REGINA - The Saskatchewan Huskies, still dealing with the recent cancer diagnosis of star quarterback Anton Amundrud, will try to focus on football when they face the Montreal Carabins in the Vanier Cup on Saturday.

Amundrud, a 23-year-old fourth-year player from Lloydminster, Alta., was taken off the Huskies' active roster following Week 5 of the U Sports season with an illness and was later diagnosed with lymphoma.

Huskies head coach Scott Flory said balancing the importance of Saturday's Canadian university final with the gravity of Amundrud’s illness has been difficult, especially in the moment when he had to break the terrible news to his team. It came as Saskatchewan was preparing for last week’s Mitchell Bowl against Queen’s.

“Last week was really heavy. It was a bit of a blur, t

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