SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 14
Canadian Football League–Week 11 of the season starts:
Ottawa RedBlacks at Winnipeg Blue Bombers—6:30 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Roughriders are off 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 idle 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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Major League Baseball:
Inter-League—1 day game, 1 night, including…
Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago Cubs–1:07 p.m.
American League—1 day game, 1 night
National League—3 night games
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Saskatoon Men’s Baseball League Playoffs—2 games:
A Division
Rockies vs Armadillos—6 p.m. at Leakos Field
B Division
Expos vs Cannons—6 p.m. at Diefenbaker Park
(Cannons lead the best-of-three quarter-final 1-0)
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The Baseball Canada Under-18 Men’s Championship starts today and runs through Sunday in Fort McMurray, Alberta with 11 provincial teams taking part, including Saskatchewan, represented by the Saskatoon Cubs. On Saskatchewan’s schedule today…
2:30 p.m.: Saskatchewan vs B-C
7:30 p.m.: Saskatchewan vs Nova Scotia
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The following Softball Canada Canadian Fastpitch-Softball Championships continue 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. Regina has 0 wins, 2 losses…tied for 6th place in the Black Pool. Prince Albert has 1 win, 1 loss…good for 4th place in the Red Pool. White Butte has 1 win, 1 loss…tied for 3rd place in the White Pool. On their schedules today…
8:30 a.m. – White Butte Storm vs New Brunswick Selects
10:30 a.m. – Prince Albert Aces vs Waterloo, Ontario, Ghosts
12:30 p.m. – Regina Saints vs Quebec
2:30 p.m. – Prince Albert Aces vs Prince Edward Island Whitecaps
4 p.m. – White Butte Storm vs Cloverdale, B-C, Fury
4:30 p.m. – Regina Saints vs Eastman, Manitoba, Wildcats
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. The Valley Blue Jays have 2 wins, 0 losses…tied for 1st place. The Rosebud Royals have 1 win, 1 loss…tied for 4th place. On their schedules today…
8:15 a.m. – Rosebud Royals vs Newfoundland-2
9 a.m. – Valley Blue Jays vs Wilmot, Ontario, Thunder
12:30 p.m. – Valley Blue Jays vs Tavistock, Ontario, Athletics
1:30 p.m. – Rosebud Royals vs Napanee, Ontario, Express
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, 6 losses…tied for 13th place. On their schedule today…
11:30 a.m. – Saskatchewan Raiders vs Easton, Ontario, Ladybirds
6 p.m. – Saskatchewan Raiders vs Alberta-4
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 4 wins, 4 losses…tied for 4th place in the Black Pool. On their schedule today…
1:45 p.m. – S-I-S Dodgers vs B-C-4
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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 2 medals – 1 gold, 0 silver and 1 bronze – tied for 7th place in the provincial standings.
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On the golf course…
The Canadian Junior Men’s Amateur Golf Championship continues today and runs through tomorrow in Bathurst, New Brunswick. Today is the third of four rounds in the 72-hole event for individuals. The field of 156 competitors has been reduced to the low __ and includes 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.
The Canadian Junior Women’s Amateur Golf Championship continues today and runs through tomorrow in Courtenay, B-C. Today is the second of three rounds in the 54-hole event for individuals. Today is also the second and final round of inter-provincial team play. The field of 134 competitors includes the Saskatchewan team of Grace Odnokon of Saskatoon, Tayla Perry and Yuna Lee, both of Regina – plus non-team member Sarah Henderson of Saskatoon.
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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 10 a.m. and run through the evening as the event is down to the round of 16 in singles and quarter-finals in doubles.
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