The Canadian Football League is off until Thursday when Week 8 of the season starts with 2 games, including the Saskatchewan Roughriders at home to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium. The Green and White have 3 wins, 3 losses for 6 points…good for 4th place in the West Division. Hamilton has 5 wins, 1 loss for 10 points…good for 1st place in the East Division.
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The first of three Softball Canada Fastpitch Championships being hosted by the Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association…the Canadian Under-14 Boys event…continues today and runs through Wednesday at Bob Van Impe Stadium, Joe Gallagher Field and Glenn Reeve #3 diamond. There are 10 teams taking part, including the host Saskatoon Selects, the Shellbrook Rangers, the Prince Albert Astros and the Prairie Pride. The Saskatoon Selects and Prince Albert Astros both have 3 wins, 1 loss…tied for 1st place. The Shellbrook Rangers have 1 win, 3 losses…tied for 7th place. The Prairie Pride have 0 wins, 4 losses…tied for 9th place. Games start at 7 a.m. and run all day. On today’s schedule for Saskatchewan teams…
Prairie Pride vs Shellbrook Rangers-11 a.m. at Bob Van Impe Stadium (10-3 Rangers)
Prince Albert Astros vs Saskatoon Selects-Noon at Joe Gallagher Field (11-0 Saskatoon Selects)
Shellbrook Rangers vs Wilmot, Ontario-3 p.m. at Bob Van Impe Stadium (6-1 Wilmot)
Saskatoon Selects vs Prairie Pride–6 p.m. at Bob Van Impe Stadium (8-4 Selects)
Napanee, Ontario vs Prince Albert Astros-8 p.m. at B-V-I Stadium (14-1 Napanee)
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Major League Baseball:
Atlanta Braves @ Washington Nationals (6-3 Washington)
Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds (11-6 Cincinnati)
Arizona Diamondbacks @ Miami Marlins (11-6 Miami)
Toronto Blue Jays @ Kansas City Royals (7-3 Toronto Blue Jays)
LA Dodgers @ Colorado Rockies (9-1 Colorado)
Detroit Tigers @ LA Angels (No final when written)
Baltimore Orioles @ San Diego Padres (No final when written)
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The Canadian Elite Basketball League is idle until Thursday when 2 games are scheduled. The Saskatchewan Rattlers are off until Friday when they host the Fraser Valley Bandits. Tip-off time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. Saskatchewan has 8 wins, 8 losses…good for 3rd place. Fraser Valley has 4 wins, 12 losses…tied for 5th place.
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