SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18
The Canadian Football League is off until Week 20 of the regular-season starts on Friday with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle until Saturday when they host the Calgary Stampeders. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium in Regina. The Green and White have 6 wins, 10 losses for 12 points…good for 4th place in the Western Conference. Calgary has 10 wins, 6 losses for 20 points…good for 3rd place in the West.
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The Canada West University Football Conference is off until Saturday when Week 7 starts and ends with 3 games, including the Saskatchewan Huskies visiting the U-B-C Thunderbirds at 2 p.m. in Vancouver. Saskatchewan has 6 wins, 0 losses for 12 points…good for 1st place. U-B-C has 3 wins, 3 losses for 6 points…good for 3rd place. The Dogs next home game is Saturday, October 29th against the Calgary Dinos. Game time is 1 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium.
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The Prairie Football Conference regular-season is over with the playoffs slated to start on Sunday, as follows…..
Saskatoon Hilltops vs Edmonton Huskies
(Kick-off time is 1 p.m. at S-M-F Field. The Toppers finished the regular-season with 5 wins, 3 losses for 10 points…tied for 2nd place. Edmonton wound up with 5 wins, 3 losses for 10 points…tied for 2nd place. By virtue of beating Edmonton in their lone regular-season meeting, Saskatoon was awarded second place and home-field advantage for the semi-finals. Tune in to CJWW every Thursday at 6 p.m. for “Hilltops in 30.”)
Winnipeg Rifles at Regina Thunder—1 p.m.
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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon High School Girls Soccer League—4 matches
St. Joseph vs Marion Graham—6 p.m. at Kinsmen Field
Aden Bowman vs Holy Cross—6 p.m. at West Turf Field
Centennial vs Walter Murray—7:30 p.m. at Kinsmen Field
Evan Hardy vs Bishop Mahoney–7:30 p.m. at West Turf Field
Saskatoon High School Boys Volleyball League
St. Joseph and Walter Murray at Mount Royal
Bedford Road and E-D Feehan at L’Ecole Francais
Bethlehem and Holy Cross at Aden Bowman
(Above listings are three-team, round-robin triple-header of matches at 6:15, 7:15 and 8:15 p.m.)
Marion Graham at Bishop Mahoney—6:15 p.m.
Centennial at Saskatoon Christian School—6:15 p.m.
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Western Hockey League–2 games
Brandon Wheat Kings at Kamloops Blazers—8 p.m.
Winnipeg ICE at Victoria Royals—8:05 p.m.
(The Saskatoon Blades return to action tomorrow when they visit the Lethbridge Hurricanes. CJWW’s broadcast starting at 6:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 6 wins, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 12 points…good for 4th place in the Eastern Conference. Lethbridge has 4 wins, 5 losses, 0 extra time losses for 8 points…tied for 7th place in the East. The Blue and Gold’s next home game is Wednesday, November 2nd against the Tri-City Americans. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
The Prince Albert Raiders are off until Friday when they visit the Edmonton Oil Kings. P-A has 2 wins, 5 losses, 2 extra time losses for 6 points…good for 10th place in the Eastern Conference. Edmonton has 1 win, 7 losses, 1 extra time loss for 3 points…good for 12th place in the East. P-A’s next home game is Saturday, October 29th against the Swift Current Broncos. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League:
Weyburn Red Wings at Kindersley Klippers—7:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Regina Pat-Canadians at Estevan Bears—7:30 p.m.
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National Hockey League–8 games:
Boston Bruins at Ottawa Senators—5 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at Columbus Blue Jackets—5 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Edmonton Oilers—7 p.m.
Vegas Golden Knights at Calgary Flames—7 p.m.
Anaheim Ducks at New Jersey Devils—5 p.m.
Philadelphia Flyers at Tampa Bay Lightning—5 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at New York Islanders—5:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Nashville Predators—7:30 p.m.
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Major League Baseball playoffs:
Cleveland Guardians at New York Yankees—2:07 p.m.
(Best-of-five American League Division Series tied 2-2. The winner advances to the American League Championship Series which begins tomorrow at the Houston Astros.)
Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Padres—6:03 p.m.
(Opening game of the best-of-seven National League Championship Series)
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National Basketball Association—The 2022-23 regular-season starts with 2 games:
Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics—5:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State Warriors—8 p.m.
(The Toronto Raptors open their schedule at home tomorrow when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers at 5:30 p.m.)
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