SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1
The Canadian Football League is idle until Friday when Week 18 of the season begins with the Saskatchewan Roughriders visiting the Ottawa Redblacks. The Green and White have 10 wins, 4 losses for 20 points…good for 1st place in the West Division. Ottawa has 4 wins, 10 losses for 8 points…good for 4th place in the East Division. The Riders’ next home game is Friday, October 10th against the Toronto Argonauts. Kickoff time from Regina is 7 p.m.
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The Prairie Football Conference is off until Sunday, October 12th when the eighth and final week of the regular season starts and ends with three games, including the Saskatoon Hilltops at home to the Calgary Colts. Game time is 1 p.m. at S-M-F Field. The Toppers have 5 wins, 2 losses for 10 points…good for 2nd place. Calgary has 2 wins, 5 losses for 4 points…tied for 5th place.
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The Canada West Football Conference is idle until Saturday when Week 6 begins and ends with 3 games, including the Saskatchewan Huskies at home to the Alberta Golden Bears. The Dogs have 4 wins, 1 loss for 8 points…tied for 1st place. Alberta has 1 win, 4 losses for 2 points…good for 6th place. Kickoff time is 7 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium.
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Western Hockey League:
Edmonton Oil Kings at Regina Pats—7 p.m.
(The Saskatoon Blades are off until Friday when they entertain the Red Deer Rebels. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre, with CJWW’s broadcast beginning at 6:45 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 2 wins, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 4 points…tied for 4th place in the Eastern Conference. Red Deer has 1 win, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 2 points…tied for 8th place in the East.
The Prince Albert Raiders are idle until Saturday when they welcome Red Deer. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 3 wins, 0 losses, 1 extra time loss for 7 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference.)
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Prairie Junior Hockey League—3 games:
S’toon Royals vs S’toon Quakers—8 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
Prince Albert Timberjaks at Martensville Chiefs—8 p.m.
Pilot Butte Storm at Assiniboia Southern Rebels—7:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Saskatoon Contacts at Prince Albert Mintos—7 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Prince Albert Bears at Regina Rebels—7:30 p.m.
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National Hockey League pre-season—5 games:
Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames—7 p.m.
Edmonton Oilers at Seattle Kraken—8 p.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres—5 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights—7 p.m.
Anaheim Ducks at San Jose Sharks—8 p.m.
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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon High School Girls Soccer League–3 matches at 4:15 p.m.
Holy Cross vs St. Joseph at Misaskwatomina Park
Marion Graham vs Centennial at Umea-6
Bishop Mahoney vs Aden Bowman at Kate Waygood-4
Saskatoon High School Senior Boys Volleyball League—9 matches
St. Joseph and Walter Murray at Saskatoon Christian School
Aden Bowman and Centennial at Holy Cross
(Above two listings are a three-team, round-robin set of matches, beginning at 6:30 p.m.)
Evan Hardy at Bedford Road—6:30 p.m.
Bishop Mahoney at Mount Royal—6:30 p.m.
Tommy Douglas at Bethlehem—6:30 p.m.
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Major League Baseball playoffs:
American League wild-card round—2 games
Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians—11:08 a.m.
(Detroit leads the best-of-three series 1-0. Winner advances to play the Seattle Mariners in the American League Division Series)
Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees—4:08 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-three series 1-0. Winner advances to play the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Division Series)
National League wild-card round—2 games
San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs—1:08 p.m.
(Chicago leads the best-of-three series 1-0. Winner advance to play the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Division Series)
Cincinnati Reds at Los Angeles Dodgers—7:08 p.m.
(Los Angeles leads the best-of-three series 1-0. Winner advances to play the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League Division Series)
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