SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH
The Major League Baseball playoffs continue tonight with the opening game of the World Series…
Toronto Blue Jays vs Los Angeles Dodgers—6 p.m. at Toronto
(Opening game of best-of-seven series)
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Canadian Football League—Week 20 begins with 2 games:
Ottawa Redblacks at Hamilton Tiger-Cats—5 p.m.
Calgary Stampeders at Edmonton Elks—7:30 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle until tomorrow when they host the B-C Lions to close out the campaign. Kickoff time from Regina is 5 p.m. The Green and White have 12 wins, 5 losses for 24 points…good for 1st place in the West Division. B-C has 10 wins, 7 losses for 20 points…tied for 2nd place in the West.)
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Saskatoon High School Football League—2 games at S-M-F Field:
Bethlehem vs Evan Hardy—4 p.m.
Bishop James Mahoney vs Aden Bowman—6:30 p.m.
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The Prairie Football Conference is off until Sunday when the final is set to be played, as follows…
Saskatoon Hilltops at Regina Thunder—1 p.m.
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Canada West University Football Conference—Week 8:
U-B-C Thunderbirds at Regina Rams—1 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Huskies are off until tomorrow when they are home against the Manitoba Bisons. Kickoff time is 2 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium. The Dogs have 6 wins, 1 loss for 12 points…tied for 1st place. Manitoba has 4 wins, 3 losses for 8 points…good for 3rd place.)
Canada West University Men’s Hockey Conference:
Saskatchewan Huskies vs Regina Cougars—7 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place
Canada West University Women’s Hockey Conference:
Saskatchewan Huskies at Regina Cougars—7 p.m.
Canada West University Volleyball Conferences:
Women’s Huskies at Mount Royal Cougars—6 p.m. followed by Men’s Huskies at Mount Royal Cougars—8 p.m.
Canada West University Basketball Conferences:
Women’s Basketball vs MacEwan Griffins—6 p.m. followed by Men’s Basketball vs MacEwan Griffins—8 p.m. at The P-A-C
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Western Hockey League—9 games:
Saskatoon Blades at Everett Silvertips
(CJWW’s broadcast starts at 7:45 p.m. with play-by-play at 8:05 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 9 wins, 3 losses, 0 extra time losses for 18 points…tied for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Everett has 9 wins, 0 losses, 1 extra time loss for 19 points…good for 1st place in the Western Conference. The Blue and Gold’s next home game isn’t until Friday, November 7th when they entertain the Moose Jaw Warriors. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
Swift Current Broncos at Prince Albert Raiders
(Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 7 wins, 0 losses, 2 extra time losses for 16 points…good for 3rd place in the Eastern Conference. Swift Current has 6 wins, 3 losses, and 1 extra time loss for 13 points…tied for 5th place in the Eastern Conference.)
Lethbridge Hurricanes at Moose Jaw Warriors—7 p.m.
Regina Pats at Red Deer Rebels—7 p.m.
Medicine Hat Tigers at Kamloops Blazers—8 p.m.
Seattle Thunderbirds at Prince George Cougars—8 p.m.
Portland Winterhawks at Vancouver Giants—8 p.m.
Victoria Royals at Tri-City Americans—8:05 p.m.
Wenatchee Wild at Penticton Vees—8:05 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League—5 games:
Flin Flon Bombers at Yorkton Terriers—7 p.m.
Melville Millionaires at Warman Wolverines—7 p.m.
Battleford North Stars at Estevan Bruins—7 p.m.
Melfort Mustangs at Kindersley Klippers—7:30 p.m.
Nipawin Hawks at Humboldt Broncos—7:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Junior Female Hockey League:
Outlook Ice Hawks vs Saskatoon Prairie Blaze—7:30 p.m. at Martensville Rec Center
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Prairie Junior Hockey League—2 games:
Fort Knox at Regina Silver Foxes—7:45 p.m.
Pilot Butte Storm at Moosomin Steelhawks—8 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Estevan Bears at Swift Current Legionnaires—7:45 p.m.
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National Hockey League—4 games:
Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres—5 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at New Jersey Devils—5 p.m.
Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets—5 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Winnipeg Jets—6 p.m.
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On the pebbled ice:
The Pan-Continental Curling Championships continue today and run through Sunday in Virginia, Minnesota. Both the women’s and men’s divisions feature eight national representatives, playing round-robin plus playoff formats, vying for spots for their countries into the respective World Championships next spring. Canada is represented by the Rachel Homan foursome from Ottawa in the women’s competition while Brad Jacobs’ Calgary quartet is on the men’s side.
Canada’s women are already guaranteed a spot in the Worlds next March in Calgary. They have 3 wins, 2 losses…tied for 3rd place. The Homan squad has the day off.
Canada’s men still need to lock down a spot into the Worlds next spring in Ogden, Utah. The Jacobs team has 6 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place. On their schedule today…
Canada vs Japan—9 a.m.
Canada vs U-S-A—7 p.m.
The Canadian Curling Pre-Trials continue today and run through Sunday in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. There are eight teams in both the women’s and men’s divisions, playing a round-robin plus playoffs format, with each gender division winner advancing to the Canadian Curling Trials next month in Halifax. The winners of that event will represent Canada at the Winter Olympics in Italy in February. Among the women’s teams taking part are foursomes skipped by Ashley Thevenot and Nancy Martin – both from Martensville. The Thevenot quartet finished the round robin with 4 wins, 3 losses…tied for 3rd place and advanced to the semifinals. The Martin squad finished with 2 wins, 5 losses… tied for 8th place and missed the playoffs. On the schedule for today…
Ashley Thevenot, Martensville vs Kayla MacMillan, Victoria—2 p.m.
(The winner advances to the first Women’s final between Selena Sturmay of Edmonton tomorrow morning)
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