SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 28
The Canadian Football League is off until Friday when Week 13 of the regular-season starts with Ottawa at Montreal. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle until Sunday, September 4th when they host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the annual Labour Day Weekend Classic. Kickoff time is 4 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium in Regina. The Green and White have 6 wins, 5 losses for 12 points…tied for 3rd place in the Western Conference. Winnipeg has 10 wins, 1 loss for 20 points…good for 1st place in the West.
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Prairie Football Conference—Week 3 starts and ends with 3 games:
Saskatoon Hilltops at Winnipeg Rifles—Noon
(The Toppers have 2 wins, 0 losses for 4 points…tied for 1st place. Winnipeg has 0 wins, 2 losses for 0 points…tied for 5th place. The Hilltops’ next home game is Saturday, September 10th against the Regina Thunder. Game time is 7 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. Tune in to CJWW every Thursday at 6 p.m. for “Hilltops in 30.”)
Regina Thunder at Edmonton Huskies—1 p.m.
Calgary Colts at Edmonton Wildcats—1 p.m.
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The U of Saskatchewan Huskies football team continues pre-season preparations today as the defending Hardy Cup-champion Dogs open their 2022 Canada West Conference regular-season on Friday when they visit the Calgary Dinos. Saskatchewan’s home opener is Friday, September 9th when they host the U-B-C Thunderbirds. Game time is 7 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium.
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National Football League—Week 4 of the pre-season continues and ends with 2 games:
New York Giants at New York Jets—11 a.m.
Detroit Lions at Pittsburgh Steelers—2:30 p.m.
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The following Baseball Canada National Championships continue and wind up today…
The Ray Carter Cup, 15-and-under boys, at three diamonds in Saskatoon’s Nutana-Kiwanis Park, with 11 teams taking part, including a Saskatchewan squad and a host team from Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan rep team finished preliminary round play with 2 wins, 2 losses…tied for 6th place. The Saskatchewan host team finished preliminary round play with 1 win, 3 losses…tied for 10th place. On the schedules for the two Saskatchewan teams today…
Host-Saskatchewan vs Alberta—8:30 a.m. at Nutana-Kiwanis Park-2
(Winner finishes in 7th place, loser is 8th)
Saskatchewan vs Quebec—11:30 a.m. at Nutana-Kiwanis Park-2
(The winner advances to the championship final at 6:30 p.m. at Nutana-Kiwanis Park-1 against the winner of Manitoba against B-C. The loser plays in the third place game at 3:30 p.m. at Nutana-Kiwanis Park-1 against the loser of Manitoba against B-C.)
The 13-and-under boys, in Windsor, Ontario, with 10 teams taking part, including Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan finished preliminary round play with 1 win, 3 losses…tied for 7th place. On their schedule today…
Saskatchewan vs Manitoba—6:30 a.m.
(Winner finishes in 7th place, loser is 8th)
The 16-and-under girls, in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, with 11 teams taking part, including Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan finished preliminary round play with 4 wins, 1 loss…tied for 2nd place. On their schedule today…
Saskatchewan vs Quebec—8:30 a.m.
(The winner advances to the championship final at 3:30 p.m. against the winner of B-C against Alberta. The losers plays in the third place game at 12:30 p.m. against the loser of B-C against Alberta.)
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Major League Baseball:
American League—6 day games, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Los Angeles Angels—11:37 p.m. at Toronto
Inter-League—3 day games
National League—5 day games, 1 night
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