3) Prince George Kodiaks hit the road to Kamloops to play the winless Broncos (0-4) on Saturday.

PG thrashed the Broncos in Week 2 at Masich Place Stadium.

The BCFC standings are here.

The Kodiaks are fifth in the league standings.

The full Kodiaks schedule is here.

CFL:

Week 12 of the CFL season kicks off tomorrow (Thursday) as the Montreal Alouettes (8-1) host the winless Ottawa Red Blacks (0-9).

Next up for the B.C. Lions (4-5) is a Sunday tilt against the Saskatchewan Roughriders (6-3) at 4pm from B.C. Place.

Hockey

Carey Price of Anahim Lake will be inducted into the Montreal Canadiens Ring of Honour.

He will be recognized on November 10th against the Minnesota Wild.

Cariboo Hockey 

The Cariboo Cougars training camp runs Thursday to Sunday. The U17 and U18 teams will compete for spots at CN Centre while the U15 Cats are hosting sessions at the Elks Centre.

In addition, the under-18 Northern Capitals female-AAA program is also holding camp at the Elks Centre.

WNBA

Indiana Fever 101 Toronto Tempo 95

Kelsey Mitchell recorded 29 points including an 11-for-16 performance on field goals. Caitlin Clark tallied 24 points including four three-pointers.

Indiana improves to 24-12 while the Tempo drop to 10-24 and have lost 11 in a row.

Toronto plays two games Friday and Sunday in Vancouver against the Portland Fire (15-20) and the Las Vegas Aces (24-13).

 

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Brendan Pawliw
Brendan Pawliw
Since moving to Prince George in 2015, Brendan has covered local sports including the WHL’s Prince George Cougars, Prince George Spruce Kings, UNBC Timberwolves, Cariboo Cougars AAA, and Northern Capitals U18 female hockey teams. Career highlights include play-by-play during the Spruce Kings' BCHL championship runs in 2018 and 2019, including the Doyle Cup win. He also covered the 2019 National Junior A Championship, the 2017 Telus Cup, the 2022 World Women’s Curling Championship, and the 2022 BC Summer Games. Brendan is the news voice on 94.3 The Goat and Country 97 FM, reporting on crime, real estate, labour, and environmental issues. Outside of work, he officiates box lacrosse and fastball, sits on the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame board, and co-hosts the Hockey North podcast.

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