Sports by Hartley Thursday, September 14th as of 12:05 a.m.
PG Spruce Kings:
The Prince George Spruce Kings conclude their pre-season schedule with three games in as many days in Trail.
The Spruce Kings play Cranbrook today (Thursday at 4:00), Trail Friday (7:30 PM) and Powell River Saturday (2 PM).
The Spruce Kings split their first two exhibition games.
The Spruce Kings’ pre-season schedule/results are here.
The Spruce Kings’ regular-season schedule is here.
PG Cougars:
The Prince George Cougars play the Edmonton Oil Kings in a pre-season doubleheader in Grande Cache, Alberta.
The two teams face off Friday night (6:00 PT) and Sunday afternoon (noon PT).
The PG Cougars pre-season schedule/results are here.
The PG Cougars regular-season schedule is here.
Major League Baseball:
Texas Rangers 10 Toronto Blue Jays 0
The (81-64) Rangers will go for a 4-game sweep of the series tonight (Thursday 4:07 PT) in Toronto.
Toronto has lost the first three games of the four-game series by a combined score of 26-7.
The (80-66) Jays, with 16 games left, are a game behind the (81-65) Seattle Mariners for the third and final wild-card spot in the A.L.
Toronto is also a game and a half back of Texas as the Rangers hold down the second wild-card berth.
The MLB Wild Card standings are here.
The MLB standings can be found here.
The MLB schedule/results can be found here.
The Blue Jays 2023 schedule/results can be found here.
NFL:
Week 2 of the NFL season begins tonight (Thursday night at 5:15 PT) with (0-1) Minnesota at (1-0) Philadelphia.
The NFL schedule/results are here.
The NFL standings are here.
CFL: (Week 15)
The CFL has a pair of Friday games: (10-1) Toronto at (6-6) Montreal (4:00 PT) and (3-10) Edmonton at (6-6) Saskatchewan (6:30).
The (8-4) B.C. Lions return to action on Saturday (4 PM) when they host the (3-9) Ottawa RedBlacks.
Ottawa has lost six straight.
The Lions are 2nd in the West Division, four points behind the (10-3) Winnipeg Blue Bombers with a game in hand.
The Blue Bombers host (5-7) Hamilton Saturday afternoon (1:00 Pt).
The CFL schedule/results are here or here.
The CFL standings are here.
Junior Football:
The (2-3) Prince George Kodiaks junior football team will host the (3-2) Langley Rams Saturday night at 7:00 at Masich Place Stadium in the BC Football Conference (BCFC).
It is a rematch from last weekend in Langley where the Rams skunked the Kodiaks 62-0.
The Kodiaks’ schedule/results are here.
The BC Football Conference (BCFC) league schedule is here.
The BCFC league standings are here.
UNBC Timberwolves:
The UNBC Timberwolves are on the road in Canada West soccer this weekend.
The (0-4) UNBC women visit (1-5) Manitoba on Friday (4 PM PT) and (0-4-2) Winnipeg on Saturday (5 PM PT).
The (1-4-1) UNBC men battle the (0-3-1) Dinos Sunday afternoon (1:15 PT) in Calgary.
With three goals in two games, (a 3-1 win and a 2-1 loss against TRU of Kamloops) UNBC Timberwolves striker Michael Henman has been named the Canada West men’s soccer player of the week
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 12, 2023
The women’s soccer schedule/results are here.
The Canada West women’s soccer standings are here.
The men’s soccer schedule/results are here.
The Canada West men’s soccer standings are here.
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