Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Wednesday, September 16th

Sports by Hartley Wednesday, September 16th, 2026  as of 12:05 a.m.

PG Sports Hall of Fame:

The Prince George Sports Hall of Fame will recognize 15 youth athletes in the Rising Star Award category during next month’s induction event at the PG Conference and Civic Centre.

Some of the recipients include Spokane Chiefs forward and Calgary Flames second-round draft pick Chase Harrington, Moira Green (Biathlon), Decker Passey (Rodeo) and judo star Carla Van Zyl (Zeel).

The Class of 2026 inductees are: Gerald Peckham – curling, Mary Potskin – softball, Keith Sullivan – ringette, Tuomas Ukonmaanaho – track & field and Kris Yip – cycling.

The Hall of Fame event is slated for October 24th.

Calgary Flames draft pick among 15 Rising Star athletes to be recognized by PG Sports Hall of Fame
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WHL:

The Prince George Cougars have their Season Kickoff BBQ today (Wednesday) from 4:00–6:00 p.m. at the CN Centre parking lot, outside the Cougars office.

The Cougars open at home this weekend when they entertain the Penticton Vees Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 6:00.

The PG Cougars regular season schedule is here.

The WHL regular season schedule is here.

The WHL standings are here.

The Prince George Spruce Kings begin their regular season on the road.

They visit the Powell River Kings in a doubleheader Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday night at 7:00.

The Spruce Kings home opener will be on Friday, September 25th at 7 p.m. against the West Kelowna Warriors.

The Spruce Kings regular season schedule is here.

The BCHL regular season schedule is here.

The BCHL standings are here.

MLB: 

Detroit Tigers  10  Toronto Blue Jays  1

The Box Score is here.

The (75-77) Blue Jays, with 10 games left, are two games behind the (77-75) Cleveland Guardians in the race for the final wild-card spot in the American League.

Toronto is also half-a-game behind the (75-76) Texas Rangers and a game ahead of the (74-78) Baltimore Orioles.

The Jays host the (72-79) Tigers again this afternoon (Wednesday 12:07) as Detroit goes for a 3-game sweep.

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First baseman Jared Young of Prince George went 1-for-4 with a sac fly for the New York Mets in their Tuesday 7-5 loss in 11 innings to Baltimore.

The 31-year-old Young has a .267 batting average (81-for-303) with nine homers and 39 RBI’s in 101 games this year with New York.

The (69-82) Mets host the Orioles again tonight (Wednesday 4:00 PT).

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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.

Canada West Soccer:

The UNBC Timberwolves visit the Fraser Valley Cascades Friday night (5:30 for the women and 7:45 for the men) and the Trinity Western Spartans Saturday night (5:00 for the women and 7:15 for the men) in Canada West Soccer.

The UNBC women are 0-4 on the season while the UNBC men sit with a record of 0-1-3.

The Canada West women’s soccer schedule is here.

The Canada West men’s soccer schedule is here.

The Canada West women’s soccer standings are here.

The Canada West men’s soccer standings are here.

BC Football Conference: 

The (2-5) Prince George Kodiaks host the (6-2) Okanagan Sun Saturday night at 6:00 at Masich Place Stadium.

The Kodiaks, who are 5th in the 7-team league, have just three games left in their season.

BCFC Standings:

Langley Rams  8-0
Okanagan Sun  6-2
Westshore Rebels  5-2
VI Raiders  4-4
PG Kodiaks  2-5
Valley Huskers  1-6
Kamloops Broncos  0-7

The BCFC home page and schedule can be found here.

NFL: 

Week 2 of the NFL season begins Thursday night (5:15 PT) with Detroit at Buffalo.

Both the Lions and Bills won their opening game.

The NFL regular season schedule is here.

The NFL regular season standings are here.

CFL: 

The B.C. Lions, with five regular season games left, are off this week.

The (7-6) Lions play their next game on Friday, September 25th at 7:30 p.m. when they host the (8-5) Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Week 16 of the CFL season begins Friday night (4:30 PT) with Montreal at Hamilton.

Standings:

The CFL schedule and results are here.