SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
The Canadian Football League is idle until Friday when Week 16 of the regular-season starts with 2 games, including the Saskatchewan Roughriders visiting the Ottawa RedBlacks at 5 p.m. The Green and White have 6 wins, 7 losses for 12 points…good for 3rd place in the West Division. Ottawa has 3 wins, 10 losses for 6 points…good for 4th place in the East Division. The Riders’ next home game is Saturday, October 7th against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium.
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The Canada West University Football Conference is off until Friday when Week 4 of the regular-season starts with 2 games, including the Saskatchewan Huskies visiting the Calgary Dinos at 7 p.m. Saskatchewan has 2 wins, 1 loss for 4 points…good for 3rd place. Calgary has 0 wins, 3 losses for 0 points…tied for 5th place. The Dogs next home game is Friday, September 29th against the U-B-C Thunderbirds. Kick-off time at Griffiths Stadium is 7 p.m.
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The Prairie Football Conference is idle until Sunday when Week 6 of the season starts and ends with 3 games, including the Saskatoon Hilltops at the Edmonton Huskies at 1 p.m. The Toppers have 5 wins, 0 losses for 10 points…good for 1st place. The Huskies have 3 wins, 2 losses for 6 points…good for 3rd place. The Hilltops’ next home game is Saturday, September 30th when they host the Regina Thunder. Game time is 7 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field.
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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon High School Junior-Varsity Football League—3 games
Evan Hardy at Centennial—3:45 p.m.
St. Joseph at Walter Murray—4:30 p.m.
Aden Bowman at Holy Cross—4:30 p.m.
Saskatoon High School Boys Soccer League—4 matches at 4:15 p.m.
St. Joseph vs Aden Bowman at Newsham Park West
Walter Murray vs Bishop Mahoney at Umea Vast
Bethlehem vs Evan Hardy at Lakewood Park
Centennial vs Holy Cross at Forest Park #5
Saskatoon High School Girls Volleyball League—6 matches
Centennial at Aden Bowman—6:30 p.m.
Bethlehem at Saskatoon Christian School—6:30 p.m.
Holy Cross at Tommy Douglas—6:30 p.m.
Marion Graham at Evan Hardy—6:30 p.m.
Walter Murray at St. Joseph—6:30 p.m.
Bedford Road at E-D Feehan—8:30 p.m.
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The Western Hockey League regular-season opens Friday with 9 games, including the Prince Albert Raiders opening their 2023-24 campaign as they host the Moose Jaw Warriors. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
The Saskatoon Blades are off until Saturday when they start the 2023-24 regular season at the Regina Pats. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7. The Blue and Gold’s home opener is Sunday against the Prince Albert Raiders at SaskTel Centre. Game time is 4 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League exhibition:
Regina Silver Foxes vs Fort Knox—7:30 p.m. at Fort Qu’Appelle
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League exhibition:
Warman Wildcats vs Saskatoon Contacts—7:30 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place
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Major League Baseball:
American League—4 day games, 2 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees–5:05 p.m.
Inter-League—2 day games, 1 night
National League—3 day games, 3 night
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