ST. JOHN’S, NL (August 15, 2025): After Friday’s competitions, Men’s Baseball and Women’s Beach Volleyball are still in contention for the podium tomorrow. After the first half of the Games wraps up on Saturday evening, the City of St. John’s will prepare itself for turnaround day, the logistical manoeuvre that will see approximately 2,500 participants depart the Athletes' Village and another 2,500 arrive for week two competition, which begins on Tuesday, August 19th. Photo galleries (credit: Michael Scraper/Team Sask)

DAY 7 COMPETITION RECAP

BASEBALL (M)

  • Though Baseball had a tough loss to Quebec (9-4) in their third matchup of the tournament, the team is still in the running for the podium. They’ll play for bronze on Saturday at 11:30 AM CST/3:00 NST. This could be a three-Canada Games streak for Team Sask Baseball following their historic gold in 2017 and bronze in 2022.

BASKETBALL (M & F)

  • The women’s team took PEI 70-44 on Friday and will play for 5th on Saturday at 5:00 AM CST/8:30 AM NST. Opening Ceremonies flag bearer Hayden Kot will not head back home to Saskatchewan with her team – instead, she’ll stay in the Athletes’ Village for another week to compete in women’s Volleyball. The women’s indoor Volleyball competition will begin with Saskatchewan vs. Quebec at 1:00 PM CST/4:30 PM NST on Tuesday, August 19.
  • On the men’s side, Saskatchewan will play Nova Scotia Friday afternoon at 2:00 PM CST/5:30 PM NST for a qualifying game. If they win, they will play for fifth place on Saturday morning at 7:15 AM CST/10:45 AM NST against the winner of Manitoba vs. New Brunswick.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL (M & F)

  • After Friday morning’s 2-1 win against Team BC, Team Sask Beach Volleyball pair Erika Markentin and Alexa Smith will move onto the semifinals tomorrow, confirming they will play for a medal later in the day on Saturday. The semifinal match is scheduled for 9:00 AM NST/5:30 AM CST on Saturday, August 16 at Paradise Park.
  • The men’s team took Team NT in straight sets on Friday afternoon and will square up against Team NL at 7:30 AM CST/11:00 AM NST Saturday morning for 9th place.

SOCCER (M)

  • Men’s soccer wrapped up in ninth place after a 5-1 win against Manitoba Friday morning with a hat trick from Saskatoon's Zach Kim.

SAILING

  • Daniel Laverty continued on in the men’s single-handed ILCA and is sitting tied for 4th place after 7 races.

TENNIS

  • Beat Manitoba 4-2 in a consolation match. They will play for fifth place on Saturday afternoon against Nova Scotia at 10:30 AM CST/2:00 PM NST.

SWIMMING

  • Owen Eisler had an incredible effort in the open-water swim. The 3 kilometre race saw Eisler lead after the first lap and swim to a final time of 39.34.52. Though he’s a distance specialist in the pool, today’s race was one of his first times ever competing in the open water event at a distance twice the length of the indoor 1500m. Landon Kennedy placed 16th.
  • In the women’s race, Macy Harlos placed 12th, with Clara Gelhorn not far behind in 13th..

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