SPORTS/JACKSON IMRIE/SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7TH 

Canadian Football League–Week 10 of the regular season is idle until tomorrow: 

Saskatchewan Roughriders at Ottawa REDBLACKS—5:30 p.m. 

(The Green and White have 5 wins, 3 losses for 10 points…tied for 1st place in the West Division. Ottawa has 5 wins, 2 losses…good for 2nd in the East Division.) 

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The 119th Canadian Men’s Amateur Golf Championship is continuing today in Saskatoon at Riverside Country Club until tomorrow. The event will see 264 golfers competing with the winner getting to compete in the U-S Amateur Golf Championship and next year’s R-B-C Canadian Open. 

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Western Canadian Baseball League playoffs: 

Saskatoon Berries at Medicine Hat Mavericks—7:05 p.m. 

(Game 1 of the best-of-three series) 

Brooks Bombers at Sylvan Lake Gulls—7:05 p.m. 

Lethbridge Bulls at Okotoks Dawgs—7:05 p.m. 

Moose Jaw Miller-Express at Regina Red Sox—7:05 p.m. 

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The 2024 P-F-C season begins on Sunday with the Saskatoon Hilltops entering as the defending P-F-C and C-J-F-L National Champions……. 

Edmonton Huskies vs. Saskatoon Hilltops—1 p.m. at S-M-F Field 

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Canadian Elite Basketball League playoffs are idle until Friday: 

Calgary Surge vs. Vancouver Bandits IN Montreal AT Verdun Auditorium—3:30 p.m. 

Montreal Alliance vs. Niagara River Lions IN Montreal AT Verdun Auditorium—6 p.m. 

(The Saskatchewan Rattlers are done their 2024 schedule. The Rattlers finished with 6 wins, 14 losses…good for 5th place in the Western Conference, missing the playoffs.) 

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The 12th event of the 2024 Saskatoon Stock Car Racing Association season is idle until Saturday at Sutherland Automotive Speedway. Racing in Bandoleros and Run-Your-Junk division starts at 6 p.m. with gates open to the public at 6 p.m.  

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Major League Baseball: 

American League—1 Doubleheader, 2 day games, 3 night games, including, 

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Baltimore Orielos—5:07 p.m. in Toronto 

Inter-League—1 Doubleheader, 1 day game, 1 night game 

National League—6 night games 

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The Hlinka-Gretzky Cup Men’s Under-18 Hockey Tournament continues today in Edmonton with the following 4 games in the preliminary round…..  

Czechia vs. Finland—12 p.m. 

United States vs. Germany—3:30 p.m. 

Switzerland vs. Slovakia—5:30 p.m. 

Canada vs. Sweden—7:30 p.m. 

(Canada has 2 win, 0 losses…good for 1st in Group A. Sweden has 2 wins, 0 losses…good for 2nd in Group A.) 

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