Olympics
As of 6 am, Canada has 17 medals including 4 Gold Medals
Canadian Lauraine Genest finished third in the Women’s cycling final to take home a Bronze medal.
Canada’s Damian Warner ran an Olympic decathlon record of 13.46 seconds in the 110-metre hurdles & had a 3rd place finish in discus
Warner a commanding lead going into the final 3 events today; pole vault, javelin and the 1,500 metres.
Canada’s 4×100 relay advanced to the final which is set for tomorrow.
Yesterday, Andre De Grasse won Gold in the Men’s 200 metre
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe won silver in the Women’s C-1 200-metre race.
Brooke Henderson had a 68 in Olympic Women’s Golf to move into a tie for 34th.
Alena Sharp shot a 71 in Round 2 and is tied for 46th
PGA World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
at TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
Justin Thomas is the defending champion
Thomas is scheduled to start at 11:54 am
Corey Conners of Listowel is the lone Canadian in the field
Conners is scheduled to tee off at 10:59 am
Ontario Senior Women’s Golf Championship
at Spring Lakes Golf Club ( South Course ), Stouffville
Judith Kyrinis of the The Thornhill Club leads by 7 strokes after 2 rounds
Kim Legge from Saugeen Golf Club had an 82 in Round 2 and is 6th after 2 days of play
Kathie Houghton from the Georgian Bay Club is 10th while Catherine Butler, also of the Georgian Bay Club is tied for 17th
Ontario Junior Girls Golf Championship
at Brockville Country Club
Vanessa Borovilos of Weston Golf & Country Club had a 1 stroke lead after 3 rounds
Ontario Juvenile and Bantam Qualifier for Girls & Boys
at Batteaux Creek, Nottawa
Belfon, Kennedy & Bridget Yu from Golf Canada Club both shot an 80 and are the only two Girls to earn the right to advance
Matthew Rastogi of Meadowbrook Golf Club had a 5 under 67 to lead the Boys Division
Rastogi was one of 10 players to earn a berth at the Provincial Final
The Ontario Juvenile & Bantam Championship begins August 23rd at Roseland Golf & Curling Club
Major Series Lacrosse Classic
at Toronto Rock Athletic Centre, Oakville
Owen Sound Majors 10 Six Nations Chiefs 9
Kyle Dawson scored 3 times for Owen Sound including the game winner with 5 minutes to play in the 4th quarter
Dawson & Jake McNabb combined for 5 goals in the victory
The game was tied 8 times before Dawson scored the winning goal for Owen Sound’s 1st victory
Owen Sound meets Cobourg on Wednesday
1st
13:21 ES Six Nations Kedoh Hill
07:32 PP Owen Sound John St. John (Adam Wiedemann, Tyler Biles)
06:48 ES Six Nations Kedoh Hill (Jordan Durston, Vern Hill)
05:49 ES Owen Sound Dallas Bridle (Jake Mcnabb, John St. John)
00:59 ES Six Nations Liam Leclair (Dustin Hill)
2nd
10:19 SH Six Nations Vern Hill (Kedoh Hill, Jerry Staats)
09:13 PP Owen Sound Kyle Dawson (Jordan Caskenette, John St. John)
08:48 PP Owen Sound Jake Mcnabb (John St. John, Dallas Bridle)
03:36 PP Six Nations Brendan Bomberry (Jordan Durston, Austin Staats)
01:21 ES Owen Sound Jake Mcnabb (John St. John, Dallas Bridle
3rd
10:34 ES Owen Sound Brett Kloepfer
05:50 ES Six Nations Austin Staats (Kobe Whitcomb, Jordan Durston)
04:02 PP Owen Sound Dallas Bridle (Jake Mcnabb, John St. John)
03:10 SH Six Nations Brendan Bomberry (Dustin Hill)
4th
14:27 PP Owen Sound Kyle Dawson (John St. John, Jake Mcnabb)
13:13 ES Six Nations Austin Staats (Owen Down)
12:31 ES Owen Sound Mike Fiegehen (John St. John, Ty Mikulik)
11:23 PP Six Nations Kedoh Hill (Austin Staats)
05:30 ES Owen Sound Kyle Dawson (Dallas Bridle, John St. John)
Tonight
Cobourg Kodiaks ( 0 & 2 ) vs Oakville Rock ( 2 & 0 )
8 pm
Exhibition Junior B Lacrosse
Guelph Regals at Owen Sound Junior North Stars
8 pm at Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Centre.
Major League Baseball
American League
Toronto Blue Jays 8 Cleveland Indians 6
George Springer hit a leadoff homer, had 4 hits & knocked in 3 runs
The Jays built an 8-0 lead by scoring all of their runs in the first 3 innings
Toronto has won 6 of their last 7 and are 5 & 1 since returning to the Rogers Centre
Tampa Bay Rays 4 Seattle Mariners 3
Boston Red Sox 4 Detroit Tigers 1
New York Yankees 10 Baltimore Orioles 3
Kansas City Royals 9 Chicago White Sox 1
Los Angeles Angels 2 Texas Rangers 1
National League
New York Mets 5 Miami Marlins 3
Philadelphia Phillies 9 Washington Nationals 5
Atlanta Braves 7 St.Louis Cardinals 4
Milwaukee Brewers 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Chicago Cubs 3 Colorado Rockies 2
San Francisco Giants 7 Arizona Diamondbacks 1
Interleague
Los Angeles Dodgers 7 Houston Astros 5
Oakland Athletics 5 San Diego Padres 4 ( 10 innings )
Cincinnati Reds 6 Minnesota Twins 5
Today
Cleveland Indians at Toronto Blue Jays
Tristan McKenzie (1 & 4) vs. Ross Stripling (4 & 6)
7:07 pm
New York Mets at Miami Marlins 12:10 pm
Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers 1:10 pm
Los Angeles Angels at Texas Rangers 2:05 pm
Chicago Cubs at Colorado Rockies 3:10 pm
San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 3:40 pm
Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals 4:05 pm
Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees 7:05 pm
Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds 7:10 pm
Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox 8:10 pm
Minnesota Twins at Houston Astros 8:10 pm
Atlanta Braves at St.Louis Cardinals 8:15 pm
Grey Bruce Ladies Fastball League
Tara Ladies 7 Bears 7
The bottom half of the order for the Bears roared out to an early lead in the 2nd inning with RBIs by Amanda Zettle, Heather Greig and Kristen Jacques.
Christie Goudy started the Tara Ladies Bats in the 3rd with a Solo Homer.
Heidi McLeod came back with a triple to start a rally in the 4th.
Down one in the bottom of the final inning. Tara had the tying run on 3rd and winning run on 2nd. McLeod come through with the RBI single.
The Bears stopped the charge with Zettle coming up with a deep fly to left to end the threat.
Kristen and Keisha Jacques shared the pitching duties for for the Bears.
Goudy and Leeanne Cochrane split time in the circle for Tara combining for 9 Ks.
Intercounty Fastball League
Glen Williams Stars 7 Rockwood Rush 1
Major League Soccer
Philadelphia Union 3 Toronto FC 0
The loss snaps Toronto’s 5 game unbeaten streak
TFC has conceded 3 or more goals 5 times this season.
Toronto dropped to 13th place in the 14-team Eastern Conference at the midway point of the season.
Saturday, TFC will host New York City
FC Montréal 2 Atlanta United FC 2
New England Revolution 0 Nashville SC 0
DC United 4 Columbus Crew 2
Chicago Fire 0 New York City 0
New York Red Bulls 0 FC Cincinnati 0
Orlando City 1 Inter Miami 1
Austin FC 3 Houston Dynamo FC 2
Seattle Sounders 1 FC Dallas 1
LA Galaxy 1 Real Salt Lake 0
Sporting Kansas City 4 LAFC 1
Portland Timbers 1 San Jose Earthquakes 1
Canadian Football League
Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Winnipeg Blue Bombers
8:30 pm
Owen Sound Puffer Hockey
Thom Construction 5 M & M Food Market 2
Joe Carder scored and had 3 point game for Thom’s
Great Lakes Drywall 4 Tamming Law 2
Jim Winters scored twice for Great Lakes Drywall
Hobart’s Food Equipment 7 Gary Byers Lighting & Sound 1
Todd Brown scored 6 times for Hobart’s
Play resumes Friday night at 7:30 pm at the Julie McArthur Regional Rec Centre