SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 30
The Canadian Football League returns to action tomorrow when Week 7 of the season starts with Calgary at Ottawa. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle until Saturday when they visit the Montreal Alouettes at 5 p.m. The Green and White have 6 wins, 1 loss for 12 points…good for 1st place in the West Division. The Riders’ next home game is Saturday, August 16th against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Game time is 1 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.
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Western Canadian Baseball League—5 games:
Saskatoon Berries vs Weyburn Beavers
(First pitch is 7 p.m. at Cairns Field. Saskatoon has 42 wins, 7 losses…good for 1st place in the East Division. Weyburn has 13 wins, 37 losses…good for 5th place in the East.)
Moose Jaw Miller-Express at Regina Red Sox—7 p.m.
Okotoks Dawgs at Lethbridge Bulls—7:05 p.m.
Brooks Bombers at Fort McMurray Giants—7:05 p.m.
Sylvan Lake Gulls vs Energy City Cactus Rats—7:05 p.m. at Spruce Grove, Ab.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—2 day games, 3 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles—10:35 a.m.
Inter-League—4 day games, 1 night
National League—3 day games, 2 night
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Saskatoon Men’s Baseball League—3 games at 6:30 p.m.
B Division—3 games
Rhinos vs Angels at Stonebridge South
Skunks vs Expos at Diefenbaker Park
Tigers vs Hanley Sox at Leakos Field
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The following Softball Canada-Canadian Fastpitch Softball Championships start today and run through Sunday…
The Women’s, with seven teams taking part, at Bob Van Impe Stadium and the Glenn Reeve-3 diamond in Saskatoon. The teams will play a round-robin plus playoffs format. Among the seven competing teams are the defending champion Carnduff Southeast Steelers, the host Saskatoon Stealth as well as the Saskatoon Prairie Pirates and the Saskatoon Tigers. Action starts today at 10 a.m. with the last game beginning at 8:30 p.m. Every game features at least one Saskatchewan team, with the exception of the 8:30 contest.
The Under-20 Men’s, with seven teams taking part, at Joe Gallagher Field and the Glenn Reeve-4 diamond in Saskatoon. The teams will play a round-robin plus playoffs format. Among the seven teams competing are the host Saskatoon Selects. Action starts today at 11 a.m. with the last game beginning at 9 p.m. On the Selects’ schedule…
1 p.m. – Saskatoon Selects vs St. George, Ontario, Aces at Joe Gallagher Field
7 p.m. – Saskatoon Selects vs Equipe Quebec at Joe Gallagher Field
The Under-17 Women’s, with 22 teams taking part, at the Prairie Oasis Park diamonds in Warman. The teams are split into four pools of six teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by playoffs. Among the 24 teams taking part are the host Twin City Angels, Moose Jaw ICE, White Butte Storm and Battlefords Bandits from Saskatchewan. The four Saskatchewan teams are in different preliminary pools. Action today starts at 8 a.m. with the last games beginning at 7 p.m.
The Under-19 Women’s, with 13 teams taking part, at Surrey, B-C. The teams are split into two pools for preliminary round-robin play – one with six teams, the other seven – followed by playoffs. Among the 13 teams taking part are the Saskatoon Selects and the White Butte Storm. On their schedules today…
1:30 p.m. – White Butte Storm vs Cloverdale, B-C, Fury
3 p.m. – Saskatoon Selects vs Fraser Valley, B-C, Fusion
9:45 p.m. – White Butte Storm vs U-T-M, Ontario, Revolution
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The Canadian Men’s Amateur Golf Championship continues today and runs through tomorrow in Ottawa. Today is the third of four rounds as the field of 264 competitors from across Canada, plus 14 other countries, has been cut to the low 81 players. There are several Saskatchewan entries still in the competition, including…
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The Canadian Elite Basketball League returns to action tomorrow with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Rattlers are off until Friday when they visit the Winnipeg Sea Bears at 6:30 p.m. Saskatchewan has 5 wins, 14 losses…good for 5th place in the Western Conference. Winnipeg has 8 wins, 11 losses…good for 4th place in the West. The Rattlers next home game is Wednesday, August 6th when they entertain the Edmonton Stingers. Tip-off time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
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