Saskatoon Hilltops
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Saskatoon Hilltops
City Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
League Canadian Junior Football League
Canadian Junior Football League
The Canadian Junior Football League is a national amateur Canadian football league consisting of 19 teams playing in six provinces across Canada. The teams compete annually for the Canadian Bowl...

Division Prairie Football Conference
Founded 1947
Colours Royal Blue & Gold
Home field Gordie Howe Bowl
Gordie Howe Bowl
Gordie Howe Bowl is a football stadium located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was opened September 30, 1960. It is the home of the Saskatoon Hilltops, who play in the Prairie Football Conference of the Canadian Junior Football League and is also used for high school football. It is located...

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The Saskatoon Hilltops are a Canadian Junior Football
Canadian football
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

 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
Canadian Junior Football League
The Canadian Junior Football League is a national amateur Canadian football league consisting of 19 teams playing in six provinces across Canada. The teams compete annually for the Canadian Bowl...

 (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as the Canadian Bowl
Canadian Bowl
The Canadian Bowl is the championship of the Canadian Junior Football League. The three league champions participate in the playdowns for the championship. One champion receives a bye to the game, while the other two play off in the Jostens Cup. The bye rotates among the three...

. The team was originally founded in 1921, but was reorganized in 1947. Gordie Howe Bowl
Gordie Howe Bowl
Gordie Howe Bowl is a football stadium located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was opened September 30, 1960. It is the home of the Saskatoon Hilltops, who play in the Prairie Football Conference of the Canadian Junior Football League and is also used for high school football. It is located...

 is the home field for the Saskatoon Hilltops and was to undergo expansion and installation of artificial turf beginning in 2009. 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.

Executive committee

Position Holder
President Ron Zerr
Past President Gerald Dewald
General Manager Craig Cupid
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

Canadian Championships

The Hilltops have won 15 of the 18 Canadian Championships they have played in, the most recent being the 2011 Canadian Bowl
Canadian Bowl
The Canadian Bowl is the championship of the Canadian Junior Football League. The three league champions participate in the playdowns for the championship. One champion receives a bye to the game, while the other two play off in the Jostens Cup. The bye rotates among the three...

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Canadian Bowl Championship Games

Year Champion Finalist
2011 Saskatoon Hilltops 29 Hamilton Hurricanes 1
2010 Saskatoon Hilltops 34 Vancouver Island Raiders
Vancouver Island Raiders
The Vancouver Island Raiders are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The Raiders play in the eight-team B.C. Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League and competes annually for the national title known as the Canadian Bowl...

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2007 Saskatoon Hilltops 26 St. Leonard Cougars
St. Leonard Cougars
The St. Leonard Cougars are a CJFL football team located in St. Leonard, Quebec. They play in the Ontario division....

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2003 Saskatoon Hilltops 59 Victoria Rebels
Victoria Rebels
The Westshore Rebels are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Langford, British Columbia. The Rebels play in the six-team B.C. Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League and competes annually for the national title known as the Canadian Bowl...

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2002 Saskatoon Hilltops 20 St. Leonard Cougars
St. Leonard Cougars
The St. Leonard Cougars are a CJFL football team located in St. Leonard, Quebec. They play in the Ontario division....

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2001 Saskatoon Hilltops 45 Okanagan Sun
Okanagan Sun
The Okanagan Sun are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Kelowna, British Columbia. The Sun play in the eight-team B.C. Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League and competes annually for the national title known as the Canadian Bowl...

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2000 Okanagan Sun 36 Saskatoon Hilltops 28
1996 Saskatoon Hilltops 38 Windsor AKO Fratmen 7
1991 Saskatoon Hilltops 48 Ottawa Sooners
Ottawa Sooners
The Ottawa Sooners are a Canadian football team based in Ottawa. The team originally played in the Ontario Football Conference of the Canadian Junior Football League. The team had achieved success during its play in the CJFL, winning a total of 4 National Championships...

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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

Year Champion Finalist
1969 Saskatoon Hilltops 28 Ottawa Sooners 7
1968 Saskatoon Hilltops 27 Ottawa Sooners 19
1960 Montreal Rose Bombers 22 Saskatoon Hilltops 20
1959 Saskatoon Hilltops 46 Toronto NK Knights 7
1958 Saskatoon Hilltops 18 Notre-Dame-de-Grace Maple Leafs
Notre-Dame-de-Grace Maple Leafs
The Notre-Dame-de-Grace Maple Leafs also known as the NDG Maple Leafs were a junior Canadian football team based in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec from 1946 to 1973...

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1953 Saskatoon Hilltops 34 Windsor AKO Fratmen 6
1948 Hamilton Wildcats
Hamilton Wildcats
Formed in 1990, the Hamilton Wildcats are a member club of the Ontario Australian Football League . Currently the Wildcats boast a playing membership of some 32 players who are drawn to the unique game of Australian rules football from many regions of southern Ontario, Canada...

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