SATURDAY SPORTS PAGE: SEA BEARS TOP SASK RATTLERS

In a game that featured the CEBL’s top two scorers, it was the defence and supporting cast that made the difference for the Winnipeg Sea Bears in an 86-78 win over the Saskatchewan Rattlers at Canada Life Centre on Friday. The Sea Bears went on an 11-2 run in target score time that culminated in a game-winning three from Jelani Watson-Gayle.

Meanwhile Nick Hornsby’s near triple-double led the visiting Edmonton Stingers (5-4) to a wire-to-wire 103-77 win over the Brampton Honey Badgers (5-5) on Friday night. On the second night of a back-to-back, he finished the game with 18 points, a season-high 15 rebounds, and eight assists on route to his third consecutive double-double.

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All three Canadian MLS teams are in action Saturday. C-F Montreal faces off against Charlotte F-C, while Toronto F-C plays the New England Revolution and the Vancouver Whitecaps take on the Western Conference-leading L-A-F-C. All three Canadian teams are looking for wins to improve their league standing.

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The Montreal Alouettes remain unbeaten after hammering the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 38-12 as the Ontario club hosted a home opener. Cody Fajardo  rushed for a touchdown and threw two others in the win for Montreal. Montreal’s success has come down to a Fajardo reunion with Als head coach Jason Maas.

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The Toronto Blue Jays enter today’s tilt against the Oakland Athletics looking for revenge after a 5-4 loss on Friday night. Vladimir Guerrero Junior found his home run form but Toronto’s Chris Bassitt struggled. He admitted after the game that he needed to do more to prepare.

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Shohei Ohtani smashed his major league-leading 25th home run but the Los Angeles Angels fell 7 to 4 to the Colorado Rockies. Elias Diaz’s go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning rallied the Colorado Rockies in the win. It was the first grand slam by a Rockies player since Diaz connected in Philadelphia on September 10th 2021.

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Dan Snyder’s time as the owner of the Washington Commanders could be potentially coming to a close. The Associated Press reports that NFL owners are set to meet July 20th to consider and potentially vote on the sale of the team. Three-quarters of the league’s 32 owners are needed to finalize the deal.

(CEBL Comms, Canadian Press)