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By the time the Saskatoon Hilltops arrive at Langley, B.C. in the coming days, it’ll feel like the tropics compared to what the team has been enduring recently.

“The rain’s coming our way, too,” offered Hilltops head coach Tom Sargeant, whose team is preparing to face the host Langley Rams on Saturday afternoon in the 2019 Canadian Junior Football League championship game for what will be a rematch of last year’s final.

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If there’s pouring rain, it’ll feel like the tropics for sure.

“It’s going to be like summer again when we get there,” said Hilltops running back Ben Abrook, a Prairie Football Conference all-star who won the PFC rushing title with 199 carries for 1,215 yards and eight touchdowns.

“(The Rams) are going to have a bit of an edge because they’re used to that, and not coming to play in the cold, but we’re definitely looking forward to it. Often (rain) will make you run the ball a little more and that’s what I love. No problem with rain.”