October 23, 2006
LANCERS ENTER PLAYOFFS ON A ROLL
OUA playoff match-ups are set, beginning with a quarter-final game between the sixth-seeded Queen's Golden and the No. 3 McMaster Marauders in Hamilton next Saturday. The other quarter-final has the No. 5 Western Mustangs traveling to Windsor to face the No. 4 Lancers. The top-seeded Ottawa Gee-Gees and No. 2 Laurier Golden Hawks each have byes. The lowest seed remaining in the quarter-final match-ups will face Ottawa in one OUA semi-final on November 4, with the other winner heading to Waterloo to take on the Hawks.
Windsor 39 Laurier 28
The Lancer Football team (6-2) capped an outstanding 2006 OUA regular season by defeating the defending CIS National Champions, the Laurier Golden Hawks 38-29.
The Lancers finish 6-2 and will now host the Western Mustangs next Saturday in the OUA Quarter-Finals.
The game will be carried live on national television on The Score Television Network.
In the first half, the Lancers got off to a quick start as QB Dan Lumley completed a 96 yard pass to Glenn MacKay for a touchdown to go up 7-0. That was followed up by another touchdown pass to Daryl Stephenson to put Windsor up 14-0.
Laurier responded with a 99-yard kick-off return for a touchdown to cut the lead to 14-7. The Lancers then came back with two more scores to go up 29-7 at half.
In the second half, the Golden Hawks came out hot and scored twice to cut the lead to 29-21. However, the Lancers would not back down, and added 3 clutch field goals by kicker Kevin Reider to seal the 38-29 victory.
In the win, Windsor got outstanding performances from quarterback Dan Lumley, receiver Glen MacKay and running back Daryl Stephenson.
Lumley threw for 241 yards and 4 touchdowns, while receiver Glen MacKay caught 4 passes for 146 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Stephenson, the leading rusher in Canada, solidified his position as the leading Hec Crighton candidate by carrying the ball 25 times for 104 yards on the ground. He also caught 3 passes for 57 yards and a touchdown.
(Source: Windsor Sports Information)
Queen's 28 Western 9
KINGSTON - The Queen's Golden Gaels advanced to next weekend's playoffs with a 28-9 win over the Western Ontario Mustangs in Kingston Saturday afternoon. The Gaels were trailing 2-1 early in the game after a quarter scoring a rouge and then conceding a safety. For the next two quarters it was all Queen's as they got two Ryan Elger field goals from 30 and 33 yards out to lead 7-2. Running back Billy Burke scored on a 1 yard touchdown run with ninety seconds left in the first half to send Queen's into the dressing room leading 14-2. The only scoring in the third quarter came on a 23 yard touchdown pass from Queen's quarterback Danny Brannagan to Rob Bagg to make it 21-2 Gaels. The Mustangs got into the endzone for the first time early in the fourth quarter on a 38 yard run by DJ Bennett to make it 21-9. However, on the Gaels ensuing possession Brannagan and Smith hooked up on a 71 yard touchdown pass to restore their 19 point lead and finish the scoring.
Brannagan was 13 for 23 for 294 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. His favourite targets as usual were Brad Smith with 3 catches for 104 yards and a touchdown, and Rob Bagg 7 receptions for 83 yards and a touchdown. Queen's running back Mike Giffin had his second straight 100 yard rushing game with 31 carries for 149 yards. For Western DJ Bennett gained 77 yards on 11 carries and 1 touchdown. Hayden Marks completed 10 of 26 passes for 166 yards in the second half while starting quarterback was 7 of 15 for 100 yards in the first half. Marks threw three interceptions and Faulds threw one pick. The win gives Queen's a 4-3 mark and the sixth and final playoff berth while Western falls to fifth with a record of 5-3. The Gaels will travel to Hamilton to play McMaster in next weekends quarterfinals while the Mustangs will go to Windsor.
(Source: Queen's Sports Information.)
McMaster 43 Guelph 27
In front of a Homecoming crowd the McMaster Marauders defeated the Guelph Gryphons, 43-27, on Saturday to secure a home playoff date. With Queen's University defeating the University of Western Ontario today, McMaster will host the Queen's Golden Gaels in the OUA Quarterfinals next Saturday October 28, 2006 at 2:00 P.M. at Ivor Wynne Stadium.
The game saw the return of quarterback, Adam Archibald (Kingston, ON) who completed 13 of 19 passes (68.4%) for 310 yards and 3 touchdowns. McMaster's leading receiver, Jordan Charter (Brantford, ON) caught 4 passes for 121 yards and 1 touchdown with Rob Serviss snaring 5 passes for 119 yards and 2 touchdowns. McMaster running back, Andre Sadeghian (Beamsville, ON) rushed 20 times for 112 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Marauders. Justin Dunk (Guelph, ON) , the leading passer in Canada coming into week eight, completed 17 of 37 passes for 288 yards and one touchdown, but was intercepted four times. Dunk wasalso the leading rusher on the day for the Gryphons carrying the ball 8 times for 84 yards and one touchdown. Jeff Keegan (London, ON), the leading receiver in Canada after last weekend had a quiet day catching 3 balls for 41 yards. Dave McKoy (Cambridge, ON), the third leading receiver in Canada coming into the weekend had 8 catches for 184 yards and a touchdown overtaking teammate Jeff Keegan in season receiving yardage with 858 on the season. At the time of writing McKoy sits in second place in the CIS in receiving yardage for 2006.
McMaster was led defensively by Jesse Card (Ottawa, ON), who returned to the lineup after sitting out for the past 3 weeks due to injury. Card had a phenomenal game in his return picking off three balls. Jason Arakgi (Oakville, ON) had 5 tackles and an interception. Senior, Frank Longo (London, ON) had 5 tackles for the Marauders.
Guelph received 6 tackles, 2 assisted tackles and a fumble recovery from Chris Decker (Guelph, ON), 4 tackles, 2 assisted tackles and 3 breakups from Sean Riley (Burlington, ON) and 5 tackles from Adam Wigdor (Uxbridge, ON).
McMaster Kicker, Paulo Faiazza (Stoney Creek, ON) had a great day with 7 punts for 352 yards (50.3 yards/punt), 7 Kickoffs for 348 yards (49.7 yards/kickoff), made 2 of 3 field goals, including a 43 yard attempt, was successful on all 5 converts and completed a 34 yards pass on a fake punt to Byron Metcalfe (Pickering, ON).
McMaster's Jordan Charter and Jesse Card were named with the Mark Timpany Memorial Trophy co-recipents as the Most Valuable Player(s) of the Homecoming game.
McMaster (6-2) will host the Queens Golden Gaels (4-4) on Saturday October 21, 2006 at 2:00 P.M. at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Guelph (2-6) was eliminated from post-season play.
(Source: Robert S. Hilson, Manager of Marketing and Media Relations)
Ottawa 59 Toronto 23
TORONTO - Josh Sacobie threw for a career high 421-yards and became the second quarterback in school history to surpass the 5000-yard mark in career passing as the third ranked Ottawa Gee-Gees clinched their first ever OUA regular season championship with a 59-23 victory over the University Varsity Blues Saturday afternoon in OUA football action at Birchmount Stadium in Toronto.
The third year pivot completed 21 of the 29 passes he attempted in addition for throwing for a pair of majors to top his previous best mark of 412-yards set against the Windsor Lancers on October 10, 2004.
Sacobie surpassed the 5000-yard mark on the Garnet and Grey\\'s first possession. He began the 75-yard march to the end zone by completing a 24-yard pass to Mike Donnelly. Sacobie reached the pinnacle on the next play by hitting Wayne Desmond in the flats for a 12-yard pick-up. Two plays latter, the Sacobie hooked up with Donnelly on a 31-yard touchdown pass to give Ottawa the lead for good.
David Crane was the leading receiver for Ottawa with five catches for 157-yards. Justin Hammond was the top rusher racking up 59-yards on a pair of runs including a 3-yard plunge into the end zone early at 3:15 of the fourth quarter. He added another major on an 83-yard punt return for a score just over two minutes later.
David Hamilton completed 23 of 42 passes for 273-yardes and a touchdown in a losing cause for Toronto. He connected with Mark Stinson on nine occasions for 123 yards and a touchdown. Stingson would add another touchdown on the ground at the final gun.
With the victory, the Gee-Gees clinched first place in the OUA for the first time since transferring to the OUA from the now defunct OQIFC in 2001. Their last regular season title came in 1999 when Ottawa finished with a perfect 8-0 record.
The Gee-Gees will receive a bye through the opening round of the playoffs and will host an OUA semi-final game on Saturday November 4th at Frank Clair Stadium. They will face the lowest remaining team after the quarter-final round. Tickets will go on sale for the semi-final next week.
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
TOR - FG Valtellini 34-yards 2:33
OTT - TD Donnelly 31-yard pass from Sacobie (Tchobanian convert) 5:05
TOR - FG Valtellini 42-yards 7:37
OTT - TD Wood-Roy 21-yard pass from Sacobie (Falvo convert) 12:28
2nd Quarter
OTT - TD Mason 3-yard run (Tchobanian convert) 1:00
TOR - FG Valtellini 42-yards 6:45
OTT - TD Edgeworth 59-yard pass from Sacobie (Falvo convert) 7:25
TOR - TD LaForge 10-yard pass from Hamilton (Valtellini convert) 14:51
3rd Quarter
OTT - Single Tchobanian 40-yard missed FG 6:46
4th Quarter
OTT - TD Hammond 2-yard run (Tchobanian convert) 3:15
OTT - TD Hammond 83-yard punt return (Tchobanian convert) 5:32
OTT - Safety Valtellini concedes 7:50
OTT - TD Sacobie 1-yard run (Falvo convert) 11:42
OTT - TD Desmond 3-yard run (Falvo convert)13:00
TOR - TD Stinson 6-yard run (Valtellini convert) 15:00
(Source: John Bower, Ottawa Public Affairs)
Waterloo 13 York 9
WATERLOO - Waterloo's Jon Morbey's 11 yard touchdown pass to Sean Cowie with 9:29 left to go in the 4th quarter was the difference in today's match as the Waterloo Warriors defeated the York Lions 13-9.
On what was a cold and wet day at University Stadium, the Waterloo Warriors needed a win to keep their playoff hopes alive.
The first quarter action saw both team's get off to a very sloppy and slow start. Jon Morbey threw for 2 interceptions both picked off by York Lions #2, Jerome Walker. The Lions had problems of their own with an early fumble just 3 minutes into the game and a bad snap from the centre #65 Claudio Tulipano turning the ball over to the Warriors. With both teams unable to get anything going in the first quarter the score was still 0-0.
In the second quarter a big hit by # 3 Brian Stoddart on York Lions # 3 Ricardo Hudson seemed to have sparked the Warriors. On the pursuing offensive drive, the Warriors completed on what they thought was a 55 yard pass for a touchdown by Dustin Zender but the play was called back because of a forward pass. With the Warriors punter # 15 Jason Cook punting two back to back punts placing York on their own 3 yard line, the Warriors received great field position and kicked
a 24 yard field goal to go up 3-0. On York's following possession, #3 Ricardo Hudson fumbled the ball and Warriors Drew Hanes recovered the ball at their own 46 yard line. Jason Cook than nailed a 29 yard field goal to give the Warriors a 6-0 lead heading into halftime.
The third quarter saw much of the same as the Warriors and Lions battled for field position. Early in the third quarter Andy Legg of the Warriors picked off a pass from Lions quarterback Bart Zemanek at the Warriors 3 yard line. The Warriors conceded the 2 points for a safety giving the Lions their first points of the game. At the end of the third quarter Waterloo lead by a score
of 6-2.
In the fourth quarter both teams finally woke up and the Warriors were able to score their first touchdown of the game. Warriors quarterback Jon Morbey found receiver Sean Cowie wide open near the sideline for an 11 yard touchdown pass giving the Warriors a 13-2 lead with only 5:31 left on the clock. On the following drive for the Lions, quarterback Bart Zemanek found #89 Kevin Walsh deep in the end zone for a spectacular catch to narrow the deficit. The Lions
would go for two but would not be successful. On the ensuing kick off and only 2:52 left in the game, Warriors Nathan Zettler would fumble the ball and the York Lions would recover. York needed to score but were unable to with an over throw by Zemanek intended for #7 of York Steven Hughes. The Warriors were able to run down valuable time from the clock to hold on for an 13-8 win over York. Waterloo needed Queen's to lose to Western this afternoon but would not have such luck as Queen's defeated the Mustangs 28-9. Both Waterloo and York will
look back on this season as a learning experience and hope to rebuild for next year.
(Source: Waterloo Sports Information)
Windsor 39 Laurier 28
The Lancer Football team (6-2) capped an outstanding 2006 OUA regular season by defeating the defending CIS National Champions, the Laurier Golden Hawks 38-29.
The Lancers finish 6-2 and will now host the Western Mustangs next Saturday in the OUA Quarter-Finals.
The game will be carried live on national television on The Score Television Network.
In the first half, the Lancers got off to a quick start as QB Dan Lumley completed a 96 yard pass to Glenn MacKay for a touchdown to go up 7-0. That was followed up by another touchdown pass to Daryl Stephenson to put Windsor up 14-0.
Laurier responded with a 99-yard kick-off return for a touchdown to cut the lead to 14-7. The Lancers then came back with two more scores to go up 29-7 at half.
In the second half, the Golden Hawks came out hot and scored twice to cut the lead to 29-21. However, the Lancers would not back down, and added 3 clutch field goals by kicker Kevin Reider to seal the 38-29 victory.
In the win, Windsor got outstanding performances from quarterback Dan Lumley, receiver Glen MacKay and running back Daryl Stephenson.
Lumley threw for 241 yards and 4 touchdowns, while receiver Glen MacKay caught 4 passes for 146 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Stephenson, the leading rusher in Canada, solidified his position as the leading Hec Crighton candidate by carrying the ball 25 times for 104 yards on the ground. He also caught 3 passes for 57 yards and a touchdown.
(Source: Windsor Sports Information)
Queen's 28 Western 9
KINGSTON - The Queen's Golden Gaels advanced to next weekend's playoffs with a 28-9 win over the Western Ontario Mustangs in Kingston Saturday afternoon. The Gaels were trailing 2-1 early in the game after a quarter scoring a rouge and then conceding a safety. For the next two quarters it was all Queen's as they got two Ryan Elger field goals from 30 and 33 yards out to lead 7-2. Running back Billy Burke scored on a 1 yard touchdown run with ninety seconds left in the first half to send Queen's into the dressing room leading 14-2. The only scoring in the third quarter came on a 23 yard touchdown pass from Queen's quarterback Danny Brannagan to Rob Bagg to make it 21-2 Gaels. The Mustangs got into the endzone for the first time early in the fourth quarter on a 38 yard run by DJ Bennett to make it 21-9. However, on the Gaels ensuing possession Brannagan and Smith hooked up on a 71 yard touchdown pass to restore their 19 point lead and finish the scoring.
Brannagan was 13 for 23 for 294 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. His favourite targets as usual were Brad Smith with 3 catches for 104 yards and a touchdown, and Rob Bagg 7 receptions for 83 yards and a touchdown. Queen's running back Mike Giffin had his second straight 100 yard rushing game with 31 carries for 149 yards. For Western DJ Bennett gained 77 yards on 11 carries and 1 touchdown. Hayden Marks completed 10 of 26 passes for 166 yards in the second half while starting quarterback was 7 of 15 for 100 yards in the first half. Marks threw three interceptions and Faulds threw one pick. The win gives Queen's a 4-3 mark and the sixth and final playoff berth while Western falls to fifth with a record of 5-3. The Gaels will travel to Hamilton to play McMaster in next weekends quarterfinals while the Mustangs will go to Windsor.
(Source: Queen's Sports Information.)
McMaster 43 Guelph 27
In front of a Homecoming crowd the McMaster Marauders defeated the Guelph Gryphons, 43-27, on Saturday to secure a home playoff date. With Queen's University defeating the University of Western Ontario today, McMaster will host the Queen's Golden Gaels in the OUA Quarterfinals next Saturday October 28, 2006 at 2:00 P.M. at Ivor Wynne Stadium.
The game saw the return of quarterback, Adam Archibald (Kingston, ON) who completed 13 of 19 passes (68.4%) for 310 yards and 3 touchdowns. McMaster's leading receiver, Jordan Charter (Brantford, ON) caught 4 passes for 121 yards and 1 touchdown with Rob Serviss snaring 5 passes for 119 yards and 2 touchdowns. McMaster running back, Andre Sadeghian (Beamsville, ON) rushed 20 times for 112 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Marauders. Justin Dunk (Guelph, ON) , the leading passer in Canada coming into week eight, completed 17 of 37 passes for 288 yards and one touchdown, but was intercepted four times. Dunk wasalso the leading rusher on the day for the Gryphons carrying the ball 8 times for 84 yards and one touchdown. Jeff Keegan (London, ON), the leading receiver in Canada after last weekend had a quiet day catching 3 balls for 41 yards. Dave McKoy (Cambridge, ON), the third leading receiver in Canada coming into the weekend had 8 catches for 184 yards and a touchdown overtaking teammate Jeff Keegan in season receiving yardage with 858 on the season. At the time of writing McKoy sits in second place in the CIS in receiving yardage for 2006.
McMaster was led defensively by Jesse Card (Ottawa, ON), who returned to the lineup after sitting out for the past 3 weeks due to injury. Card had a phenomenal game in his return picking off three balls. Jason Arakgi (Oakville, ON) had 5 tackles and an interception. Senior, Frank Longo (London, ON) had 5 tackles for the Marauders.
Guelph received 6 tackles, 2 assisted tackles and a fumble recovery from Chris Decker (Guelph, ON), 4 tackles, 2 assisted tackles and 3 breakups from Sean Riley (Burlington, ON) and 5 tackles from Adam Wigdor (Uxbridge, ON).
McMaster Kicker, Paulo Faiazza (Stoney Creek, ON) had a great day with 7 punts for 352 yards (50.3 yards/punt), 7 Kickoffs for 348 yards (49.7 yards/kickoff), made 2 of 3 field goals, including a 43 yard attempt, was successful on all 5 converts and completed a 34 yards pass on a fake punt to Byron Metcalfe (Pickering, ON).
McMaster's Jordan Charter and Jesse Card were named with the Mark Timpany Memorial Trophy co-recipents as the Most Valuable Player(s) of the Homecoming game.
McMaster (6-2) will host the Queens Golden Gaels (4-4) on Saturday October 21, 2006 at 2:00 P.M. at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Guelph (2-6) was eliminated from post-season play.
(Source: Robert S. Hilson, Manager of Marketing and Media Relations)
Ottawa 59 Toronto 23
TORONTO - Josh Sacobie threw for a career high 421-yards and became the second quarterback in school history to surpass the 5000-yard mark in career passing as the third ranked Ottawa Gee-Gees clinched their first ever OUA regular season championship with a 59-23 victory over the University Varsity Blues Saturday afternoon in OUA football action at Birchmount Stadium in Toronto.
The third year pivot completed 21 of the 29 passes he attempted in addition for throwing for a pair of majors to top his previous best mark of 412-yards set against the Windsor Lancers on October 10, 2004.
Sacobie surpassed the 5000-yard mark on the Garnet and Grey\\'s first possession. He began the 75-yard march to the end zone by completing a 24-yard pass to Mike Donnelly. Sacobie reached the pinnacle on the next play by hitting Wayne Desmond in the flats for a 12-yard pick-up. Two plays latter, the Sacobie hooked up with Donnelly on a 31-yard touchdown pass to give Ottawa the lead for good.
David Crane was the leading receiver for Ottawa with five catches for 157-yards. Justin Hammond was the top rusher racking up 59-yards on a pair of runs including a 3-yard plunge into the end zone early at 3:15 of the fourth quarter. He added another major on an 83-yard punt return for a score just over two minutes later.
David Hamilton completed 23 of 42 passes for 273-yardes and a touchdown in a losing cause for Toronto. He connected with Mark Stinson on nine occasions for 123 yards and a touchdown. Stingson would add another touchdown on the ground at the final gun.
With the victory, the Gee-Gees clinched first place in the OUA for the first time since transferring to the OUA from the now defunct OQIFC in 2001. Their last regular season title came in 1999 when Ottawa finished with a perfect 8-0 record.
The Gee-Gees will receive a bye through the opening round of the playoffs and will host an OUA semi-final game on Saturday November 4th at Frank Clair Stadium. They will face the lowest remaining team after the quarter-final round. Tickets will go on sale for the semi-final next week.
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
TOR - FG Valtellini 34-yards 2:33
OTT - TD Donnelly 31-yard pass from Sacobie (Tchobanian convert) 5:05
TOR - FG Valtellini 42-yards 7:37
OTT - TD Wood-Roy 21-yard pass from Sacobie (Falvo convert) 12:28
2nd Quarter
OTT - TD Mason 3-yard run (Tchobanian convert) 1:00
TOR - FG Valtellini 42-yards 6:45
OTT - TD Edgeworth 59-yard pass from Sacobie (Falvo convert) 7:25
TOR - TD LaForge 10-yard pass from Hamilton (Valtellini convert) 14:51
3rd Quarter
OTT - Single Tchobanian 40-yard missed FG 6:46
4th Quarter
OTT - TD Hammond 2-yard run (Tchobanian convert) 3:15
OTT - TD Hammond 83-yard punt return (Tchobanian convert) 5:32
OTT - Safety Valtellini concedes 7:50
OTT - TD Sacobie 1-yard run (Falvo convert) 11:42
OTT - TD Desmond 3-yard run (Falvo convert)13:00
TOR - TD Stinson 6-yard run (Valtellini convert) 15:00
(Source: John Bower, Ottawa Public Affairs)
Waterloo 13 York 9
WATERLOO - Waterloo's Jon Morbey's 11 yard touchdown pass to Sean Cowie with 9:29 left to go in the 4th quarter was the difference in today's match as the Waterloo Warriors defeated the York Lions 13-9.
On what was a cold and wet day at University Stadium, the Waterloo Warriors needed a win to keep their playoff hopes alive.
The first quarter action saw both team's get off to a very sloppy and slow start. Jon Morbey threw for 2 interceptions both picked off by York Lions #2, Jerome Walker. The Lions had problems of their own with an early fumble just 3 minutes into the game and a bad snap from the centre #65 Claudio Tulipano turning the ball over to the Warriors. With both teams unable to get anything going in the first quarter the score was still 0-0.
In the second quarter a big hit by # 3 Brian Stoddart on York Lions # 3 Ricardo Hudson seemed to have sparked the Warriors. On the pursuing offensive drive, the Warriors completed on what they thought was a 55 yard pass for a touchdown by Dustin Zender but the play was called back because of a forward pass. With the Warriors punter # 15 Jason Cook punting two back to back punts placing York on their own 3 yard line, the Warriors received great field position and kicked
a 24 yard field goal to go up 3-0. On York's following possession, #3 Ricardo Hudson fumbled the ball and Warriors Drew Hanes recovered the ball at their own 46 yard line. Jason Cook than nailed a 29 yard field goal to give the Warriors a 6-0 lead heading into halftime.
The third quarter saw much of the same as the Warriors and Lions battled for field position. Early in the third quarter Andy Legg of the Warriors picked off a pass from Lions quarterback Bart Zemanek at the Warriors 3 yard line. The Warriors conceded the 2 points for a safety giving the Lions their first points of the game. At the end of the third quarter Waterloo lead by a score
of 6-2.
In the fourth quarter both teams finally woke up and the Warriors were able to score their first touchdown of the game. Warriors quarterback Jon Morbey found receiver Sean Cowie wide open near the sideline for an 11 yard touchdown pass giving the Warriors a 13-2 lead with only 5:31 left on the clock. On the following drive for the Lions, quarterback Bart Zemanek found #89 Kevin Walsh deep in the end zone for a spectacular catch to narrow the deficit. The Lions
would go for two but would not be successful. On the ensuing kick off and only 2:52 left in the game, Warriors Nathan Zettler would fumble the ball and the York Lions would recover. York needed to score but were unable to with an over throw by Zemanek intended for #7 of York Steven Hughes. The Warriors were able to run down valuable time from the clock to hold on for an 13-8 win over York. Waterloo needed Queen's to lose to Western this afternoon but would not have such luck as Queen's defeated the Mustangs 28-9. Both Waterloo and York will
look back on this season as a learning experience and hope to rebuild for next year.
(Source: Waterloo Sports Information)
