1968 Saskatoon Hilltops Football Team
Football (1986)


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CANADIAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS
The Hilltops, with a record of 6-2, beat the Regina Rams, 5-3, to win the Man.-Sask. junior championship. The Toppers then rolled over the Vancouver Meralomas, 40-0, to win the western title. Saskatoon beat the Ottawa Sooners, 27-19, in the Canadian final in Edmonton, which was known as the Shrine Bowl.

This 1968 team was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame.

Front row:  Larry Simpson, Mel Hitchings, Doug Tastad, Gerry Phillips, Rick Wakeman, Gerry Karpenko, Glen Ponomarenko, Mark Schoenhals, Lyle Johnson, George Calder, Bob Faulkner.  Second row:  Walt Fingler, Ben Mitchell, Don Bentham, Brian Jones, Gord Simle, Hal Lackie.  Third row:  Stan Polak, Gord Remmen, Archie Thompson, Dave Pickett, Doug Rudolph, Garry Reid, Dave Bowler, Darryl Chambers.  Fourth row:  Jim Seaman, Bob Korpan, Chuck Porter (Trainer), Tony Saretsky (Equipment Manager), Clarence Garvie (President), Kay MacDonald (Manager), Al Ledingham (Head Coach), Paul Schoenhals (Coach), Barry Mooney (Coach), Keith Kozak, John Storey.  Fifth row:  Tom Dutton, Len Bell, Brian Sopatyk, Owen Charmbury, Max Abraham, Wayne Perkins (Co-Captain), Don Seaman (Co-Captain), Don Bjarnarson, Dick Chinn, Len Hamm, Al Rankin