The battle of Saskatchewan has added some snarl and a bit of bite.

The Regina Rams and Saskatchewan Huskies played three memorably tight games last year — including a conference-final clash, won 19-14 by Regina — and they skirmished in close quarters for first place Friday night at Griffiths Stadium.

The Huskies won 22-20, thanks to Daniel Wiebe’s touchdown catch with 3:18 on the clock. It was a long gallop, a perfectly-thrown pass over his shoulder on the fly, a punctuation mark on a rivalry that stretches across a large portion of Highway 11.

“We fought to the end, two evenly-matched teams,” Huskies’ head coach Scott Flory said after a game played in front of 5,571 spectators.

“That’s football. I just love it. It’s better than any drama or Netflix series or whatever you’re going to w

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