Riot, Valkyries ready to resume rivalry

As the weather heats up, so does a well-established Western Women’s Canadian Football League rivalry. The Regina Riot and Saskatoon Valkyries are to collide on Sunday, 1 p.m., at Leibel Field during the opening weekend of regular-season play. Saskatoon and Regina are the only teams to have won a championship since the league’s inception in 2011. The Valkyries captured the first four titles before the Riot won three championships in a span of four seasons. After Saskatoon reclaimed WWCFL supremacy in 2019, the league was idle for two years in a row due to COVID-19. Post-pandemic, Saskatoon has stretched its...