SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
The Canadian Football League is idle until Friday when Week 17 of the regular-season starts with 2 games, including the Saskatchewan Roughriders visiting the B-C Lions at 8:30 p.m. The Green and White have 6 wins, 8 losses for 12 points…good for 3rd place in the West Division. B-C has 10 wins, 4 losses for 20 points…tied for 1st place in the West. The Riders’ next home game is Saturday, October 7th against Hamilton. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium.
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The Canada West University Football Conference is off until Friday when Week 5 of the regular-season starts with 2 games, including the Saskatchewan Huskies hosting the U-B-C Thunderbirds. Kick-off time at Griffiths Stadium is 7 p.m. Saskatchewan has 3 wins, 1 loss for 6 points…tied for 2nd place. U-B-C has 4 wins, 0 losses for 8 points…good for 1st place.
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The Prairie Football Conference is idle until Saturday when Week 7 of the regular season starts with 2 games, including the Saskatoon Hilltops’ at home to the Regina Thunder. Game time is 7 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. The Toppers have 6 wins, 0 losses for 12 points…good for 1st place. Regina has 5 wins, 1 loss for 10 points…good for 2nd place.
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On the high school beat…
Saskatoon High School Football League—3 games at S-M-F Field
Evan Hardy vs Mount Royal—3 p.m.
Aden Bowman vs Marion Graham—5:15 p.m.
Centennial vs St. Joseph—7:30 p.m.
Saskatoon High School Junior-Varsity Football League—3 games
Bishop Mahoney at St. Joseph—3:45 p.m.
Bethlehem at Walter Murray—4:30 p.m.
Aden Bowman at Tommy Douglas—4:30 p.m.
Saskatoon High School Boys Soccer League—4 matches at 4:15 p.m.
St. Joseph vs Bethlehem at Newsham Park East
Centennial vs Marion Graham at Forest Park #5
Holy Cross vs Aden Bowman at Umea Vast
Evan Hardy vs Walter Murray at Lakewood Park
Saskatoon High School Boys Volleyball League—13 matches
Aden Bowman at Holy Cross—6:30 p.m.
Bethlehem vs Aden Bowman—7:30 p.m. at Holy Cross
Bethlehem at Holy Cross—8:30 p.m.
Saskatoon Christian School at Centennial—6:30 p.m.
St. Joseph vs Saskatoon Christian School—7:30 p.m. at Centennial
St. Joseph at Centennial—8:30 p.m.
Evan Hardy at Walter Murray—6:30 p.m.
E-D Feehan vs Evan Hardy—7:30 p.m. at Walter Murray
E-D Feehan at Walter Murray—8:30 p.m.
Bishop Mahoney at Marion Graham—6:30 p.m.
Tommy Douglas vs Bishop Mahoney—7:30 p.m. at Marion Graham
Tommy Douglas at Marion Graham—8:30 p.m.
Mount Royal at Legacy Christian Academy—6:30 p.m.
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Western Hockey League–2 games:
Prince Albert Raiders at Brandon Wheat Kings—6 p.m.
(P-A has 1 win, 1 loss, 0 extra time losses for 2 points…tied for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. Brandon has 1 win, 0 losses, 1 extra time losses for 3 points…good for 4th place. The Raiders next home game is Friday when they host the Regina Pats. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)
Moose Jaw Warriors at Regina Pats—7 p.m.
(The Saskatoon Blades are off until Saturday when they visit the Medicine Hat Tigers. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Blue and Gold have 1 win, 1 loss, 0 extra time losses for 2 points…tied for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. The Bridge City Bunch’s next home game is Wednesday, October 4th against the Edmonton Oil Kings. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Yorkton Maulers at Notre Dame Hounds—8 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Regina Rebels at Swift Current Wildcats—8 p.m.
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National Hockey League—9 pre-season games:
Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs—4:30 p.m. at St. Thomas, Ont.
Ottawa Senators at Montreal Canadiens—5 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Winnipeg Jets—6 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers—7 p.m.
Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes—5 p.m.
Philadelphia Flyers at New York Islanders—5 p.m.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators—6 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Vegas Golden Knights—8 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Anaheim Ducks—8 p.m.
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The 2023 PointsBet Invitational Curling Bonspiel starts today and runs through Sunday in Oakville, Ontario. Sixteen women’s teams and 16 men’s teams are taking part in the single knock-out competition. Included in the women’s division is Nancy Martin’s Martensville foursome, seeded 11th. Including in the men’s division is Rylan Kleiter’s Saskatoon quartet, seeded 13th, plus Mike McEwen’s Saskatoon squad, seeded seventh. Half of the women’s Sweep 16 games go at Noon and half of the men’s Sweep 16 games go at 5 p.m. Among today’s games…
Rylan Kleiter, Saskatoon vs Kevin Koe, Calgary—5 p.m.
All winners advance and all losers are eliminated.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—6 night games, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees–5:07 p.m. at Toronto.
Inter-League—1 day game, 2 night
National League—6 night games
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