Page 6 - julY 14, 2016 - martensville messenger
Riders Lose in Close One
The Riders travelled to
Edmonton on Friday to
face the defending Grey
Cup Champs the Eskimos.
It was also the first time
Rider Coach Chris Jones
returned to Commonwealth
stadium after leaving
Edmonton last season. It
was an exciting game that
came down to overtime
but the Riders couldn’t cap
things off and the Eskimos
took the 39-36 win.
Things looked good for
the Green and White
early in the game when
Durant found Robb Bagg
for a 26 yard touchdown
for the first series of the
game. Tyler Crapigna
added 2 field goals to give
the Riders a 13-0 lead in
the second. Shortly after,
Eskimos’
Mike Reilly
found Bowman for a 56
yard major to cut the lead
13-7. Ricky Collins Jr.
made a spectacular catch
on a deflected ball to
stretch the Rider lead 197.
Former Rider Chris
Getzlaff shortened the gap
to 19-14 at the half on a 4
yard catch in the end zone.
It was all Eskimos in the
third when they took over
the lead from the Riders
27-19 after 2 majors from
Adarius Bowman and John
White. Bowman added his
3rd major on a 105 yard
series play to make it 33-19
which looked dismal for the
Riders. In the fourth quarter
they got to work, when the
defense forced a fumble on
a punt return and 3 plays
later Durant found John
Chiles for the touchdown.
Jones made a bold call
with the short kick-off and
it paid off when the Riders
deflected it out of bounds
giving control back to the
green and white. Crapigna
converted it into another
field goal. The defense
forced the Eskimos to a
two and out and Durant had
another chance.
He
connected for his fourth
touchdown of the game
to Shamawd Chambers
to give the Riders the
36-33 lead with only 13
seconds left in the game.
It apparently was enough
time for Reilly to make 2
completions which set up
a 51 yard Sean Whyte field
goal and forced the game
into overtime.
The Rider defense was
strong and held the
Eskimos to a field goal.
Durant was charging his
team down for a major
but was held out of the
end zone on a third and
short.
The
Eskimos
squeaked away with the
39-33 victory. It was a
heartbreaking loss for the
Riders but the team had
many positive things to
take away from the game.
They will be back in action
on Friday when they host
the B.C. Lions at Mosaic.
Team of 3 at CanWest Games
On the July long weekend,
Reg Lepage, Brinn Rudoski
and Marcus Hamilton from
Crossfit 3126
traveled to
Coquitlam
BC
to
compete in
the CanWest
Games.
It
was the first
"Team of 3",
competitions
for the guys
and
they
competed
in
the
intermediate men's division.
After 2 hard fought days and
7 events they finished on the
podium in second place!!
The only team from
Saskatchewan, the 3126
Sask Chippers (team
name) want to thank all
our supporters
who came out
to the steak
night
and
who bought
supporter
t-shirts
to
help get us
out there for
the weekend.
We're looking
forward
to
next year!!
ABOVE
L-R:
Marcus
Hamilton,
Brinn
Rudoski and
Reg Lepage
RIGHT:
Maryn
Deschner
of the Twin
city Angels
Peewee A
team laid
down a bunt
in a game
against
Melfort on
the weekend.
BELOW: Carlie Meikle from the Twin City Angels, sets up to catch against the Saskatoon Raiders
on Sunday
BELOW: The Saskatoon Snipers Lacrosse team, coached by Rene Jule, were in provincial playoffs
this past weekend. They faced the PA Predators in the final and brought home the silver medal. The
top 8 teams around the province competed in Provincial playoffs.
Photo submitted