Sports by Hartley Thursday, July 11th
(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PDT)
Soccer:
Copa America semifinal (in Charlotte)
Colombia 1 Uruguay 0
Colombia will play Argentina in Sunday’s final while Uruguay meets Canada on Saturday night at 5:00 in the third place game.
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Euro 2024:
England 2 Netherlands 1 (Semifinal)
England will battle Spain in the final Sunday at noon.
Paralympics:
24-year-old Joel Ewert of Prince George will be representing his country at the 2024 Paralympic Games.
Ewert is one of 12 athletes selected to Canada’s Men’s Wheelchair Rugby Team.
He will be one of three players on the team making their Paralympic debut.
The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games take place August 28th to September 8th.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 10 San Francisco Giants 6
The game summary is here.
The (42-50) Blue Jays are 3-2 on a 9-game road trip that will continue this afternoon (Thursday) at 12:45 against the (45-48) Giants in San Francisco.
The Blue Jays schedule is here.
The MLB schedule is here.
The MLB standings are here.
Softball:
16 teams, including the host Prince George Panthers compete (Friday to Sunday) at the U15C Provincial Minor Girls Softball Championship. Games will be played in P.G. at Freeman and Chuck Cawdell Parks plus the Ron Wiley field.
PG Senior Men’s Lacrosse—
(Game 1 in the playoff final)
Devils 13 Bandits 4 (Wednesday night)
Hockey:
Prince George Sports Hall of Fame member Don Nachbaur is the new head coach of the Wenatchee Wild of the WHL.
The 65-year-old Nachbaur is the third-winningest head coach in WHL history.
He spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach in the AHL.
He’s one of the greatest coaches in WHL history, and we’re grateful to be able to say the Nachbaur family has been part of the #WildFamily for years.
Welcome to Wenatchee, Don. 🤝
🖊️ https://t.co/XpoX7r3g3d#PowerOfThePack pic.twitter.com/XZlKmf8tVR
— Wenatchee Wild (@WHLwild_) July 11, 2024
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Former Prince George Cougars associate coach Steve O’Rourke has been named the
Oshawa Generals 36th head coach in team history.
He was the Generals associate coach for the past two seasons.
Oshawa reached the OHL Final in the 2023-24 season losing to the London Knights.
O’Rourke spent six seasons with the Cougars as an associate coach and their Director of Player Development.
More info can be found here.
CFL:
Week 6 of the CFL season kicks off tonight (Thursday 4:30) with (2-2) Toronto at (5-0) Montreal.
The (4-1) B.C. Lions host the (4-0) Saskatchewan Roughriders Saturday afternoon at 4:00.
The CFL schedule and results are here.
The CFL standings are here.
Golf:
None of the four Prince George golfers made the 36-hole cut (of 7-over) at the 122nd B.C. men’s amateur golf tournament at the Ledgeview Golf Club in Abbotsford.
James Fahy of Vancouver, at 8-under-132, has a one stroke lead over Cooper Humphreys of Vernon.
First-round leader Mackenzie Bickell of Richmond is 3rd at 5-under, three off the pace.
Former Smithers resident Wyatt Brook of Heffley Creek (which is near Kamloops) is 5 behind at 3-under and is tied for 6th.
The leaderboard is here.
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