SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7
National Football League—Week 5 of the 2021 season starts:
Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks—6:20 p.m.
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The Canadian Football League takes a one-day break before Week 10 of the 2021 regular-season resumes tomorrow with Edmonton at Winnipeg. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are off until Saturday when they host the Calgary Stampeders. Game time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium. The Riders have 5 wins, 3 losses for 10 points…good for 2nd place in the West Division. Calgary has 3 wins, 5 losses for 6 points…good for 4th place in the West.
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The Prairie Football Conference is into a bye week and is idle until Sunday, October 17th when Week 7 of the 2021 season starts and winds up with 3 games, including the Saskatoon Hilltops hosting the Edmonton Wildcats. Game time is 1 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. CJWW’s coverage starts at 12:45 p.m. with Dave Thomas and pre-game talk. The Toppers have 4 wins, 2 losses for 8 points…tied for 2nd place. The Wildcats have 2 wins, 4 losses for 4 points…tied for 4th place.
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The Canada West University Football Conference is into a bye week and is off until Saturday, October 16th when Week 3 starts and ends with 3 games, including the Saskatchewan Huskies playing their home opener against the Alberta Golden Bears. Kick-off time is 2 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium. Saskatchewan has 1 win, 1 loss…tied for 2nd place. Alberta has 1 win, 1 loss…tied for 2nd place.
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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon Varsity Football League—4 games
Evan Hardy at North Battleford—6:30 p.m.
(The rest of today’s schedule is at Saskatoon Minor Football Field)
Mount Royal vs Bethlehem—3 p.m.
E-D Feehan vs Bedford Road—5:15 p.m.
Centennial vs Holy Cross—7:30 p.m.
Saskatoon Girls Soccer League
Holy Cross vs Marion Graham–7:30 p.m. at Kinsmen A
Saskatoon Girls Volleyball League—9 matches:
Tommy Douglas and Holy Cross at Evan Hardy
Bedford Road and E-D Feehan at Walter Murray
Aden Bowman and Centennial at Saskatoon Christian School
(All above listings are three-team, round-robin triple-headers with matches at 6:15, 7:15 and 8:15 p.m.)
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 8 games, including the Prince Albert Raiders visiting the Brandon Wheat Kings. P-A has 0 wins, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 0 points…tied for 5th place in the East Division. Brandon has 0 wins, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 0 points…tied for 5th place in the East. The Raiders’ next home game is Friday, October 15th against the Moose Jaw Warriors. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
The Saskatoon Blades are idle until Saturday when they visit the Brandon Wheat Kings. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 5:30 p.m. with the Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 6 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 1 win, 1 loss, 0 extra time losses for 2 points…tied for 3rd place in the East Division. The Blue and Gold’s next home game is Wednesday against Brandon. First face-off is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre with the broadcast on CJWW beginning at 6:30 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League—2 games:
S’toon Quakers vs S’toon Westleys—7:15 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
Regina Capitals vs Regina Silver Foxes—7:30 p.m.
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National Hockey League Pre-Season–8 games:
Ottawa Senators at Montreal Canadiens—5 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers—7 p.m.
Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning—5 p.m.
New York Islanders at New Jersey Devils—5 p.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings—5:30 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at Minnesota Wild—6 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars—6 p.m.
Arizona Coyotes at Vegas Golden Knights—8 p.m.
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Major League Baseball Playoffs:
American League Division Series—2 games
Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros—2:07 p.m.
Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays—6:07 p.m.
(Both are opening games of best-of-seven A-L-D-S)
The National League Division Series are set and will start tomorrow, as follows…
Atlanta Braves at Milwaukee Brewers—2:37 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants—7:37 p.m.
(Both N-L-D-S are best-of-sevens.)
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National Basketball Association Exhibition—3 games, including:
Toronto Raptors at Philadelphia 76ers—5 p.m.
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