SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 2
The Canadian Football League is off until Thursday when Week 9 of the regular-season starts with Winnipeg at Montreal. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle until Saturday, August 13th when they visit the Edmonton Elks at 8 p.m. The Green and White have 4 wins, 4 losses for 8 points…tied for 3rd place in the Western Conference. The Riders’ next home game is Friday, August 19th against the B-C Lions. Kickoff time is 8 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.
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The Saskatoon Hilltops continue their 2022 training camp tonight at Ron Atchison Field and their clubhouse on Kilburn Avenue. The Toppers will play their lone exhibition game on Thursday against the Hilltops Alumni at Ron Atchison Field. Kick-off time is 7 p.m. for the first Alumni tilt since 2019. The seven-time defending P-F-C-champion Toppers open the 2022 regular-season on Sunday, August 14th against the visiting Winnipeg Rifles. Game time is 1 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field.
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The Canadian Elite Basketball League is off until Thursday when the playoffs begin with a pair of play-in games, including…
Saskatchewan Rattlers vs Edmonton Stingers
(Game time is 7 p.m. at Sask Tel Centre. The winner advances to the quarter-finals on Sunday. The Rattlers finished the regular-season with 11 wins, 9 losses…good for 5th place. Edmonton finished with 10 wins, 10 losses…good for 6th place. Each team beat the other at home during the regular-season.)
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The Canadian Men’s Amateur Golf Championship continues today and runs through Thursday in Vancouver. A total of 250 competitors from across the country and around the world are taking part in the four-day, 72-hole medal play event. Today is, also, the second and final day of the Willingdon Cup Inter-Provincial team championship. Saskatchewan was seventh out of the 11 teams after the first round. Among the Saskatchewan entrants are Marc Sweeney, Roman Timmerman, Josh Nagy, Alex Swinnerton, Jehremy Ryde, Payton Ochitwa and Tayden Wallin of Saskatoon, plus Brett Henry of Prince Albert.
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Saskatoon Adult Soccer–7 matches:
Blue Demons vs Xtremes—6:30 p.m. at West Turf Field
Bohemian vs Ahmaddiya Football Club A-F-C—6:30 p.m. at Umea #4
Hotspurs vs Gongshow—6:30 p.m. at Kinsmen Turf Field
M-F-M F-C vs Millwall O-F-C—6:30 p.m. at Forest Park #5
Red Star Clearwater Revival vs Bridge City F-C—6:30 p.m. at Umea #5
Flatlanders vs N-H-F-C—8:15 p.m. at Umea #5
United vs Crushers—8:15 p.m. at Kinsmen Turf Field
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The following Canadian Fastpitch-Softball Championships start today and run through Sunday…
The Under-23 Men’s, with seven teams taking part, in Carp, Ontario. Among the competing teams is the Delisle Pride. On their schedule today…
Delisle Pride vs Owen Sound, Ontario, Selects—1:30 p.m.
Delisle Pride vs Ottawa Valley Chiefs-Host—7 p.m.
The Under-20 Men’s, with eight teams taking part, in Napanee, Ontario. A,ong the competing teams are the Wadena Rosebud Royals and the Saskatoon Selects. On their schedules today…
Wadena Rosebud Royals vs Tavistock, Ontario, Athletics—6:30 a.m.
Saskatoon Selects vs Rostock, Ontario, Braves—9 a.m.
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Saskatoon Senior Baseball League:
Royals vs Stallions—6:30 p.m. at Cairns Field
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Saskatoon Senior Men’s Baseball League Playoffs—4 games at 6 p.m.:
Armadillos vs Brewers at Leakos Field
Northeast vs Rangers at Stonebridge South
Rhinos vs Thunder at Diefenbaker Park
Rockies vs Selects at Stonebridge North
(All are opening games of best-of-three “A” Division quarter-final series)
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Major League Baseball:
American League—7 night games, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays—5:10 p.m.
Inter-League—1 night game
National League—1 doubleheader, 6 night games
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