October 2, 2006
OUA ROUND UP: MAC POUNDS QUEEN'S TO STAY UNDFEATED
McMaster 37 Queen's 5
HAMILTON - The #3 McMaster Marauders (5-0) cruised past the Queen's Golden Gaels (2-3) 37-5 on a rare Sunday game at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton.
McMaster has now defeated Queen's 6 consecutive times, 8 including exhibition games and 9 including exhibition games and playoffs.
The McMaster defense held Queen's to 143 net yards versus McMaster's 593 net yards.
McMaster was led offensively by running back, Andre Sadeghian (Beamsville, ON) who rushed 25 times for 190 yards and 3 touchdowns.
McMaster Quarterback, Adam Archibald (Kingston, ON) completed 14 of his 30 passes for 307 yards and a touchdown. His favourite target was Jordan Charter (Brantford, ON) who caught 3 balls for 86 yards. Rob Mitchell added 3 catches for 69 yards, Mike Bradwell 3 receptions for 48 yards and Jon Behie 2 catches for 62 yards and a touchdown.
The McMaster defense was led by Simon Binder (Almonte, ON) with 6.5 tackles. Frank Longo (London, ON) had 4 tackles, 1 Interception and a breakup for the Marauders.
The Queen's offense received a strong game from Robb Bagg (Kingston, ON) who had 6 catches for 80 yards. Queen's leading receiver Brad Smith (Montreal, PQ) was held to 1 catch for 10 yards late in the game.
Queen's Quarterback, Danny Brannagan (Burlington, ON) completed 10 of 27 passes for 109 yards, 2 interceptions and 0 touchdowns.
Queen's Top defenders were Kirby Calvert (Welland, ON) and Chris Smith (Toronto, ON) with 5.5 tackles each.
McMaster will host the defending Vanier Cup Champion, Laurier Golden Hawks (4-1) next Saturday October 7, 2006 at 2:00 P.M. at Ivor Wynne Stadium.
Queen's will host the University of Ottawa Gee Gees (4-1) at Richardson stadium next Saturday with a 2:00 P.M start time.
(Source: Robert Hilson, McMaster Sports Information.)
Laurier 24 Waterloo 21
WATERLOO - The No 7. Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (4-1) had seven turnovers on-route to their fourth consecutive victory in the annual Battle of Waterloo.
The Waterloo Warriors (2-3) took the lead away from the defending Vanier Cup Champions for less then three-minutes in the game as late in the third they moved the ball 27 yards after one of Laurier's fumbles. Laurier's Will Northcote caught a touchdown pass two-minutes into the fourth to claim the lead back again in front of a crowd of 1,658.
\"I give a lot of credit to Waterloo,\" said Head Coach Gary Jeffries. \"We had a lot of turnovers and they were caused by a lot of strong effort from Waterloo.\"
Laurier has outscored their cross-town rivals 167 - 42 since their last loss in September of 2002.
Waterloo's Jon Morbey completed 14 of 35 despite a very cold and wet day and completed two touchdowns to Sean Cowie. Cowie, a second year receiver had his best performance of the season racking up 10 completions for 157 yards. Morbie was sacked three times in the contest, twice by Yannick Carter.
Laurier's Andy Baechler caught seven of Jamie Partington's passes for 77 yards and one of the Golden Hawk three touchdowns. The final touchdown was a quarterback sneak by Partington - the first for him in his career as a Golden Hawk. The Golden Hawk quarterback was 14 for 24 for 219 yards and an interception on the afternoon.
CIS tackle leader Jesse Alexander picked up another 6.5 tackles (3 solo) on the afternoon while Anthony Maggiacomo had seven tackles (5 solo).
Both team's net offense were fairly even as Laurier had 66 plays for 397 yards while Waterloo had 67 plays for 324.
No. 7 Laurier travels to Hamilton to play the No. 3 McMaster Marauders (4-0) next Saturday live on The Score, while Waterloo hosts Guelph (1-3) at University Stadium.
Scoring Summary
UW 0-2-14-5 = 21
WLU 7-7-0-10 = 24
Attendance: 1,658 @ University Stadium
First Quarter
WLU - 13:48 TD Andy Baechler from Jamie Partington, 13-yard pass (Convert - C.Mamo)
Second Quarter
WLU - 1:38 TD Jamie Partington, 1 yard run (Convert - C.Mamo)
UW - 11:36 SAFETY TOUCH (Conceded by C. Mamo)
Third Quarter
UW - 6:41 TD Sean Cowie from Jon Morbey, 11-yard pass (Convert - I. Nicholl)
UW - 14:29 TD Sean Cowie from Jon Morbey, 9-yard pass (Convert - I. Nicholl)
Fourth Quarter
WLU - 2:05 TD Will Northcote from Jamie Partington, 20 yard pass (Convert - C. Mamo)
WLU - FG Chris Mamo, 25-yards
UW - FG Ian Nicholl, 37-yards
UW - SAFETY TOUCH (Conceded by C. Mamo)
(Source: Laurier Sports Information.)
York 39 Toronto 11
TOTONTO - Quarterback Bart Zemanek's three touchdown passes in the second half were all the York University Lions needed to beat the Toronto Varsity Blues, 39-11, at York Stadium on Saturday. The win was York's 12th-straight in the Annual Red & Blue Bowl game and the team's first of the season. The Blues fall to 0-5 on the year and have lost 38-straight.
UofT opened scoring early in the first quarter with a rouge and a 33-yard field goal by kicker Joseph Valtellini. The Blues 4-0 lead after one quarter, however, did not last as York led 10-4 at the break after a 21-yard field goal by kicker Mike Kosteski and a six-yard touchdown run by Pearce Akpata. The score was the Lions first touchdown since week two of the season.
York exploded for 29 points in the second half as Zemanek connected with co-captain Ricardo Hudson (21 yards) and rookies Steven Hughes (11 yards) and Jonelle Tolbert (19 yards) to put the game out of reach. A 13-yard score by halfback Jocelyn Courcelles and a Kosteski rouge rounded out York's scoring on the day.
Zemanek completed 26-of-45 passes for a season-high 339 yards. Hudson led a strong receiving core with 116 yards on four catches, while Hughes added 82 yards on six catches and Cam Worsley had 72 yards on seven receptions.
For the Blues, quarterback David Hamilton connected on 19-of-32 passes for 194 yards. He also had a two-yard touchdown late for Toronto.
Defensively, York held Toronto to just 88 yards rushing and forced four fumbles. Mitch Smith and Ian Potter led the way for the Lions with Smith posting a team-high six tackles and two assists. Potter added three tackles, two assists, two sacks and one forced fumble.
Mike Tutty led the Blues on defence with six tackles and one assist, while Matt D'Souza added five tackles and one assist.
Up next for the Lions is a showdown with the Lancers in Windsor on Saturday. Toronto host Western at 2pm Saturday at Birchmount Stadium.
(Source: York Sports Information.)
Western 28 Windsor 18
LONDON - The Western Mustangs improved to 3-2 with a 28-18 victory over the Windsor Lancers (2-3) at TD Waterhouse Stadium on Saturday afternoon in front of 10,800 proud, purple fans and alumni.
Paced by a strong running game in the red zone, Western had touchdowns from Randy McAuley, D.J. Bennett and Michael Faulds along the ground to secure the victory.
McAuley was strong, rushing 12 times for 87 yards, while Bennett amassed 33 yards on 13 carries. Faulds carried for 29 yards while Jay Akindolire picked up 22 yards on the ground.
Faulds was also 12/27 with one interception.
In the first quarter, with Windsor pressing deep in Mustangs' territory, Mustang Nick Kordic made the first big play of the game with an interception with 7:09 left to keep the game scoreless.
Later in the quarter, Western receiver Anthony Adderley made a brilliant, 36-yard-catch in triple coverage to set up the Mustangs' first touchdown.
The touchdown was scored the next play and was a 29-yard-dash courtesy of McAuley, who dodged one of the referees and then stayed on his feet after contact from three Windsor defenders for the touchdown with 2:34 left in the first quarter.
The Western defence played well early, smothering the Windsor passing game in first quarter, limiting easy catches.
Western's Corey Watson came up with a huge punt return in second quarter at the six-minute mark, to start the play at Windsor's own 25-yard-line.
Schiavone kicked a 32-yard field goal to extend Western's lead to 10-0.
Western took an 11-0 lead after a 62-yard Schiavone punt for a single point rouge, but Windsor's Glenn MacKay brought the Lancers back into the game with a great 21-yard touchdown reception with 1:20 left in the half, left wide open in the end zone.
The Lancers would add a 28-yard field goal with seconds remaining in the first half, and Western held an 11-10 lead into the locker room.
After a sluggish opening to the second half, Western converted with an opportunity midway through the third quarter on the goal line as Bennett followed in some great blocking to give Western the 18-10 lead.
Faulds extended the lead to 25-10 later in the third, on a second effort off the quarterback sneak.
Western's running game was great on the day, amassing 171 yards while driving the ball down Windsor's throat and tiring out their defensive line.
Schiavone added a 12-yard field goal late in the third to give Western a 28-10 lead.
Lancer Nick Romain scored the final touchdown for Windsor on a one-yard dash with 2:08 left in the fourth quarter to pull them within 12 points, trailing 28-16. A two-point convert made it 28-18, which would prove to be the final score.
Western travels to Toronto to face the 0-5 Varsity Blues next Saturday at 2 p.m. at Birchmount Stadium before their final regular season home date when the Mustangs host the undefeated McMaster Marauders on Oct. 14, a 2 p.m. tilt at TD Waterhouse Stadium.
(Source: Andy Watson, Western Sports Information.)
Ottawa 34 Guelph 5
OTTAWA - Anthony-Plante Ajah's school record 108-yard punt return for a touchdown capped a 31-point explosion for the uOttawa Gee-Gees, as the Garnet and Grey rallied to down the University of Guelph Gryphons 34-5 Saturday afternoon in OUA football action at Frank Clair Stadium.
Veteran quarterback Josh Sacobie completed 22 of 31 passes for 335 yards and a touchdown, while running for a pair of majors. Adam Nicholson was the leading receiver with 7 catches for 155 yards, while rookie running back Davie Mason was held to just 58-yards on 10 carries.
Justin Dunk completed 22 of 40 passes for 327-yards, but was picked off twice in a losing cause for the Gryphons.
Guelph took a 5-3 lead late in the second quarter after a bad snap forced Ara Tchobanian to concede a safety. The Gryphs were unable to take advantage, going two and out on the next possession, setting up the Ottawa rally.
Sacobie connected on a 42-pass with receiver Adam Nicholson, setting up a one-yard plunge into the endzone by the veteran quarterback to give Ottawa the lead for good.
The Gee-Gees exploded for 14-points in less then three minutes in the third quarter on Sacobie's second major of the game and Desmond's 2-yard TD run.
After Tchobanian connected on a 17-yard field goal to put Ottawa up 27-5, Plante-Ajah capped off the day with his record setting return.
With the victory, the Gee-Gees improve to 4-1, while Guelph falls to 1-4. Up next for Ottawa is a road match-up with the Queen's Golden Gaels next Saturday at Richardson Stadium.
Scoring by Quarter
1-2-3-4=T
Guelph 3-2-0-0=5
Ottawa 3-7-14-10=34
1st Quarter
OTT - FG Tchobanian 12-yards 9:18
GUE - FG Maver 18-yards 13:32
2nd Quarter
GUE - Safety Tchobanian conceded 12:22
OTT - TD Sacobie 1-yard run (Tchobanian convert) 14:32
3rd Quarter
OTT - TD Sacobie 1-yard run (Tchobanian convert) 5:09
OTT - TD Desmond 2-yard run (Tchobanian convert) 8:00
4th Quarter
OTT - FG Tchobanian 17-yards 3:53
OTT - TD Plante-Ajah 108-yard punt return (Tchobanian Convert) 5:50
Attendance: 720
(Source: John Bower, Ottawa Sports Information.)
HAMILTON - The #3 McMaster Marauders (5-0) cruised past the Queen's Golden Gaels (2-3) 37-5 on a rare Sunday game at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton.
McMaster has now defeated Queen's 6 consecutive times, 8 including exhibition games and 9 including exhibition games and playoffs.
The McMaster defense held Queen's to 143 net yards versus McMaster's 593 net yards.
McMaster was led offensively by running back, Andre Sadeghian (Beamsville, ON) who rushed 25 times for 190 yards and 3 touchdowns.
McMaster Quarterback, Adam Archibald (Kingston, ON) completed 14 of his 30 passes for 307 yards and a touchdown. His favourite target was Jordan Charter (Brantford, ON) who caught 3 balls for 86 yards. Rob Mitchell added 3 catches for 69 yards, Mike Bradwell 3 receptions for 48 yards and Jon Behie 2 catches for 62 yards and a touchdown.
The McMaster defense was led by Simon Binder (Almonte, ON) with 6.5 tackles. Frank Longo (London, ON) had 4 tackles, 1 Interception and a breakup for the Marauders.
The Queen's offense received a strong game from Robb Bagg (Kingston, ON) who had 6 catches for 80 yards. Queen's leading receiver Brad Smith (Montreal, PQ) was held to 1 catch for 10 yards late in the game.
Queen's Quarterback, Danny Brannagan (Burlington, ON) completed 10 of 27 passes for 109 yards, 2 interceptions and 0 touchdowns.
Queen's Top defenders were Kirby Calvert (Welland, ON) and Chris Smith (Toronto, ON) with 5.5 tackles each.
McMaster will host the defending Vanier Cup Champion, Laurier Golden Hawks (4-1) next Saturday October 7, 2006 at 2:00 P.M. at Ivor Wynne Stadium.
Queen's will host the University of Ottawa Gee Gees (4-1) at Richardson stadium next Saturday with a 2:00 P.M start time.
(Source: Robert Hilson, McMaster Sports Information.)
Laurier 24 Waterloo 21
WATERLOO - The No 7. Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (4-1) had seven turnovers on-route to their fourth consecutive victory in the annual Battle of Waterloo.
The Waterloo Warriors (2-3) took the lead away from the defending Vanier Cup Champions for less then three-minutes in the game as late in the third they moved the ball 27 yards after one of Laurier's fumbles. Laurier's Will Northcote caught a touchdown pass two-minutes into the fourth to claim the lead back again in front of a crowd of 1,658.
\"I give a lot of credit to Waterloo,\" said Head Coach Gary Jeffries. \"We had a lot of turnovers and they were caused by a lot of strong effort from Waterloo.\"
Laurier has outscored their cross-town rivals 167 - 42 since their last loss in September of 2002.
Waterloo's Jon Morbey completed 14 of 35 despite a very cold and wet day and completed two touchdowns to Sean Cowie. Cowie, a second year receiver had his best performance of the season racking up 10 completions for 157 yards. Morbie was sacked three times in the contest, twice by Yannick Carter.
Laurier's Andy Baechler caught seven of Jamie Partington's passes for 77 yards and one of the Golden Hawk three touchdowns. The final touchdown was a quarterback sneak by Partington - the first for him in his career as a Golden Hawk. The Golden Hawk quarterback was 14 for 24 for 219 yards and an interception on the afternoon.
CIS tackle leader Jesse Alexander picked up another 6.5 tackles (3 solo) on the afternoon while Anthony Maggiacomo had seven tackles (5 solo).
Both team's net offense were fairly even as Laurier had 66 plays for 397 yards while Waterloo had 67 plays for 324.
No. 7 Laurier travels to Hamilton to play the No. 3 McMaster Marauders (4-0) next Saturday live on The Score, while Waterloo hosts Guelph (1-3) at University Stadium.
Scoring Summary
UW 0-2-14-5 = 21
WLU 7-7-0-10 = 24
Attendance: 1,658 @ University Stadium
First Quarter
WLU - 13:48 TD Andy Baechler from Jamie Partington, 13-yard pass (Convert - C.Mamo)
Second Quarter
WLU - 1:38 TD Jamie Partington, 1 yard run (Convert - C.Mamo)
UW - 11:36 SAFETY TOUCH (Conceded by C. Mamo)
Third Quarter
UW - 6:41 TD Sean Cowie from Jon Morbey, 11-yard pass (Convert - I. Nicholl)
UW - 14:29 TD Sean Cowie from Jon Morbey, 9-yard pass (Convert - I. Nicholl)
Fourth Quarter
WLU - 2:05 TD Will Northcote from Jamie Partington, 20 yard pass (Convert - C. Mamo)
WLU - FG Chris Mamo, 25-yards
UW - FG Ian Nicholl, 37-yards
UW - SAFETY TOUCH (Conceded by C. Mamo)
(Source: Laurier Sports Information.)
York 39 Toronto 11
TOTONTO - Quarterback Bart Zemanek's three touchdown passes in the second half were all the York University Lions needed to beat the Toronto Varsity Blues, 39-11, at York Stadium on Saturday. The win was York's 12th-straight in the Annual Red & Blue Bowl game and the team's first of the season. The Blues fall to 0-5 on the year and have lost 38-straight.
UofT opened scoring early in the first quarter with a rouge and a 33-yard field goal by kicker Joseph Valtellini. The Blues 4-0 lead after one quarter, however, did not last as York led 10-4 at the break after a 21-yard field goal by kicker Mike Kosteski and a six-yard touchdown run by Pearce Akpata. The score was the Lions first touchdown since week two of the season.
York exploded for 29 points in the second half as Zemanek connected with co-captain Ricardo Hudson (21 yards) and rookies Steven Hughes (11 yards) and Jonelle Tolbert (19 yards) to put the game out of reach. A 13-yard score by halfback Jocelyn Courcelles and a Kosteski rouge rounded out York's scoring on the day.
Zemanek completed 26-of-45 passes for a season-high 339 yards. Hudson led a strong receiving core with 116 yards on four catches, while Hughes added 82 yards on six catches and Cam Worsley had 72 yards on seven receptions.
For the Blues, quarterback David Hamilton connected on 19-of-32 passes for 194 yards. He also had a two-yard touchdown late for Toronto.
Defensively, York held Toronto to just 88 yards rushing and forced four fumbles. Mitch Smith and Ian Potter led the way for the Lions with Smith posting a team-high six tackles and two assists. Potter added three tackles, two assists, two sacks and one forced fumble.
Mike Tutty led the Blues on defence with six tackles and one assist, while Matt D'Souza added five tackles and one assist.
Up next for the Lions is a showdown with the Lancers in Windsor on Saturday. Toronto host Western at 2pm Saturday at Birchmount Stadium.
(Source: York Sports Information.)
Western 28 Windsor 18
LONDON - The Western Mustangs improved to 3-2 with a 28-18 victory over the Windsor Lancers (2-3) at TD Waterhouse Stadium on Saturday afternoon in front of 10,800 proud, purple fans and alumni.
Paced by a strong running game in the red zone, Western had touchdowns from Randy McAuley, D.J. Bennett and Michael Faulds along the ground to secure the victory.
McAuley was strong, rushing 12 times for 87 yards, while Bennett amassed 33 yards on 13 carries. Faulds carried for 29 yards while Jay Akindolire picked up 22 yards on the ground.
Faulds was also 12/27 with one interception.
In the first quarter, with Windsor pressing deep in Mustangs' territory, Mustang Nick Kordic made the first big play of the game with an interception with 7:09 left to keep the game scoreless.
Later in the quarter, Western receiver Anthony Adderley made a brilliant, 36-yard-catch in triple coverage to set up the Mustangs' first touchdown.
The touchdown was scored the next play and was a 29-yard-dash courtesy of McAuley, who dodged one of the referees and then stayed on his feet after contact from three Windsor defenders for the touchdown with 2:34 left in the first quarter.
The Western defence played well early, smothering the Windsor passing game in first quarter, limiting easy catches.
Western's Corey Watson came up with a huge punt return in second quarter at the six-minute mark, to start the play at Windsor's own 25-yard-line.
Schiavone kicked a 32-yard field goal to extend Western's lead to 10-0.
Western took an 11-0 lead after a 62-yard Schiavone punt for a single point rouge, but Windsor's Glenn MacKay brought the Lancers back into the game with a great 21-yard touchdown reception with 1:20 left in the half, left wide open in the end zone.
The Lancers would add a 28-yard field goal with seconds remaining in the first half, and Western held an 11-10 lead into the locker room.
After a sluggish opening to the second half, Western converted with an opportunity midway through the third quarter on the goal line as Bennett followed in some great blocking to give Western the 18-10 lead.
Faulds extended the lead to 25-10 later in the third, on a second effort off the quarterback sneak.
Western's running game was great on the day, amassing 171 yards while driving the ball down Windsor's throat and tiring out their defensive line.
Schiavone added a 12-yard field goal late in the third to give Western a 28-10 lead.
Lancer Nick Romain scored the final touchdown for Windsor on a one-yard dash with 2:08 left in the fourth quarter to pull them within 12 points, trailing 28-16. A two-point convert made it 28-18, which would prove to be the final score.
Western travels to Toronto to face the 0-5 Varsity Blues next Saturday at 2 p.m. at Birchmount Stadium before their final regular season home date when the Mustangs host the undefeated McMaster Marauders on Oct. 14, a 2 p.m. tilt at TD Waterhouse Stadium.
(Source: Andy Watson, Western Sports Information.)
Ottawa 34 Guelph 5
OTTAWA - Anthony-Plante Ajah's school record 108-yard punt return for a touchdown capped a 31-point explosion for the uOttawa Gee-Gees, as the Garnet and Grey rallied to down the University of Guelph Gryphons 34-5 Saturday afternoon in OUA football action at Frank Clair Stadium.
Veteran quarterback Josh Sacobie completed 22 of 31 passes for 335 yards and a touchdown, while running for a pair of majors. Adam Nicholson was the leading receiver with 7 catches for 155 yards, while rookie running back Davie Mason was held to just 58-yards on 10 carries.
Justin Dunk completed 22 of 40 passes for 327-yards, but was picked off twice in a losing cause for the Gryphons.
Guelph took a 5-3 lead late in the second quarter after a bad snap forced Ara Tchobanian to concede a safety. The Gryphs were unable to take advantage, going two and out on the next possession, setting up the Ottawa rally.
Sacobie connected on a 42-pass with receiver Adam Nicholson, setting up a one-yard plunge into the endzone by the veteran quarterback to give Ottawa the lead for good.
The Gee-Gees exploded for 14-points in less then three minutes in the third quarter on Sacobie's second major of the game and Desmond's 2-yard TD run.
After Tchobanian connected on a 17-yard field goal to put Ottawa up 27-5, Plante-Ajah capped off the day with his record setting return.
With the victory, the Gee-Gees improve to 4-1, while Guelph falls to 1-4. Up next for Ottawa is a road match-up with the Queen's Golden Gaels next Saturday at Richardson Stadium.
Scoring by Quarter
1-2-3-4=T
Guelph 3-2-0-0=5
Ottawa 3-7-14-10=34
1st Quarter
OTT - FG Tchobanian 12-yards 9:18
GUE - FG Maver 18-yards 13:32
2nd Quarter
GUE - Safety Tchobanian conceded 12:22
OTT - TD Sacobie 1-yard run (Tchobanian convert) 14:32
3rd Quarter
OTT - TD Sacobie 1-yard run (Tchobanian convert) 5:09
OTT - TD Desmond 2-yard run (Tchobanian convert) 8:00
4th Quarter
OTT - FG Tchobanian 17-yards 3:53
OTT - TD Plante-Ajah 108-yard punt return (Tchobanian Convert) 5:50
Attendance: 720
(Source: John Bower, Ottawa Sports Information.)
