Sports by Hartley Monday, September 9th
(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PDT)
WHL preseason: (in Edson, Alberta)
Edmonton Oil Kings 6 Prince George Cougars 2 (Sunday)
Edmonton Oil Kings 6 Prince George Cougars 3 (Saturday)
The Cougars play their final two preseason games against the Blazers; Friday (7PM) in Kamloops and Saturday (5PM) in Quesnel.
P.G. will open its regular season on September 20th against Spokane at CN Centre.
The Cougars preseason schedule is here.
The Cougars 2024-25 regular season schedule is here.
BCHL preseason:
Surrey Eagles 5 Prince George Spruce Kings 2 (Saturday in Surrey)
The Spruce Kings fall 5-2 to the Surrey Eagles in pre-season action.
Linden Makow and Cooper Williams with the goals.
Next pre-season games are at home Friday September 13th (7 PM) and Saturday September 14th (2 PM) against the Langley Rivermen. pic.twitter.com/lCBejJNRVK
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) September 8, 2024
Prince George Spruce Kings 3 Coquitlam Express 2 (OT-Friday in Coquitlam)
SPRUCE KINGS WIN!
Maks Perčič ends it 54 seconds into 3 on 3 overtime!
— Prince George Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) September 7, 2024
The Spruce Kings host the Langley Rivermen Friday night at 7:00 and Saturday afternoon at 2:00 in their final two preseason games.
They will start their regular season on September 20th at Surrey.
The Spruce Kings preseason schedule is here.
The Spruce Kings 2024-25 regular season schedule is here.
Canada West Soccer:
(Men)
UBC Okanagan Heat 1 UNBC Timberwolves 1 (tie–Saturday)
MSOC: Luke Graham’s first Canada West Goal Guides UNBC to a hard-fought draw with UBCO.
Recap 📎: https://t.co/xV8Pqv7YEQ
Photo by: Harsh Banga pic.twitter.com/YJjADKxloK
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 8, 2024
UBC Okanagan Heat 1 UNBC Timberwolves 0 (Friday)
MSOC: In Front of a Vibrant Tailgate Crowd, the Scrappy Timberwolves Fall 1-0 To UBCO.
Read More 📎: https://t.co/EtRyfbnoT7 pic.twitter.com/Ij6XzfxLi9
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 7, 2024
The (0-4-2) UNBC men will host the Calgary Dinos Friday night at 7:30 and the MacEwan Griffens Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at Masich Place Stadium.
(Women)
Victoria Vikes 4 UNBC Timberwolves 1 (Sunday)
RECAP: TWolves Wrap Up Weekend With a 4-1 Setback in Victoria.
More 📎: https://t.co/gXx5nGDIOj
Photo by: Armando Tura pic.twitter.com/iqoyQGi8z4
— UNBC Timberwolves (@UNBCATHLETICS) September 8, 2024
Mount Royal Cougars 4 UNBC Timberwolves 0 (Friday)
The (0-2) UNBC women host the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack Friday night at 5:00 and The UBC Okanagan Heat Sunday at noon at Masich Place Stadium.
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.
The 2024 Canada West women’s soccer standings can be found here.
BC Football Conference: (in Chilliwack)
Valley Huskers 31 Prince George Kodiaks 11 (Saturday)
Big plays make the difference in Kodiaks loss to Huskers https://t.co/zTIqyGPK0N
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) September 8, 2024
The (1-6) Kodiaks host the (7-0) Okanagan Sun Saturday night at 6:00 Masich Place Stadium.
Prince George will conclude its season with a home and home against the (1-5) Kamloops Broncos: Saturday, September 28th at 6pm at Masich Place Stadium and Saturday, October 5th at 6pm in Kamloops.
The league standings can be found here.
NFL: (First Sunday night game of the season)
Detroit Lions 26 LA Rams 20 (OT)
The first Monday Night NFL game of the season (5:20 kickoff) has the New York Jets at the San Francisco 49ers.
The NFL schedule is here.
The NFL standings are here.
CFL:
After 14 weeks of the CFL season, the (7-6) B.C. Lions are tied with the (7-6) Winnipeg Blue Bombers for top spot in the West Division.
The Lions, who have won their last two, host the (6-6) Toronto Argonauts Friday night at 7:00 to begin week 15.
The Blue Bombers are off this week.
The CFL schedule and results are here.
The CFL standings are here.
Paralympics: (in Paris)
Team Canada finished the Paralympic Games with 29 medals; 10 Gold 9 silver and 10 bronze.
Jennifer McCreesh of Smithers was part of the Canadian Paralympic women’s sitting volleyball team that finished 3rd at the Paris Games.
They beat Brazil 3-0 in the Bronze Medal game.
Results in women’s Sitting Volleyball can be found here.
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The Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball team finished 4th at the Paralympics.
Canada, which included former UNBC Timberwolves basketball player, Kady Dandeneau, lost the bronze medal game 65-43 to China.
Results in women’s Wheelchair Basketball can be found here.
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The Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team, which included former UNBC student Bo Hedges of Fort St. John lost 75-62 to Germany in the Paralympics Bronze Medal game.
Results in men’s Wheelchair Basketball can be found here.
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Joel Ewert of Prince George was a player with the Canadian wheelchair rugby team that finished 6th at the Paris Games.
A full list of wheelchair rugby scores can be found here.
MLB:
Atlanta Braves 4 Toronto Blue Jays 3 (11)
The (68-76) Blue Jays start a 6-game homestand tonight (Monday 4:07) against the (78-65) New York Mets.
Toronto has just 18 games left in its season.
Seattle Mariners 10 St. Louis Cardinals 4
The (73-71) Mariners begin a 9-game homestand Tuesday night at 6:40 against the
(81-64) San Diego Padres.
Seattle is in second place in the AL West, 4.5 games behind the (77-66) Houston Astros.
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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