October 13, 2007

Lions End Regular Season Undefeated Beating Lasalle 41-13

The Lions ended their regular season undefeated when they beat the Lasalle Warriors 41-13 and the game proved to be every bit it was anticipated to be as the Warriors provided the Lions with the stiffest competition they had faced all year.

The Lions opened up the scoring in the first quarter with Matthew John capping off a long drive with a 3 yard dive into the endzone.  Other rushing touchdowns were scored by Evan Wiley on a 25 yard run in the second quarter along with Sammy Mesidor and Andrew Hopkins with one TD each later in the second half.  

The Lions special teams had another strong night.  Alex Grace got his second punt return TD for the season while a kickoff was returned for a TD by Simon Lacroix who was also good on 5 convert attempts.

Defensively, the Lions were put to the test like no other time this year as they faced a relentless and rather effective passing attack by the Warrior offence.  Despite having had the most points scored on them all year the defence still managed to find opportunities to shine.  A total of six QB sacks were registered by the defence with Kevin Slawter getting 2 of them.  The remainder were shared by Mark Baroudi, Kevin Kilbourne, Phil Hebert and Mark Continelli.  Shaquille Lattimore came up with a fumble recovery while Aldo Cione blocked a convert.

After the game, the Lions were presented with the Bill Allen trophy by QBFL president Kathy McNair for having won first place in the Bill Allen division for the 2007 season.

Next week, the Lions begin the playoffs with the first game being against the Greenfield Park Packers.  The game is at Riverdale on Friday, October 19th at 20:00.

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