SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, JULY 31
Canadian Football League–Week 7 of the season starts:
Calgary Stampeders at Ottawa RedBlacks—5:30 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Roughriders are off until Saturday when they visit the Montreal Alouettes at 5 p.m. The Green and White have 6 wins, 1 loss for 12 points…good for 1st place in the West Division. The Riders’ next home game is Saturday, August 16th against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Game time is 1 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.)
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Western Canadian Baseball League—7 games:
Saskatoon Berries at Regina Red Sox—7 p.m.
(Saskatoon has 43 wins, 7 losses…good for 1st place in the East Division. Regina has 26 wins, 25 losses…good for 3rd place in the East. The Berries’ next home game is Saturday against Regina. First pitch is 6 p.m. at Cairns Field.)
Okotoks Dawgs vs Energy City Cactus Rats—doubleheader at 5:05 p.m. at Spruce Grove, Ab.
Weyburn Beavers at Moose Jaw Miller-Express—7:05 p.m.
Medicine Hat Mavericks at Swift Current 57s—7:05 p.m.
Brooks Bombers at Fort McMurray Giants—7:05 p.m.
Lethbridge Bulls at Sylvan Lake Gulls—7:05 p.m.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—1 day game, 1 night
The Toronto Blue Jays return to action tomorrow when they host the Kansas City Royals at 5:07 p.m. in Toronto.
Inter-League—no day games
National League—1 night game
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Saskatoon Senior Baseball League—2 games at Cairns Field:
Dodgers vs River Pirates—doubleheader at 6:30 p.m.
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Saskatoon Men’s Baseball League:
B Division
Expos vs Skunks—6:30 p.m. at Diefenbaker Park
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The following Softball Canada-Canadian Fastpitch Softball Championships comtinue today and run through Sunday…
The Women’s, with seven teams taking part, at Bob Van Impe Stadium and the Glenn Reeve-3 diamond in Saskatoon. The teams will play a round-robin plus playoffs format. Among the seven competing teams are the defending champion Carnduff Southeast Steelers, the host Saskatoon Stealth as well as the Saskatoon Prairie Pirates and the Saskatoon Tigers. Action starts today at 10 a.m. with the last game beginning at 8 p.m. Every game features at least one Saskatchewan team, with the exception of a 10 a.m. contest at Glenn Reeve-3.
The Under-20 Men’s, with seven teams taking part, at Joe Gallagher Field and the Glenn Reeve-4 diamond in Saskatoon. The teams will play a round-robin plus playoffs format. Among the seven teams competing are the host Saskatoon Selects. They have 0 wins, 2 losses…tied for 6th place. Action starts today at 10 a.m. with the last game beginning at 8:15 p.m. On the Selects’ schedule…
10 a.m. – Saskatoon Selects vs Newfoundland at Joe Gallagher Field
8:15 p.m. – Saskatoon Selects vs Fingal, Ontario, Storm at Joe Gallagher Field
The Under-17 Women’s, with 22 teams taking part, at the Prairie Oasis Park diamonds in Warman. The teams are split into four pools of six teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by playoffs. Among the 24 teams taking part are the host Twin City Angels, Moose Jaw ICE, White Butte Storm and Battlefords Bandits from Saskatchewan. The four Saskatchewan teams are in different preliminary pools. Action today starts at 8 a.m. with the last games beginning at 7 p.m.
The Under-19 Women’s, with 13 teams taking part, at Surrey, B-C. The teams are split into two pools for preliminary round-robin play – one with six teams, the other seven – followed by playoffs. Among the 13 teams taking part are the Saskatoon Selects and the White Butte Storm. Saskatoon has 0 wins, 1 loss…good for 5th place in the Black Pool. White Butte has 0 wins, 2 losses…tied for 6th place in the Red Pool. On their schedules today…
2 p.m. – White Butte Storm vs River City, Alberta, Hornets
3:15 p.m. – Saskatoon Selects vs M-S-W, Ontario, Hurricanes
5:30 p.m. – White Butte Storm vs Kaizen, Alberta, Singer
7:15 p.m. – Saskatoon Selects vs White Rock, B-C, Renegades
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The Canadian Men’s Amateur Golf Championship continues and winds up today in Ottawa. Today is the fourth of four rounds with 81 competitors remaining, including Luke Cote of Regina and Carter Bell of Saskatoon.
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Canadian Elite Basketball League–2 games:
Ottawa Blackjacks vs Niagara River Lions—5 p.m. at St. Catharines, Ont.
Calgary Surge vs Scarborough Shooting Stars—5:30 p.m. at Toronto
(The Saskatchewan Rattlers return to action tomorrow when they visit the Winnipeg Sea Bears at 6:30 p.m. Saskatchewan has 5 wins, 14 losses…good for 5th place in the Western Conference. Winnipeg has 8 wins, 11 losses…good for 4th place in the West. The Rattlers next home game is Wednesday when they entertain the Edmonton Stingers. Tip-off time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
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