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B.C. Lions: Playoff hopes high as team heads to Saskatchewan for CFL semifinals

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B.C. Lions face the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the CFL 's West Semifinal on Saturday .

Justin McInnis , Alexander Hollins , Keon Hatcher , Ayden Eberhardt and Jevon Cottoy are the Lions ' leading receiving corps.

The Lions travel to Regina for a showdown with the Riders in Saturday 's West semifinal.

The Riders are ranked as the CFL ’s best, with a ball-hawking Rolan Milligan Jr. ( eight interceptions) leading the way.

B.C. Lions and Riders have faced off six times in the West Semifinal , with each game being played in Regina .

The teams first met in the playoffs in 1963 , when the Lions won a best-of-three Western Conference final.

The deciding game was played on Nov. 23, 1963 , one day after U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

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