SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH
The Canadian Football League returns to action tomorrow when Week 16 of the season starts with Montreal at Hamilton. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle 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 off until Saturday when Week 6 of the season starts with Calgary at the Edmonton Wildcats. The Saskatoon Hilltops are idle 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 returns to action tomorrow 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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National Football League Regular-Season—Week 2 starts:
Detroit Lions at Buffalo Bills—6:15 p.m.
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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon High School Football League—3 games at S-M-F Field
Mount Royal vs E-D Feehan—3 p.m.
Evan Hardy vs Tommy Douglas—5:15 p.m.
Holy Cross vs Walter Murray—7:30 p.m.
Saskatoon High School Girls Soccer League—3 matches at 4:15 p.m.
Aden Bowman vs Holy Cross at Newsham #3
Centennial vs St. Joseph at Forest Park #5
Walter Murray vs Bishop Mahoney at Newsham #4
Saskatoon High School Senior Boys Volleyball League—5 matches at 6:30 p.m.
Evan Hardy at Bethlehem
Saskatoon Christian School at Aden Bowman
Tommy Douglas at Centennial
Walter Murray at Holy Cross
E-D Feehan at Bedford Road
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The 61st Western Hockey League regular-season is ready to open tomorrow 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 start the regular-season tomorrow when they host the Regina Pats. First face-off is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Pre-Season:
S’toon Royals vs S’toon Westleys—7:45 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Pre-Season:
Swift Current Legionnaires at Moose Jaw Warriors—7 p.m.
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Canada West Women’s Hockey pre-season continues this weekend with the annual Huskies Hockey Tournament. Games begin today and continue through Sunday at Merlis Belsher Place with five different teams participating, including the host Huskies, Calgary Dinos, Regina Cougars, Manitoba Bisons, Lakeland Rustlers (Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference), and the Under-18 Team Saskatchewan. On today’s schedule…
Saskatchewan Huskies vs Calgary Dinos—7 p.m.
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The Canadian Senior Women’s Amateur Golf Championship continues today and runs through tomorrow 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 second of two rounds for the inter-provincial team competition while today is the second of three rounds in the individual event.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—1 day game, 4 night
The Toronto Blue Jays return to action tomorrow when they visit the Texas Rangers at 6:05 p.m.
Inter-League—no games
National League—3 day games, 1 night
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Women’s National Basketball Association–5 games:
The Toronto Tempo return to action tomorrow when they host the Indiana Fever at 5:30 p.m. in Toronto.
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