WUSA9's Sports Anchor Darren Haynes travels to San Antonio for Saturday's XFL Championship game

SAN ANTONIO — WUSA9 Sports Anchor Darren Haynes is off to San Antonio, Texas for Saturday's XFL Championship game.

This year, the D.C. Defenders will compete against the Arlington Renegades for the second championship title in league history.

In 2001, the first XFL Championship was decided.

The XFL was cancelled after that season 22 years ago, and didn't return until 2020.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no championship was held that year.

On Saturday, the XFL will finally crown its second-ever champion. 

The Defenders have already beaten Arlington this season.

Haynes tells Defender fans, "Get ready to win a championship."

Watch WUSA9 for coverage of the game. 

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The Defenders defeated the Seattle Sea Dragons on Sunday by a final score of 37-21 to raise the trophy as North Division champions. Defenders linebacker Reggie Northrup said the victory felt great, but the work isn't over yet.

"It feels great. We worked hard for this. From day one, as a team, we said we were going to come and take this. Now we're going to the championship. We got one more test out here, and we're going to accomplish that," he said.