September 11, 2006
LANCERS DUO ROLLS, WHILE OTTAWA KNOCKS OFF HAWKS
Windsor 61 Toronto 17
WINDSOR - The Lancer football team, led by Daryl Stephenson's 235 rushing yards and Nick Romain's 132 rushing yards, defeated the Toronto Varsity Blues 61-17 in front of 1,775 people at University of Windsor Stadium on a rainy Saturday afternoon.
The dynamic duo, dubbed \"Thunder and Lightning\" were completely unstoppable in the Lancers home opener. Romain (Thunder) finished the day with four carries for 132 yards and four touchdowns, while Stephenson (Lightning) finished with 12 carries for 235 yards and three touchdowns.
In his first two games in the OUA, Romain has carried the ball six times with an amazing six rushing touchdowns.
The Lancers got off to a quick start Saturday, as three minutes into the game, Stephenson took the ball 59 yards for a touchdown to put Windsor up 7-0.
Following a safety, Romain recorded his first touchdown on the day, as he took the ball 16 yards for another Windsor score, putting the Blue and Gold up 16-0.
Stephenson then scored his second major of the game, as he carried the ball 35 yards for another touchdown, giving Windsor a 23-0 lead.
After a Toronto 38-yard field goal, Nick Romain took the ball 49 yards for his second rushing touchdown of the day, giving the Lancers a 30-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.
The Varsity Blues opened the second quarter with a couple of nice drives that resulted in field goals, cutting the Lancer lead to 30-9.
The Lancer crowd then got another thrilling \"Thunder and Lightning\" sequence, as Romain went 66 yards on a third and one play for his third rushing touchdown, followed by a Stephenson 55-yard touchdown run, giving Windsor a 44-9 lead at halftime.
In the second half, Romain recorded his fourth rushing touchdown of the day, as he carried the ball one yard for the major giving Windsor a 51-9 advantage.
From there, Kevin Reider took over as he recorded three field goals (25, 14 and 36 yards) en route to the 61-17 victory.
The Lancer defense had a good showing on the day, as LB John Celestino finished with seven solo tackles, five assisted tackles and 1 and a half sacks. Tyler Horricks had five solo tackles, three assisted tackles and two sacks.
Fifth-year senior Billy Moysiuk also had a good day, as he finished with two solo tackles, four assisted tackles and one sack.
Lancer quarterback Dan Lumley looked good in his home debut, as he completed nine of 17 passes for 217 yards, including a beautiful 47-yard pass play to wide receiver Glen MacKay in the second quarter.
(Source: Elisa Mitton, Windsor Sports Information.)
Queen's 31 Guelph 10
GUELPH - Queen's wide receiver Brad Smith torched the Guelph secondary, as he had 4 touchdown receptions from quarterback Danny Brannagan in the Golden Gaels 31-10 win over the Gryphons.
The Gryphons trailed 14-0 early after two Smith touchdowns, but came back in the second quarter after a few strong runs by Justin Dunk and great passes to wide receiver Dave McCoy. Running back Nick Fitzgibbon ran in his third touchdown of the season, to make the game 14-10 with less than five minutes to go in the second quarter. The Gryphons had a field goal blocked with under one minute left in the first half, which would have made it a one-point game going into the half.
Early in the second half, the Gryphons made a couple crucial mistakes as Dave McCoy fumbled a punt and Fitzgibbon fumbled a kick return, which led to two more Smith scores.
The Golden Gaels were very strong on both sides of the ball as they dominated Guelph in the second half. Brannagan had four touchdowns passes and now leads the OUA with seven touchdown passes this season. Smith was the MVP of this game with four touchdowns, making spectacular catches all afternoon long. The Gaels defense held Dunk without a touchdown pass and an interception. The unsung heroes of the Golden Gaels were the special teams, which blocked a field goal and forced two fumble, which led to touchdowns.
(Source: John Simmons, Guelph Sports Information.)
McMaster 60 Waterloo 9
HAMILTON (ON) -- On Friday night, McMaster Marauder head coach Stefan Ptaszek told his offensive players what their first play would be on the following day. \"It helps them to visualize and get mentally focused for the game,\" Ptaszek said, \"and we tell them that the second play should be a convert.\" He wasn't that far off this week. Quarterback Adam Archibald hooked up with slot back Jon Behie for a 79-yard completion on the very first play of the game putting the Marauders on Waterloo's six-yard line. MAC RB Andre Sadeghian would catch a 10-yd TD pass (one of four touchdowns on the day for Sadeghian) two plays later.
The rest of the contest proved almost as easy as the first drive for the Marauder offence, as they racked up 400 yards of total offence in the first half, on the way to a 60-9 victory.
In his first start of the season, Archibald completed 11 of 16 passes for 233 yards and two TDs in just over one half of football. Behie finished the day with five catches for 116 yards and a touchdown. \"It felt good to be back out there contributing to a win,\" Archibald said.
MAC's running attack had a fantastic day, rushing for 352 yards. Sadeghian rushed 15 times for 119 yards and three scores, while adding 2 catches for 48 yards and a touchdown. Jordan Kozina only rushed six times, yet still managed 111 yards and a touchdown, good for a 18.5 yard average.
Former Hec Creighton winner Jesse Lumsden was in attendance at the Waterloo/MAC contest, and came away impressed at MAC's running game.
\"They've got a really diverse running attack. Having them both on the field at the same time really creates matchup problems. I could see either one of them ending up with 1000 yards this season,\" Lumsden said.
Waterloo QB Jon Morbey completed 15 of 26 passes for 140 yards. Travis Gellatly rushed nine times for 34 yards, while Sean Cowie led the team with seven catches for 67 yards. Linebacker Stephen Campbell had 10.5 tackles and a sack to lead the defence.
The Waterloo offence generated 20 first downs, yet could not score a touchdown as drives were stopped by inopportune penalties and four fumbles.
Linebacker Nick Burns forced his third fumble of the season and also picked up a sack along with six tackles. Defensive lineman James Edwards had two sacks. Rookie defensive tackle Justin Glover had two fumble recoveries, while Jason Arakgi led the team with 6.5 tackles.
\"Our defence has been flying around the field for eight quarters now,\" Ptaszek said.
Waterloo (0-2) travels to Toronto (0-2) next weekend in search of its first win of the season.
Meanwhile, MAC (2-0) travels to Ottawa (2-0) next weekend to play the Gee Gees in what will be the premier matchup in the CIS next week. Ottawa defeated Laurier 29-19 this weekend, and Western 17-3 two weeks ago.
NOTABLE: MAC led 17-1 after the 1st quarter, and 41-4 at the half... Most of MAC's offensive starters went to the bench three minutes into the 3rd quarter, with MAC leading 48-4... The Marauder defence has forced 11 turnovers in the first two games of the year. Rookie QB Ryan Fantham completed 5 of 6 passes in relief of Archibald... K/P Pauolo Faiazza averaged 39 yards per punt, and has now converted 7 of 8 FG attempts this season... MAC outgained Waterloo 644-242 in net offence
(Source: Chris Black, McMaster Sports Information.)
Western 49 York 26
LONDON - The Western Mustangs defeated the York Lions 49-26 Saturday in OUA football action in front of a non-Homecoming record crowd of 8,125 fans at TD Waterhouse Stadium in London, Ont.
Third-year receiver Joshua Starr of Belle River, Ont. hauled in five passes for 85 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Mustangs to their first win of 2006.
Starr was Michael Fauld\\'s primary target as the second-year quarterback racked up 265 yards on a 20 of 33 passing yard game.
Anthony Adderley, a second-year receiver from Freeport, Bahamas, picked up Western\\'s third touchdown reception, finishing the game with 60 yards on three catches.
Jay Akindolire, a fifth-year running back, scored two touchdowns on the ground for the Mustangs finishing with 40 yards rushing.
D.J. Bennett and Randy McAuley added 88 and 49 rushing yards respectively.
The defensive back trio of Andrew Bain, Matt Carapella and David Greenwood each nabbed an interception while fifth-year linebacker Tyler Cook led Western with six tackles.
Bart Zemanek completed 11 of 28 passes for the Lions for 202 yards, throwing two touchdowns to Bryce Denisko and Kevin Walsh.
Pearce Akpata and Joshua Martyr each scored rushing touchdowns, as the running backs recorded 104 and 51 yards rushing respectively.
The Mustangs return to action next Saturday when Western hosts the Guelph Gryphons at 7 p.m.
(Source: Jeff Renaud, Western Sports Information.)
Ottawa 29 Laurier 19
WATERLOO - Josh Sacobie threw for a pair of touchdowns 1:39 apart in the third
quarter as the No. 4 ranked uOttawa Gee-Gees overcame a 12-3 third quarter deficit to knock off the defending national champion Wilfird Laurier Golden Hawks 29-19 Saturday afternoon in Ontario University Athletics football action at University Stadium in Waterloo, Ont.
The victory ended the No. 5 ranked Golden Hawks 22-game winning streak against OUA opponents dating back to the 2003 Yates Cup.
Sacobie completed 13 of 23 passes for 179 yards and two touchdowns to go along with a pair of interceptions. Adam Nicholson was Sacoboie's favourite target hauling in catches for 117-yards and a major, while Brampton, Ont. native Davie Masson rushed for a game high 153 yards.
Ottawa held Laurier to just 181 total yards, as Laurier quarterback Jamie Partington went 19 of 30 for 157 yards and a touchdown in a losing cause.
Chris Mamo booted the first of his four field goals from 17 yards to complete a game opening drive, giving Laurier a 3-0 lead. He would extend that lead to six with a 37-yard kick late in the period.
The Gee-Gees trailed 9-3 at the break and fell behind by nine points 2:48 into the
third quarter when Mamo connected on his second 37-yarder.
But that's when Sacobie and the Gee-Gees struck for a pair of majors in a matter of moments to put the game away.
The third year pivot hooked up with Matt Edgeworth on a seven-yard touchdown toss at 10:17 to cut the deficit to three points at before Bill Pritchard crunched Will Northcote to force a Laurier fumble at their own 43-yard line.
On the next play, Sacobie went into the endzone where he found Adam Nicholson for his first touchdown catch of the campaign.
Ottawa would eventually go up 22-13, but the Hawks would make the game close in the dying moments, when Partington hooked up with Dustin Heap with 36 seconds remaining to cut the Gee-Gees advantage to 21-19.
Justin Wood-Roy ended all hope of a WLU comeback when he returned the ensuing on-side kick back 49 yards for his first touchdown to put the game away.
With the victory, Ottawa improves to 2-0, while Laurier falls to 1-1. Up next for
the Gee-Gees is a homecoming date with the McMaster Marauders (2-0) next Saturday night at 7 p.m. at Frank Clair Stadium.
Scoring by Quarter
Ottawa - 0-3-14-12=29
Laurier - 6-3-3-7=19
1st Quarter
WLU - Mamo, FG (17-yards), 4:12
WLU - Mamo, FG (37-yards), 12:17
2nd Quarter
OTT - Tchobanian - FG (13-yards), 3:33
WLU - Mamo, FG (22-yards), 14:03
3rd Quarter
WLU - Mamo, FG - (37-yards), 2:48
OTT - Edgeworth, TD (7-yard reception), 10:17
OTT - Tchobanian, Convert, 10:17
OTT - Nicolson, TD (43-yard reception), 11:56
OTT - Tchobanian, Convert, 11:56
4th Quarter
OTT - Safety (Mamo concedes), 5:24
OTT - Tchobanian, FG (19-yards), 11:23
WLU - Heath, TD (7-yard reception), 14:24
WLU - Mamo, Convert, 14:24
OTT - Wood-Roy, TD (51-yard kickoff return), 14:29
OTT - Tchobanian, Convert, 14:29
Attendance: 2,090
(Source: John Bower, Ottawa Sports Information.)
(Photo: Nick Romain and Daryl Stephenson have rushed for a combined 11 touchdowns in two games this season for the Windsor Lancers. Photo by Trevor Dinham.)
WINDSOR - The Lancer football team, led by Daryl Stephenson's 235 rushing yards and Nick Romain's 132 rushing yards, defeated the Toronto Varsity Blues 61-17 in front of 1,775 people at University of Windsor Stadium on a rainy Saturday afternoon.
The dynamic duo, dubbed \"Thunder and Lightning\" were completely unstoppable in the Lancers home opener. Romain (Thunder) finished the day with four carries for 132 yards and four touchdowns, while Stephenson (Lightning) finished with 12 carries for 235 yards and three touchdowns.
In his first two games in the OUA, Romain has carried the ball six times with an amazing six rushing touchdowns.
The Lancers got off to a quick start Saturday, as three minutes into the game, Stephenson took the ball 59 yards for a touchdown to put Windsor up 7-0.
Following a safety, Romain recorded his first touchdown on the day, as he took the ball 16 yards for another Windsor score, putting the Blue and Gold up 16-0.
Stephenson then scored his second major of the game, as he carried the ball 35 yards for another touchdown, giving Windsor a 23-0 lead.
After a Toronto 38-yard field goal, Nick Romain took the ball 49 yards for his second rushing touchdown of the day, giving the Lancers a 30-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.
The Varsity Blues opened the second quarter with a couple of nice drives that resulted in field goals, cutting the Lancer lead to 30-9.
The Lancer crowd then got another thrilling \"Thunder and Lightning\" sequence, as Romain went 66 yards on a third and one play for his third rushing touchdown, followed by a Stephenson 55-yard touchdown run, giving Windsor a 44-9 lead at halftime.
In the second half, Romain recorded his fourth rushing touchdown of the day, as he carried the ball one yard for the major giving Windsor a 51-9 advantage.
From there, Kevin Reider took over as he recorded three field goals (25, 14 and 36 yards) en route to the 61-17 victory.
The Lancer defense had a good showing on the day, as LB John Celestino finished with seven solo tackles, five assisted tackles and 1 and a half sacks. Tyler Horricks had five solo tackles, three assisted tackles and two sacks.
Fifth-year senior Billy Moysiuk also had a good day, as he finished with two solo tackles, four assisted tackles and one sack.
Lancer quarterback Dan Lumley looked good in his home debut, as he completed nine of 17 passes for 217 yards, including a beautiful 47-yard pass play to wide receiver Glen MacKay in the second quarter.
(Source: Elisa Mitton, Windsor Sports Information.)
Queen's 31 Guelph 10
GUELPH - Queen's wide receiver Brad Smith torched the Guelph secondary, as he had 4 touchdown receptions from quarterback Danny Brannagan in the Golden Gaels 31-10 win over the Gryphons.
The Gryphons trailed 14-0 early after two Smith touchdowns, but came back in the second quarter after a few strong runs by Justin Dunk and great passes to wide receiver Dave McCoy. Running back Nick Fitzgibbon ran in his third touchdown of the season, to make the game 14-10 with less than five minutes to go in the second quarter. The Gryphons had a field goal blocked with under one minute left in the first half, which would have made it a one-point game going into the half.
Early in the second half, the Gryphons made a couple crucial mistakes as Dave McCoy fumbled a punt and Fitzgibbon fumbled a kick return, which led to two more Smith scores.
The Golden Gaels were very strong on both sides of the ball as they dominated Guelph in the second half. Brannagan had four touchdowns passes and now leads the OUA with seven touchdown passes this season. Smith was the MVP of this game with four touchdowns, making spectacular catches all afternoon long. The Gaels defense held Dunk without a touchdown pass and an interception. The unsung heroes of the Golden Gaels were the special teams, which blocked a field goal and forced two fumble, which led to touchdowns.
(Source: John Simmons, Guelph Sports Information.)
McMaster 60 Waterloo 9
HAMILTON (ON) -- On Friday night, McMaster Marauder head coach Stefan Ptaszek told his offensive players what their first play would be on the following day. \"It helps them to visualize and get mentally focused for the game,\" Ptaszek said, \"and we tell them that the second play should be a convert.\" He wasn't that far off this week. Quarterback Adam Archibald hooked up with slot back Jon Behie for a 79-yard completion on the very first play of the game putting the Marauders on Waterloo's six-yard line. MAC RB Andre Sadeghian would catch a 10-yd TD pass (one of four touchdowns on the day for Sadeghian) two plays later.
The rest of the contest proved almost as easy as the first drive for the Marauder offence, as they racked up 400 yards of total offence in the first half, on the way to a 60-9 victory.
In his first start of the season, Archibald completed 11 of 16 passes for 233 yards and two TDs in just over one half of football. Behie finished the day with five catches for 116 yards and a touchdown. \"It felt good to be back out there contributing to a win,\" Archibald said.
MAC's running attack had a fantastic day, rushing for 352 yards. Sadeghian rushed 15 times for 119 yards and three scores, while adding 2 catches for 48 yards and a touchdown. Jordan Kozina only rushed six times, yet still managed 111 yards and a touchdown, good for a 18.5 yard average.
Former Hec Creighton winner Jesse Lumsden was in attendance at the Waterloo/MAC contest, and came away impressed at MAC's running game.
\"They've got a really diverse running attack. Having them both on the field at the same time really creates matchup problems. I could see either one of them ending up with 1000 yards this season,\" Lumsden said.
Waterloo QB Jon Morbey completed 15 of 26 passes for 140 yards. Travis Gellatly rushed nine times for 34 yards, while Sean Cowie led the team with seven catches for 67 yards. Linebacker Stephen Campbell had 10.5 tackles and a sack to lead the defence.
The Waterloo offence generated 20 first downs, yet could not score a touchdown as drives were stopped by inopportune penalties and four fumbles.
Linebacker Nick Burns forced his third fumble of the season and also picked up a sack along with six tackles. Defensive lineman James Edwards had two sacks. Rookie defensive tackle Justin Glover had two fumble recoveries, while Jason Arakgi led the team with 6.5 tackles.
\"Our defence has been flying around the field for eight quarters now,\" Ptaszek said.
Waterloo (0-2) travels to Toronto (0-2) next weekend in search of its first win of the season.
Meanwhile, MAC (2-0) travels to Ottawa (2-0) next weekend to play the Gee Gees in what will be the premier matchup in the CIS next week. Ottawa defeated Laurier 29-19 this weekend, and Western 17-3 two weeks ago.
NOTABLE: MAC led 17-1 after the 1st quarter, and 41-4 at the half... Most of MAC's offensive starters went to the bench three minutes into the 3rd quarter, with MAC leading 48-4... The Marauder defence has forced 11 turnovers in the first two games of the year. Rookie QB Ryan Fantham completed 5 of 6 passes in relief of Archibald... K/P Pauolo Faiazza averaged 39 yards per punt, and has now converted 7 of 8 FG attempts this season... MAC outgained Waterloo 644-242 in net offence
(Source: Chris Black, McMaster Sports Information.)
Western 49 York 26
LONDON - The Western Mustangs defeated the York Lions 49-26 Saturday in OUA football action in front of a non-Homecoming record crowd of 8,125 fans at TD Waterhouse Stadium in London, Ont.
Third-year receiver Joshua Starr of Belle River, Ont. hauled in five passes for 85 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Mustangs to their first win of 2006.
Starr was Michael Fauld\\'s primary target as the second-year quarterback racked up 265 yards on a 20 of 33 passing yard game.
Anthony Adderley, a second-year receiver from Freeport, Bahamas, picked up Western\\'s third touchdown reception, finishing the game with 60 yards on three catches.
Jay Akindolire, a fifth-year running back, scored two touchdowns on the ground for the Mustangs finishing with 40 yards rushing.
D.J. Bennett and Randy McAuley added 88 and 49 rushing yards respectively.
The defensive back trio of Andrew Bain, Matt Carapella and David Greenwood each nabbed an interception while fifth-year linebacker Tyler Cook led Western with six tackles.
Bart Zemanek completed 11 of 28 passes for the Lions for 202 yards, throwing two touchdowns to Bryce Denisko and Kevin Walsh.
Pearce Akpata and Joshua Martyr each scored rushing touchdowns, as the running backs recorded 104 and 51 yards rushing respectively.
The Mustangs return to action next Saturday when Western hosts the Guelph Gryphons at 7 p.m.
(Source: Jeff Renaud, Western Sports Information.)
Ottawa 29 Laurier 19
WATERLOO - Josh Sacobie threw for a pair of touchdowns 1:39 apart in the third
quarter as the No. 4 ranked uOttawa Gee-Gees overcame a 12-3 third quarter deficit to knock off the defending national champion Wilfird Laurier Golden Hawks 29-19 Saturday afternoon in Ontario University Athletics football action at University Stadium in Waterloo, Ont.
The victory ended the No. 5 ranked Golden Hawks 22-game winning streak against OUA opponents dating back to the 2003 Yates Cup.
Sacobie completed 13 of 23 passes for 179 yards and two touchdowns to go along with a pair of interceptions. Adam Nicholson was Sacoboie's favourite target hauling in catches for 117-yards and a major, while Brampton, Ont. native Davie Masson rushed for a game high 153 yards.
Ottawa held Laurier to just 181 total yards, as Laurier quarterback Jamie Partington went 19 of 30 for 157 yards and a touchdown in a losing cause.
Chris Mamo booted the first of his four field goals from 17 yards to complete a game opening drive, giving Laurier a 3-0 lead. He would extend that lead to six with a 37-yard kick late in the period.
The Gee-Gees trailed 9-3 at the break and fell behind by nine points 2:48 into the
third quarter when Mamo connected on his second 37-yarder.
But that's when Sacobie and the Gee-Gees struck for a pair of majors in a matter of moments to put the game away.
The third year pivot hooked up with Matt Edgeworth on a seven-yard touchdown toss at 10:17 to cut the deficit to three points at before Bill Pritchard crunched Will Northcote to force a Laurier fumble at their own 43-yard line.
On the next play, Sacobie went into the endzone where he found Adam Nicholson for his first touchdown catch of the campaign.
Ottawa would eventually go up 22-13, but the Hawks would make the game close in the dying moments, when Partington hooked up with Dustin Heap with 36 seconds remaining to cut the Gee-Gees advantage to 21-19.
Justin Wood-Roy ended all hope of a WLU comeback when he returned the ensuing on-side kick back 49 yards for his first touchdown to put the game away.
With the victory, Ottawa improves to 2-0, while Laurier falls to 1-1. Up next for
the Gee-Gees is a homecoming date with the McMaster Marauders (2-0) next Saturday night at 7 p.m. at Frank Clair Stadium.
Scoring by Quarter
Ottawa - 0-3-14-12=29
Laurier - 6-3-3-7=19
1st Quarter
WLU - Mamo, FG (17-yards), 4:12
WLU - Mamo, FG (37-yards), 12:17
2nd Quarter
OTT - Tchobanian - FG (13-yards), 3:33
WLU - Mamo, FG (22-yards), 14:03
3rd Quarter
WLU - Mamo, FG - (37-yards), 2:48
OTT - Edgeworth, TD (7-yard reception), 10:17
OTT - Tchobanian, Convert, 10:17
OTT - Nicolson, TD (43-yard reception), 11:56
OTT - Tchobanian, Convert, 11:56
4th Quarter
OTT - Safety (Mamo concedes), 5:24
OTT - Tchobanian, FG (19-yards), 11:23
WLU - Heath, TD (7-yard reception), 14:24
WLU - Mamo, Convert, 14:24
OTT - Wood-Roy, TD (51-yard kickoff return), 14:29
OTT - Tchobanian, Convert, 14:29
Attendance: 2,090
(Source: John Bower, Ottawa Sports Information.)
(Photo: Nick Romain and Daryl Stephenson have rushed for a combined 11 touchdowns in two games this season for the Windsor Lancers. Photo by Trevor Dinham.)
