SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
The Canadian Football League returns to action tomorrow when Week 8 of the 2021 regular-season starts with Hamilton at Ottawa. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are off until Friday when visit the B-C Lions. The Riders have 4 wins, 2 losses for 8 points…tied for 2nd place in the West Division. B-C has 4 wins, 2 losses for 8 points…tied for 2nd place in the West. The Green and White’s next home game is Saturday, October 9th when they welcome the Calgary Stampeders. Game time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium.
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The Prairie Football Conference is idle until Sunday when Week 5 of the 2021 season starts and winds up with 3 games, including the Saskatoon Hilltops hosting the Winnipeg Rifles. Game time is 1 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. CJWW’s coverage starts at 12:45 p.m. with Dave Thomas and pre-game talk. The Toppers have 2 wins, 2 losses for 4 points…tied for 3rd place. Winnipeg has 1 win, 3 losses for 2 points…good for 5th place.
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The Canada West University Football Conference regular-season starts Saturday with 3 games, including the Saskatchewan Huskies visiting the Calgary Dinos. The Dogs’ home opener will be Saturday, October 16th against the Alberta Golden Bears. Kick-off time is 2 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium.
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On the high school beat:
The third event of the Saskatoon Cross Country running season is on today at Victoria Park. The starting gun goes off at 4:15 p.m.
Saskatoon Junior-Varsity Football League—3 games
Bishop Mahoney at St. Joseph—3:45 p.m.
Aden Bowman at Evan Hardy—4:15 p.m.
Holy Cross at Walter Murray—4:15 p.m.
Saskatoon Girls Soccer League—2 matches
Centennial vs Holy Cross—6 p.m. at Kinsmen B
St. Joseph vs Marion Graham—7:30 p.m. at Kinsmen A
Saskatoon Girls Volleyball League—9 matches
Bishop Mahoney and Centennial at St. Joseph
Aden Bowman and Bethlehem at Holy Cross
Evan Hardy and Bedford Road at E-D Feehan
(In all three instances, the teams play a triple-header, round-robin match format at 6:15, 7:15 and 8:15 p.m.)
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The Western Hockey League Pre-Season returns to action tomorrow when 2 games are scheduled. The Saskatoon Blades and Prince Albert Raiders are both off until Friday when the two rivals collide at 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. They’ll play a return exhibition match on Saturday at The Legends Centre in Warman. First face-off is 7 p.m. The Blue and Gold will open the regular-season on Friday, October 1st at Moose Jaw, then host the Warriors in the Blades’ home opener on Saturday, October 2nd at SaskTel Centre. Game time both nights is 7 p.m.
P-A will begin their regular-season schedule on Friday, October 1st at the Art Hauser Centre against the Regina Pats. First face-off is 7 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Exhibition:
Delisle Chiefs vs Saskatoon Royals—7:45 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Exhibition—2 games at 8 p.m.:
Tisdale Trojans at Warman Wildcats
Regina Pat-Canadians at Notre Dame Hounds
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Major League Baseball:
American League—6 night games, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays—5:10 p.m.
National League—6 night games
Inter-League—3 night games
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