National Weekly Salutes for Huskies’ Chow and Stenger

All three U Sports Football Players of the Week from last week will be involved in just one of the two national semi-final games this Saturday.

Two of those players saluted are from the Canada West Conference-champion U of S Huskies. Running back Tyler Chow was the offensive star for his 222 yards rushing and two touchdowns as the Dogs won the Hardy Cup in Calgary. Meanwhile, kicker Sean Stenger copped the national Special Teams honour, posting 13 points on five converts, two field goals and a pair of singles as Saskatchewan bounced the Dinos 43-18.

The Defensive player-of-the-week is Western linebacker Fraser Sopik. He was credited with eight-and-a-half tackles…seven of them of the solo variety…to help pace the unbeaten Mustangs to an Ontario Conference final victory over Guelph.

The Huskies visit London, Ontario and Western on Saturday in the Mitchell Bowl. Game time is 3 p.m. with CJWW’s broadcast beginning at 2. Following is the news release from U Sports…..

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November 14, 2018

Chow, Stenger garner national nods

U SPORTS Communications

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TORONTO – Saskatchewan running back Tyler Chow, Western linebacker, Fraser Sopik, and Saskatchewan kicker Sean Stenger are the U SPORTS Football Players of the Week, for the period ending Nov. 11, 2018.

Chow made the most of his first trip to the 82nd Hardy Cup, as the Calgary product helped rush the Saskatchewan Huskies to a dominant 43-18 win over the Calgary Dinos Saturday. Chow, who played at Calgary’s Notre Dame High School, posted a Canada West season-high 222 rushing yards in a single game, while finding the end zone twice for Saskatchewan. His 640 rushing yards for the season has him in 10th place in the country. Chow was too much for the Dinos to handle in the conference championship game, as the Huskies earned their first Hardy Cup since 2006.

Sopik has been a leader on the Western defence for several years and continued the moniker during the team’s dominant performance against a talented Guelph squad on Saturday. This year’s OUA Stand-Up Defensive Player of the Year was a load on the Yates Cup stage, playing a significant role in limiting Guelph to just 259 yards of offence. He was active, aggressive, and had a knack for getting to the ball en route to an 8.5 tackle performance. Seven of those tackles were of the solo variety, to go along with an additional three assisted efforts. Sopik kept the Guelph offence pinned back on several occasions, as evidenced by the team mustering just two touchdowns in the game, and he will look to keep his leadership role up into next week’s Mitchell Bowl.

While Stenger wasn’t called on for an overtime winner Saturday like he was two weeks ago vs. UBC, he nonetheless did his part for the Saskatchewan Huskies in the 82nd Hardy Cup. The veteran was 2-for-3 on field goals, 5-for-5 on extra points, while adding two rouges to finish with 13 total points in Saskatchewan’s win. Stenger, who used a 38-yard OT field goal in the conference semis to lift the Huskies to their first Hardy Cup appearance since 2009, also added one punt inside the Calgary 20.

Offensive nominees: CW: Tyler Chow, running back, Saskatchewan (winner) OUA: Chris Merchant, quarterback, Western RSEQ: Vincent Breton-Robert, running back, Laval AUS: Jordan Socholotiuk, running back, StFX Defensive nominees: CW: Nelson Lokombo, defensive back, Saskatchewan OUA: Fraser Sopik, linebacker, Western (winner) RSEQ: Adam Auclair, linebacker AUS: Alex Fedchun, defensive lineman, StFX Special teams nominees: CW: Sean Stenger, kicker, Sastachewan (winner) OUA: Marc Liegghio, kicker, Western RSEQ: Dominic Lévesque, punter, Laval AUS: Jeremy Pike, defensive back, StFX

National Weekly Salutes for Huskies’ Chow and Stenger

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