QUARTERBACK JEREMI ROCH GUIDED THE CHEETAHS TO THREE FOURTH QUARTER TOUCHDOWNS AS THEY OVERCAME A 27-18 HALF-TIME DEFECIT TO OUTLAST THE CHAMPLAIN-LENNOXVILLE COUGARS 41-27 THIS PAST SATURDAY IN LENNOXVILLE.
The Cheetahs opened the scoring on the first play of the game as Josh MacDuffie booted a single on the gameβs opening kickoff. The Cougars then tallied 14 straight points to take a commanding 14-1 second quarter lead.
| Vanier stormed back to go ahead 18-14 as Matthew Norzil (right) hauled in a 16-yard pass from JΓ©rΓ©mi Roch at the 7:06 mark of the second period and MacDuffie booted his first of 5 converts on the day. Only 1:24 later, Roch scampered 1 yard into the endzone for a major score and MacDuffie added the extra point. Less than two minutes later, MacDuffie connected on a 28-yard field goal as the Cheetahs built a short-lived lead. The Cougars notched 13 points in the final two minutes of a wild second quarter to go into the locker room with the advantage. After a relatively quite third quarter where the only scoring came on a Vanier safety, the fourth frame saw quarterback Roch led his team to an exciting come-from-behind win. Roch hooked up with Norzil on a 28-yard touchdown pass at the 6:20 mark to knot the score at 27-27. Then at 13:15 of the final quarter, Roch connected with Shayne Stinson on a 45-yard bomb for another major and a mere 25 seconds later, Jesse Lacle ran 29 yards to cross the goal line and secure the Cheetahs road triumph. |
 Matthew Norzil |
 JΓ©rΓ©mi Roch |
The Cheetahs were led on the offense by quarterback JΓ©rΓ©mi Roch (left) who completed 27 of 34 pass attempts for 291 yards. Jesse Lacle paced the running attack with 65 yards on 11 carries while Matthew Norzil topped all Vanier receivers with 9 catches for 125 yards. Vincent ClΓ©roux also had a big game with 5 catches for 26 yards as did Shayne Stinson with 3 receptions for 62 yards in the win. Byron Perez-Archambault anchored a stellar defensive effort with 8 tackles and Christopher Smith and Randy Lusikila contributed 5 tackles apiece as the Cheetahs moved into a first place tie. The Cheetahs (4-1) will now host the Vieux-MontrΓ©al Spartiates (3-2) this coming Saturday, October 2nd, at 6:00 p.m. at the Concordia University Football Field. Vanier had defeated Vieux-MontrΓ©al 31-22 in the season-opener back on August 28th.  By Brent Sabino [URL]http://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/athletics/latestnews_100928.html |
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