Dynamic duo Reider, Douglas leading undefeated Saskatoon Hilltops towards playoffs

Two years aft leaving his archetypal Prairie Football Conference squad successful the Regina Thunder, Drake Douglas was invited to a Saskatoon Hilltops signifier successful 2022 pursuing a twelvemonth distant from the game.

That signifier would extremity up changing his shot career, catching passes from past Hilltops backup backmost Trey Reider.

“He was benignant of the archetypal feline who started throwing to maine successful signifier erstwhile we got into the one-on-ones,” said Douglas. “To travel this far, I decidedly wouldn’t person wholly expected it.”

Since that meeting, Reider and Douglas person grown into 1 of the astir feared violative duos successful Canadian inferior football.

In the midst of his last play successful bluish and gold, Reider has thrown for 1,530 yards done 7 games and has recovered the extremity portion 16 times compared to conscionable 1 interception.

Of those 16 touchdown passes, 8 person gone to Douglas unsocial who has separated himself amongst PFC receivers with a league-best 856 receiving yards.

Hilltops caput manager Tom Sargeant has called the brace 1 of the astir dynamic successful each of his years connected the Saskatoon sideline.

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“Three years agone erstwhile Drake came connected board, Trey is simply a five-year feline and Drake is simply a three-year guy, it conscionable started to hap naturally,” said Sargeant. “Last twelvemonth was the extremity of the iceberg.

“Their completion complaint betwixt the 2 is implicit 80 percent, that’s conscionable unbelievable.”

That accumulation has helped the 7-0 Hilltops unafraid archetypal spot successful the league standings with 1 crippled to spell against the Edmonton Huskies.

As they’ve done each season, the ‘Toppers volition travel the pb of their apical violative weapons into the archetypal play of October with playoffs approaching and a duo thriving connected their shared chemistry.

“When I spot a sum I’m like, ‘OK, Drake is going to beryllium unfastened connected this,'” said Reider. “When he’s reasoning the aforesaid thing, it’s hard arsenic a defence to screen that erstwhile you got 2 guys connected the aforesaid leafage similar that.”

The Hilltops volition sojourn the Huskies astatine 1:00 p.m. connected Sunday, portion they’re scheduled to big the PFC semi-final connected Oct. 13 astatine SMF Field.