Sports by Hartley Tuesday, August 27th
(As of 12:15 a.m. All times listed are PDT)
Hockey:
The Prince George Cougars four-day training camp runs from Thursday to Sunday at CN Centre.
The Cougars start their four-game preseason schedule on Sept 6th and 7th in Edson, Alberta against the Edmonton Oil Kings.
The Prince George Spruce Kings three-day training camp will begin on Friday afternoon and conclude on Sunday at the Kopar Memorial Arena.
They start the pre-season on Friday, Sept. 6th at Coquitlam.
The Spruce Kings will kick off their 2024 Training Camp on Friday August 30th at Kopar Memorial Arena
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— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) August 26, 2024
BCFC:
Prince George Kodiaks kicker Brady Harper is the BCFC Special Teams Player of the Week for the second time this season.
Harper was 2/2 on field goals and 3/3 on converts in the Kodiaks 43-27 loss to the Kamloops Broncos.
Congrats to our Week 6 #BCFC Players of the Week winners! @KamBroncos @PGKodiaks @LangleyRams @GoValleyHuskers @okanagan_sun @WestshoreRebels @ViRaiders pic.twitter.com/rg81TUw0eV
— BCFootballConference (@BCFC_Media) August 27, 2024
The (1-5) PG Kodiaks have the bye this long weekend in the BC Football Conference.
The Kodiaks, who have lost their last five, have four games left in their season: at Valley Huskers (Sat. Sept. 7th at 7 PM, home against Okanagan (Sat. Sept. 14th at 6 PM at Masich Place Stadium), home against the Kamloops Broncos (Sat. Sept. 28th at 6 PM at Masich Place Stadium) and at Kamloops (Sat. Oct. 5th at 6 PM).
The Kodiaks have scored 126 points (average of 21 per game) while allowing 282 (average of 47 per game).
The league standings can be found here.
CFL:
The (5-6) B.C. Lions will try to end a 5-game losing streak when they host the (7-2-1) Ottawa Redblacks Saturday at 4 PM in Victoria.
The Lions are coming off a 34-27 loss to the Redblacks in Ottawa.
The CFL schedule and results are here.
The CFL standings are here.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 4 Boston Red Sox 1 (1st game)
(Completion of suspended game)
Toronto Blue Jays 7 Boston Red Sox 3 (2nd game)
The (65-68) Blue Jays, riding a 6-game winning streak, continue on the road tonight (Tuesday 4:10) in Boston against the (67-64) Red Sox.
The Blue Jays second half schedule and results are here.
Seattle Mariners 5 Tampa Bay Rays 1
The (67-65) Mariners host the (65-66) Rays again tonight (Tuesday 6:40).
Seattle is in second place in the AL West, 3 1/2 games behind the (70-61) Houston Astros.
The Mariners second half schedule and results are here.
The MLB schedule is here.
The MLB standings are here.
Canada West Soccer:
The (0-2) UNBC Timberwolves men’s soccer team will host the (2-0) Victoria Vikes in their first home games of the season Friday and Saturday night at 6:00 at Masich Place Stadium.
The UNBC women’s soccer team will open its season September 6th at Mount Royal.
The 2024 Canada West men’s soccer schedule can be found here.
The 2024 Canada West men’s soccer standings can be found here.
The 2024 Canada West women’s soccer schedule can be found here.
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