HEADING TO THE HAT:

For the second consecutive year the University of Calgary Dinos will play a pre-season game in the Gas City at the Methanex Bowl on Thursday, August 25 at 6:30 PM against the University of Regina Rams.

For a trio of Dinos the game will be a home coming. Fullback Anthony Anderson and defensive end Connor McGough are veterans with the Dinos and are looking forward to heading back to where they played their High School football. For freshman offensive lineman Kirkland Lawrence it will be a new experience.

“It is always nice to go back home to play,” states McGough who was 2014 Canada West all-star defensive lineman and is now in his fourth season with the club joining the Dinos from Crescent Heights.

For Anderson, who played his football at Medicine Hat High this game will be his final game for the Dinos in Medicine Hat as fullback and special team player is in his final year of eligibility with the Dinos.

Lawrence, a pure freshman from Quinn Skelton’s program at Medicine Hat High it marks the first time he will be dressed in a Dino uniform.

“I am excited having my parents, family and friends see the game,” Lawrence states who witnessed the game last year in the stands with members of his High School team when the two clubs played in late August.

Calgary Head Coach is excited about playing the pre-season game in Medicine Hat.

“We have been practicing since August 13. The guys are excited to line up against someone other than our own players,” states second year Head Coach Wayne Harris. “The Methanex Bowl is an excellent venue and it is an opportunity to showcase CIS football to the people from the Medicine Hat area.

Both teams are expected to dress and play all players that are eligible and healthy as it is the only preseason game for the both clubs.