SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4
The Canadian Football League is idle until Friday when Week 18 starts with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are off until Saturday when they host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium. The Green and White have 6 wins, 9 losses for 12 points…good for 3rd place in the West Division. Hamilton has 7 wins, 8 losses for 14 points…good for 3rd place in the East Division.
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The Canada West University Football Conference is idle until Saturday, October 14th when Week 6 starts and ends with three games, including the Saskatchewan Huskies visiting the Alberta Golden Bears at 1 p.m. in Edmonton. Saskatchewan has 4 wins, 1 loss for 8 points…tied for 1st place. Alberta has 4 wins, 1 loss for 8 points…tied for 1st place. The Dogs’ next home game is Saturday, October 21st when they host the Calgary Dinos. Kick-off time at Griffiths Stadium is 4 p.m.
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The Prairie Football Conference is off until Sunday when Week 8 of the regular season starts and ends with three games, including The Saskatoon Hilltops at home to the Winnipeg Rifles. Game time is 1 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. The Toppers have 7 wins, 0 losses for 14 points…good for 1st place. Winnipeg has 2 wins, 5 losses for 4 points…tied for 4th place.
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Western Hockey League–4 games:
Saskatoon Blades vs Edmonton Oil Kings
(CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Blue and Gold have 2 wins, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 4 points…tied for 7th place in the Eastern Conference. Edmonton has 3 wins, 1 loss, 1 extra time loss for 7 points…tied for 1st place in the East.)
Swift Current Broncos at Brandon Wheat Kings—6 p.m.
Medicine Hat Tigers at Regina Pats—7 p.m.
Kelowna Rockets at Prince George Cougars—8 p.m.
(The Prince Albert Raiders are idle until Friday when they visit the Red Deer Rebels. P-A has 2 wins, 3 losses, 0 extra time losses for 4 points…tied for 7th place in the Eastern Conference. Red Deer has 1 win, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 2 points…tied for 9th place in the East. The Raiders’ next home game is Friday, October 13th against the Calgary Hitmen. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League:
La Ronge Ice Wolves at Yorkton Terriers—7 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League:
Fort Knox at Regina Silver Foxes—7:15 p.m.
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National Hockey League—5 pre-season games:
Calgary Flames at Edmonton Oilers—7 p.m.
Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins—5 p.m.
New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils—5 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets—5 p.m.
Seattle Kraken vs Vancouver Canucks—8 p.m. at Abbotsford, B-C
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Six different age group Canadian soccer championships start today and run through Sunday, as follows…
Girls Under-15 Cup in Waterloo, Ontario – with 10 teams taking part, including the F-C Regina Bluestars.
Boys Under-15 Cup in Waterloo, Ontario – with 12 teams taking part, including Saskatoon-Astra S-A. They are off today.
Girls Under-17 Cup in Moncton, New Brunswick – with 10 teams taking part, including Regina Q-C United.
Boys Under-17 Cup in Moncton, New Brunswick – with 12 teams taking part, including Saskatoon Alliance. They are off today.
Women’s Jubilee Trophy in Halifax – with 10 teams taking part, but no Saskatchewan entry.
Men’s Challenge Trophy in Halifax – with 10 teams taking part, but no Saskatchewan entry.
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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon High School Junior-Varsity Football League—3 games
St. Joseph at Centennial—3:45 p.m.
Walter Murray at Marion Graham—4:30 p.m.
Evan Hardy at Aden Bowman—4:30 p.m.
Saskatoon High School Boys Soccer League—4 matches at 4:15 p.m.
Aden Bowman vs Centennial at Newsham Park East
St. Joseph vs Holy Cross at Newsham Park West
Bethlehem vs Bishop Mahoney at Lakewood Park
Evan Hardy vs Walter Murray at Umea Vast
Saskatoon High School Boys Volleyball League–12 matches
Centennial at Holy Cross–6:30 p.m.
Centennial vs Walter Murray–7:30 p.m. at Holy Cross
Walter Murray at Holy Cross–8:30 p.m.
E-D Feehan at Bedford Road–6:30 p.m.
E-D Feehan vs Mount Royal–7:30 p.m. at Bedford Road
Mount Royal at Bedford Road–8:30 p.m.
Saskatoon Christian School at Bethlehem–6:30 p.m.
Saskatoon Christian School vs Tommy Douglas–7:30 p.m. at Bethlehem
Tommy Douglas at Bethlehem–8:30 p.m.
Marion Graham at Legacy Christian Academy–6:30 p.m.
St. Joseph at Aden Bowman–6:30 p.m.
Bishop Mahoney at Evan Hardy–6:30 p.m.
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Major League Baseball playoffs—4 games:
Toronto Blue Jays at Minnesota Twins—2:38 p.m.
(Minnesota leads the best-of-three American League wild-card series 1-0)
Texas Rangers at Tampa Bay Rays—1:08 p.m.
(Texas leads the best-of-three American League wild-card series 1-0)
Arizona Diamondbacks at Milwaukee Brewers—5:08 p.m.
(Arizona leads the best-of-three National League wile-card series 1-0)
Miami Marlins at Philadelphia Phillies—6:08 p.m.
(Philadelphia leads the best-of-three National League wild-card series 1-0)
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