SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9
The Canadian Football League returns to action tomorrow when Week 19 of the season starts with the Saskatchewan Roughriders at home to the Toronto Argonauts. Kickoff time from Regina is 7 p.m. The Green and White have 11 wins, 4 losses for 22 points…good for 1st place in the West Division. Toronto has 5 wins, 11 losses for 10 points…good for 3rd place in the East Division.
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National Football League—Week 6 of the regular-season starts:
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants—6:15 p.m.
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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon High School Football League—4 games
Bedford Road vs Mount Royal—3 p.m.
Bethlehem vs Centennial—5:15 p.m.
St. Joseph vs Holy Cross—7:30 p.m.
(Above three games at S-M-F Field)
Walter Murray at Prince Albert-St. Mary—6:30 p.m.
Saskatoon High School Girls Soccer League–3 matches at 4:15 p.m.
Centennial vs St. Joseph at Newsham East
Holy Cross vs Walter Murray at Newsham West
Aden Bowman vs Bishop Mahoney at Misaskwatomina Park
Saskatoon High School Senior Boys Volleyball League—7 matches
Walter Murray and Centennial at Tommy Douglas
(Above is a three-team, round-robin set of matches, starting at 6:30 p.m.)
Bedford Road at Marion Graham—6:30 p.m.
E-D Feehan at Bishop Mahoney—6:30 p.m.
Mount Royal at Evan Hardy—6:30 p.m.
Saskatoon Christian School at Holy Cross—6:30 p.m.
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The Prairie Football Conference is off until Sunday 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 University Football Conference is idle until Friday, October 17th when Week 7 begins with the Saskatchewan Huskies visiting the U-B-C Thunderbirds at 7 p.m. at Vancouver. The Dogs have 5 wins, 1 loss for 10 points…tied for 1st place. U-B-C has 2 wins, 4 losses for 4 points…tied for 4th place. The Huskies’ next home game is Saturday, October 25th against the Manitoba Bisons. Kickoff time is 2 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium.
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 9 games, including the Saskatoon Blades visiting the Swift Current Broncos. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 5 wins, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 10 points…tied for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference. Swift Current has 4 wins, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 8 points…good for 5th place in the East. The Blue and Gold’s next home game is Saturday against the Kamloops Blazers. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
The Prince Albert Raiders return to action tomorrow when they host Kamloops. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 5 wins, 0 losses, 1 extra time loss for 11 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Kamloops has 3 wins, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 6 points…tied for 5th place in the Western Conference.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League—3 games:
S’toon Quakers vs S’toon Westleys—7:30 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
Pilot Butte Storm vs Fort Knox—7:30 p.m. at Fort Qu’Appelle
Moosomin Steelhawks at Regina Silver Foxes—7:45 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Tisdale Trojans vs Saskatoon Contacts—7:30 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place
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National Hockey League—14 games:
Montreal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings—5 p.m.
Ottawa Senators at Tampa Bay Lightning—5 p.m.
Dallas Stars at Winnipeg Jets—6 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks—8 p.m.
New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres—5 p.m.
New York Islanders at Pittsburgh Penguins—5 p.m.
Philadelphia Flyers at Florida Panthers—5 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at Boston Bruins—5 p.m.
New Jersey Devils at Carolina Panthers—5:30 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Nashville Predators—6 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues—6 p.m.
Utah Mammoth at Colorado Avalanche—7 p.m.
Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks—8 p.m.
Anaheim Ducks at Seattle Kraken—8 p.m.
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Major League Baseball playoffs:
National League Division Series—2 games
Philadelphia Phillies at Los Angeles Dodgers—4:08 p.m.
(Los Angeles leads the best-of-five series 2-1)
Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs—7:08 p.m.
(Milwaukee leads the best-of-five series 2-1)
The following American League Division Series resumes tomorrow, as follows…
Detroit Tigers at Seattle Mariners—6:08 p.m.
(Best-of-five series tied 2-2. Winner faces the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Championship Series.)
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