SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 1
Canadian Football League–Week 7 of the season continues:
Toronto Argonauts at Winnipeg Blue Bombers—6:30 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Roughriders return to action tomorrow 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. Montreal has 5 wins, 2 losses…tied for 1st place in the East 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—6 games:
Saskatoon Berries at Regina Red Sox—7 p.m.
(Saskatoon has 44 wins, 7 losses…good for 1st place in the East Division. Regina has 26 wins, 2_6 losses…good for 3rd place in the East. The Berries’ next home game is tomorrow against Regina. First pitch is 6 p.m. at Cairns Field.)
Swift Current 57s at Moose Jaw Miller-Express—7:05 p.m.
Medicine Hat Mavericks at Weyburn Beavers—7:05 p.m.
Energy City Cactus Rats at Okotoks Dawgs—7:05 p.m.
Brooks Bombers at Fort McMurray Giants—7:05 p.m.
Lethbridge Bulls at Sylvan Lake Gulls—7:05 p.m.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—5 night games, incliding
Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals–5:07 p.m. at Toronto
Inter-League—1 day game, 4 night
National League—1 day game, 4 night
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The following Softball Canada-Canadian Fastpitch Softball Championships comtinue 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 p.m. Every game features at least one Saskatchewan team, with the exception of a 2 p.m. contest at B-V-I.
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. They have 2 wins, 2 losses…tied for 3rd place. Action starts today at 10 a.m. with the last game beginning at 8:15 p.m. On the Selects’ schedule…
Noon – Saskatoon Selects vs Chatsworth, Ontario, Longhorns at Joe Gallagher Field
6:15 p.m. – Saskatoon Selects vs Plattsville, Ontario, Lightning 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. Saskatoon has 0 wins, 3 losses…tied for 5th place in the Black Pool. White Butte has 0 wins, 4 losses…tied for 7th place in the Red Pool. On their schedules today…
Noon – Saskatoon Selects vs Oakville, Ontario, Angels
3:30 p.m. – White Butte Storm vs Fraser Valley, B-C, Fusion
6 p.m. – Saskatoon Selects vs Edmonton Warriors
8:15 p.m. – White Butte Storm vs Cloverdale, B-C Fury
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The Western Canadian Under-15 Girls and Boys Championships start today and run through Monday in Calgary.
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The following Baseball Sask Provincial Championships start today and run through Sunday…
13-and-under Triple-A Boys, with 16 teams taking part, at the Geoff Hughes diamonds and Nutana Memorial diamond in Saskatoon.
15-and-under Triple-A Boys Tier 1, with nine teams taking part, in Saskatoon.
15-and-under Triple-A Boys Tier 2, with five teams taking part, in Regina.
Senior Men’s Double-A Tier 1, with seven teams taking part, at Leakos Field in Saskatoon.
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The Baseball Canada Women’s Under-19 Championship continues today and runs through Sunday in Calgary. Eight provinces, including Saskatchewan, are taking part. Saskatchewan has 1 win, 0 losses…good for 1st place in Pool B. On Saskatchewan’s schedule today…
11 a.m. – Saskatchewan vs Nova Scotia
7:30 p.m. – Saskatchewan vs Quebec
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Canadian Elite Basketball League–3 games:
Saskatchewan Rattlers at Winnipeg Sea Bears–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 when they entertain the Edmonton Stingers. Tip-off time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
Brampton Honey Badgers at Montreal Alliance—5:30 p.m.
Vancouver Bandits at Edmonton Stingers—7 p.m.
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