Thursday Schedule

SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

The Canadian Football League returns to action tomorrow when Week 15 of the season starts with Toronto at B-C. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle until Friday, September 20^th when they visit the Calgary Stampeders at 7:30 p.m. The Green and White have 5 wins, 7 losses, 1 tie for 11 points…good for 3rd place in the West Division. Calgary has 4 wins, 8 losses for 8 points…good for 5th place in the West. The Riders’ next home game is Saturday, September 28^th against the Ottawa RedBlacks. Kick-off time is 1 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium.

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The Prairie Football Conference is off until Sunday when Week 5 of the season starts and ends with 3 games, including the Saskatoon Hilltops hosting the Winnipeg Rifles. Kickoff time is 1 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. The Toppers have 4 wins, 0 losses for 8 points…good for 1st place. Winnipeg has 0 wins, 4 losses…tied for 5^th place.

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The Canada West University Football Conference returns to action tomorrow when Week 3 of the regular-season starts with the Saskatchewan Huskies hosting the Calgary Dinos. Kickoff time is 7 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium. The Dogs have 0 wins, 2 losses for 0 points…tied for 5th place. Calgary has 1 win, 1 loss for 2 points…tied for 3rd place.

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National Football League—Week 2 of the regular-season starts:

Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins—6:15 p.m.

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On the high school beat:

Saskatoon High School Football League—3 games at S-M-F Field

E-D Feehan vs Evan Hardy—3 p.m.

Aden Bowman vs Holy Cross—5:15 p.m.

St. Joseph vs Bishop Mahoney—7:30 p.m.

Saskatoon High School Girls Soccer League—4 matches at 4:15 p.m.

Centennial vs Marion Graham at Forest Park #5

Evan Hardy vs Holy Cross at Lakewood

Walter Murray vs Bishop Mahoney at Umea #4

Aden Bowman vs St. Joseph at Forest Park #4

Saskatoon High School Girls Volleyball League—5 single matches plus one, 3-team triple-header

Bedford Road and Mount Royal at E-D Feehan—6:30, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m.

Bethlehem at Holy Cross—6:30 p.m.

Aden Bowman at Centennial—6:30 p.m.

Walter Murray at Bishop Mahoney—6:30 p.m.

Marion Graham at St. Joseph—6:30 p.m.

Saskatoon Christian School at Evan Hardy—6:30 p.m.

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Western Hockey League pre-season—2 games:

Portland Winterhawks vs Spokane Chiefs—6 p.m. at Cheney, Wa.

Seattle Thunderbirds at Everett Silvertips–8:05 p.m.

(The Saskatoon Blades return to action tomorrow when they visit the Prince Albert Raiders. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. The Bridge City Bunch have 0 wins, 3 losses, 0 extra time losses in the pre-season. P-A has 2 wins, 1 loss, 0 extra time losses in the pre-season.

The Blue and Gold begins their 61st regular-season as a franchise and the 59^th W-H-L campaign on Friday, September 20^th when they visit the Swift Current Broncos. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. and the play-by-play at 7 o’clock. The Blades’ regular-season home opener is on Saturday, September 21^st against Swift Current. First face-off is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre with CJWW’s broadcast beginning at 6:45 p.m. and the play-by-play at 7 p.m.

The Raiders open their 2024-25 W-H-L regular-season on Friday, September 20^th when they host the Regina Pats. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)

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The Canadian Senior Men’s Golf Championship starts today and runs through Sunday near Owen Sound, Ontario. A field of 156 amateur golfers, aged 55-and-over, including eight from Saskatchewan, are taking part in the four-day, 72-hole stroke play event. Today is the first of four rounds. Today is also the first of two-rounds of the inter-provincial team competition. Saskatchewan’s team is comprised of Colin Coben of Delisle, Ken Rodgers of Regina and Brent Wotypka of Swift Current. Non-team members from Saskatchewan in the field include Martin Ring of Prince Albert, Brad Phelps and Warren Proctor of Saskatoon.

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Major League Baseball:

Inter-League—1 day game

The Toronto Blue Jays return to action tomorrow when they host the St. Louis Cardinals at 5:07 p.m. in Toronto

American League—1 day game, 3 night

National League—1 day game, 2 night

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