Martensville Messenger September 15, 2016 | Page 6

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Labour Day rematch week in the CFL went
firing but were worn down by the gritty play of the
very similar to last week’s set of games. About the only
Americans. The States would go on to win by a score
difference this week was that the first game saw the B.C
of 4-2. The next day was a different story for all the
Lions defeat the Montreal Alouettes whereas last week
teams as the Czech Republic beat Russia 2-1in a shootB.C had beaten the Argos and Montreal had lost to the
out, Sweden jumped on Finland and took a 6-3 victory,
RedBlacks. The Lions run game was astonishing as
and in the last game on Saturday the Canadians came
running back Jeremiah Johnson rushed for 159 yards on
up big with a 5-2 win over the U.S. On Sunday it was
just 16 carries (averaging about 9.9 yards per carry) and
more of the same for team North America jumping out
three touchdowns on Friday. B.C. quarterback Jonathon
to a 5-1 lead after just the first period. The Europeans
Jennings threw for 341 yards and a touchdown. His main
would find their legs and push back to 5-4 but it
target was Bryan Burnham who racked up 138 yards on
just wasn’t enough to beat the young guns. Johnny
six receptions. The Lions improved to 8-3 with the 38-27
Gaudreau would score his third of the tournament and
victory over Montreal. In the Battle of Alberta rematch the
second of the game followed by Dylan Larkin burying
teams put on an air show with Calgary’s Bo Levi Mitchell
an empty netter to make the final score 7-4.
and Edmonton’s Mike Reilly combining for 770 passing
The annual Saskatchewan Roughrider
yards (CGY 338, EDM 432). After the fourth quarter was
Bus Trip will be taking place Sunday,
complete the two teams were deadlocked at 20. The first
September 18. Fans from Martensville
overtime saw Edmonton score on a 1-yard run from Mike
and
surrounding areas will be decked out
Reilly and a successful two-point conversion followed
in
Green
to cheer on the Riders against
by a 1-yard score by Calgary’s Andrew Buckley and a
ABOVE: Tyler Crapigna kicks off the Labour Day Classic in Regina
the Edmonton Eskimos at 2:30pm.
successful convert from Mitchell. In the second and final
Sunday, September 4. (Dean Hofer)
overtime, Edmonton failed to score and left
the gate open for the Stampeders. The Stamps
took advantage completing a 23-yard TD
pass to win the game by a score of 34-28. In
the highly awaited ‘Banjo Bowl’ the Riders
were yet again unable to secure a win against
the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. With a final
score of 17-10, Saskatchewan falls to 10-1
on the season. Coming in to the season the
Notice of Proposed Local Improvements to be Published Pursuant to
Riders had not lost the Labour Day classic
Clause 15(1)(b) of The Local Improvements Act, 1993
in 11 years. On Saturday Quarterback Dan
Lefevour made his first CFL start in over two
Notice is given that:
years. This time however, it was against his
1. The council of the City of Martensville proposes to pass a bylaw to undertake the
former team. The new Argos Quarterback
struggled at times once throwing two
following as a local improvement:
consecutive interceptions. The veteran
would then compose himself to take just the
Proposed Local Improvement
second victory at their home stadium this
season. The final score on Sunday was 33Description of Work
Proposed
21. Going 2-2 this week moves my record to
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The Bombers have been doing some trading
this week, sending QB Drew Willy to the
Toronto Argonauts for linebacker T.J Heath
and proposes to specially assess a part of the cost against the lands benefited by these
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