CIS football Friday roundup

Source: Earl Zukerman, McGill Sports Info

MONTREAL – O'Shane Daley, a fifth-year defensive back from Scarborough, Ont., kicked a fumbled ball into the endzone for a rouge with 11 seconds remaining as No.8-ranked Bishop's outlasted McGill 30-29 in CIS football at Molson Stadium, Friday.
 
 Bishop's, which has won three of their games by a single point, improved to 4-2, while McGill dropped to 3-3.
 
With less than 30 seconds remaining in regulation time, McGill punted from their 14-yard line to Bishop's return specialist Ryon McCalla, who fumbled after being tackled by McGill's Simon Lamontagne. The dribbled ball was then kicked into the endzone by Daley and a single point was awarded after a mad scramble ensued and Redmen linebacker Chris O'Kill fell on the ball to end the play.
 
 The game was delayed for 28 minutes as a result of an injury to Gaiters defensive back Jonathan Fortin early in the fourth quarter. The 5-foot-10, 175-pound freshman from Sherbrooke was injured while tackling McGill quarterback Jonathan Collin at the Bishop's goal line. Both teams huddled together at mid-field in prayer as he was taken off the field in an ambulance. According to the official  Bishop's Athletics Twitter feed (@BishopsGaiters), an initial CT scan indicated that nothing was broken and there was no sign of  numbness in his extremeties. He was to remain hospitalized overnight for further tests.
 
(ED. NOTE: The Bishop's Twitter site subsequently reported that Fortin was released from hospital the next morning, is doing well and headed  home with his family).
 
The two teams combined for 27 penalties (282 yards), eight fumbles and two interceptions, to go along with 63 first downs and 1,111 yards of net offence, split almost evenly, in a wild affair that had the Gaiters leading 22-5 at halftime. McGill rallied in the second half to take a 29-22 lead on Collin's one-yard plunge only 65 seconds into the fourth quarter before BU tied it at 29-29 with 2:15 remaining on a three-yard touchdown run by quarterback Jordan Heather of Oromocto, N.B.
 
It was a case of dueling quarterbacks, with Heather completing 27 of 43 pass attempts for 438 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Collin, a senior from Greenfield Park, Que., who had lost his status as a starter the previous week, was a surprise starter for the Redmen when freshman Pierre-Luc Dussault was deemed unable to go in the wake of an undisclosed injury.
 
Collin responded with a 22-for-38 performance, for 317 yards, one TD and two interceptions. He also rushed 10  times for 44 yards and a pair of TDs.
 
Heather hooked up with senior receiver Stephen Adekolu of Brampton, Ont., four times for 72 yards, including back-to-back TD strikes of 16 and 41 yards to put the Gaiters ahead 19-5 before the five-minute mark of the second quarter.
 
Mathieu Paquette of Sherbrooke then added a 10-yard field-goal, to go along with his previous ones from 43 and 38 yards, to send Bishop's into halftime with a 22-5 lead.
 
Collin, however, boosted McGill's offence in the second half. He engineered a nine-play scoring drive, capped by his own three-yard keeper to narrow the gap to 22-12 at 6:46 of the third quarter.
 
Less than three minutes later, McGill place-kicker Samy Rassy of Montreal connected on a 25-yard field-goal, to go along with a successful 37-yard effort earlier.
 
Bishop's fumbled on the ensuing kickoff, which led to Collin hooking up with Jean-Philippe Paquette three plays later for a 21-yard scoring major to knot the score at 22-22 heading into the final stanza. Paquette, a senior from Trois-Rivieres, led all receivers with 167 yards on eight receptions. He finished with an impressive 239 all-purpose yards on 14 touches.
 
Teammate Luis Guimont-Mota of Quebec City posted a game-high 172 rushing yards on 27 carries, going over the century mark for the fifth time in six games. He also caught two balls for 19 yards.
 
In other games around the RSEQ conference, Montreal (3-2) plays at Sherbrooke (2-3) on Saturday at 1 p.m., while Concordia (0-5) travels to Laval (5-0) on Sunday (1:30 p.m.).
 
The Quebec league is entering a bye week, so Bishop's is off until traveling to Concordia on Oct. 19, while the Redmen will host the Montreal Carabins in the McGill Homecoming Game the same day.
 
 REDMEN RAP: McGill's 48-man dresslist featured 29 players who were either in the freshman or sophomore year... Defensively, linebackers Zachary Lord and Jesse Briggs led the Redmen with 8.5 and seven tackles, respectively. Lord also had one fumble recovery

Source: Michelle Pino, Guelph Sports Info

GUELPH, Ont. – The Guelph Gryphons continued their undefeated season with a 33-7 win over the York Lions in Guelph's Friday Night Lights game at Alumni Stadium.
 
 Guelph's sixth straight win of the season keeps them atop the OUA standings while York drops to 2-4 on the season. The victory also marked Guelph's 13th consecutive regular season victory.
 
 Rob Farquharson had an impressive game with a total of 129 yards, averaging 6.4 yards on each run and a long of 21 yards. Alex Charette led the receivers with a total of 70 yards and had a total of 88 yards on kick returns with a huge 61-yard long.
 
 Carl Trivieri made an impact late in the fourth quarter with 92-yard reception that would set the Gryphons up for their final touchdown of the night.
 
 Jazz Lindsey was 17-for-30 with one interception and a total of 296 yards. Lindsey also had 36 yards rushing with his longest run being 15 yards.
 
 The Gryphons scored two touchdowns in the first half against the York Lions. The first scoring drive started on the 38-yard line with a big 11-yard run by Rob Farquharson, getting the Gryphons a first down. Farquharson picked up another 8 yards right after for a second and two. A big pass to Ryan Nieuwesteeg ut them on the 11-yard line after he was forced out of bounds. A complete pass to Saxon Lindsey at the Gryphons up to 10-0, after a successful 30-yard field goal attempt by Daniel Ferraro earlier in the game.
 
 The second touchdown drive started with a faked punt in the second quarter, which had Michael Carney run the ball up 31 yards for the Gryphons. A hand off to Farquharson put Guelph just shy of the York end zone. Luke Nangle took to the field and ran it in himself for a touchdown, making the score 18-0 for the Gryphons after a rouge point by Ferraro earlier in the second quarter.
 
 The Gryphons continued their defensive dominance into the second half of the game, with York conceding a safety and putting the score up to 20-0 for Guelph. York finally put some points on the board in the fourth quarter after an interception by Lion's player Cory Bellerdine (Orleans, Ont.) set the Lions up for a touchdown drive. Errol Brooks (Toronto, Ont.) ran the ball in for the York Lions making it 20-7 late in the game. Rob Farquharson would run the ball in two more times for Guelph, with Ferraro successfully getting the ball through the uprights to bring the final score to 33-7.
 
 The defensive players made an impact on the game successfully stopping the Lions on six consecutive touchdown attempts inside of the 5-yard line. Mackenzie Myers led the defense with six unassisted tackles and two assisted tackles. Ian Marouf  and Taylor Palmer  were close behind with five unassisted and two assisted tackles each.
 
 The Guelph Gryphons take the field again against the Carleton Ravens in Ottawa on Friday, October 11th with kick-off set for 7 p.m.

Source: Daniel Herrick, Saskatchewan Sports Information Student Assistant
 
SASKATOON - The No. 3 ranked University of Calgary Dinos outscored the No. 6 University of Saskatchewan Huskies 18-1 in the second half en route to a 24-12 win Friday night in Saskatoon’s Griffiths Stadium in PotashCorp Park.
 
After managing just 174 yards in the first half, the Dinos offence exploded for 418 yards in the final 30 minutes.
 
With the win Calgary moves to 6-0 on the season, securing first place and a home playoff date. Saskatchewan drops to 4-2 and needs to defeat the Manitoba Bisons on October 18 to have a shot at a home playoff date.

Chris Dobko scored the game-winning touchdown at 4:52 of the third quarter on a 19-yard pass from quarterback Andrew Buckley. Dinos’ running back Mercer Timmis sealed the Calgary win late in the fourth quarter avoiding a Huskie tackler in the backfield before racing 80 yards to the end zone. Timmis finished the game rushing for 172 yards, his sixth straight 100-yard game.
 
Saskatchewan sputtered on offence in the third quarter managing just three first downs and scoring only on a Denton Koldozinski rouge. The Huskies gained just 44 yards to Calgary’s 215.
 
Calgary recorded both a blocked field goal and a punt, deep in Huskie territory, in the first 30 minutes. The latter led to a 20-yard Johnny Mark field goal. Mark opened the scoring for the Dinos a minute into the second quarter with a 19-yard kick.
 
Calgary once again penetrated the Huskie front line in the third quarter blocking their second field goal of the game.
 
Saskatchewan looked crisp as they game began, scoring on their opening drive of the game. A 31-yard Dexter Janke run set up a 15-yard Drew Burko to Charlie Power touchdown pass and the home squad jumped out to an early lead.
 
Despite the quick start, Saskatchewan could not find the end zone again on the night failing to gather any momentum in the second half to finish with just 100 yards rushing on the game to Calgary’s 268.
 
Burko completed 17-of-38 pass attempts for 269 yards including one touchdown and one interception.  Dexter Janke rushed for a team high 57 yards on 10 carries, while Garrett Burgess led the receiving corps with 91 yards on six receptions.
 
Kolodzinski went 1-for-2 on field goals hitting from 42 yards in the second quarter. Mark went 3-for-3 on the night hitting from 19, 23, and 34 for the Dinos.
 
Buckley completed 23-of-48 attempts for 355 yards with two interceptions and one touchdown.  Rashaun Simonise caught six passes for 145 yards to lead the Dinos while Brett Blaszko and Michael Klukas caught five passes for 69 yards and 49 yards respectively.
 
Both Saskatchewan and Calgary will rest with the league-wide bye next week. The Dinos return to action on October 18, hosting the University of Regina Rams.
 
Saskatchewan also returns to the field on October 18 hosting the Manitoba Bisons.