The Brandon University Bobcats are taking their show on the road as part of their tune-up for the 2015-2016 Canada West season.

The basketball and volleyball teams will travel to four different communities in Westman this fall for intrasquad games at high school gyms.

September 16, Women's Volleyball in Souris
September 17, Men's Basketball in Glenboro
September 22, Women's Basketball in Hamiota
September 23, Men's Volleyball in Gladstone

The men's basketball team will play in Glenboro, which is home to the two-time defending provincial 'A' boys' champion Panthers.

The community last welcomed Brandon for an intrasquad game 17 years ago when former CIS All-Canadian and 2015 Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Earnest Bell and the Bobcats made the trek to town.

"We are thrilled to host the Bobcat intrasquad game," said principal and longtime Panthers' coach Ryan Diehl. "This was an event that we held 17 years ago and it's a great way to give people in rural Manitoba an opportunity to see CIS level athletics."

The women's basketball team will head to the hoops hotbed of Hamiota where it'll be a homecoming for current Bobcats Keegan Robinson and Shayna Mathison, who had standout careers with the Huskies and helped them capture provincial titles.

"I'm really looking forward to playing our intrasquad game in my hometown gym," said Robinson. "It's a special opportunity for me because it gives me a chance to play with my team in the gym where I grew up and fell in love with playing basketball."

The BU women's volleyball team, who are hosting the CIS national championship this coming March, will set their sights on Souris for their intrasquad game.

Former Bobcat men's hockey player and Jim Casey Memorial Sportsmanship Award winner Guy Williams is the principal in Souris and ex-women's volleyball player Sara Grona teaches grade 3/4.

The Westman tour wraps up when the men's volleyball team goes to Gladstone where Bobcats' newcomer Chayse Warkentin will play in front of familiar faces at his alma mater of William Morton Collegiate.

"The intrasquad games are a great opportunity to give fans a chance to see what we're all about," said BU Athletic Director Russ Paddock. "Our goal is to continue having a strong presence in Westman and we feel this a strong step towards achieving that."

The men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball intrasquad games get going at 7 p.m., while the men's volleyball match starts at 7:30 p.m.

Admission is free to all four events.