SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 10
The Canadian Football League is idle until Thursday when Week 11 of the season starts with Ottawa at Winnipeg. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are off until Saturday when they the host Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Green and White have 7 wins, 1 loss for 14 points…good for 1st place in the West Division. Hamilton has 6 wins, 3 losses for 12 points…good for 1st place in the East Division.
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Prairie Football Conference—Week 1 starts and ends with 3 games:
Saskatoon Hilltops at Winnipeg Rifles—Noon
(The Toppers first home game is Sunday, August 17th against the Edmonton Huskies. Kick-off time is 1 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field.)
Regina Thunder at Edmonton Huskies—1 p.m.
Edmonton Wildcats at Calgary Colts—1 p.m.
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National Football League Exhibition—2 games:
Miami Dolphins at Chicago Bears—11 a.m.
New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Chargers—2:05 p.m.
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Western Canadian Baseball League Playoffs—2 games:
Saskatoon Berries vs Regina Red Sox
(First pitch is 6 p.m. at Cairns Field. Opening game of best-of-three East Division final.)
Sylvan Lake Gulls at Okotoks Dawgs—2:05 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-three West Division final)
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Major League Baseball:
Inter-League—3 day games, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Los Angeles Dodgers–2:10 p.m.
American League—6 day games
National League—5 day games, 1 night
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The Softball Canada-Canadian Under-17 Boys Fastpitch Softball Championship continues and winds up in Napanee, Ontario. It’s playoff time with only four of the 11 teams still in contention for the title. The Prince Albert Astros were eliminated in the playoffs yesterday while the Treaty 4 Alliance missed the playoffs.
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The following Western Canadian Fastpitch-Softball Championships continue and wrap up today…
Under-17 Girls and Boys in Regina.
Under-19 Women and Under-20 Men in Brandon.
Under-13 Girls and Boys in Abbotsford, B-C
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The Baseball Canada Women’s Championship continues and concludes today in Quebec City with eight provincial teams taking part, including Saskatchewan. They finished preliminary round-robin play with 2 wins, 2 losses…tied for 2nd place in Pool B. Saskatchewan then defeated the Host Quebec team in the quarter-finals. On Saskatchewan’s schedule today…
10 a.m. semi-final: Saskatchewan vs B-C
(The winner plays the winner of the Quebec-Ontario semi-final in the final at 5 p.m. The semi-final losers meet in the third place game at 2 p.m.)
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Canadian Elite Basketball League–5 games:
Saskatchewan Rattlers vs Brampton Honey Badgers
(Tip-off time is 5 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. Saskatchewan has 6 wins, 17 losses…good for 5th place in the Western Conference. Brampton has 5 wins, 18 losses…good for 5th place in the Eastern Conference.)
Montreal Alliance vs Scarborough Shooting Stars—Noon at Toronto
Vancouver Bandits at Ottawa Blackjacks—1 p.m.
Winnipeg Sea Bears at Edmonton Stingers—4 p.m.
Niagara River Lions at Calgary Surge—6 p.m.
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