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High School Football: Bedford Road vs. Mount Royal, 12:45 p.m.; Tommy Douglas vs. Marion Graham, 3 p.m.; Evan Hardy vs. Bishop Mahoney, 5:15 p.m.; Walter Murray vs. E.D.

Feehan, 7:30 p.m. All games at SMF Field. Hockey WHL: Saskatoon vs. Winnipeg, 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.

TV liSTiNGS NCAA Football TSN2: North Carolina vs. Wake Forest, 4 p.m. TSN2: Washington State vs. Houston, 7 p.m. MLB Sportsnet: New York Yankees at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Sportsnet One: Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, 8 p.m. CFL Ottawa at B.C., 8 p.m. A DiO liSTiNGS WHL 98.3 Cool FM: Saskatoon vs. Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Canada West Football 600 CJWW: Saskatchewan vs. Regina, 7 p.m. Trainer Bob Ba ert issued a statement denying giving a banned substance to Triple Crown winner Justify, a day after the New York Times reported the horse failed a drug test before the historic run in 2018. The newspaper said Justify tested positive for the performance-enhancing drug scopolamine following the Santa Anita Derby on April 7, 2018, less than a month before the Kentucky Derby. Baffert said Thursday in his statement that Justify could have gotten the drug in his system through his food.

unequivocally reject any implication that scopolamine was ever intentionally administered to Justify, or any of my Ba ert said. results indicating trace amounts of the drug were undoubtedly the result of environmental contamination caused by the presence of Jimson Weed in feed, a naturally growing substance in areas where hay and straw are produced in The California Horse Racing Board notified Ba ert of the positive test nine days before the Kentucky Derby, and he requested a second analysis from an independent lab. Those results available until after Kentucky Derby win. Under horse racing rules in place at the time, Justify could have been disqualified. The California board eventually ruled that Justify could have tested positive because of contaminated food and dropped the case.

Ba ert addressed that action, as well. addition, I had no input into, or influence on, the decisions made by the California Horse Racing according to the statement from the Hall of Fame trainer. Serbia beat Team USA 94-89 in a consolation game at the FIBA World Cup in China Thursday, continuing a downward spiral for the Americans that will conclude Saturday with no better than a seventh-place finish in the tournament. The U.S. will wrap up the World Cup with another consolation game Saturday.

In 45 major international competitions, Team USA had never finished worse than sixth. Serbia exploded to a 32-7 advantage in the first quarter when it nailed eight of nine attempts from 3-point range and added six free throws courtesy of fouls on 3-point tries. Serbia finished out the victory behind a game-high 28 points from Bogdan Bogdanovic (Sacramento Kings), who was seven of 14 from 3-point range. Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel reclaimed the lead at the Tour of Britain during sixth stage in Worcestershire after finishing sixth in the individual time trial. Van der Poel, who lost the lead on Wednesday, is now six seconds ahead of Italian Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott) in the general classification.

Top-seeded Zhang Shuai of China retired due to illness while trailing compatriot Zhu Lin 6-0, 1-0 in the second round of the Jiangxi Open on Thursday in Nanchang, China. Zhu advances to the quarter-finals. Peng Shuai was also an upset winner, outlasting No. 8 seed Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic with a 6-3, 0-6, 6-4 win. Meanwhile, Serbian Nina Sto- janovic beat Samantha Stosur, and No.

4 seed Elena Ry- bakina of Kazakhstan beat Xinyu Wang 7-6 (4), 6-2. Reuters iN bRief Trainer denies giving Justify banned drug Bob Baffert GreG Harder If William Powell is frustrated, he come right out and say it. no surprise considering most players tend to err on the side of diplomacy, even in a case like where the Saskatchewan Roughriders been getting the ball to one of their ensive catalysts as often as expected over the past few games. say said the veteran tailback. just how the games played out.

The course of the game dictates what you do on offence. Sometimes you have to steer away from (the ground game). would like to have the ball in their hands but, at the same time, as long as winning, all The six-game win streak came to a screeching halt last weekend with a 35-10 setback against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Saskatchewan spent almost the entire game trying to play catchup, which contributed to the fact that Powell finished with just four carries for one yard his lowest output of the season. It was also the third time in the past four games that Powell had fewer than 10 rushing attempts.

That included a four-carry, seven-yard performance on Aug. 9 in storm-shortened 17-10 win over the Montreal Alouettes, who visit Mosaic Stadium for a rematch on Saturday. put no pressure on myself (to do more with Powell said. I get the ball I want to make the most out of it, whether it be the first carry or the 15th carry of the game. feel like always important (to run the ball well).

Sometimes you have to but whenever you can always a plus. It opens up the pass game pretty well and you can open up the playbook when you have the run game Powell get any argument from head coach Craig Dickenson, who believes for the Riders to rediscover their ensive identity as a team that wears down the opposition with a ground-and-pound mindset. want to be known as a physical team and a team good up Dickenson said. want to try to feed the ball to our running backs. That has been a point of emphasis.

During the game I mess with the ence or the defence too much I let them call the game but I know (o ensive co-ordinator Stephen McAdoo) is really excited about trying to get the running game going this week and I know going to lean heavily on the ensive line. We expect the O-line to play better than they have the last two no secret that the best way to inspire ensive linemen is by running the football. Simply put, they thrive on the opportunity to impose their will in the trenches. the best said Riders guard Dariusz Bladek. love being able to run the ball.

We are a very physical group and I stand by that. You pride yourself as offensive linemen on being able to move another man against his will. Maybe it might not a ect them in the first quarter or even the second but eventually if you can stay true to the ground game wear people Despite fewer touches as of late, Powell is still ranked third in the league with 134 carries and sits fourth with 657 yards. also tied for second in the league with nine rushing majors. Big picture, those numbers likely far from what the Riders envisioned when they signed Powell to a free-agent contract in the -season.

In the shorter term, however, they understand the need to get him more involved. we get Willy in there, it helps me out, but not my said quarterback Cody Fajardo, whose job is to execute the plays that are given to him. we have to run the ball more. I think our entire team knows that. Our coaches know that.

Everyone knows that. We have some things for this week. We just have to be able to go out there and prove we can run the ball and let the passes Roughriders looking to up ground game Top-ranked tailback Powell was held to single yard in loss to Blue Bombers William Powell had a three-touchdown game against the Lions on July 27. He had four carries for one yard last Saturday in Winnipeg. Da The aDian Press.

Ke MitcHell Nicholas family might get that torn-in-two feeling Friday night when he heads home to Regina. The University of Saskatchewan defensive lineman who left his hometown Regina Rams after two seasons there, landing in Saskatoon for the 2019 campaign will join his new squad for a game against his old squad Friday at Mosaic Stadium. Adding to the dynamic: Brother Dominique Dheilly is a redshirt receiver. my going to be there. All my friends.

rooting both Dheilly says. my brother on the Rams, going to be funny to see going on out there. (My parents) are joking around about buying jerseys, splitting them in half and putting them on. see what they Several Huskies, including Dheilly and starting quarterback Mason Nyhus, call Regina home. going to be nice having my family there, some friends, my girlfriend will be there going to be says Nyhus, a Regina Ri el product.

And Dheilly? raring to go. been waiting for this game for a long, long time. been almost two years thinking about he says, before issuing a quick cautionary note. honestly, just another game for us, and we have to go in with that Dheilly, from Regina LeBoldus, played his first two seasons of football with the Rams before getting the itch to go elsewhere. He was named conference rookie of the year and a Canada West all-star before departing for the junior Okanagan Sun.

University players must sit out a year if they shift programs, so he bided his time, waiting to get back. He committed to Saskatchewan in November. Through two games, tied for first in the conference with five tackles for losses, and second with three sacks. say weird Dheilly says of the prospect of playing at Mosaic as a visitor. these familiar faces around you, playing against guys you played with for two years, and you called them brothers.

going to be di erent. have no hard feelings toward the he added. had the best two years there, and I regret anything. up to them if they have any hard feelings against me, but another work week for Regina and Saskatchewan are both 1-1, and Friday is their only meeting of the season. If it comes down to a tiebreaker between the teams at the end of the regular season, this game will determine who comes out on top.

Regina opened with a 46-16 thrashing of the UBC Thunderbirds before losing 18-17 to visiting Alberta this past weekend. Saskatchewan lost 43-19 to Manitoba in Week 1, then beat UBC 40-7 last Friday. taking it almost like a playo Dheilly says, and head coach Scott Flory notes a lot to like about this matchup. got a lot of Regina guys on our Flory said. a Regina guy, too.

At the end of it, honestly, no matter where playing if playing here, playing there going to be a good football game. We know going to be energized; we know going to be emotional. The inter- provincial rivalry all that stu the only time we get them. We get them back here in Saskatoon. So yeah an important football Game time is 7 p.m.

Family dynamics at play as Rams battle Huskies University of Saskatchewan defensive lineman Nicholas Dheilly, a former Regina Ram who has moved over to the Huskies this year, will be back in Regina Friday to play his former squad, in front of friends and family and facing his brother Dominique on the Rams. richarDs 2 Frid Sep 13 2019 aS.