Tour de France
Canada’s Hugo Houle won Stage 16
Houle won the 178 kilometre stage through the Pyrenees in 4 hours 23 minutes & 47 seconds
He becomes the first Canadian to win a stage at the Tour de France since Steve Bauer in 1988
Houle from Sainte-Perpetue, Quebec, crossed the line 70 seconds ahead of the runners up which included Israel-Premier Tech teammate Michael Woods of Ottawa
Major League Baseball All Star Game
at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
American League 3 National League 2
Giancarlo Stanton & Byron Buxton had back to back homers as the American League won its 9th straight All-Star Game,
Stanton was chosen as the game MVP
The American League has won the All Star game the last 9 times it’s been played.
Regular season play resumes tomorrow.
The Blue Jays will start their post All Star Game schedule on Friday when they visit Boston.
Grey Bruce Ladies Fastball League
@ Desboro
Meaford Leeky Canoe 14 Desboro Royals 11
Tanya Neil and Abby Schenk were both 4 for 4 for the Leeky Canoe & each hammered out a triple
Kara Smith and Jen Bumstead both had doubles for Meaford
Kelly Hanley went all the way to get the victory in the pitching circle
Patti Scarrow had two triples while Kaillyn Knox and Maddy Moore also banged out triples for the Royals
Tonight
Port Elgin Devils at Tara Ladies
8:30 p.m.
North Dufferin Baseball League Tonight
Midland Mariners at Owen Sound Baysox
8pm @ Tom Williams Park
The Baysox are 5 points behind Barrie for the final playoff spot.
Owen Sound has to win their final 3 games and hope that Barrie loses their last 2 outings in order to advance to the post season.
Grey Bruce Junior Golf Tour
at Pike Lake
Leighton Hurst of Cobble Beach Golf Links won the Juvenile Division and had the low score on the day with a 79
Landon Sanford from Cobble Beach won the Junior Division with an 83
Max Roppel from Ainsdale Golf Club shot an 89 to win the Bantam Division.
Junior Division
Sanford, Landon….Cobble Beach Golf Links………….83
McCarey, Elliott…….Southport Golf Club…………………88
Juvenile Division
Hurst, Leighton………….Cobble Beach Golf Links………79
Bennett, Charlie…………Saugeen Golf Club……………….88
Cranny, Ryan……………..Legacy Ridge Golf Club………..88
Fleischauer, Jack……….Walkerton Golf Club……………..88
Bowman, Keaton……….Walkerton Golf Club……………..89
Thompson, Tyler…………Legacy Ridge Golf Club……….92
Sarvis, Lucas………………Legacy Ridge Golf Club……….93
Dickson, Brock……………Saugeen Golf Club………………94
Meikle, Eric………………….Legacy Ridge Golf Club………94
Lemon, Zachary…………..Legacy Ridge Golf Club……..105
Kravchenko, Chris………..Whispering Hills Golf Club….106
Roux, Tristen………………..Legacy Ridge Golf Club……..117
Bantam Division
Roppel, Max…………….Ainsdale Golf Club……….89
Elliott, Jack………………Ainsdale Golf Club……….94
Crozier, Jayden……….Ainsdale & Kincardine Golf….100
Nairn, Fox……………….Legacy Ridge Golf Club……111
Hockey Canada Update
Three former Ontario Hockey League players, Jordan Kyrou, Taylor Raddysh & Robert Thomas all released statements via Twitter yesterday, stating they were not involved in an alleged sexual assault involving members of Canada’s 2018 World Junior hockey team.
Hockey Canada settled a lawsuit in May after a woman claimed she was assaulted by 8 hockey players, including members of the World Junior team, at a function in London in June of 2018.
Last week Hockey Canada announced that it was reopening its investigation into the alleged assault.
Sekera Retires
Former Owen Sound Attack defender Andrej Sekera is retiring after 16 seasons and more than 800 games played in the National Hockey League.
Sekera announced his retirement in an interview with a Slovakian newspaper on Monday.
Before playing in the NHL, Sekera played 2 seasons for the Owen Sound Attack and won the Max Kaminsky Trophy in 2006 as the Ontario Hockey League’s Outstanding Defenceman
Events
Owen Sound North Stars girls’ field lacrosse will be well represented at the upcoming Ontario Summer Games in Mississauga with eleven players taking part in the four-day event.
Participating is Madison Playter (Team Orange), Laine Nissen and Courtney Scott (Team Grey), Gillian Warren and Bree Wilkins (Team Red), Edyn Beyer, Aliyah Bonterre, Brooklyn Doyle, and Cassidy Low (Team Pink), and Dani Strong and Kaitlyn Strong (Team Green).
The Ontario Summer Games run from July 21-24 in Mississauga.
The Owen Sound players attended an open tryout for all U15 and U17 players in Guelph on May 14th and 15th after which the top 96 players were chosen and assigned to teams during a coach’s draft.
A twelfth Owen Sound player, Willow Smith-Spinney, is competing in the basketball tournament at the Summer Games.
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The Shore to Shore Road Race from Oliphant to Wiarton is Monday August 1st.
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The Swing Your Sticks for Charity Golf Tournament is Friday September 9th at Legacy Ridge Golf Course in Owen Sound
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The annual Owen Sound Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament is Friday September 16th at Legacy Ridge in Owen Sound
For tournament details visit oschamber.com/event/.
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The next induction night for the Owen Sound Sports Hall of Fame is Friday September 30th at the Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Centre
2022 Owen Sound Sports Hall of Fame inductees
Athletes:
Tim Abbott
Andrew Brunette
Peter Kazarian
Bill Korz
Chris Minard
& John Vary
Teams
1969 Owen Sound Farrow’s Haulage and Ready Mix Ltd.
1996 Owen Sound Leon’s Ladies Fastball team
Builders;
Fred Cathrae
Mike Myatt
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Hockey Fights Cancer is Saturday November 5th when the Owen Sound Attack host the London Knights
If you would like to be on the committee or would like more information on the campaign, contact Allison Taylor-Misener, Special Events Specialist at the Canadian Cancer Society
Email allison.taylor@cancer.ca or call 226-568-0724
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