Its been 25 years, almost to the day, since Penrith last beat Canberra in a rugby league finals match.But, according to coach Anthony Griffin, thats ancient history.Most of these blokes werent even born then, he smiled.The two sides go head-to-head on Saturday in the NRLs second semi-final at GIO Stadium, with the winner to play Melbourne next week for a spot in the grand final.The Raiders and Panthers met in back-to-back deciders in 1990 and 1991 - with the Green Machine claiming honours first up and the men in black getting their revenge a year later.But since then, Penrith have lost all three playoffs against Canberra - two of them in the nations capital.Its club history but thats never been a focus of ours, added Griffin.Our main focus has just been trying to build the team weve got at the moment and play for ourselves, but also our members and our fans.Its a massive year for our club being our 50th year and the players have got a real desire to recognise that with our performances so that the whole of our district - members, fans, people at Penrith - can be proud of their football team.Raiders coach Ricky Stuart played in that 91 grand final and hopes history doesnt repeat itself.I dont take too much out of it, but Id like to be able to say theres a different result, he said.Stuart has been a stickler for acknowledging the clubs past successes, inviting a swag of ex-players to games throughout the season.It was no different this week, with former utility Rowan Brennan speaking to the team in the sheds before training on Wednesday night.He was Raider No.26 and hes a great, passionate member of our club, Stuart said.Its nice to see the faces of our ex-players hanging around and still showing great interest in the club.Canberra have won just four of 15 finals matches played since 1998, and only two of its past 12.They are the only team to not reach a preliminary final in the NRL era. 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I think hes going to become an even bigger story in college basketball because if you look ahead, hes always done tremendous things with his team in the league and he could be the first time in a long time that youve got a team capable of being undefeated heading into postseason play.No. 19 Saint Marys and traditionally tough opponent BYU in the West Coast Conference might have a say in that, but for now, Few is concentrating on ending the nonconference portion of the schedule feeling good about his team.Entering the Tennessee game on Sunday, Gonzaga hadnt played since beating Akron Dec. 10. The Bulldogs but looked strong as they scored the first eight points and never trailed. They led 27-6 on a jumper by forward Zach Collins with 12:06 left, 43-29 at halftime and 64-48 midway through the second half.I thought they did good, especially the way we started the first half, Few said. Usually when you come out of finals like this, youre a little bit concerned about losing rhythm. 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The Coyotes are finishing a stretch of three road games in six days.Shout out to our whole squad, Dickerson said. Happy to get on a (winning) streak now. Gonzaga next. Love my squad. Great way to bounce back on the road (rallying to beat Montana State).Mooney (14.7 points a game) leads four Coyotes who are averaging in double digits.Gonzaga will have a decided size advantage with South Dakota starting nobody taller than 6-foot-7. The Bulldogs will counter with 7-1, 300-pound center Przemek Karnowski, who averages 12.2 points and a team-high 6.5 rebounds per game.The Bulldogs also have 6-9 power forward Johnathan Williams (shooting 57.7 percent from the field), Collins, a 7-foot reserve center (leads the WCC by shooting 69.2 percent) and 6-10 reserve power forward Killian Tillie (4.0 rebounds per game). ' ' '