'Gives you a shot of life': Riders' Harris returns to training camp after birth of son
The Saskatchewan Roughriders returned to Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon Monday after their first pre-season game over the weekend. As well, quarterback Trevor Harris re-joined the team after missing part of last week and the game for the birth of his third son, Tripp Joseph Harris.
“It’s definitely invigorating, gives you a shot of life, to see a new life coming into the world. See how peaceful the baby is and just watch him. Just before I left, you know, I was just sitting there just staring at him, just thinking about how much I was going to miss him. But they’ll be up here in a couple of weeks,” Harris explained.
However, the quarterback did note it was tough to sit out and watch the game from a distance all the way back in Ohio and compared it to the feeling of the shortened pandemic season.
“It was weird. I didn’t expect myself to be pacing around my living room, especially for a pre-season game, but I was getting hyped watching Jake, Shea, and Mason, all the guys making plays. The one year that we didn’t have pre-season was 2021 and I felt like we got off to a slow start offensive in general across the league, myself included,” he said.
“But I was able to get a lot of reps in this training camp. So I feel like I’m in a pretty good rhythm right now and excited to go out there and tee it up on Friday,” he added, referring to the final pre-season game for the Riders when they take on the Bombers in Winnipeg.
Head coach Craig Dickenson said Harris will finally get some reps in.
“I wouldn’t say the majority of the game but for sure we’re going to get him out there. We have a checklist of things we want to see him do and once that checklist is done, we’ll sit him. But he’s got a little bit of work to get and he’s going to get it. We’re probably going to get him some work first quarter, maybe into second,” explained Dickenson.
The picture still remains blurry for Dickenson and his staff on who will be the primary backup this season behind Harris, especially after Jake Dolegala, Mason Fine, and Shea Patterson all had positive performances in last weekend’s game.
“In general, we did get some clarity in other positions but not at the quarterback. All of them played well. So it’s going to be a strenuous week for the quarterbacks. We’re going to test them a little bit and hopefully one of them separates, but I thought all three played well,” Dickenson said.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Indian envoy warns of 'big red line,' days after charges laid in Nijjar case
India's envoy to Canada insists relations between the two countries are positive overall, despite what he describes as 'a lot of noise.'
Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial
With Donald Trump sitting just feet away, Stormy Daniels testified Tuesday at the former president's hush money trial about a sexual encounter the porn actor says they had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid to keep silent during the presidential race 10 years later.
U.S. paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official says
The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S.
Former homicide detective explains how police will investigate shooting outside Drake's Bridle Path mansion
Footage from dozens of security cameras in the area of Drake’s Bridle Path mansion could be the key to identifying the suspect responsible for shooting and seriously injuring a security guard outside the rapper’s sprawling home early Tuesday morning, a former Toronto homicide detective says.
Northern Ont. woman makes 'eggstraordinary' find
A chicken farmer near Mattawa made an 'eggstraordinary' find Friday morning when she discovered one of her hens laid an egg close to three times the size of an average large chicken egg.
Susan Buckner, who played spirited cheerleader Patty Simcox in 'Grease,' dead at 72
Susan Buckner, best known for playing peppy Rydell High School cheerleader Patty Simcox in the 1978 classic movie musical 'Grease,' has died. She was 72.
Jeremy Skibicki has 'uphill battle' to prove he's not criminally responsible in Winnipeg killings: legal analysts
Accused killer Jeremy Skibicki could have a challenging time convincing a judge that he is not criminally responsible for the deaths of four Indigenous women, a legal analyst says.
Bye-bye bag fee: Calgary repeals single-use bylaw
A Calgary bylaw requiring businesses to charge a minimum bag fee and only provide single-use items when requested has officially been tossed.
Alcohol believed to be a factor in boating incident after 2 men die: N.S. RCMP
Two Nova Scotia men are dead after a boat they were travelling in sank in the Annapolis River in Granville Centre, N.S., on Monday.