The Regina Riot show off their “Ladyballs” by tackling Ovarian Cancer

REGINA – The Regina Riot women’s football club are in their 6th season and they’ve been busy breaking female stereotypes.

General Manager Emma Hicks is now retired and she said the sport is a great outlet for women of all ages.

“A lot of times we get the question about lingerie football to be honest, and we also reply no. We play the same rules as the guys, its Canadian amateur football, full gear. The balls a little bit smaller, but that’s the same as any sport when you go male female,” said Hicks.

So technically, they play with lady balls, but they’ll argue they live with lady balls too.

Ladyballs, according to the Urban Dictionary is something you have, if you are a girl who is tough.

At Sunday’s home opener, these tackling teammates used their ladyballs to fight cancer awareness by wearing teal, the colour of Ovarian Cancer Canada.

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Jessica Eby was a guest of honor at the teal game. She travelled from Ontario where her family has lost five women in 3 generations to ovarian cancer. She was six when her mother was diagnosed and nine when her mother lost her fight.

“I’ve known since the age of six-years-old that it’s a probability for my future. So I’ve always been aware of it but unfortunately there is no early detection test, there’s no screening test,” Eby expressed.

On a daily basis, five Canadian women will lose their battle to ovarian cancer and according to Ovarian Cancer Canada, it’s one of the hardest disease to detect.

Most women don’t get diagnosed until they’re already in stage three.

Late detection is a major problem because many of the signs and symptoms are masked as menstrual pain.

Ovarian Cancer Canada members were warning the public today that you need to trust your body. If something feels off, always get a second opinion.

“Just try your best and stay on top of it and keep doing stuff like to increase the awareness and also raise funds so that perhaps they will find a test and there will be more to do about it in the future,” Eby warned.

The Regina Riots say they play like a girl, so others can fight like one.