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FRIDAY JULY 30 2021 ■ THE BRANDON SUN SPORTS ■ B3 NHL OLYMPICS MLB TRY TO BEAT THAT! FREE AGENT SIGNINGS WHAT CANADA DID AMERICAN LEAGUE Thursday's transactions TOKYO — What Canada did on Thursday (Japan East Division ANAHEIM — Danny O’Regan signed to a two-year, time) at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic games: W L Pct GB $1.5-million deal. Buddy Robinson signed to a one- BADMINTON Boston 63 41 .606 — year, $750,000 deal. Greg Pateryn signed to a one-year, Women’s singles — Michelle Li, Markham, Ont., was Tampa Bay 61 42 .592 1 1/2 $750,000 deal. eliminated in the round-of-16 with a 2-0 (21-9, 21-7) loss New York 53 48 .525 8 1/2 Gusdal provided energy to squad BUFFALO — Ethan Prow signed to a one-year, $750,000 to Nozumi Okuhara, Japan. Toronto 51 48 .512 9 1/2 deal. John Hayden signed to a one-year, $750,000 deal. BASKETBALL Baltimore 35 66 .347 26 1/2 COLORADO — Darren Helm signed to a one-year, $1-mil- Women — Bridget Carleton, Chatham, Ont., had 18 points Central Division BY PERRY BERGSON lion deal. Dylan Sikura signed to a one-year, $800,000 as Canada (1-1) defeated South Korea, 74-53. W L Pct GB deal. Stefan Matteau signed to a one-year, $750,000 deal. BEACH VOLLEYBALL Chicago 60 43 .583 — DALLAS — Michael Raffl signed to a one-year, $1.1-mil- Women — Melissa Humana-Paredes, Toronto, and Sarah Cleveland 50 49 .505 8 lion deal. Jani Hakanpaa signed to a three-year, $4.5-mil- Pavan, Kitchener, Ont., def. the Swiss team of Anouk Detroit 50 55 .476 11 Darren Gusdal wasn’t a su- lion deal. Verge-Depre and Joana Heidrich, 2-0 (21-13, 24-22). They Kansas City 45 56 .446 14 perstar on the 1978-79 Bran- DETROIT — Daniel Renouf signed to a one-year, clinched first place in Pool A with a 3-0 record and have yet Minnesota 43 60 .417 17 $750,000 deal. Luke Witkowski signed to a two-year, to lose a set. In a match which determined second place in West Division don Wheat Kings team, but he $1.5-million deal. Pool C (and a playoff berth), Heather Bansley, Waterdown, W L Pct GB brought an energy and per- MINNESOTA — Kevin Czuczman signed to a one-year, Ont., and Brandie Wilkerson, Toronto, lost to Agatha Bed- Houston 63 40 .612 — $750,000 deal. Jon Merrill signed to a one-year, $850,000 narczuk and Eduarda Santos Lisboa of Brazil, 2-0 (21-18, Oakland 57 46 .553 6 sonality that turned him into a deal. 21-18) to end their Games. Seattle 55 48 .534 8 valued contributor. NASHVILLE — Mathieu Oliver signed to a two-year, FENCING Los Angeles 51 50 .505 11 $1.5-million deal. Women’s team foil — Canada lost in the quarter-finals Texas 36 66 .353 26 1/2 Gusdal, who died on June NEW YORK — Filip Chytil signed to a two-year, $4.6-mil- to France, 45-29; won 45-33 over Hungary in the clas- 21, 2014 at the Brandon Pal- lion deal. sification round; and defeated Japan, 45-31 to finish in Wednesday’s Late Games OTTAWA — Pontus Aberg signed to a one-year, $750,000 fifth place. Arizona 3, Texas 2 liative Care Centre, grew up in deal. Dillon Heatherington signed to a one-year, $750,000 FIELD HOCKEY Kansas City 3, Chicago White Sox 2, 10 innings Winnipeg, Brandon and Erick- deal. Kole Sherwood signed to a one-year, $750,000 deal. Men — Mark Pearson of Tsawwassen, B.C., scored in a L.A. Angels 8, Colorado 7 PITTSBURGH — Michael Chaput signed to a one-year, 9-1 defeat to Belgium. With the loss, Canada (0-4) was Thursday’s Games son. While the sports fanatic $750,000 deal. Danton Heinen signed to a one-year, eliminated from playoff contention. Tampa Bay 14, N.Y. Yankees 0 started hockey at the relatively $1.1-million deal. GOLF Kansas City 5, Chicago White Sox 0 ST LOUIS — Matthew Peca signed to a one-year, Men — Corey Conners, Listowel, Ont., and Mackenzie Detroit 6, Baltimore 2 late age of 10, he quickly made $750,000 deal. Charlie Lindgren signed to a one-year, Hughes, Dundas, Ont., both shot two-under par 69s in the Toronto 13, Boston 1 his mark. $750,000 deal. Nathan Todd signed to a one-year, opening round. Oakland at L.A. Angels, N $750,000 deal. Brandon Saad signed to a five-year, GYMNASTICS Friday’s Games “Although many of his $22.5-million deal. Women’s individual all-around — Brooklyn Moors, Cam- Kansas City (Lynch 1-2) at Toronto (Stripling 3-6), friends had skated at a much TAMPA BAY — Cal Foote signed to a two-year, $1.7-mil- bridge, Ont., finished 16th overall with a score of 53.299. 6:07 p.m. lion deal. Corey Perry signed to a two-year, $1-million deal JUDO Baltimore (Harvey 5-10) at Detroit (Skubal 6-9), 6:10 earlier age, Darren’s speed Wheat Kings forward Darren Gusdal was known for his skating TORONTO — Brett Seney signed to a one-year, $750,000 Men’s 100 kg — Shady El-Nahas, Montreal, lost in a p.m. on ice was something that (Brandon Sun fi le photo) deal. Pavel Gogolev signed to a three-year, $2.775-million bronze-medal match to Jorge Fonseca, Portugal, 1s2-0 Boston (Pérez 7-6) at Tampa Bay (Fleming 7-5), 6:10 and his never-ending energy. deal. (Waza-Ari). p.m. amazed others and that he ROWING N.Y. Yankees (Taillon 6-4) at Miami (Thompson 2-3), was extremely proud of,” his to have around. He just always Women’s single sculls — Carling Zeeman, Cambridge, 6:10 p.m. NBA Ont., finished fifth in her semifinal (7:38.28) and will race Seattle (Gilbert 4-2) at Texas (Allard 2-8), 7:05 p.m. obituary read. “He played seemed to be happy and noth- in the B-final. Cleveland (Mejía 1-6) at Chicago White Sox (Lynn 10-3), midget hockey in Minnedosa, ing seemed to bother him. It’s DRAFT SELECTIONS Women’s pairs — Caileigh Filmer, Victoria, and Hil- 7:10 p.m. lary Janssens, Cloverdale, B.C., won the bronze medal Minnesota (Berríos 7-5) at St. Louis (LeBlanc 0-2), where he met many of his life- too damn bad what happened Thursday (6:52.10). 7:15 p.m. long friends.” to him.” FIRST ROUND Women’s lightweight double sculls — Jennifer Casson, Oakland (Bassitt 10-3) at L.A. Angels (Sandoval 3-4), 1. Detroit, Cade Cunningham, g, Oklahoma State. Kingston, Ont., and Jill Moffatt, Bethany, Ont., were sixth 8:38 p.m. He joined the Manitoba Ju- DAVE STEWART: “Gussy 2. Houston, Jalen Green, g, NBA G League Ignite. in the B-final (6:59.72). Houston (Valdez 6-2) at San Francisco (Gausman 9-4), nior Hockey League’s Bran- could skate. He was a grinder. 3. Cleveland, Evan Mobley, c, USC. Men’s single sculls — Trevor Jones, Lakefield, Ont., 8:45 p.m. 4. Toronto, Scottie Barnes, f, Florida State. placed sixth in his semifinal (7:06.18), will compete in Saturday’s Games don Travellers for the 1977-78 He was your perfect third-line 5. Orlando, Jalen Suggs, g, Gonzaga. the B-final. Kansas City at Toronto, 2:07 p.m. season, contributing 18 goals guy, a John Tonelli type who 6. Oklahoma City, Josh Giddey, g, Adelaide (Australia). Men’s lightweight double sculls — Patrick Keane, Victo- Houston at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m. 7. Golden State (from Minnesota), Johnathan Kuminga, f, ria, and Maxwell Lattimer, Delta, B.C., were fourth in the Oakland at L.A. Angels, 3:05 p.m. and 24 assists in 43 games. He went, went, went and never NBA G League Ignite. B-final (6:17.60). Baltimore at Detroit, 5:10 p.m. also had an assist in a pair of stopped. That was Gussy, a 8. Orlando (from Chicago), Franz Wagner, g/f, Michigan. Men’s pairs — Kai Langerfeld, North Vancouver, B.C.; Boston at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m. 9. Sacramento, Davion Mitchell, g, Baylor. Conlin McCabe, Brockville, Ont., placed fourth in the final N.Y. Yankees at Miami, 5:10 p.m. games with the Wheat Kings. good guy.” 10. New Orleans, Ziaire Williams, f, Stanford. (6:20.43), 0.55 out of the bronze medal. Seattle at Texas, 6:05 p.m. Gusdal earned a spot on the DON GILLEN: “(I remem- 11. Charlotte, James Bouknight, g, UConn. RUGBY SEVENS Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m. 12. San Antonio, Joshua Primo, g, Alabama. Women — Ghislaine Landry, Toronto, scored 13 and Minnesota at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m. 1978-79, serving primarily as ber) a smile. (Darren) was al- 13. Indiana, Chris Duarte, g, Oregon. seven points as Canada won their opening match 33-0 a depth forward and valued ways there to help. He put the 14. Golden State, Moses Moody, g, Arkansas. over Brazil, but lost later to Fiji, 26-12. NATIONAL LEAGUE 15. Washington, Corey Kispert, f, Gonzaga. SAILING penalty killer. In 61 games, he team fi rst. He worked hard, 16. Oklahoma City (from Boston), Alperen Sengun, c, Women’s RS:X (windsurfer) — Nikola Girke, West Van- East Division had 11 goals, 12 assists and 52 was very satisfi ed with and Besiktas (Turkey).