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Mike Babcock ready for debut with hometown Huskies
Mike Babcock is back on campus. The longtime NHL coach is back at his hometown University of Saskatchewan, one of his alma matters, to lead the Huskies men's hockey program on an interim basis. After ...
Sep 17, 2021 Mike Babcock has resigned as head coach of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men's hockey team. (University of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Regina Thunder end Saskatoon Hilltops 32-game win streak with walk-off field goal
Eric Maximuik never doubted himself. Not even as the Regina Thunder kicker approached the huddle on the final second of the game against the Saskatoon Hilltops Saturday night with the score tied 13-13...
Sep 12, 2021 Regina Thunder kicker Eric Maximuik kicked a 51-yard field goal for a 16-13 win over the Saskatoon Hilltops Saturday at SMF Field. (Darren Steinke)
Saskatoon Hilltops, Regina Thunder set for battle of the undefeated
The Saskatoon Hilltops are back. A year after the Prairie Football Conference was cancelled due to COVID-19, the Toppers are back at SMF Field Saturday night for another national championship homecomi...
Sep 11, 2021 The Saskatoon Hilltops practice ahead of a highly-anticipated game against the Regina Thunder. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Blades pay tribute to Bobby Kirkness
In the transient world of junior hockey, coaches, players, general managers and even arenas come and go. But guys like Bobby Kirkness are once in a lifetime. Memories and stories of the longtime dress...
Sep 08, 2021 The Saskatoon Blades held a memorial for longtime dressing room attendant Bobby Kirkness on Sept. 8, 2021. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
U of S athlete finishes seventh at international track competition
Avery Pearson competed on behalf of the University of Saskatchewan across the ocean before she even sat down in a Saskatoon lecture hall. The 18-year-old Meadow Lake track athlete just returned from c...
Sep 07, 2021 Avery Pearson competes in Nairobi at the World Athletics U20 Championships in the women’s 800 metres, winning first in her heat on Aug. 19, 2021. (Submitted)
Thunder, Hilltops victorious Sunday, both move to 2-0
Another pair of wins for the Saskatchewan Canadian Junior Football League teams Sunday. The Regina Thunder had its first home game in 679 days, kicking off an early-afternoon matchup with the Winnipeg...
Aug 29, 2021 The Saskatoon Hilltops remained undefeated on the season with a 53-6 win over the Calgary Colts on Sept. 22, 2019. (Saskatoon Hilltops/Twitter)
'It doesn't feel real to me:' Hilltops' Dale first woman in CJFL
Emmarae Dale is still pinching herself. After growing up cheering on the Saskatoon Hilltops, the linebacker made her highly anticipated debut for the Toppers last Sunday as the first woman to ever pla...
Aug 25, 2021 Saskatoon Hilltops linebacker Emmarae Dale became the first woman to play in the Canadian Junior Football League last weekend. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM News)
Riders triumphant in return with 33-29 victory despite B.C. Lions nearly roaring back in second half
It was emotional return to the field for Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo. "I started tearing up in the tunnel when I was running out to the game and you hear the crowd," Fajardo said...
Aug 06, 2021 Quarterback Cody Fajardo (7) celebrates during the Riders 33-29 win over the B.C. Lions on Aug. 6, 2021. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Oleksiak makes history with seventh Olympic medal, De Grasse wins 100m bronze
TOKYO - The Canadian women finished their impressive medal haul in the pool - including a record-setting performance from Penny Oleksiak - and Andre De Grasse finally got Canada's men on the board wit...
Aug 01, 2021
Blades announce 18th coach in team history
The Saskatoon Blades have found their guy. The team announced its 18th head coach in franchise history Wednesday, Brennan Sonne. Sonne spent the last four years as the head coach of the Ducs d'Angers ...
Jul 21, 2021 Saskatoon Blades head coach Brennan Sonne. (Jesse Gelenyse/Twitter)
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