SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2
The Canadian Football League returns to action tomorrow 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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National Football League—Week 5 of the regular-season starts:
San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams—6:15 p.m.
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The Prairie Football Conference is idle 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 off 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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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon High School Football League—3 games at S-M-F Field
Bethlehem vs St. Joseph—3 p.m.
Marion Graham vs Evan Hardy—5:15 p.m.
Centennial vs Walter Murray—7:30 p.m.
Saskatoon High School Boys Soccer League–4 matches at 4:15 p.m.
Bethlehem vs Centennial at Newsham East
Walter Murray vs St. Joseph at Newsham West
Aden Bowman vs Holy Cross at Misaskwatomina Park
Evan Hardy vs Bishop Mahoney at Lakewood Park
Saskatoon High School Senior Boys Volleyball League—11 matches
St. Joseph Bishop Mahoney at Walter Murray
Mount Royal and E-D Feehan at Mount Royal
Valour Academy and Bedford Road at Saskatoon Christian School
(Above three listings are a three-team, round-robin set of matches, beginning at 6:30 p.m.)
Evan Hardy at Tommy Douglas—6:30 p.m.
L’Ecole Francais at Bethlehem—6:30 p.m.
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 9 games, including the Saskatoon Blades entertaining 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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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Warman Wildcats vs Saskatoon Blazers—7:30 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
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National Hockey League pre-season—7 games:
Detroit Red Wings at Toronto Maple Leafs—5 p.m.
Ottawa Senators at St. Louis Blues—6 p.m.
Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals—5 p.m.
New Jersey Devils at New York Rangers—5 p.m.
Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning—5 p.m.
New York Islanders at Philadelphia Flyers—5 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Utah Mammoth—7 p.m.
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Major League Baseball playoffs:
American League wild-card round—2 games
Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians—1:08 p.m.
(Best-of-three series tied 1-1. Winner advances to play the Seattle Mariners in the American League Division Series)
Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees—6:08 p.m.
(Best-of-three series tied 1-1. Winner advances to play the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Division Series)
National League wild-card round
San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs—3:08 p.m.
(Best-of-three series tied 1-1. Winner advance to play the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Division Series)
The Los Angeles Dodgers have advanced to a National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies that will start tomorrow in Philadelphia.
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