Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Wednesday, July 31st

Sports by Hartley Wednesday, July 31st

(As of 2:14 PM. All times listed are PDT)

Olympics:

Canada 1 Colombia 0

The Canadian women’s Olympic soccer team has clinched a birth in the quarter-finals following a 1-0 win over Colombia today.

Vanessa Giles rippled the onion bag in the 60th minute to give the Canadians the lead. Canada clinches 2nd place in Group A and will play Germany.

Like we said, we #NeverBackDown #CANWNT #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/vAWW0DxRzy

— CANWNT (@CANWNT) July 31, 2024

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Canada earned the silver medal in women’s rugby sevens at the Paris Olympics.

Canada lost the final 19-12 (Tuesday) to top-ranked New Zealand after earlier in the day defeating Australia 21-12 in the semifinal.

Following competition on Tuesday, Canadian athletes have earned a total of half-a-dozen medals; two gold, two silver and two bronze.

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The Canadian men’s basketball team is 2-0 at the Olympics after a 93-83 victory over Australia.

The seventh-ranked Canadians play their next game on Friday (8:15 a.m. PT) against Spain but regardless of a win or a loss they have qualified for the quarterfinals.

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Ilya Kharun is the first Canadian man to win an Olympic swimming medal in 12 years.

The Montreal born Kharun earned bronze in the 200-metre butterfly.

Making history!!

Ilya Kharun is the first Canadian to medal in 200 fly taking the bronze and to top it off, this is his first ever Olympic Games 🙌 pic.twitter.com/ipuyZHfmuz

— Swimming Canada / Natation Canada (@SwimmingCanada) July 31, 2024

Canadian athletes have seven medals at the Paris Games (two gold, two silver and three bronze).

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17-year-old Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh of Toronto competes today in the
women’s 200-m butterfly although the finals are not until later in the week.

McIntosh has already won gold in the women’s 400-metre individual medley and a silver in the 400-metre freestyle.

More on the Olympics can be found here.

The Olympic medal count is here.

Hockey:

Forward Cameron Schmidt of Prince George, who plays for the Vancouver Giants, is one of eight WHL players selected to represent Hockey Canada at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

The Under-18 tournament starts on Monday and will be played until Saturday, August 10th in Edmonton.

Eight WHL players have been chosen to represent @HockeyCanada at the 2024 #HlinkaGretzkyCup!

— The WHL (@TheWHL) July 31, 2024

Steve Hamilton is a 10-year WHL head coach with a Memorial Cup title under his belt as an associate with the 2014 Edmonton Oil Kings.

More: https://t.co/rtBrXGbpw6

— Everett Silvertips (@WHLsilvertips) July 30, 2024

Volleyball:

U16 Girls Volleyball team with strong PG connection wins nationals https://t.co/COkh95Py2w | #CityOfPG #PrinceGeorge

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) July 30, 2024

MLB:

Baltimore Orioles  10  Toronto Blue Jays 4 

Jackson Holliday’s 5th inning grand slam saw the Jays fall to 50-59 on the season.

Toronto fell 6-2 to Baltimore on Tuesday.

The Blue Jays second half schedule and results are here.

The MLB schedule is here.

The MLB standings are here.

CFL:  (Week 9)

The 9th week of the CFL season starts Thursday night (5:30) with the (5-2) B.C. Lions at the (2-6) Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

The Lions are tied with (5-2) Saskatchewan for top spot in the West Division.

The CFL schedule and results are here.

The CFL standings are here.

BCFC:

The (1-1) Prince George Kodiaks visit the (0-1) Langley Rams Saturday at 4 PM in the
BC Football Conference.

The Kodiaks have their next home game on August 10th at 6 PM against the Valley Huskers.

More on the league can be found here.