Canada West Football Players of the Week 7: Jarvis, Jones, Ifield

OFFENCE: Matt Jarvis, RB, Alberta
Alberta running back Matt Jarvis rushed for a personal-best 205 yards and scored two touchdowns in his final home game to help the Golden Bears clinch a playoff spot and earn a 46-21 victory over the Manitoba Bisons.

The fifth-year Beaumont, AB native broke the game wide open at the start of the fourth quarter when he finished the first two Golden Bears drives with rushes into the end zone, making the score 36-21 for Alberta.
The Faculté Saint-Jean student had 24 carries throughout the game, averaging 8.5 yards per run, and recorded his longest run of the game in the first quarter when his 40-yard dash propelled the home team to their first touchdown. Jarvis also caught a single 35-yard pass to bring his all-purpose yards to a total of 240 in the game.
Jarvis is second in the conference with 100.1 rushing yards per game and has now accumulated 1,623 all-time rushing yards for 295 carries in Golden Bear colours.
Alberta will close out their regular season next week when they head to Calgary to play the 5-2 Dinos on October 30th.

DEFENCE: Jean-Marc Jones, LB, Alberta
University of Alberta Golden Bears’ linebacker Jean-Marc Jones made seven tackles and a quarterback sack, earned an interception, and forced a fumble in his final home game to help the Golden Bears clinch a playoff spot and earn a 46-21 victory over the Manitoba Bisons.
The fifth-year St. Albert, AB native intercepted a Khaleal Williams pass at the Alberta two-yard line early in the first quarter and forced Williams to fumble the ball early in the second quarter, leading to an Alberta touchdown on the ensuing drive.
Jones led all Golden Bears with six solo tackles and assisted on two others to bring his total to a team-high seven. He also made one of seven quarterback sacks by Alberta during the game, earning six sack yards and ending the game with two tackles for a loss, totalling 12 yards.
The Science student is third in the conference in tackles for loss and fourth in the conference in sacks. He has now accumulated 162.5 tackles all-time and 12 sacks for 68 yards in Golden Bear colours.
Alberta will close out their regular season next week when they head to Calgary to play the 5-2 Dinos on October 30th.

SPECIAL TEAMS: Aaron Ifield, P/K, Calgary
Fifth-year kicker Aaron Ifield moved one step closer to the top of the national leaderboard Friday night at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.
Ifield was perfect on his four field goal attempts from 14, 39, 27, and 23 yards, bringing his career total to 69 and setting a new Canada West all-time record. Sitting with an impressive 16-for-18 stat line with one game remaining in 2010, Ifield needs just one field goal in the Dinos’ last game Saturday against Alberta at McMahon Stadium to tie the CIS all-time record of 70, held by Western Ontario’s Frank Jagas. A second field goal against the Bears would give him the national record outright.
To boot, Ifield had his best punting game of the season against the rams, averaging 47.5 yards on his four punts as the Dinos got a big road win 35-27.

Next Football Players of the Week: November 1, 2010
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Canada West is consistently the most decorated of the four conferences in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), winning at least 10 CIS national titles every year since 1997-98. Comprised of 14 schools, from the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada West produces numerous major award winners and Academic All-Canadian student-athletes each year, with many going on to athletic success around the globe in pro leagues or events such as the Olympics, Paralympics or Universiade Games.