SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 6
Canadian Football League–Week 9 of the regular-season ends with 2 games:
Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Toronto Argonauts—5 p.m.
Edmonton Elks at B-C Lions—8 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle until Saturday, August 13th when they visit the Edmonton Elks at 8 p.m. The Green and White have 4 wins, 4 losses for 8 points…good for 4th place in the Western Conference. The Riders’ next home game is Friday, August 19th against the B-C Lions. Kickoff time is 8 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.)
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The Prairie Football Conference will open their 2022 regular-season on Sunday, August 14th, when all six teams are in action, including the seven-time defending champion Saskatoon Hilltops. The Toppers will host the Winnipeg Rifles. Game time is 1 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field.
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Canadian Elite Basketball League playoffs:
Guelph Nighthawks vs Niagara River Lions—5 p.m. at St. Catharines, Ont.
(The second quarter-final goes tomorrow with the Saskatchewan Rattlers visiting the Scarborough Shooting Stars at 1 p.m. The quarter-final winners advance to the final four next weekend in Ottawa.)
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The 2022 Canada Summer Games start today with the Opening Ceremony in Ontario’s Niagara region and runs until Sunday, August 21st. Saskatchewan will have a full team compliment of 488 participants. The breakdown is 377 athletes and 86 coaches for the 19 sports, plus 25 mission staff coming from 70 different communities in the province. Week 1 sports will be baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, women’s box lacrosse, mountain cycling, rugby sevens, men’s soccer, women’s softball, swimming, tennis, triathlon and wrestling.
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Saskatoon Adult Soccer–7 matches:
Lions F-C vs Ballbusters—6:30 p.m. at Kavia Auto Body
Eastside Rockets vs What the Hell?!?—7:30 p.m. at Kavia Auto Body
Shank City vs Still Kicking—7:30 p.m. at Trail Appliance
N-L-A F-C vs Parceros—8:30 p.m. at Kavia Auto Body
S-P-A Sentinels vs I-V League—8:30 p.m. at Trail Appliance
Sole F-C vs Injury Prone—9:30 p.m. at Kavia Auto Body
The One-One-Six vs Sexy Sloths—9:30 p.m. at Trail Appliance
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The following Canadian Fastpitch-Softball Championships continue today and run through tomorrow…
The Under-15 Girls, with 21 teams taking part, at Bob Van Impe Stadium, Joe Gallagher Field and Glenn Reeve #3 and #4 diamonds in Saskatoon. It’s playoff time with games starting at 8:15 a.m. and running all day. Among the competing teams are the host Saskatoon Hustlers, Melfort Spirit and Prince Albert Aces. Saskatoon finished preliminary play with 2 wins, 4 losses…good for 16th place. Melfort ended up with 4 wins, 2 losses…good for 7th place. Prince Albert finished with 3 wins, 3 losses…good for 12th place. On their schedules today…
Prince Albert Aces vs White Rock, B-C Renegades—9 a.m. at Bob Van Impe Stadium
Saskatoon Hustlers vs Manitoba Angels—10:15 a.m. at Glenn Reeve #3
Melfort Spirit vs Westman, Manitoba, Magic—1 p.m. at Bob Van Impe Stadium
The Under-20 Men’s, with eight teams taking part, in Napanee, Ontario. It’s playoff time with games starting at 11 a.m. and running the rest of the day. Among the competing teams are the Wadena Rosebud Royals and the Saskatoon Selects. Wadena finished preliminary play with 2 wins, 5 losses…tied for 6th place. Saskatoon ended up with 3 wins, 4 losses…good for 5th place. On their schedules today…
Wadena Rosebud Royals vs Unamaki, Nova Scotia, Blue Whites—8 a.m.
Saskatoon Selects vs vs Hagersville, Ontario, Heat—11 a.m.
The Under-15 Boys, with eight teams taking part in Wilmot, Ontario. Among the competing teams are the Prince Albert Astros. Prince Albert has 2 wins, 4 losses…tied for 5th place. On their schedule today…
Prince Albert Astros vs Quebec—7:30 a.m.
(Playoffs start at Noon)
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The following Baseball Saskatchewan Provincial Championships continue today and run through tomorrow…
Senior AA Tier 2, with five teams taking part, in Kindersley
Senior AA Tier 3, with eight teams taking part, in Macklin
Senior AA Tier 4, with five teams taking part, in Hanley
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Major League Baseball:
American League—1 doubleheader, 5 night games, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Minnesota Twins—5:10 p.m.
Inter-League—1 day game, 2 night
National League—1 doubleheader, 1 day game, 4 night
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