Sports by Hartley Wednesday, August 14th
(As of 12:15 a.m. All times listed are PDT)
CFL:
After failing to land a job with an NFL team, quarterback Nathan Rourke is returning to the B.C. Lions.
The 26-year-old from Victoria completed 78 per cent of his passes over 10 regular-season games with the Lions in 2022.
That was the year he was named the league’s top Canadian.
TSN is reporting that Rourke received a three-year deal and will become the CFL’s highest-paid player in 2025 and 2026, earning more than $600,000 per season.
The hard money in Rourke’s deal for 2025 is $749k & 809k in 2026. 200k of that in each year is marketing money which does not count against the salary cap.
Some perspective on his 250k in 2024. I think the #BCLions could reasonably sell another 5k seats for Sunday’s game just… pic.twitter.com/302NNd6fQM— Farhan Lalji (@FarhanLaljiTSN) August 13, 2024
Rourke is expected to be in the lineup when the (5-4) Lions host the (3-6) Winnipeg Blue Bombers Sunday at 4 PM as B.C. tries to end a three-game losing streak.
From today’s media following the announcement of Quarterback signing Nathan Rourke 🎥:
FULL VIDEOS➡️ https://t.co/DGAVRWvp17#BCLions pic.twitter.com/0R0Qppcs1R
— BC LIONS (@BCLions) August 13, 2024
Week 11 of the CFL season begins Thursday night (6:00) with (5-2-1) Ottawa at (4-5) Calgary.
The CFL schedule and results are here.
The CFL standings are here.
BCFC:
The Prince George Kodiaks of the BC Football Conference visit the first place (4-0) Okanagan Sun Saturday night at 7:00 in Kelowna before hosting the last place (0-3) Kamloops Broncos Saturday, August 24th at 6 PM.
The (1-3) Kodiaks are allowing an average of 42 points per game while scoring 25 over their first four games.
The league standings can be found here.
UNBC Timberwolves:
MSOC: Danish Center back/Midfielder Pipeijn van der Ende Commits to the UNBC Timberwolves.
Ahead of the 2024 Canada West season, the TWolves are adding an impact player who can affect the game in multiple ways. Welcome to UNBC Pip!
Read More 📎: https://t.co/aP7Qi5JjvO pic.twitter.com/FG50NPnPwg
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) August 14, 2024
World Men’s Fastpitch Championship (in Surrey)
The Prince George River Kings started with a win and three losses at the 2024 International Softball Congress World Men’s Fastpitch Championship in Surrey.
The River Kings fell 10-3 to the Omma Tigers on Saturday before splitting a pair on Monday; an 8-5 victory over the Can-West Thunder was followed by a 6-0 loss to the Circle Tap Dukes of Denmark, Wisconsin.
On Tuesday, Prince George lost 8-1 to the Emery Electric Chargers.
The Vanderhoof Rippers also began 1-3.
They won by default on Saturday which was followed by a 13-1 Sunday loss to the Circle Tap Dukes and a 5-0 Monday loss to the Lacey A’s.
Vanderhoof fell 6-1 to the Chippewa Chiefs on Tuesday before scoring a 7-4 victory over the Richmond Rays.
The tournament runs until Saturday.
PG, Vanderhoof fastball teams to compete in men’s world championship tournament
| https://t.co/AvjlSyoYUH #cityofpg #PrinceGeorge #northernbc #sports— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) August 9, 2024
The full schedule and results can be found here or here.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 6 LA Angels 1
The (56-64) Jays go for a three game sweep of the (52-68) Angels tonight (Wednesday 6:38) in Anaheim.
Detroit Tigers 15 Seattle Mariners 1
The (63-57) Mariners are 0-1 on a 9-game road trip and sit in second place in the A.L. West, 1.5 games behind the (64-55) Houston Astros.
The Astros have won seven in a row.
The Mariners second half schedule and results are here.
The Blue Jays second half schedule and results are here.
The MLB schedule is here.
The MLB standings are here.
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