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Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Thursday, August 27th

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By Hartley Miller

Sports by Hartley Thursday, August 27th, 2026  as of 12:05 a.m.

WHL:

It is training camp time for the Prince George Cougars at CN Centre.

Close to 90 players are on hand with rosters being comprised of five teams.

The Prospects Showcase game goes at 6:00 tonight (Thursday).

Camp games run Friday and Saturday starting at 8:30 a.m. and on Sunday beginning at 9:00 a.m.

The last event at camp will be the ROB CHARNEY CUP INTRA-SQUAD GAME – Team Brewer vs. Team Hamhuis Sunday night at 6:00.

The Cougars have four pre-season games; September 4th and 6th in Tumbler Ridge against the Edmonton Oil Kings and September 12th in Quesnel and 13th in Kamloops against the Kamloops Blazers.

The regular season begins at home for the Cougars on the weekend of September 18th and 19th against the Penticton Vees.

 

MLB: 

First baseman Jared Young of Prince George went 1-for-4 for the New York Mets in their
8-1 Wednesday loss to the Major League-leading Milwaukee Brewers.

The 31-year-old Young has a .268 batting average (66-for-246) with eight homers and 31 RBI’s in 84 games this year with New York.

The (60-73) Mets host the (82-51) Brewers again this evening (Thursday 4:10 PT).

Toronto Blue Jays  3  Kansas City Royals  0

The Box Score is here.

The (65-69) Jays continue a 6-game homestand when they again entertain the (59-75) Royals tonight (Thursday 4:07 PT) in the rubber match of their 3-game series.

Toronto is 3 games behind the (68-66) Cleveland Guardians for the final wild-card spot in the American League.

Cleveland is riding a 7-game winning streak.

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.

The MLB wild-card standings are here.

 

Little League World Series:

Canada, represented by Little Mountain, B.C. has been eliminated from the Little League World Series following a 7-3 loss Wednesday to Japan.

Canada was just one win away from reaching the quarterfinals.

 

UNBC Timberwolves:

 

BC Football Conference: 

The (2-3) Prince George Kodiaks visit the (5-0) Langley Rams Saturday afternoon at 4:00 in the BC Football Conference.

The league-leading Rams whipped the Kodiaks 75-0 August 8th in Prince George.

BCFC Standings:

Langley Rams  5-0
Okanagan Sun  4-1
Westshore Rebels  3-2
VI Raiders  3-2
PG Kodiaks  2-3
Valley Huskers  0-4
Kamloops Broncos  0-5

The BCFC home page and schedule can be found here.

 

CFL:

The (5-5) B.C. Lions, riding a 4-game winning streak, visit the (0-10) Ottawa Redblacks Sunday (4 p.m. PT) in the nation’s capital.

Week 13 in the CFL starts Friday night (5:30 PT) when (9-1) Montreal plays at (5-5) Winnipeg.

Standings:

West Division: Edmonton 8-3, Saskatchewan 6-4, B.C. 5-5, Winnipeg 5-5, Calgary 4-6.

East Division: Montreal 9-1, Toronto 5-5, Hamilton 4-7, Ottawa 0-10.

The CFL schedule and results are here.

 

 

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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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