Four Sask. players named to Canada world junior hockey championship team
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Berkly Catton, Brayden Yager, Caden Price and Tanner Howe were all named.
It has the makings for a classic in Saskatoon’s football history.
The Saskatoon Hilltops pulled out to a 25-9 lead and held on to edge the rival Regina Thunder 25-24 in the Prairie Football Conference semi-final playoff.
Regina came close to taking the lead in the final two minutes, missing a field goal with the score 25-23.
Fans go crazy after a @reginathunder field goal misses left 25-24 @SaskHilltops #yxe 1:20 left in game pic.twitter.com/2Q8nGXZueW
— JT Marshall (@jtmarshallCKOM) October 23, 2016
Ryan Turple and Logan Logan Fischer each scored a touchdown to help Saskatoon take an 18-9 lead into the half.
In the third quarter, Cody Peters blocked a Regina punt attempt and Adam Benkic picked up the loose ball and scored six more for the tops.
The @SaskHilltops blocked a punt for a touchdown 25-9 for them over the @reginathunder with 7:11 in 3rd quarter #yxe pic.twitter.com/49r62LRAF9
— JT Marshall (@jtmarshallCKOM) October 23, 2016
One province over, Calgary escaped with an equally close win over their rivals. The Colts beat the Edmonton Huskies 11-10 in the other PFC semi-final.
That sets up a meeting between the top two teams in the regular season. Saskatoon and Calgary will square off for the Conference championship at a date and time to be determined.