Canadian Football League–Week 5 of the regular-season starts:
Ottawa RedBlacks 16 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 25
(The Saskatchewan Roughriders are off until Saturday, July 13th, when they visit the B-C Lions. The Green and White have 4 wins, 0 losses for 8 points…good for 1st place in the West Division. The Riders’ next home game is Friday, July 19th against Winnipeg. Kick-off time is 7:30 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium.)
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Western Canadian Baseball League—7 games:
Saskatoon Berries 4 vs Medicine Hat Mavericks 12
(The Berries have 14 wins, 18 losses…good for 4th place in the East Division. Medicine Hat has 18 wins, 13 losses…tied for 2nd place in the East.)
Swift Current 57s 6 at Moose Jaw Miller-Express 7
Swift Current 57s 4 at Moose Jaw Miller-Express 10
Weyburn Beavers 0 at Regina Red Sox 5
Brooks Bombers 1 at Lethbridge Bulls 14
Edmonton Prospects 0 at Okotoks Dawgs 7
Fort McMurray Giants 2 at Sylvan Lake Gulls 6
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The Super 8-Men’s International Softball Super Series continues until Sunday at Bob Van Impe Stadium. Six teams are taking part in the round-robin plus final event – Saskatoon Jacks, Saskatoon Angels, Team Canada, New Zealand Black Sox, New York Gremlins and Hill United Chiefs. Yesterday:
9:15 a.m. – Saskatoon Jacks 1 vs New Zealand Black Sox 8
11:30 a.m. – New York Gremlins 2 vs Saskatoon Angels 1
1:45 p.m. – Team Canada 3 vs Saskatoon Jacks 0
4 p.m. – Hill United Chiefs vs Saskatoon Angels
6:15 p.m. – New Zealand Black Sox 7 vs Team Canada 3
8:30 p.m. – New York Gremlins 0 vs Hill United Chiefs 1
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Canadian Elite Basketball League–3 games:
Saskatchewan Rattlers 99 vs Scarborough Shooting Stars 105
(The Rattlers have 5 wins, 8 losses…good for 5th place in the Western Conference. Scarborough has 7 wins, 6 losses…good for 2nd place in the East Division.)
Winnipeg Sea Bears 73 at Montreal Alliance 80
Vancouver Bandits 82 at Edmonton Stingers 99
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On the golf courses…
The Saskatchewan Junior Women’s and Junior Men’s Golf Championships wrapped up yesterday in Yorkton. A total of 106 golfers from across the province, plus a few more from the prairie provinces, took part in the three-day, 54-hole stroke play event with spots on the line to qualify for national championships from this event.
The 2024 Saskatoon Open men’s amateur golf tournament started yesterday and runs through today. The event is two days, 36 holes of stroke play at the Riverside Country Club.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—5 night games, including
Toronto Blue Jays 1 at Seattle Mariners 2
Inter-League—1 day game, 4 night
National League—5 night games
