SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
The Canadian Football League returns to action tomorrow when Week 13 of the regular-season starts with Ottawa at Montreal. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle until Sunday, September 4th when they host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the annual Labour Day Weekend Classic. Kickoff time is 4 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium in Regina. The Green and White have 6 wins, 5 losses for 12 points…tied for 3rd place in the Western Conference. Winnipeg has 10 wins, 1 loss for 20 points…good for 1st place in the West.
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The U of Saskatchewan Huskies football team continues pre-season preparations today as the defending Hardy Cup-champion Dogs open their 2022 Canada West Conference regular-season tomorrow when they visit the Calgary Dinos. Saskatchewan’s home opener is Friday, September 9th when they host the U-B-C Thunderbirds. Game time is 7 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium.
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The Prairie Football Conference is off until Saturday, September 10th when Week 4 of the 2022 regular-season starts with the Saskatoon Hilltops hosting the Regina Thunder. Game time is 7 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. The Toppers have 2 wins, 1 loss for 4 points…tied for 2nd place. Regina has 3 wins, 0 losses for 6 points…good for 1st place. Tune in to CJWW every Thursday at 6 p.m. for “Hilltops in 30.”
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The Saskatoon Blades open their 2022-23 W-H-L season today with the Young Guns Camp, followed by the start of main training camp tomorrow, all at SaskTel Centre. Today’s session for 2006 and 2007-born prospects starts at Noon with a scrimmage game at 7 p.m. The Blades will open their pre-season schedule on Tuesday when they take on the Prince Albert Raiders at 1 p.m. at the new Jim Neilson Memorial Complex on the Big River First Nation. Saskatoon starts the regular-season on Friday, September 23rd when they visit Prince Albert. Game time is 7 p.m. with CJWW’s broadcast beginning at 6:45 p.m. The Blades then host the Raiders on Saturday, September 24th for Saskatoon’s regular-season home opener at 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m.
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The Canadian Women’s Senior, Mid-Amateur and Mid-Master Golf Championships continue and wind up today in Winnipeg. The field of 95 golfers has been cut to __ for the third and final day of the 54-hole event. Individual titles will be determined in the Senior 55-and-over division, the 40-and-over Mid-Master division and the Mid-Amateur 25-and-over division. Among the Saskatchewan entrants are Maureen Bowerman of Saskatoon, Sue Skinner of Rosetown, Jo-Ann Schiller of Lloydminster and Tammy Bezaire of Togo.
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The 2022 Curling Stadium Martensville International bonspiel starts today and runs through Monday in Martensville. There are 12 women’s teams and 10 men’s teams taking part with prize purses of 25-thousand dollars for the women and 22-thousand, 250 dollars on the men’s side. The 12 women’s squads are split into two pools of six teams each for preliminary play, followed by playoffs. The 10 men’s teams are split into two pools of five teams each for preliminary play, followed by playoffs. Among the women’s teams are those skipped by Nancy Martin of Saskatoon, Brett Barber of Biggar plus Ashley Howard and Lorraine Schneider, both of Regina. Among the men’s teams are those skipped by Colton Flasch, Steve Laycock, Kody Hartung and Dallan Muyres, all of Saskatoon. Draws today go at 5 and 8:30 p.m.
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The following Canadian Fastpitch-Softball Championships continue today and run through Sunday in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador…
The Men’s, with 12 teams taking part, including the Saskatoon Angels. Saskatoon has 2 wins, 0 losses…tied for 1st place. On their schedule today…
Saskatoon Angels vs Toronto Batmen—5:30 a.m.
Saskatoon Angels vs Niagara, Ontario—12:30 p.m.
The Master Men’s, with six teams taking part, including the Melfort 222s. Melfort has 0 wins, 0 losses…good for 6th place. On their schedule today…
Melfort 222s vs Alberta Pirates—6 a.m.
Melfort 222s vs St. Thomas, Ontario—3 p.m.
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Major League Baseball:
Inter-League—1 day game
The Toronto Blue Jays are idle until tomorrow when they visit the Pittsburgh Pirates at 4:35 p.m.
American League—2 day games, 2 night
National League—1 day game, 2 night
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