November 12, 2007

30 Championships in 40 Years!

Lions Are 2007 Provincial Champions

The Lions have claimed the provincial championship for 2007 as they successfully defended their title against the Laprairie Diablos by a score of 51-7 yesterday at McGill's Molson Stadium. This gives the Lions their 30th provincial title in the 40 years that they have existed as a team.  Receiver Simon Lacroix earned the honours of being named the game MVP by turning in a spectacular performance as he hauled in 5 passes for 116 yards and three touchdowns.  His first two TD's came from veteran QB Maxx St. James while his third came from first-year pivot Vincent Bourgon later in the fourth quarter.  The leading rusher for the day was running back Eric Locas who carried the ball 8 times for 69 yards and 1 TD.  Other offensive TD's came from Jelani McLaren on a 13 yard pass from St. James and Andrew Hopkins on a 4 yard run in the second quarter.  Alex Grace got his third punt return TD this season and Shaquille Lattimore was perfect on all 7 converts.  The remaining 2 points came on a safety by the defence.

The defence, once again, played a typically strong game as they shut down the Diablos offence early in the game .  A total of 4 sacks were registered by Mark Continelli, Greg Lee, Kyle Macgregor, Kevin Slawter, Alex Gascon and Brandon Ferrarelli, who also came up with an interception and a fumble recovery during the game.  Nick Gaudreault and Shaquille Lattimore also got an interception each.  Linebackers Greg Lee and Luka Ricard led the defence with 7 tackles each.

The Lions are now set to enjoy a bit of a break from the long season before getting back into action again with their off-season training so that they can be in top form to defend their title in 2008.

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