National Sports

TORONTO — When Scottie Barnes was growing up in Florida, he idolized the late Kobe Bryant.

BELLEVILLE, Ont. — Roby Jarventie delivered the game-winner with 57 seconds left in overtime as the Belleville Senators beat the Hershey Bears 3-2 in American Hockey League action on Friday.

FLINT, Mich. — Bryce McConnell-Barker scored twice, and Justin Cloutier's third-period goal sent the game to overtime and the Soo Greyhounds upset the Flint Firebirds 8-7 in a shootout on Friday.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Vincent Sevigny scored at 0:51 in overtime to lift the Saint John Sea Dogs to a 4-3 upset of Charlottetown in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Friday.

OTTAWA — For 40-some minutes there was a whole lot of nothing going on. How quickly things change.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Two days around the Copperhead course has created very little stress for Canada's Adam Hadwin, with his game and between the ears. The 34-year-old from Abbotsford, B.C.

BELGRADE, Serbia — Gabriela DeBues-Stafford finished fourth in the women's 3,000 metres at the world athletics indoor championships Friday. The 26-year-old Toronto native just missed the podium in a time of eight minutes 42.

MEGÈVE, France — Canadian freestyle skier Mikaël Kingsbury claimed a 10th Crystal Globe in men's single moguls with a gold-medal performance at the World Cup finals in Megève, France on Friday. Kingsbury, of Deux-Montagnes, Que., scored 86.

SARASOTA, Fla. — The Toronto Blue Jays belted seven doubles to batter the Baltimore Orioles 9-5 in their Grapefruit League opener on Friday.

Vancouver Whitecaps coach Vanni Sartini has no nerves about seeing some familiar faces across the field as his team heads to California this weekend. “It’s always fun to play against friends, to be honest.