Selected and Collected by NICK MILIOKAS from the sports pages of the Regina Leader-Post. MIXED EMOTIONS “Our fans and those of Michelle cheer for both teams. It will be interesting for them to have to cheer for both shots.” – Team Canada skip Amber Holland of Kronau, in anticipation of her game against Saskatchewan skip Michelle Schneider of Regina at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. RISING... 

Selected & Collected by NICK MILIOKAS from the sports pages of the Regina Leader-Post. ENDURANCE TEST “It gets to be a long haul, but you aren’t tired during the game. It’s afterwards that you realize it.” – Team Saskatchewan skip Michelle Englot, who is coming off a stretching during which she played games on four consecutive draws at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. SO... 

Selected and collected by NICK MILIOKAS from the sports pages of the Regina Leader-Post. FRESH START “The cash season has never been our forte. In playdowns we have always picked it up. We aren’t focusing on the past. It’s one game and one rock at a time.” – Kim Schneider of Kronau, who throws third stones for Team Canada, defending champion at the Scotties Tournament... 

Selected and Collected by NICK MILIOKAS from the sports pages of the Regina Leader-Post. HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS “Strange to feel heart broken and thrilled at the same time. Love you forever #Ridernation! Western Ontario I’m coming HOME!” – Former Roughriders slotback Andy Fantuz, tweeting news of his signing with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. TWO TIN CANS AND A PIECE OF STRING “It... 

Selected and collected by NICK MILIOKAS from the sports pages of the Regina Leader-Post. WORDS TO LIVE BY “Life is too short to mope around when things don’t go your way. You can’t do anything about it now. We always take the approach about focusing on the now and the rock in your hand. Everything else will take care of itself.” – Kronau skip Amber Holland, who is coming... 

Selected and collected by NICK MILIOKAS from the sports pages of the Regina Leader-Post. YES SIR, MR. DURANT, ANYTHING YOU SAY, BOSS “Just talked with LaBatte for a few … he def wants to be a Rider! Get er done BT!!!” – Roughriders quarterback Darian Durant, passing along his instructions to general manager Brendan Taman by Twitter as the team continues its efforts to sign free-agent... 

Selected and collected by NICK MILIOKAS from the sports pages of the Regina Leader-Post. DON’T CALL US, WE’LL CALL YOU “I’m going to have my phone set on the highest ring it can go.” – Roughrider running back Stu Foord, who is testing the free-agent market. THAT’S THE SPIRIT “I think I have a really good shot at it. It won’t be easy, but I think... 

Selected and collected by NICK MILIOKAS from the sports pages of the Regina Leader-Post. THE PUCK STOPS HERE “We really needed that.” – Goaltender Matt Hewitt of the Regina Pats, who shut out the Saskatoon Blades 1-0 after losing two previous meetings by lopsided counts of 7-4 and 8-1. WILL IT BE CASH OR CREDIT? “That is a chunk of money.” – Roughriders general manager... 

Selected and collected by NICK MILIOKAS from the sports pages of the Regina Leader-Post. HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW “I’ve said it all along. The power play comes and goes.” – Head coach Pat Conacher, after his Regina Pats scored three times out of four with the man advantage in beating the Swift Current Broncos 4-1. ON TO THE NATIONALS!! “Our mindset all year was that we... 

Selected and collected by NICK MILIOKAS from the sports pages of the Regina Leader-Post. FIRST YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY “I’m not interested in making the playoffs and getting our asses kicked in the first round … I’ve done that. It’s not much fun. I’m interested in getting in with a realistic, reasonable chance to win or bloody somebody’s nose doing it, and use...