The Saskatoon Hilltops are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Hilltops play in the six-team Prairie Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as the Canadian Bowl. The team was originally founded in 1921 as a senior team in the Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union, under which it played until 1936. The team reorganized in 1947. Saskatoon Minor Football Field at Gordie Howe Park is the home field for the Saskatoon Hilltops. and was to undergo expansion and installation of artificial turf beginning in 2009.[1] In 2011, Saskatoon's city council decided that plans for Gordie Howe Bowl were not feasible and plans to upgrade the facility have been put on hold.[2] On Saturday, September 6, 2014, the first Hilltop game was played on the newly installed artificial turf against the Regina Thunder ball team. With funding by Friends of the Bowl Foundation, community donors and the City of Saskatoon, new scoreboard, lights and sound system were also new additions. The facility still awaits a new clubhouse.[3][4]
Executive committee
Position |
Holder |
President |
Jeff Gould |
Past President |
Gerald Dewald |
General Manager |
Terry Postey |
Secretary |
Cliff Powlowski |
Executive Director |
Al Gibb |
Executive Director |
Terry Postey |
Executive Director |
Spero Kokonas |
Executive Director |
Greg Peacock |
Executive Director |
Jeff Gould |
Executive Director |
Walt Smith |
Executive Director |
Greg Yuel |
Head Coach |
Tom Sargeant |
Coaching staff
Position |
Holder |
Head Coach |
Tom Sargeant |
Quarterbacks |
Sheldon Ball |
Running Backs |
Jack Nepjuk |
Receivers |
Brent Stevens |
Offensive Line |
Donnie Davidsen |
Linebackers |
Jeff Yausie |
Defensive Co-Ordinator/Defensive Backs |
Brent Turkington |
Special Teams/Defensive Line |
Warren Muzika |
2014 Season
The Hilltops entered the playoffs with 6 wins and 2 losses which resulted in a first place standing. On October 19, 2014 the play off game against the Winnipeg Rifles was finalized with a 43 to 13 score in favour of the Hilltops. The Hilltops proceed to the Prairie Football Conference PFC finals on Sunday October 26, 2014.
Canadian Championships
The Hilltops have won 17 of the 20 Canadian Championships they have played in, the most recent being the 2012 Canadian Bowl versus the Langley Rams at Langley, B.C.[5][6] “I’m pretty sure the odds are in my favour. The Saskatoon Hilltops are vying for their third straight Canadian Championship. They know how to win football games. I am proud to support them, and proud they are representing Saskatchewan. said Kevin Doherty, Saskatchewan’s Minister of Parks, Culture, and Sport of a friendly wager made between himself, and Bill Bennett, British Columbia’s Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. It will be Bennett who will don a Saskatoon Hilltop jersey for a day.[7] [8] [9] [10]
Canadian Bowl Championship Games
Armadale Cup Championship Games
Year |
Champion |
Finalist |
1985 |
Saskatoon Hilltops 29 |
Ottawa Sooners 11 |
1978 |
Saskatoon Hilltops 24 |
Ottawa Sooners 4 |
Leader-Post Championship Games
External links
Gallery
File:Jared Andreychuk Wide Receiver Hilltops Catch.jpg
August 12, 2012 Amazing play by Saskatoon Hilltop quarterback number 8 Matt Karpinka. A lateral throw to the wide receiver number 5 Jared Andreychuk who threw it downfield for a catch by number 28 Kyle McGinnis and run!!! [11] Photograph attribution Julia Adamson
|
|
File:Hilltops Shrine Bowl.jpg
Hilltops capture Shrine Bowl 66-26, a two-game aggregate score between the Saskatchewan teams. The Hilltops beat the Thunder 24-9 on Sept. 8 and 42-17 on Sept. 22, 2012 [13][14]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.