SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
The Canadian Football League is off until Friday when Week 17 of the season starts with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle until Saturday when they visit the Edmonton Elks. The Green and White have 10 wins, 3 losses for 20 points…good for 1st place in the West Division. Edmonton has 5 wins, 9 losses for 10 points…good for 5th place in the West. The Riders’ next home game is Friday, October 10th against the Toronto Argonauts. Kickoff time from Regina is 7 p.m.
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The Prairie Football Conference is off until Saturday when Week 7 of the season starts with the Saskatoon Hilltops at home to the Regina Thunder. Game time is 7 p.m. at S-M-F Field. The Toppers have 5 wins, 1 loss for 10 points…tied for 1st place. Regina has 5 wins, 1 loss for 10 points…tied for 1st place.
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The Canada West Football Conference is idle until Friday when Week 5 of the season begins with U-B-C at Alberta. The Saskatchewan Huskies are off until Saturday when they visit the Calgary Dinos at 1 p.m. The Dogs have 3 wins, 1 loss for 6 points…tied for 1st place. Calgary has 2 wins, 2 losses for 4 points…tied for 3rd place. Saskatchewan’s next home game is Saturday, October 4th against the Alberta Golden Bears. Kickoff time is 7 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium.
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The Western Hockey League is idle until Friday with 6 games, including the Saskatoon Blades visiting the Lethbridge Hurricanes. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:45 p.m. with play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 1 win, 1 loss, 0 extra time losses for 2 points…tied for 4th place in the Eastern Conference. Lethbridge has 1 win, 1 loss, 0 extra time losses for 2 points…tied for 4th place in the East. The Blue and Gold’s next home game is Friday, October 3rd against the Red Deer Rebels. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
The Prince Albert Raiders are off until Friday when they visit the Regina Pats. P-A has 1 win, 0 losses, 1 extra time loss for 3 points…good for 3rd place in the Eastern Conference. Regina has 0 wins, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 0 points…tied for 9th place in the East. The Raiders’ next home game is Saturday, October 4th against Red Deer. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League—3 games:
Saskatoon Contacts at Battlefords Stars—7:30 p.m.
Swift Current Legionnaires at Moose Jaw Warriors—7 p.m.
Yorkton Maulers at Notre Dame Hounds—7:30 p.m.
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National Hockey League pre-season—5 games:
Seattle Kraken at Edmonton Oilers—7 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks—8 p.m.
Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes—4 p.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets—5 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Anaheim Ducks—8 p.m.
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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon High School Girls Soccer League–4 matches at 4:15 p.m.
Walter Murray vs Holy Cross at Misaskwatomina Park
Centennial vs St. Joseph at Forest Park-3
Bethlehem vs Bishop Mahoney at Forest Park-5
Aden Bowman vs Evan Hardy at Lakewood Park
Saskatoon High School Senior Girls Volleyball League—3 matches
Centennial and Aden Bowman at Holy Cross
(Above listing is a three-team, round-robin set of matches starting at 6:30 p.m.)
Saskatoon High School Senior Boys Volleyball League—12 matches
Centennial and Bethlehem at Aden Bowman
Saskatoon Christian School and Bishop Mahoney at E-D Feehan
Walter Murray and Holy Cross at St. Joseph
Marion Graham and Evan Hardy at Tommy Douglas
(All four above listings are three-team, round-robin sets of matches starting at 6:30 p.m.)
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Major League Baseball:
American League—7 games, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox–5:07 p.m. at Toronto
Inter-League—1 night game
National League—2 day games, 5 night
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