SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
The Colonial Square Ladies Curling Classic continues and winds up today at the Nutana Curling Club. It’s playoff time as the 24-team field is down to eight for the single-knockout round today. A total of 32-thousand dollars will be distributed amongst the eight teams with 75-hundred bucks to the winning foursome. On this morning’s 9 a.m. quarter-final draw…
Rachel Homan, Ottawa vs Tori Koana, Japan
Satsuki Fujisawa, Japan vs Sherry Anderson, Saskatoon
Tracy Fleury, Winnipeg vs Amber Holland, Regina
Jennifer Jones, Winnipeg vs Beth Peterson, Winnipeg
The winners meet in the semi-finals at Noon with the final at 3 p.m.
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Saskatoon High School Boys Soccer League-3 matches at 4:30 p.m.:
Centennial vs Evan Hardy at Lakewood Park
Walter Murray vs Aden Bowman at Umea Park West
St. Joseph vs Holy Cross at Weaver Park
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National Football League-Week 4 ends:
Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers-6:15 p.m.
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The Canadian Football League is idle until Friday when Week 16 of the season starts with Edmonton at Hamilton. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are off until Saturday when they host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium. The Green and White have 9 wins, 4 losses for 18 points…tied for 1st place in the West Division. Winnipeg has 9 wins, 5 losses for 18 points…tied for 1st place in the West.
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The Canada West University football Conference is idle until Friday when Week 6 of the season starts with 2 games, including the Saskatchewan Huskies at home to the Manitoba Bisons. Kick-off time is 7 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium. Once again, CJWW is your broadcast home for Huskies’ football. Pre-game coverage starts at 6 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7. The Dogs have 3 wins, 2 losses for 6 points…tied for 3rd place. Manitoba has 3 wins, 2 losses…tied for 3rd place.
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The Prairie Football Conference is off until Saturday when Week 8 of the season starts with two games. The Saskatoon Hilltops are idle until Sunday when they welcome the Winnipeg Rifles. Kick-off time is 1 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. Once again, 92-9, THE BULL is the broadcast home for Hilltops football. The broadcast starts at 12:30 p.m. with play-by-play at 1 p.m. The Toppers have 6 wins, 0 losses for 12 points…good for 1st place. Winnipeg has 1 win, 5 losses for 2 points…tied for 5th place.
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National Hockey League Pre-Season:
Philadelphia Flyers at H-C Lausanne, Switzerland-Noon
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with one game…the Saskatoon Blades visiting the Red Deer Rebels. The broadcast on 98-COOL starts at 6 p.m. and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 1 win, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 2 points…tied for 4th place in the East Division. Red Deer has 1 win, 3 losses, 0 extra time losses for 2 points…tied for 5th place in the Central Division. The Blue and Gold’s next home game is Sunday against Brandon. Game time is 4 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
The Prince Albert Raiders are off until Friday when they host Saskatoon. 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…tied for 1st place in the East Division.
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The Major League Baseball regular-season is over with the playoffs beginning tomorrow. Following are the match-ups…
American League
Wild-Card game Wednesday
Tampa Bay Rays at Oakland A’s-6:09 p.m.
(Winner advances to an A-L Division Series against the Houston Astros. The other A-L-D-S features the Minnesota Twins against the New York Yankees. Both best-of-five sets open Friday.
National League
Wild-Card game Tuesday
Milwaukee Brewers at Washington Nationals-6:08 p.m.
(Winner advances to an N-L Division series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The other N-L-D-S features the St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves. Both best-of-five sets start Thursday.
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