Saskatchewan teams look for gridiron glory this weekend

Scott Larson · CBC News

· Posted: Nov 07, 2025 7:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 10 hours ago

This play is simply a Saskatchewan shot fan’s dream.

The Saskatoon Hilltops are vying for a nationalist championship.

The  University of Saskatchewan Huskies big the University of Regina Rams successful the Hardy Cup.

And the Saskatchewan Roughriders instrumentality connected the B.C. Lions successful the  CFL Western Division last with a Grey Cup berth connected the line.

Huskies vs. Rams

The Huskies (7-1) and Rams (6-2) kick disconnected the play Saturday day astatine 2 p.m. successful Saskatoon astatine Griffiths Stadium.

This is simply a rematch of past year’s Hardy Cup, successful which the Rams prevailed.

Husky manager Scott Flory said some teams merit to beryllium here.

“We were the 2 champion teams done the regular season,” Flory said.

“And, you know, the Saskatchewan DNA runs done some teams. It’s going to beryllium physical, it's going to beryllium disciplined, it’s 2 good coached teams and I deliberation it's going to beryllium a large matchup.”

Rams caput manager Mark McConkey said the 2 teams are truthful evenly matched helium wouldn’t beryllium amazed if it came down to the last possession to determine the game.

To travel retired connected top, the Rams volition request to beryllium fundamentally dependable successful each aspects of the game, helium said.

The matchup betwixt Huskie moving backmost Ryker Frank (34) and Regina Rams linebacker Brandon Wong (29) is spot against strength. (Liam Richards/Electric Umbrella)

Rams linebacker Brandon Wong, who was named a Canada West all-star, expects a conflict close to the last whistle.

“It's going to beryllium a existent tight, adjacent crippled and we person to play for 60 minutes,” Wong said. “It's not going to beryllium thing wherever you instrumentality your ft disconnected the gas. It's going to spell each the mode down to the past mates seconds connected the clock.”

Both clubs could beryllium without prima players.

Huskie backmost Anton Amunrud has missed the past 3 games and whitethorn not play. Rams prima moving backmost Marshall Erichsen injured his achilles successful past week’s triumph implicit Manitoba and is retired for the season.

Regina violative lineman Will Templeton said losing Erichsen hurts, but the squad has assurance successful fourth-year backmost Christian Katende.

“It's going to travel down to which squad executes astatine a higher level,” said Templeton, who besides was named a Canada West all-star.

“We are truthful evenly matched. They've got a mates all-stars connected their D-line. We evidently person 3 all-stars connected our violative line.”

The victor of this crippled hosts the Ontario champion adjacent play successful the Mitchell Bowl.

And the victor of that crippled goes to the Vanier Cup, which Regina is hosting.

Riders vs. Lions

The Saskatchewan Roughriders locked up archetypal spot a fewer weeks agone and haven’t played a meaningful crippled successful immoderate time, truthful they volition request to shingle disconnected the rust successful a hurry against the B.C. Lions (game clip 5 p.m. astatine Mosaic Stadium).

On the different hand, the squad has utilized the past mates of weeks to remainder veterans and get healthy.

Last year’s antiaircraft subordinate of the year, Roland Milligan Jr., returns to the lineup.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders expect a afloat location Saturday successful the Canada West last against the B.C. Lions. (Associated Press)

And the Riders volition person each of their apical receivers successful the lineup, including Sam Emilus, KeeSean Johnson, Dhonte Meyers, Kian Schaffer-Baker and Ajou Ajou.

“We’ve got immoderate weapons back,” Meyers said. “You guys person seen Shaffer, you’ve seen Sam oregon you guys got to cognize maine and KeeSean this year.

“So it's going to beryllium a bully amusement for Mosaic. It's going to beryllium a bully amusement for Riderville.”

Last year’s antiaircraft subordinate of the year, Roland Milligan Jr. [shown present (0) celebrating with antiaircraft backmost CJ Reavis (1) and antiaircraft lineman Benoit Marion (93) connected Aug. 16, 2025], returns to the lineup this weekend. (Heywood Yu/The Canadian Press)

Riders caput manager Corey Mace said the players cognize what to expect aft playing (and losing) successful the West last past year.

“The infinitesimal of the large games, those guys recognize that now,” Mace said. “We did it determination other and present they person it astatine location and I deliberation the guys are acceptable for that.”

Hilltops vs. Sun

The Saskatoon Hilltops big the Okanagan Sun successful the Canadian Junior Football League nationalist title connected Sunday.

The Hilltops person been the astir ascendant squad successful inferior shot history, having won the nationalist rubric a grounds 23 times. They past won the rubric successful 2023. 

Their opponents been successful the last successful 2 of the past 3 years.

Hilltops caput manager Tom Sargeant said this has been a twelvemonth afloat of gritty performances.

Hilltops caput manager Tom Sargeant says the squad has persevered done ups and downs this season. (Don Somers/ CBC)

Saskatoon mislaid its archetypal crippled of the play successful lopsided fashion. The starting backmost was wounded for fractional the year, and the squad had to marque a melodramatic comeback to triumph successful overtime against the Regina Thunder successful the league final.

“It took a batch of intelligence toughness and guts to get done what we got through,” Sergeant said. “To beryllium down 15 points with similar 8 minutes near against Regina successful their location place.”

Sergeant said a batch of things had to autumn into spot to marque it to the nationalist final.

“But we didn't travel this acold conscionable to amusement up,” helium said. “We're coming retired present to play our champion crippled and correspond Saskatoon successful the manner that we've ever done.”

Game clip is 1 p.m. connected Sunday astatine SMF Field.