Sports by Hartley Friday, July 12th
(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PDT)
Hockey:
Don Nachbaur is back in the WHL.
The Prince George Sports Hall of Fame member has been hired as the head coach of the Wenatchee Wild.
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.
Wild hiring sends PG’s Nachbaur to Wenatchee https://t.co/T5OetLepOW
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) July 11, 2024
COMMITTED: The Spruce Kings have committed to 6’3″ forward Brady Anes from Ludington, Michigan for the 2024-2025 season.
DETAILS: https://t.co/fHhnJbse6S pic.twitter.com/47Ott0MfP5
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) July 11, 2024
The Spruce Kings will take on the Bulldogs (yes, both of them) at the Showcase!
The 2024 Event will be held in Abbotsford and Chilliwack, and co-hosted by the Vancouver Canucks!
DETAILS: https://t.co/QrpTVOwDae pic.twitter.com/8sZAJerRHE
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) July 12, 2024
Exciting News! 🇨🇦
Congrats to Mitchell Karapita who will be joining @HockeyCanada’s National Under-17 hockey staff! The tournament kicks off later this summer!
Good luck, Mitchy! https://t.co/A20cpR5dsp pic.twitter.com/emN4EHoigo
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) July 12, 2024
Paralympics:
Joel Ewert of Prince George will be representing his country at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games which will be held August 28th to September 8th.
The 24-year-old 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.
Prince George’s Ewert to join Canada’s Wheelchair Rugby team at Paralympic Games https://t.co/RovDkzYZFT
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) July 11, 2024
CFL: (Start of Week 6)
Toronto 37 Montreal 18
The loss ended the Alouettes club-record 13-game winning streak, including playoffs and the Grey Cup.
Montreal also lost QB Cody Fajardo with an injury.
The Als are 5-1 while the Argos sit 3-2.
Tonight (Friday) at 5:30 in the CFL: (2-2) Calgary at (1-4) Winnipeg.
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.
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 5 San Francisco Giants 3
The game summary is here.
The (43-50) Blue Jays are 4-2 on a 9-game road trip that will continue tonight (Friday) at 6:40 in Arizona against the Diamondbacks.
The Blue Jays second half schedule is here.
The Blue Jays first half schedule is here.
The MLB schedule is here.
The MLB standings are here.
Softball:
16 teams, including the host Prince George Panthers, are competing at the U15C Provincial Minor Girls Softball Championship.
Games today (Friday), tomorrow and Sunday are being played in P.G. at Freeman and Chuck Cawdell Parks plus the Ron Wiley field.
PG Senior Men’s Lacrosse—
(Game 2 in the championship series)
Devils 14 Bandits 6 (Thursday night)
The Devils lead the best-of-5 playoff final 2-0 with Game 3 Monday night at 8 at the Kopar Memorial Arena. They won the opener 13-4.
Golf:
Former Smithers resident Wyatt Brook of Heffley Creek (which is near Kamloops) is in 3rd place, four strokes off the lead after three rounds of the 122nd B.C. men’s amateur golf tournament at the Ledgeview Golf Club in Abbotsford.
The leader is Cooper Humphreys of Vernon at 9-under-201 followed by James Fahy of Vancouver, at 8-under-202 and then Brook at 5-under-205.
The four Prince George golfers in the field of 159 all missed the 36-hole cut,
The leaderboard is here.
Soccer:
Copa America
Canada will play Uruguay in the third place game Saturday night at 5:00 in Charlotte.
The final on Sunday night at 5:00 will feature Colombia against Argentina in Miami.
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Euro 2024:
England will battle Spain in the final Sunday at noon in Berlin, Germany.
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