MONDAY SPORTS PAGE: REMPARTS CAPTURE MEMORIAL CUP

MEMORIAL CUP

William Rousseau made 32 saves, tournament MVP James Malatesta scored his fifth goal in four games, and the Quebec Remparts defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-0 to win the Memorial Cup on Sunday in Kamloops, B-C. The QMJHL champion Remparts, who took a 2-0 lead into the final period, outshot the WHL champs 35-32 and claimed the franchise’s third national title, and first since 2006.

NBA

Gabe Vincent scored 23 points, Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo each had 21 and the visiting Miami Heat evened up the NBA Finals at a game apiece by overcoming a monster effort from Nikola Jokic to beat the Denver Nuggets 111-108 on Sunday night. Jokic finished with 41 points and 11 rebounds, while Canadian Jamal Murray added 18 for Denver. Game 3 is Wednesday in Miami.

WORLD PARA HOCKEY

Special teams proved to be the difference on Sunday as the United States scored two short-handed goals en route to a 6-1 victory over Canada in the World Para Hockey Championship gold-medal game in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Declan Farmer scored twice for the U-S. Tyler McGregor scored a third-period goal for Canada. Czechia edged China 3-2 to claim the bronze medal.

MLB

The Toronto Blue Jays won their fourth consecutive game on Sunday when Brandon Belt hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to snap a 4-4 tie, allowing the visitors to complete a 3-game sweep of the New York Mets. Vladimir Guerrero Junior also went deep for the Blue Jays, who have won 6 of 7. The Jays open a four-game series on Monday in Toronto against the Houston Astros.

CEBL

Justin Wright-Foreman’s record-setting performance helped the Saskatchewan Rattlers (2-1) rebound from a 42-point loss last night and dispatch the Scarborough Shooting Stars (1-3) 96-84 on Sunday night. Wright-Foreman collected 36 points, which set a single-game franchise record and was just 5 points off the all-time CEBL record of 42, which was tied just two days — also against Scarborough — by Winnipeg’s Teddy Allen. 

Koby McEwen’s 28 points led the Brampton Honey Badgers (2-2) to the wire-to-wire 94-82 win against the Montréal Alliance (2-2) on Sunday afternoon in the CEBL. McEwen finished the game with 28 points, four rebounds, and four assists on 53 per cent shooting from the field. His scoring outburst helped his team win their second straight game getting back to an even 2-2 on the season.

GOLF

Three Canadian golfers won on pro tours on Sunday. Myles Creighton of Digby, Nova Scotia, won the Inter Rapidisimo Golf Championship in Bogota, Colombia, for his first Latinoamerica Tour title. Hamilton’s Alena Sharp won the Champions Fore Change Invitational on the Epson Tour, while Calgary’s Stephen Ames won the Principal Charity Classic for his third win on the Champions Tour this season.

AUTORACING

Alex Palou went from critic to champion in a day. He started and finished first in Sunday’s Detroit Grand Prix, roughly 24 hours after the IndyCar points leader said the street course was too tight and short for the series. The Spaniard, who won the Indianapolis Grand Prix, led 74 of 100 laps on Detroit’s new street circuit and went ahead for the last time on lap 77.

(Canadian Press, CEBL PR)