AUS:
Offensive Player of the Week
Name: Chris Reid
University: Mount Allison University
Position: Running Back
Hometown: Brampton, Ont.
Year of eligibility: First
Academic program: BA
Height and weight: 5’6”, 180lbs
Running back Chris Reid of the Mount Allison Mounties is the Atlantic University Sport football offensive player of the week for the week ending Sept. 28, 2014.
Reid, a 5-foot-6, first-year arts student from Brampton, Ont., had 175 rushing yards on 30 carries in Saturday’s 26-3 victory over the Bishop’s Gaiters in AUS-RSEQ interlock action.
He also posted a rushing touchdown as well as two receptions for 12 yards in the win.
Defensive Player of the Week
Name: Devante Sampson
University: Mount Allison University
Position: Defensive back
Hometown: Mississauga, Ont.
Year of eligibility: Second
Academic program: BA Sociology
Height and weight: 5’8”, 162lbs
Defensive back Devante Sampson of the Mount Allison Mounties is the Atlantic University Sport football defensive player of the week.
A second-year sociology student from Mississauga, Ont., Sampson had two interceptions for 66 return yards in Saturday’s AUS-RSEQ interlock victory over Bishop’s.
He also had two solo tackles in the win as well as a punt return for a yard.
Special Teams Player of the Week
Name: Ryan Lambert
University: Mount Allison University
Position: Kicker/punter
Hometown: Grimsby, Ont.
Year of eligibility: First
Academic program: BA environmental studies
Height and weight: 5’9”, 170lbs
Kicker and punter Ryan Lambert of the Mount Allison Mounties is the Atlantic University Sport football special teams player of the week.
A first-year environmental studies student from Grimsby, Ont., Lambert was 3-for-4 in field goals in Saturday’s interlock win over Bishop’s.
He was also 2-for-2 on extra-point kicks and contributed a rouge, posting 12 total points in the game. Lambert also recorded three kickoffs for 177 yards, averaging 59.0 yards per kickoff.
RSEQ:
Montréal, September 29, 2014 – Running back Guillaume G. Bourassa of the Laval Rouge et Or, Concordia Stingers defensive tackle Shaquille Armstrong and kicker Louis-Philippe Simoneau of the Montreal Carabins have been named the RSEQ players of the week for the period ending September 28. Running back Guillaume G. Bourassa of the Laval Rouge et Or, Concordia Stingers defensive tackle Shaquille Armstrong and kicker Louis-Philippe Simoneau of the Montreal Carabins have been named the RSEQ players of the week for the period ending September 28.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Guillaume Bourassa
Position: RB
Team: Rouge et Or
School: Laval
Hometown: La Tuque, QC
Age: 24
Height : 5’11
Weight : 201
Eligibility Year : 5
Last team : Champlain-Lennoxville Cougars
Running back Guillaume G. Bourassa piled up 173 yards on only 13 carries (13.3 average yards per carry), including a 63-yard touchdown run in Laval’s home-field win over the Redmen. The graduate student powered an offence at amassed 439 total yards on the day.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Shaquille Armstrong
Position: DL
Team: Stingers
School: Concordia University
City: Winnipeg, Man.
Age: 23
Height: 6’2
Weight: 280
Eligibility Year: 5
Last team: Winnipeg Rifles
A fifth-year defensive tackle, Shaquille Armstrong was the leader on a defence that held the Saint Mary’s Huskies to six first downs and 62 yards of offence in a 63-7 Stingers victory. The history major was impenetrable up the middle, forcing the Huskies to go to the air resulting in six interceptions for the Stingers. The native Winnipeg had three tackles and two sacks for a loss of six yards. He also tipped a ball that led to a Concordia interception.
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Louis-Philippe Simoneau
Position : K
Team : Carabins
School: Montreal
Major : Education
Hometown : La Présentation, QC
Age : 19
Height : 6’1
Weight : 240
Eligibility Year : 1
Last team : Cegep Garneau Elans
In his first career CIS game, place kicker Louis-Philippe Simoneau connected on all five of his field goal attempts in Montreal’s win over St. F-X in the Maritmes this weekend. The Industrial Relations major made good from 29, 16 and 40 yards in the opening half before adding 42 and 32-yarders in the second half, bringing his scoring on the day including four touchdown converts to 19 points.
OUA:
HAMILTON, Ont. – The following athletes have been named Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Players of the Week for the period ending September 29, 2014.
OFFENCE: Chris Pezzetta (Burlington, Ont.) – 2nd yr. – McMaster Marauders
Having missed both the 2012 and 2013 seasons, after twice suffering a torn ACL, Saturday’s Homecoming game against Queen’s is one McMaster RB Chris Pezzetta isn’t soon to forget.
Pezzetta ran for a game-high 154 yards on 24 carries, an average of 6.4 yards per carry, and one touchdown. He also caught two passes for 19 yards.
Late in the 4th, with McMaster leading by just two points, Pezzetta busted it in from the 1-yard line, sealing the win for the Marauders 28-19.
The performance earned him the Mark Timpany trophy, which is awarded to the outstanding Marauder player in McMaster’s annual Homecoming game.
Pezzetta and the Marauders unbeaten 5-0 record will be on the line when they travel to London on Saturday to face the 4-0 defending Yates Cup champion, Western Mustangs.
DEFENCE: Chris Ackie (Cambridge, Ont.) – 4th yr. – Laurier Golden Hawks
Fourth-year defensive back Chris Ackie anchored a Laurier defence that allowed just three points against in the Golden Hawks 53-3 victory over the Carleton Ravens.
Ackie recorded a team high 5.5 tackles (5 solo, 1 assisted) during Saturdays “Battle of the Birds” at Homecoming.
The three points allowed by a stingy Hawks defence were their first since Austin Kennedy’s last second touchdown pass in Week 2 versus Windsor. Laurier defeated the Warriors in the “Battle of Waterloo” 44-0 in Week 3.
The Golden Hawks defense will look to keep rolling as they host the York Lions this Saturday.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Ronnie Pfeffer (Kitchener, Ont.) – 4th yr. – Laurier Golden Hawks
Clearly Dillon Campbell’s rushing performances week in and week out are starting to rub off.
Golden Hawks K/P Ronnie Pfeffer turned a botched snap on a FG attempt into a 32-yard run to set up a touchdown on the opening drive and then followed it up with a 28-yard run on a fake punt in the 2ndquarter.
Combine that with a perfect 3/3 on FGs (16, 27, and 24 yards) and 325 yards punting and Pfeffer had himself quite an afternoon against the Ravens.
Through four games this season, Pfeffer leads OUA in field goal percentage (88%) and sits second in field goals made (14). He has already matched his career-high for field goals in a season with four games remaining.
Canada West:
NEW WESTMINSTER, BC – The 2014 Canada West football regular season reached its halfway mark over the weekend and the race to the playoffs promises to be tightly-contested. Last Friday on Shaw TV, the Calgary Dinos survived a 42-41 thriller over the Manitoba Bisons. And on the following day, the UBC Thunderbirds found their groove and defeated the Alberta Golden Bears, 49-13 to get on the win column. Also, the Saskatchewan Huskies travelled to Regina and got back on track with a 21-16 road victory over the Rams.
Dinos receiver Brett Blaszko and Thunderbirds kick returner Marcus Davis have been selected as this week’s Canada West Football Players of the Week for their stellar individual efforts in leading their respective squads to key wins. This is Blaszko’s second time being selected, after also winning the recognition for Week 1.
OFFENCE: #89 Brett Blaszko, Receiver (Calgary Dinos)
Third-year Brett Blaszko continues to make his mark this season as the Dinos leading receiver. He helped the Dinos take down the Manitoba Bisons in a nail-biter on September 26. Down 41-39, Calgary’s field goal put them up by one with less than two minutes left on the clock. It was Manitoba’s missed field goal attempt that solidified the Dinos’ win over the Bisons.
The Arts student had a team-high seven receptions for 119 yards. His longest was a 48-yard catch and he tallied a game-high three touchdowns on the night. Blaszko’s three touchdowns gives him top spot in receiving touchdowns in the nation with six on the season thus far.
The Dinos will look to continue their win streak when they host the Regina Rams on October 4 at McMahon Stadium. Kickoff is set for 2pm.
SPECIAL TEAMS: #5 Marcus Davis, Kick Returner (UBC Thunderbirds)
First-year kick returner Marcus Davis from Victoria, BC led the UBC Thunderbirds with 253 all-purpose yards in their 49-13 win over the Alberta Golden Bears Saturday afternoon at Thunderbird Stadium.
The former two-time BC ‘AAA’ High School Football Player of the Year was a threat every time he touched the ball. He returned six punts for 158 yards, including a 98-yard return to set up UBC’s first score of the game. Davis also added a kickoff return of 16 yards.
On offense he caught a 43-yard touchdown reception and rushed the ball four times for 36 yards and touchdown.
He is third in the Canada West in all-purpose yards, averaging 147.8 yards per game.
Next up, UBC will be in Saskatchewan on Saturday, October 4 to take on the Huskies.
Image Credit: Calgary Dinos/UBC Thunderbirds
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