SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 9
The Canadian Football League is idle until Thursday when Week 10 of the regular-season starts with Montreal at Winnipeg. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are off until Saturday 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. Edmonton has 2 wins, 6 losses for 4 points…good for 5th place in the West. 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 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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The 2022 Canada Summer Games continue today and run until Sunday, August 21st in Ontario’s Niagara region. Saskatchewan has a full team compliment of 488 participants. The breakdown is 377 athletes and 86 coaches for the 18 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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The 2022 World Junior Hockey Championship starts today and runs through Saturday, August 20th, in Edmonton with 10 nations taking part, including Canada. On today’s schedule…
Czech Republic vs Slovakia—Noon
Finland vs Latvia—4 p.m.
Germany vs United States—8 p.m.
(Canada will play their first game of the Pool A round-robin tomorrow when they take on Latvia at 4 p.m.)
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Saskatoon Adult Soccer–8 matches:
Bridge City F-C vs N-H-F-C—6:30 p.m. at Kinsmen Turf Field
Drillers vs Blue Demons—6:30 p.m. at Umea #4
Gongshow vs United—6:30 p.m. at West Turf Field
N-L-A F-C vs M-F-M F-C—6:30 p.m. at Umea #5
Ahmiddya Football Club A-F-C vs Red Star Clearwater Revival—8:15 p.m. at Kinsmen Turf Field
Bohemian vs Flatlanders—8:15 p.m. at Umea #4
Crushers vs Xtremes—8:15 p.m. at West Turf Field
Millwall O-F-C vs Galacticos F-C—8:15 p.m. at Umea #5
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Saskatoon Senior Baseball League–doubleheader:
Hoppers vs Dodgers—6:30 p.m. at Cairns Field
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Saskatoon Senior Men’s Baseball League Playoffs—2 games at 6 p.m.:
Selects vs Rockies at Stonebridge South
(Rockies lead the best-of-three “A” Division quarter-final 1-0)
Cardinals vs Expos at Leakos Field
(Best-of-three “B” Division quarter-final tied 1-1)
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Major League Baseball:
American League—1 doubleheader, 5 night games, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles—5:05 p.m.
Inter-League—3 night games
National League—6 night games
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