SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
The Canadian Football League returns to action tomorrow 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 returns to action tomorrow 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 off 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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National Football League—Week 4 starts:
Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers—6:15 p.m.
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On the high school beat…
Saskatoon High School Football League—4 games
E-D Feehan vs Bedford Road—3 p.m. at S-M-F Field
Walter Murray vs Holy Cross—5:15 p.m.
Bishop Mahoney at Prince Albert-Carlton—6:30 p.m.
Bethlehem vs Tommy Douglas—7:30 p.m.
Saskatoon High School Girls Soccer League—4 matches at 4:15 p.m.
St. Joseph vs Marion Graham at Newsham Park West
Centennial vs Bishop Mahoney at Forest Park #5
Holy Cross vs Aden Bowman at Umea Vast
Evan Hardy vs Walter Murray at Lakewood Park
Saskatoon High School Girls Volleyball League—8 matches
Saskatoon Christian School at Aden Bowman—6:30 p.m. thlehem
Tommy Douglas vs Saskatoon Christian School—7:30 p.m. at Aden Bowman
Tommy Douglas at Aden Bowman—8:30 p.m.
Evan Hardy at St. Joseph—6:30 p.m.
Bishop Mahoney vs Evan Hardy—7:30 p.m.
Bishop Mahoney at St. Joseph—8:30 p.m.
E-D Feehan at Bedford Road—6:30 p.m.
Marion Graham at Walter Murray—6:30 p.m.
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 8 games, including the Prince Albert Raiders at home to the Regina Pats. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 1 win, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 2 points…tied for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. Regina has 2 wins, 1 loss, 0 extra time losses for 4 points…tied for 2nd place.
The Saskatoon Blades are idle 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 against the Edmonton Oil Kings. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League:
Battlefords North Stars at Yorkton Terriers—7 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League—3 games:
S’toon Westleys vs S’toon Royals—7:15 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
Saskatoon Quakers at Prince Albert Timberjaks—7:30 p.m.
Fort Knox at Regina Silver Foxes—7:30 p.m.
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National Hockey League—6 pre-season games:
Vancouver Canucks at Seattle Kraken—8 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins—5 p.m.
New Jersey Devils at New York Rangers—5 p.m.
Detroit Red Wings at Washington Capitals—5 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild—6 p.m.
St. Louis Blues at Chicago Blackhawks—6:30 p.m.
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On campus:
Canada West University Men’s Hockey Conference
Saskatchewan Huskies vs Manitoba Bisons—6 p.m. at Winnipeg
The Ron and Jane Graham Shootout, men’s basketball tournament, starts today and runs through Saturday at the P-A-C. Four teams, including the host Saskatchewan Huskies are taking part in the round-robin event. On today’s schedule…
Saskatchewan Huskies vs Waterloo Warriors—7 p.m.
Laurentian Voyageurs vs Fraser Valley Cascades—5 p.m.
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The 2023 PointsBet Invitational Curling Bonspiel continues 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…
Nancy Martin, Martensville vs Christina Black, Dartmouth, N.S.—Noon
Mike McEwen, Saskatoon vs Aaron Sluchinski, Airdrie, Ab.
All winners advance and all losers are eliminated.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—2 day games, 3 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees–5:07 p.m. at Toronto.
Inter-League—1 day game
National League—1 day game, 4 night
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