Canadian Football League–Week 20 of the regular-season starts:
Calgary Stampeders 20 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 42
(The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle until Saturday, October 26th when they host Calgary. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium. The Green and White have 9 wins, 7 losses, 1 tie for 19 points…good for 2nd place in the West Division.)
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The Prairie Football Conference playoffs are off until tomorrow when the conference final is scheduled, as follows…
Saskatoon Hilltops vs Regina Thunder
(Kickoff time is 1 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. The winner advances to host the national semi-final against the B-C Conference champion on Sunday, October 27th.)
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Saskatoon High School Football League—3 games at S-M-F Field:
E-D Feehan 30 vs Mount Royal 6
Marion Graham 8 vs Bishop Mahoney 49
Tommy Douglas vs Aden Bowman—no score posted yet
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On campus:
Canada West University Football Conference–Week 7 starts
Calgary Dinos 5vs U-B-C Thunderbirds 21
(The Saskatchewan Huskies return to action today when they are home to the Regina Rams. Kickoff time is 1 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium. The Dogs have 3 wins, 3 losses for 6 points…good for 3rd place. Regina has 2 wins, 4 losses for 4 points…tied for 4th place.)
Canada West University Women’s Volleyball Conference
Saskatchewan Huskies 0 vs Regina Cougars 3
Canada West University Men’s Soccer Conference
Saskatchewan Huskies 1 vs Mount Royal Cougars 2
Canada West University Women’s Hockey Conference
Saskatchewan Huskies 1 vs Alberta Pandas 2
Canada West University Men’s Hockey Conference
Saskatchewan Huskies 2 vs Alberta Golden Bears 5
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Western Hockey League–6 games:
Prince Albert Raiders 4 at Victoria Royals 6
(Prince Albert has 2 wins, 6 losses, 2 extra time losses for 6 points…good for 11th place in the Eastern Conference. Victoria has 6 wins, 1 loss, 2 extra time losses for 14 points…good for 5th place in the Western Conference. The Raiders’ next home game is Friday, October 25th against Seattle. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)
Medicine Hat Tigers 6 at Moose Jaw Warriors 3
Spokane Chiefs 0 at Swift Current Broncos 5
Seattle Thunderbirds 1 at Brandon Wheat Kings 4
Prince George Cougars 3 at Lethbridge Hurricanes 7
Kelowna Rockets 4 at Wenatchee Wild 0
(The Saskatoon Blades return to action today when they visit the Red Deer Rebels. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:45 p.m. and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Blades have 8 wins, 1 loss, 1 extra time loss for 17 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Red Deer has 5 wins, 3 losses, 1 extra time loss for 11 points…tied for 2nd place in the East. The Bridge City Bunch’s next home game is Wednesday against the Seattle Thunderbirds. First face-off is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League—4 games:
Weyburn Red Wings 2 at Flin Flon Bombers 1
Melville Millionaires 1 at Yorkton Terriers 5
Kindersley Klippers 1 at Melfort Mustangs 5
Nipawin Hawks 4 at La Ronge Ice Wolves 5
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Prairie Junior Hockey League:
Fort Knox 5 vs Saskatoon Quakers 3
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League—2 games:
Estevan Bears 6 at Prince Albert Mintos 5
Saskatoon Contacts 4 at Warman Wildcats 5
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National Hockey League–3 games:
San Jose Sharks 3 at Winnipeg Jets 8
Carolina Hurricanes 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Anaheim Ducks 3 at Colorado Avalanche 4 OT
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The World Mixed Curling Championship continues and wraps up today in Aberdeen, Scotland. The 38-team field has been reduced to 16 for straight knock-out playoffs. Canada is represented by the Shaun Meachem foursome from Swift Current. They finished the preliminary round-robin with 7 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place in Group A. On Canada’s schedule yesterday…
Round of 16 – 6 a.m. – Canada 4 vs Netherlands 6
Quarter-finals – Noon – Netherlands 3 vs Japan 8
The semi-finals will be held at 2 a.m. Saturday and the final at 8 a.m. on Saturday.
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Major League Baseball Playoffs:
National League
Los Angeles Dodgers 6 at New York Mets 12
(Los Angeles leads the best-of-seven N-L-C-S 3-2)
American League
New York Yankees 8 at Cleveland Guardians 6
(New York leads the best-of-seven A-L-C-S 3-1)
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