Friday Sports Schedule

Canadian Football League–Week 10 of the regular-season continues:

Toronto Argonauts at Hamilton Tiger-Cats—5:30 p.m.

(The Saskatchewan Roughriders return to action tomorrow when they visit the Edmonton Elks at 8 p.m. The Green and White have 4 wins, 4 losses for 8 points…good for 4th place in the Western Conference. Edmonton has 2 wins, 6 losses for 4 points…good for 5th place in the West. 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 Prairie Football Conference will open their 2022 regular-season on Sunday when all six teams are in action, including the seven-time defending champion Saskatoon Hilltops. The Toppers will host the Winnipeg Rifles. Game time is 1 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. (results at www.cjfl.org)

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National Football League pre-season—5 games:

Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions—4 p.m.

Cleveland Browns at Jacksonville Jaguars—5 p.m.

New York Jets at Philadelphia Eagles—5:30 p.m.

Arizona Cardinals at Cincinnati Bengals—5:30 p.m.

Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers—6:30 p.m.

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The 2022 Canada Summer Games continue today and run until Sunday, August 21st in Ontario’s Niagara region. Saskatchewan has a full team compliment of 488 participants. The breakdown is 377 athletes and 86 coaches for the 18 sports, plus 25 mission staff coming from 70 different communities in the province. Week 1 sports will be baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, women’s box lacrosse, mountain cycling, rugby sevens, men’s soccer, women’s softball, swimming, tennis, triathlon and wrestling.

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The 2022 World Junior Hockey Championship continues today and runs through Saturday, August 20th, in Edmonton with 10 nations taking part, including Canada. Canada returns to action tomorrow when they play Czechia at 4 p.m. Canada has 2 wins, 0 losses for 6 points…good for 1st place in Pool A. Czechia has 1 win, 1 extra time loss for 4 points…good for 3rd place in Pool A. On today’s schedule…

Sweden vs Austria—Noon

Latvia vs Slovakia–4 p.m.

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Saskatoon Adult Soccer–5 matches:

Sole F-C vs Parceros—7:30 p.m. at Trail Appliance

Eastside Rockets vs Injury Prone—8:30 p.m. at Trail Appliance

N-L-A F-C vs S-P-A Sentinels—8:30 p.m. at Kavia Auto Body

Ballbusters vs The One-One-Six—9:30 p.m. at Trail Appliance

I-V League vs What the Hell?!?—9:30 p.m. at Kavia Auto Body (results at www.saskatoonadultsoccer.com)

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The following Canadian Fastpitch-Softball Championships continue today and run through Sunday in Saskatoon…

The Under-17 Boys, with eight teams taking part, at Bob Van Impe Stadium and Glenn Reeve #3 diamond. Included in the field are the Prince Albert Astros and the Saskatoon S-I-G-A Selects. P-A has 1 win, 3 losses…tied for 6th place. S-I-G-A has 2 wins, 2 losses…good for 3rd place. On their schedules today…

Saskatoon S-I-G-A Selects vs Drumbo, Ontario, Lighting—9:30 a.m. at Bob Van Impe Stadium

Prince Albert Astros vs Wilmot, Ontario, Thunder—11:30 a.m. at Bob Van Impe Stadium

Saskatoon S-I-G-A Selects vs Prince Albert Astros—8 p.m. at Bob Van Impe Stadium

The Women’s, with eight teams taking part, at Joe Gallagher Field and Glenn Reeve #4 diamond. Included in the field are the Southeast, Saskatchewan, Steelers, Saskatoon Synergy, Saskatoon Shock, Saskatoon Sabres and Saskatoon G-Force. Southeast has 2 wins, 0 losses…tied for 1st place. Synergy has 0 wins, 2 losses…tied for 5th place. Shock has 2 wins, 0 losses…tied for 1st place. Sabres have 0 wins, 2 losses…tied for 5th place. G-Force has 2 wins, 0 losses…tied for 1st place. On their schedules today…

Shock vs Synergy—11 a.m. at Glenn Reeve #4

Southeast Steelers vs G-Force—Noon at Joe Gallagher Field

Calahoo, Alberta, Erins vs Sabres—1 p.m. at Glenn Reeve #4

Synergy vs Quebec—2 p.m. at Joe Gallagher Field

Southeast Steelers vs Shock—4:30 p.m. at Joe Gallagher Field

Sabres vs G-Force—8:30 p.m. at Joe Gallagher Field (results at www.softball.ca)

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The Baseball Canada Women’s 21-and-Under Championship starts today and runs through Sunday in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Saskatchewan is among seven teams taking part. Saskatchewan has 2 wins, 0 losses…tied for 1st place. On their schedule today…

Saskatchewan vs Newfoundland—6:30 a.m. (results at www.baseball.ca)

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Saskatoon Senior Baseball League:

Dodgers vs Hoppers—9 p.m. at Cairns Field (results at www.ballcharts.com)

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Saskatoon Senior Men’s Baseball League Playoffs—2 games at 6 p.m.:

Rangers vs Brewers at Stonebridge South

(Opening game of best-of-three “A” Division semi-final)

Sabres vs Tigers at Leakos Field

(Opening game of best-of-three “B” Division semi-final) (results at www.smbl.ca)

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Major League Baseball: