SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 22
Prairie Football Conference—The 2021 season starts with 3 games:
Saskatoon Hilltops at Edmonton Huskies—1 p.m.
(CJWW’s coverage starts at 12:45 p.m. with Dave Thomas and pre-game talk. Dave will, also, have updates throughout the game and a post-game wrap-up. CJWW will broadcast all Toppers’ home games, the first of which is Saturday, September 11th against the Regina Thunder at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. Game time is 7 p.m. with the broadcast beginning at 6:30 p.m.)
Regina Thunder at Winnipeg Rifles—Noon
Edmonton Wildcats at Calgary Colts—1 p.m.
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National Football League Exhibition—Week 3 continues with 2 games:
New York Giants at Cleveland Browns—11 a.m.
San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Chargers—5:30 p.m.
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The Canadian Football League is off Thursday when Week 4 of the 2021 regular-season starts, as follows…
Edmonton Elks at Toronto Argonauts—5:30 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle until Sunday, September 5th when they host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the annual Labour Day Weekend Classic. Game time is 4 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium. The Riders have 3 wins, 0 losses for 6 points…good for 1st place in the West Division.)
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The 2021 Double-I-H-F World Women’s Hockey Championship continues today and runs through Tuesday, August 31st in Calgary. There are 10 countries taking part, split into two groups of five for preliminary round-robin play, followed by playoffs. On today’s schedule…
Canada vs Russia—4 p.m.
(Canada has 1 win, 0 losses for 3 points…tied for 1st place. Russia has 1 win, 0 losses for 3 points…tied for 1st place. Saskatoon product Emily Clark is a forward on Team Canada.)
Hungary vs Chech Republic—Noon
Finland vs United States—5:30 p.m.
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A busy weekend of drag racing at Saskatchewan International Raceway continues today with Points Race #6. Race eliminations start at 12:30 p.m.
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Saskatoon Adult Soccer—3 matches:
Ceres vs Chaos—7:30 p.m. at Kinsmen B
Urban Thunder vs Rampage—7:30 p.m. at Kinsmen A
Chosen Generation vs Saskatoon Raiders—8:30 p.m. at Kinsmen A
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The following Provincial Fastpitch-Softball Championships continue and wind up today…
“Open” Women’s-White, with four teams at Bob Van Impe Stadium in Saskatoon
“Open” Women’s-Green, with three teams at Bob Van Impe Stadium in Saskatoon
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The following Provincial Baseball Triple-A Championships continue and wrap up today…
11-and-under, with 13 teams at Kilburn Park in Saskatoon
13-and-under, with 16 teams at Geoff Hughes Complex in Saskatoon
15-and-under, with 14 teams in Regina
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Major League Baseball:
American League—3 day games, 1 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers—11:07 a.m. at Toronto
National League—6 day games
Inter-League—3 day games
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Canadian Elite Basketball League Championship Final:
Niagara River Lions at Edmonton Stingers—2 p.m.
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