SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13
The Canadian Football League returns to action tomorrow when Week 11 of the season starts with Ottawa at Winnipeg. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle until Saturday when they the host Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Green and White have 7 wins, 1 loss for 14 points…good for 1st place in the West Division. Hamilton has 6 wins, 3 losses for 12 points…good for 1st place in the East Division.
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The Prairie Football Conference is off until Sunday when Week 2 of the season starts and ends with 3 games, including the Saskatoon Hilltops at home to the Edmonton Huskies. Kick-off time is 1 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. The Toppers have 0 wins, 1 loss for 0 points…tied for 4th place. The Edmonton Huskies have 0 wins, 1 loss for 0 points…tied for 4th place.
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The Western Canadian Baseball League Playoffs return to action tomorrow with the start of the championship series as the Regina Red Sox host the Sylvan Lake Gulls in Game 1 of the best-of-three final.
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Major League Baseball:
Inter-League—2 day games, 3 night, including…
Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago Cubs–5:07 p.m.
American League—1 day game, 4 night
National League—3 day games, 2 night
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Saskatoon Men’s Baseball League Playoffs—2 games:
A Division
Rockies vs Armadillos at Leakos Field
(Best-of-three semi-final tied 1-1)
B Division
Expos vs Cannons at Stonebridge South
(Cannons lead the best-of-three quarter-final 1-0)
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Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association:
Keith McLean Men’s Division—2 games at Bob Van Impe Stadium
Saskatoon Jacks vs Delisle Diamond Dogs—6:45 p.m.
Saskatoon Jacks vs Delisle Pride Under-23s—8:30 p.m.
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The following Softball Canada Canadian Fastpitch-Softball Championships start today and run through Sunday…
The Under-15 Girls’ nationals at Winkler and Morden in Manitoba, with 21 teams taking part, split into three pools of seven teams each for preliminary round-robin play and followed by playoffs. There is a Saskatchewan team in each of the pools – the Regina Saints, the Prince Albert Aces and the White Butte Storm. On their schedules today…
7:30 a.m. – Prince Albert Aces vs Kaizen, Alberta, Hunter
1:15 p.m. – White Butte Storm vs White Rock, B-C, Renegades
1:30 p.m. – Regina Saints vs Chatham, Ontario, Golden Eagles
3:15 p.m. – Prince Albert Aces vs Ridge Meadows, B-C, Pride
5:15 p.m. – White Butte Storm vs Interlake, Manitoba, Phillies
5:30 p.m. – Regina Saints vs Vaughan, Ontario, Vikings
The Under-15 Boys’ nationals at Winkler and Morden in Manitoba, with nine teams taking part in the preliminary round-robin plus playoffs format. Among the nine teams are the Valley Blue Jays of Rosthern and the Rosebud Royals of Wadena from Saskatchewan. On their schedules today…
9:30 a.m. – Valley Blue Jays vs Newfoundland-1
1:15 p.m. – Rosebud Royals vs Tavistock, Ontario, Athletics
3:15 p.m. – Valley Blue Jays vs Newfoundland-2
5:15 p.m. – Rosebud Royals vs Elma, Ontario, Avengers
In addition, the 2025 Women’s and Men’s Slo-pitch Canadian Championships continue today and run through Saturday in Surrey, B-C. There are 16 women’s teams taking part in a round-robin preliminary plus playoffs format. Among the teams is the Saskatchewan Raiders, who have 2 wins, 4 losses…tied for 9th place. On their schedule today…
10 a.m. – Saskatchewan Raiders vs Alberta Aftermath
6 p.m. – Saskatchewan Raiders vs B-C Adrenaline
On the men’s side, there are 19 teams taking part – split into a 10-team and nine-team pools for preliminary round-robin play plus playoffs. Among the teams is the S-I-S Dodgers from Saskatchewan, who have 3 wins, 3 losses…tied for 5th place in the Black Pool. On their schedule today…
2:45 p.m. – S-I-S Dodgers vs Quebec-1
7:30 p.m. – S-I-S Dodgers vs C-A, Alberta, Astros
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The 2025 Canada Summer Games continue today and run through Sunday, August 24th in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Saskatchewan has a full contingent of 377 athletes and 85 coaches taking part in the 19 sports contested in the multi-sport event, representing 92 different communities from across the province. There is action today in men’s baseball, women’s basketball, men’s basketball, women’s box lacrosse, canoe/kayak, cycling, women’s rugby sevens, men’s rugby sevens, sailing, men’s soccer, women’s fastpitch-softball, swimming, tennis, women’s beach volleyball and men’s beach volleyball. Saskatchewan has _ medals – 1 gold, 0 silver and 0 bronze for 1 total – tied for 9th place in the provincial standings.
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The Canadian Junior Men’s Amateur Golf Championship continues today and runs through Friday in Bathurst, New Brunswick. Today is the second of four rounds in the 72-hole event for individuals. Today is, also, the second and final round of inter-provincial team play. The field of 156 competitors includes the Saskatchewan team of Aricin Franklin, Ethan Hunter and Ryan Mosher – all of Saskatoon – plus non team members Lucas Sturgeon of Saskatoon, Dane Giesbrecht of Warman, Shae Maunula of North Battleford and Matty Schmiess of Swift Current.
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The I-T-F World Tennis Tour’s Saskatoon Challenger women’s professional W-50 tournament continues today and runs through Sunday at the Riverside Badminton and Tennis Club. Over 60 professional players from across Canada and internationally are competing for a share of the 40-thousand-dollar, U-S, prize pool. Matches today start at 11 a.m. and run through the evening as the event is down to the round of 16 in both singles and doubles.
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