Canadian Football League–Week 16 of the regular-season starts:
Montreal Alouettes 23, Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16
(The Saskatchewan Roughriders are off until Friday, September 30th when they visit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Green and White have 6 wins, 8 losses for 12 points…good for 4th place in the Western Conference. Winnipeg has 12 wins, 2 losses for 24 points…good for 1st place in the West. The Riders’ next home game is Saturday, October 22nd against the Calgary Stampeders. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.)
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Canada West University Football Conference–Week 4 starts with 2 games:
Saskatchewan Huskies 38, Alberta Golden Bears 16
Regina Rams 21, U-B-C Thunderbirds 13
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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon High School Football League—4 games
St. Joseph 60, Bethlehem 13
Centennial 40, Tommy Douglas 3
Marion Graham 45, Evan Hardy 15
(The above three games are all at S-M-F Field)
Walter Murray at Prince Albert-Carlton – SCORE NOT AVAIALBLE
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Western Hockey League–regular-season starts with 8 games:
Saskatoon Blades 5, Prince Albert Raiders 2
(The Blades then host the Raiders on Saturday for Saskatoon’s regular-season home opener at 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m.)
Moose Jaw Warriors 5, Regina Pats 4
Calgary Hitmen 2, Swift Current Broncos 1
Red Deer Rebels 5, Edmonton Oil Kings 2
Prince George Cougars 5, Tri-City Americans 1
Portland Winterhawks 3, Kamloops Blazers 0
Spokane Chiefs 7, Victoria Royals 5
Seattle Thunderbirds 4, Vancouver Giants 3 (SO)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League—4 games:
La Ronge Ice Wolves 2, Flin Flon Bombers 1 (SO)
Battlefords North Stars 6, Melville Millionaires 3
Humboldt Broncos 7, Melfort Mustangs 4
Weyburn Red Wings 9, Estevan Bruins 2
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Major League Baseball:
American League—7 night games, including
Tampa Bay Rays 10, Toronto Blue Jays 6
Inter-League—1 night game
National League—7 night games