2011 Huskies Preview: Defensive Back

Position: Defensive Back Returning Veterans: Bryce McCall (4th year), Keenan MacDougall (4th year), Mitch Friesen (4th year), Luke Thiel (3rd Year), Seamus Neary (3rd year), Andrew Abbs (2nd year), Mike King (2nd year), Derek Oleksyn (1st year), New Recruits: Tyler Robson (3rd year), Cory Edington (1st year), Spencer Krieger, Braden Richards, Goeff Hughes, Kurtis Gryba, [...]

End of two-a-days: Quick reaction from two freshmen

Enduring nearly a week’s worth of two-a-day practices is a tough grind. It is demanding both physically and mentally. The twelve practices, in six days, are especially demanding for the freshmen who haven’t experienced this before. Huskie Outsider caught up with two of the last freshmen to leave the field after the Wednesday evening practice. [...]

End of two-a-days: coordinators’ take on the offense & defense

Two-a-days are now over, and Huskie Outsider spoke to offensive coordinator, Brent Schneider. We asked for his thoughts on how the offense has looked in training camp. “We’re doing really well,” he stated, “but there’s always room for improvement. We’re going to find out on Friday night how much we’ve progressed. We’re doing some things [...]

2011 Huskies Preview: Defensive Line

Position: Defensive Line Returning Veterans: Jon De Witt (5th year), Steve Kovach (4th year), David Rybinski (4th year), Zach Hart (3rd Year), Joel Seutter (3rd year), Levi Steinhauer (3rd year), Ben Rush (3rd year), Tolo Auvaa (1st year), Alex Burko (1st year) New Recruits: Glen Joorisity, Dylan Wright, Mark Roesler (4th year) The Huskies return [...]

End of two-a-days: Coach Towriss comments

Twelve practices in six days. It was a tough grind for the Huskies, and now a lot of the focus will switch toward game preparation. Coach Towriss spoke with Huskie Outsider to comment on how things looked at a few positions, along with his general impressions of camp. “We’ve still got questions,” BT remarked, “but [...]

Mitch Stevens comments on receiving corps and new starting QB

Along with the defensive line, the receiving corps is probably the Huskies’ area of greatest depth. Following spring camp, receivers’ coach, Jason Sulz, stated that the Huskies were two deep across the board and that there wasn’t much of a drop off between the first and second unit. It’s a situation that, with some teams, [...]

De Witt likens the Huskies to a professional organization

Jon De Witt was a standout with the Saskatoon Hilltops for 5 years before joining the Huskies. The 6′-2″, 229 pound defensive end brings with him a wealth of experience, and he is enjoying his opportunity to suit up for the Dogs. “It’s a lot of fun,” he stated. “It’s an awesome organization that is [...]

Hearing from the front four

Last year, the Huskies fielded one of their better defensive lines in recent years. If anything, the unit is even stronger in 2011. Camp observers have seen player additions and position changes to the DLine, and their performance has been impressive thus far. Huskie Outsider caught up with four members of this group: Zach Hart, [...]

2011 Huskie Preview: Receiver

Position: Linebacker Returning Veterans: Rory Kohlert (5th year), Shayne Dueck (4th year), Braeden George (4th Year), Mitch Stevens (3rd year), Jeff Moore (3rd year), Garrett Bolen (3rd year), Garrett Burgess (2nd year), Matt Walker (2nd year), Josh Huschi (1st year), James Jackins (1st year) New Recruits: Jerit Lambert, Kit Hillis, Christian Gottenbos, Ryan Boyko, Davis [...]

Practice 9 report: Tuesday morning

The Dogs took to the field in windy conditions on Tuesday morning. During the scrimmage, in the early part of the practice, Trent Peterson was performing well. The tight spiral that he throws is beneficial during such a windy day. His one errant throw occurred when he was pressured by DE Glenn Joorisity. Jahlani Gilbert-Knorren [...]

Luke Thiel’s impact felt on defense and special teams

Luke Thiel, a Canada West all star in 2010, spent a couple of minutes with Huskie Outsider, following Monday’s morning practice, to give us his impressions of camp so far. “Camp has been good,” he stated. “I was a little sore after the first couple of days, but I’m getting into the swing of things [...]

2011 Huskie Preview: Offensive Line

Position: Offensive Line Returning Veterans: Darren Hinds (5th year), Ben Heenan (4th year), Brandon Myre (4th year), Craig Woloshyn (3rd Year), Mike Fuller (3rd year), Brad Nehring (2nd year), Evan Greff (1st year), Brennan Stephan (1st year), Logan Wilk (1st year), Matt Czerniak (1st year), Burton Haig (injured), Darcy Hinds (injured), Cam Redl (injured) New [...]

Practice 8 report: Monday evening

It was 32 degrees when the Huskies took to the field at 5:00 for their second practice of the day. Thankfully, it began to cool down a little during the second hour of the practice. In the scrimmage, at the beginning of practice, the defense surrendered one rush of 10 yards to Mark Klause, but [...]

Heenan enters draft year as leader of Huskies’ offensive line

Ben Heenan has been a starter, at guard, for the Huskies since his freshman year. It is a rare accomplishment for Huskie OLinemen to step into a starting role immediately after high school, but Heenan is a rare talent. It is very likely that this will be Heenan’s last year of CIS football, as he [...]

Practice 7 report: Monday morning

It was another hot one for the Huskies on Monday morning, with the mercury climbing over 30 degrees by the time practice ended. The team is installing more plays and the intensity has ramped up in anticipation of Friday’s non-conference game against Windsor. After some punt-cover practice, in which Sean Stenger had some great kicks [...]

Coach Houle comments on the running backs

In 2010, the Huskies used a “rush by committee” in order to finish second in the Canada West conference in yards gained on the ground. In 2011, it is likely that the Dogs will again use several different backs, hopefully with similar success. It is a fairly deep group of running backs, but in most [...]

2011 Huskie Preview: Linebackers

Position: Linebacker Returning Veterans: Nico Higgs (5th year), Tony Michalchuk (5th year), Peter Thiel (4th year), Rylund Hunter (4th Year), Brodie Rothe (3rd year), Charlie Power (2nd year), Thomas Hilderman (2nd year), Dane Bishop (2nd year), Jason Briggs (1st year), Kody Kipp (1st year), John Malcolm (1st year) New Recruits: Tom Lynch (5th year), Jordan [...]

Recruit report: Geoff Hughes

Several of the Huskies’ 2011 recruits have impressed the coaching staff with their effort and play in camp so far. One such player is Geoff Hughes. Geoff opened training camp with a strong showing in last Thursday’s test session, highlighted by placing in the top 10 in vertical jump and long jump. On Sunday, the [...]

Position switch solidifies defensive secondary

The defensive secondary added two players to their unit, on Sunday, when Seamus Neary and freshman Geoff Hughes were moved from linebacker to halfback. Neary is returning to a position in which he is familiar. “Seamus is a former DB-turned linebacker, and now he’s back at DB,” commented defensive backs coach, Darryl Burko. “He is [...]

Let’s go Dogs! 5 days until Luke Thiel is unleashed!

#5, Luke Thiel, continues our countdown to the non-conference game vs. the University of Windsor Lancers. Luke is a 5′-11″, 196 pound halfback from Regina. Luke is entering his 3rd year of eligibility. Thiel started each game in 2010, and was named to the Canada West all star team as a kick returner, where he [...]

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