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Raider Gridder Lepowick signs with Okanagan Sun

The oldest players on the Provincial Championship-winning Yorkton Regional High School Raider Gridders are graduating, and moving on to the next level. Running back Dylan Lepowick officially signed with the Okanagan Sun on June 1.

The oldest players on the Provincial Championship-winning Yorkton Regional High School Raider Gridders are graduating, and moving on to the next level. Running back Dylan Lepowick officially signed with the Okanagan Sun on June 1.

Lepowick believes that his ‘hard nosed’ running style is what helped him stand out among the crowd.

“I love to hit, I love the game, everything about it. They were in need of a running back I guess, lots of their veterans were leaving, so spots were opening up. It gives another opportunity.”

From his end, Lepowick said that the Sun had the program that he felt would be the best fit. He had previously visited Chilliwack to meet with the Valley Huskers, but didn’t feel it was the right fit for him. He said another perk was having friends go on to join the Sun as well, because it meant that he knew he had chemistry with some members of the team.

Lepowick is looking forward to getting to a new city, meeting his new team and growing with the club.

“It’s going to be fun all around, but I’m ready to get to work and see what the competition is like out there. It’s the next level, it’s not high school anymore.”

Of course, keeping at game fitness is a challenge this year, with COVID-19 closing all of the gyms. Lepowick said that he’s still working to stay fit, putting in the works where he can, going for runs and doing drills by himself or in a small group that meets the COVID-19 restrictions.

“You don’t want to be that guy who’s coming into the season not in shape, and is puking on the first day.”

Lepowick isn’t the only player from the YRHS squad to get signed, and he said that it’s part of how they have grown minor football in the city since he started.

“It shows that Yorkton is up and coming. My age group, when we started Atom football, that’s what we wanted to do, because we were always the worst team all of the time. We wanted to build our program to be the best. Now, you can see, we are the defending provincial champions. It shows that our program has developed that much that we can have that many signings.”

Lepowick is proud of what his team accomplished through their minor football career, and that they’re leaving a legacy that the younger players are picking up their legacy in their own game.

“You can tell we built the foundation of Yorkton Football with our age group, and to be a part of that is special because now that you can see the success happening in every age group, and you see it every year now, and our teams are just crushing other teams. It means a lot to us, and to be a part of building that up.”