Saskatchewan Huskies

... here because I want to train.

I want to be with a program." So I, I joined the Huskies and, uh, the cross-country program right off, and it, it was a big leap.

We had a lot of guys that first year, same age as I am.

There was four of them that were actually attended the World Cross Country Championships.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So how many, um, or I guess when you're on the, uh, Huskies and you mentioned it's, like, uh, a little different obviously than when you were in Wadena, what, um, maybe what did you l- learn going to, like, a program like that? Like, what were some of the takeaways of maybe something you were doing wrong or doing right in your training, or were you doing it pretty well all along?

Well, it, it was really interesting.

On the men's side, Alberta is one of the teams I'll be watching very closely.

They have already shown that they can beat strong teams, including Sask- Saskatchewan and UBC.

So the question is no longer whether Alberta is capable of producing a good performance.

We already know they are.

This year is about whether that quality can eventually translate into something more when the game becomes much more important.

The women's side has two tournaments that I think particularly important, starting with the Darcelle Wright Memorial Classic in downtown Toronto.

Saskatchewan enters as a defending national champion, but the team walking into this tournament is going to look very different from the one that finished last season.

They lost important experience from the championship roster and brought in a large group of new players.

Remarkable season for the Dinos so far.

They were taking on the University of Regina Cougars and University of Saskatchewan Huskies at McMahon this weekend, and came out tops in both of those games, as they probably were expected to do.

Yeah, the Dinos beat Regina on Friday night 5-nil, and then they beat the Saskatchewan Huskies on Sunday 2-nil.

Scott, you were at the game.

You were at the Dinos, uh, Huskies game this afternoon.

As far as the Mount Royal Cougars women's team, they had a, a pretty good weekend as well, although not quite as good as the Dinos.

They beat the Regina Cougars in another Battle of the Cougars match up 5-nil, um, quite kind of reminiscent to the same score as, as the Dinos beat, uh, Regina.

But, um, when the Cougars played the Saskatchewan Huskies, uh, they weren't able to get all three points.

We're going to try to get through it as quickly and efficiently, but as informatively as possible.

Let's start with football, shall we? The Huskies football team, they have already hit the midpoint of the Canada West regular season.

Four games down, four games to go.

And they're on a roll.

They've won three in a row after a season opening loss in Winnipeg.

And just coming off a very big win over their provincial rivals down in Regina, defeating the Regina Rams 38-31 on September the 26th at Mosaic Stadium for that third straight victory.

And also the only head-to-head meeting of the regular season between the Huskies and the Rams.

So very important for the standings potentially and a tiebreaker if it comes to that when the playoffs roll around.

Didn't want to do it.

He wanted to stay with what he had and win a lot more with the Saskatchewan Huskies.

I hope this comes to pass.

I'm still, as much as I would love to see this happen, I still think there are a lot of things that have to come together.

It was a big rivalry weekend for football here in the province.

You had the Thunder and the Hilltops, but then you also had, of course, Marshall Erichsen and the Regina Rams taking on the University of Saskatchewan Huskies at Mosaic Stadium.

So Marshall making his return after that Achilles injury.

First game back, and what a way to come back.

Thanks for having me.

So what a game to make your return in, Marshall.

How did it feel to be back on the field against the University of Saskatchewan Huskies after battling through injury?

Yeah, it felt great.

Tomorrow.

At Mosaic Stadium, 2 p.m., the Regina Rams and the U of S Huskies.

And Canwest is, again, going to be just a dogfight.

The two rivals, if you can't make it to the game, it's on 620 CKRM with the pregame show starting at 145.