Major League Baseball
New York Yankees 4 Toronto Blue Jays 2
Andrew Benintendi hit a tiebreaking, 2-run homer in the 7th inning as the Yankees avoided a 4-game sweep at the hands of the Blue Jays
The Yankees lead the American League East by 8 games over Toronto & Tampa Bay
Whit Merrifield hit a bizarre home run for the Blue Jays as the ball bounced twice on the top of the fence before going over.
The Jays are off today
They’ll open a 3 game series at Boston tomorrow night
The Blue Jays, Tampa Bay & Seattle share the 3 American League Wild Card spots
Tampa Bay Rays 3 Kansas City Royals 2
Oakland Athletics 5 Seattle Mariners 3
Baltimore & Minnesota are 2 & 1/2 games out in the Wild Card chase
Baltimore Orioles 5 Boston Red Sox 3
Texas Rangers 7 Minnesota Twins 0
Detroit Tigers 4 Los Angeles Angels 0
New York Mets 10 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Los Angeles Dodgers 10 Miami Marlins 8
San Diego Padres 2 Washington Nationals 1
St.Louis Cardinals 6 Arizona Diamondbacks 4
Milwaukee Brewers 5 Chicago Cubs 2
Cincinnati Reds 9 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
San Francisco Giants 9 Colorado Rockies 8 ( 11 innings )
Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians ( ppd )
Today
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 2:10 pm
New York Mets at New York Yankees 7:05 pm
Cincinnati Reds at Philadelphia Phillies 7:05 pm
Atlanta Braves at Pittsburgh Pirates 7:05 pm
Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins 7:10 pm
Los Angeles Angels at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10 pm
St.Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs 8:05 pm
Miami Marlins at Oakland Athletics 9:40 pm
Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodgers 10:10 pm
Queen’s Plate
at Woodbine Racetrack
Moira came on down the stretch to easily capture the 163rd running of the opening jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown.
Moira finished 7 lengths ahead of second-place finisher Hall of Dreams
The second Triple Crown event will be the Prince of Wales Stakes on Sept. 13 at Fort Erie Racetrack.
Wando was the last Canadian Triple Crown winner, accomplishing the feat in 2003.
NASCAR Cup
at Watkins Glen
Kyle Larson took the lead with 5 laps remaining and completed the rare weekend sweep of races
It was the 2nd consecutive NASCAR Cup Series victory for Larson at Watkins Glen
PGA BMW Championship
at Wilmington Country Club, Delaware
Patrick Cantlay won the event by 1 stroke
Cantlay finished with a 2-under 69 in the final round, giving him a 1-shot victory over Scott Stallings
Corey Conners of Listowel, Ontario tied for 5th
Conners was 4 strokes back of Cantlay
1st Annual Cobble Beach Junior Invitational
Most of the players came close to getting 9 holes in before they had to call it due to the weather
Grey Bruce Junior Golf Tour
at Saugeen Golf Club
10 am
The year end event & banquet is August 30th at Legacy Ridge Golf Club
Western & Southern Open Tennis
at Cincinnati
Caroline Garcia won the Women’s Division with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Petra Kvitova
Borna Coric captured his first ATP Masters 1000 title defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 & 6-2
Coric eliminated Canada’s Felix Auger Aliassime in the quarterfinals
Kitchener District Soccer League
Owen Sound Grey Motors United 1 Guelph Royals 0 ( forfeit )
Grey Motors is 2-8 & 3 on the season
Sunday, Owen Sound travels to Kitchener to face the Polish Eagles
National Football League Pre-Season
Philadelphia Eagles 21 Cleveland Browns 20
New York Giants 25 Cincinnati Bengals 22
Baltimore Ravens 24 Arizona Cardinals 17
Founders Cup-Canadian Junior B Lacrosse Championship
at Brampton
Gold Medal Game
Nepean Knights7 Coquitlam Adanacs 6
Bronze Medal Game
Alberta Warriors 12 Brampton Excelsiors 11
5th Place Game
Onondaga 21 S.W.A.T. Saskatchewan 12
Provincial Girls Grand Championships
at Stratford
Under 11
Quarterfinal
Saugeen Shores Beachin’ Sting 15 Brampton 0
Peyton Myatt and Elliana Cameron combined for a no-hitter
Semifinal
Saugeen Shores Beachin’ Sting led Chepstow 5-0 before being called due to rain in the 3rd inning with Myatt and Cameron combining for 6Ks and no hits through 2 innings.
The Semifinal and the Medal games will be completed in 2 weeks time during Labour Day weekend back in Stratford.
Events
The Meaford Scarecrow Invasion is celebrating 25 years
There will be a Scarecrow Workshop at the Harbour Pavilion tomorrow from 9 am-noon
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Jesse Walker will be running another half-marathon in support of Childhood cancer research on Saturday September 3rd.
Jesse will be live with the Great Paul Hill on the CFOS Morning Show this Thursday
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The Owen Sound Crescent Club will be closed Friday due to the Salmon Spectacular
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The Stanley Cup will be coming to Sauble Beach next Monday ( August 29th )
Sauble Beach is the hometown of Kurtis MacDermid a member of the 2022 Stanley Cup Champion Colorado Avalanche.
The parade will commence at the North end of Sauble Beach at the Boat Ramp and proceed along Lakeshore Boulevard to the iconic Sauble Beach sign at the corner of Lakeshore & Main.
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Owen Sound Puffer Hockey League registration is Wednesday, September 7th from 6:30-8:00 at Shorty’s Grill in downtown Owen Sound
This is the 40th season for Puffer Hockey
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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
Tickets for are on sale
Tickets are $ 50 & can be purchased at Owen Sound City Hall Community Services until September 9th.
Cash or cheques made out to the Owen Sound Sports Hall of Fame will be accepted.
Anyone with questions can contact chairperson Dan Blackburn at 519-374-9974.
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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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” Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison Revisited ” performed by Paul Anthony will be staged on Saturday September 10th at the Roxy Theatre in Owen Sound.
For tickets & more information go to roxytheatre.ca or call 519-371-2833
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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 4th annual Families for Autism Golf Tournament is Saturday September 17th at Sauble Golf & Country
Registration for the event begins at 11 am
To enter or for more information call 519-477-2128
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The annual Golf Fore Kids Sake in support of Big Brothers-Big Sisters Grey Bruce Golf is Saturday September 24th at Sauble Golf & Country
Registration is at noon followed by a 1 pm shotgun start
For event details, please visit greybruce.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca.
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The annual Owen Sound Crescent Club Memorial Golf Tournament is Saturday September 24th at Legacy Ridge Golf Club
Tee Times begin at 10:30am
The Annual Golf Tournament is a significant fund raiser to support the Club.
Again, this year we will continue to recognize those members that have passed, with the sponsorship of the Memorial Walk at the Golf Tournament and the Memorial Wall at the Club.
If you wish to recognize a member that is no longer with us a $50 donation will add the member to our Memorial Walk/Wall.
Entry Fee: Members and Non-Members $110.
New potential Members $165 (includes Crescent Club membership for remainder of 2022 and 2023)
Meal ONLY is $30
INCLUDES
18 Holes of Golf, Power Cart
BBQ Dinner (Burger, Fries and Salad)
Bag Drop for each player
Longest Drive, Closest to the Pin
For additional information or to Register your Group or individually please contact Ron Glenn at Ronald.p.glenn@gmail.com
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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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