SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
The Canadian Football League is idle until Friday when Week 16 of the season starts with Montreal at Hamilton. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are off until Friday, September 25th when they visit the B-C Lions at 8:30 p.m. The Green and White have 8 wins, 5 losses for 16 points…good for 2nd place in the West Division. B-C has 7 wins, 6 losses for 14 points…tied for 3rd place in the West. The Riders next home game is Friday, October 2nd against the Calgary Stampeders. Kickoff time from Mosaic Stadium is 7:30 p.m.
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The Prairie Football Conference is idle until Saturday when Week 6 of the season starts with Calgary at the Edmonton Wildcats. The Saskatoon Hilltops are off until Sunday when they visit the Edmonton Huskies. The Toppers have 3 wins, 2 losses for 6 points…good for 2nd place. Saskatoon’s next home game is Saturday, September 26th against the Regina Thunder. Kick-off time is 7 p.m. at S-M-F Field.
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The Canada West University Football Conference is idle until Friday when Week 3 starts and ends with 3 games, including the Saskatchewan Huskies visiting the Alberta Golden Bears in Edmonton. The Dogs have 1 win, 1 loss for 2 points…tied for 2nd place. Alberta has 0 wins, 2 losses for 0 points…good for 6th place. Saskatchewan’s next home game is Saturday, October 3rd against the U-B-C Thunderbirds. Kickoff time is 7 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium.
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The 61st Western Hockey League regular-season is ready to start on Friday with 5 games, including the Saskatoon Blades visiting the Brandon Wheat Kings. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 5:45 p.m. and play-by-play at 6 p.m. Saskatoon’s regular-season home-opener is Saturday, September 26th against Prince Albert. First face-off at SaskTel Centre is 7 p.m.
The Prince Albert Raiders begin the regular-season on Friday when they host the Regina Pats. First face-off is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Pre-Season—2 games:
Saskatoon Contacts at Prince Albert Mintos—7 p.m.
Estevan Bears at Notre Dame Hounds—7:30 p.m.
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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon High School Boys Soccer League—3 matches at 4:15 p.m.
Walter Murray vs Centennial at Forest Park #5
Bethlehem vs Holy Cross at Newsham #3
St. Joseph vs Aden Bowman at Misaskwatomina Park
Saskatoon High School Senior Girls Volleyball League—8 matches
Valour Academy at Centennial—6:30 p.m.
Bishop Mahoney at Saskatoon Christian School—6:30 p.m.
Walter Murray at St. Joseph—6:30 p.m.
Evan Hardy at Tommy Douglas—6:30 p.m.
Marion Graham at Aden Bowman—6:30 p.m.
Bethlehem at Holy Cross—6:30 p.m.
L’Ecole Francais at Mount Royal—6:30 p.m.
Bedford Road at E-D Feehan—7:30 p.m.
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The Canadian Senior Women’s Amateur Golf Championship starts today and runs through Friday in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. There are 123 individual competitors, including nine from Saskatchewan. There is also an inter-provincial team competition. Today is the first of two rounds for the inter-provincial team competition while today is the first of three rounds in the individual event.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—3 day games, 4 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers—1:07 p.m. at Toronto
Inter-League—1 night game
National League—1 day game, 6 night
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The Women’s National Basketball Association returns to action tomorrow with five games. The Toronto Tempo are idle until Friday when they host the Indiana Fever at 5:30 p.m. in Toronto.
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