CJFL: PFC Week 3 in review

The clubs clashed for the first time since the Huskies season closing 33-23 win in Saskatoon last October.
The game was scoreless until nearly 8 minutes into the opening period as John Trumpy scored his first touchdown of the 2012 season as he connected with starting pivot Matt Harder on a 32-yard connection. PFC Special Teams Player of the Week Jonathan Heidebrecht put the Huskies on the board with a 23-yard field goal near the end of the frame.
Zach Schmidt would add field goals from 34 & 14 yards out to give the home side a 10-point halftime lead.
Saskatoon would salt away the win in the 3rd quarter with 16 unanswered points, as linebacker Donovan Dale played the role of a pickpocket and pulled the ball out of the hands of a Huskie back & rambled 44 yards for the major score. Brendon Gryba added a score of his own as the Hilltops led 29-3 after 3 quarters.
Nolan Graham made it a 33-point lead as he would score on a 3-yard run. Sam Schwab would get the Huskies lone touchdown of the day as backup signal caller Cole Graham would throw a 6-yard strike with 6 seconds remaining.
The Hilltops move into a 3-way tie for 2nd place with the Wildcats & host Regina on September 7th while the winless Huskies have a date in Calgary on the 8th.

EDM   3   0    0   7-10
SASK   7  6   16  7-36
FIRST QUARTER

SASK-TD Trumpy 32 pass from Harder (Schmidt Convert) 7:59
EDM-FG Heidebrecht 23 13:17
SECOND QUARTER
SASK-FG Schmidt 34 4:57
SASK-FG Schmidt 14 15:00
THIRD QUARTER
SASK-TD Dale 44 fumble return (Schmidt Convert) 1:11
SASK-Safety  7:10
SASK-TD Gryba 16 run (Schmidt Convert) 15:00
FOURTH QUARTER
SASK-TD Graham 3 run (Schmidt Convert) 12:03
EDM-TD Schwab 6 pass from Stewart (Schmidt Convert) 14:54

YARDSTICKS     EDM   SK
1ST DOWNS       21    29
YDS RUSH       153   204
YDS PASS       228   320
NET OFF        344    517
PASSING              C    A    YDS     TD INT
ERDMANN  EDM 14  29  168     0   2
STEWART    EDM   5   7     60      1   0
HARDER      SASK   19  28 299    1    1
ANDREYCHUK SASK 3    5   23   0     0
TARASOFF      SASK   1    1   -3   0     0

RUSHING       C    YDS   TD
L’Abbe  EDM  10  78   0
Erdmann EDM 5   23   0
Gryba  SASK   10   66    1
Lalonde SASK  12  56    0
RECEIVING    C   YDS   TD
Balicki EDM   6   94     0
Barrett EDM  5  41    0
McGinnis SASK 7    73 0
Gryba   SASK     2     64 0

REGINA THUNDER          39
WINNIPEG RIFLES           16                AUGUST 26 MOSAIC STADIUM

The Thunder returned home to Regina following a wild 52-35 loss in Calgary, while the Rifles were looking to snap an early 2-game slide.

It wasn’t a promising start for the Rifles as they were down 14-0 as Landon Bessel would fire a 9-yard touchdown strike to Mitch Thompson that was set up by a 15-yard Bessel run on the previous play. Thompson would strike again as he returned a Brad Mikoluff punt 69 yards to double the Regina lead.
Winnipeg would get started toward the end of the frame & tailback Martin Hovi scored on a 15-yard run to make it 14-7 after 15 minutes. A Ben Koot single would up the Regina advantage, however the Rifles replied in short order as they scored a safety, then took the lead for the first & only time with 20 seconds left as Hovi ran for his second score on a 4-yard run. Winnipeg led 16-15 at the break.
The Thunder would dominate the second half as they went on a 24-0 run.  Mitch Handzuik would put Regina in front to stay early in the third as he scored on a 15-yard run, followed by a Clay Cooke touchdown snag. Throw in a Ben Koot field goal and the Thunder had a 16-point lead heading into the final frame.
The lone major of the fourth came as Will Heward reeled in a 64-yard pass from Bessel to make it a 39-16 final.
The Thunder head to Saskatoon on September 7th to square off against the Hilltops in the front end of the Shrine Bowl series.  Winnipeg continues its road swing with a date at Clarke Park against the 2-1 Wildcats on the 8th.

SUMMARY

WPG    7    9   0    0-16
REG     15   0  17  7-39

FIRST QUARTER
REG-TD Thompson 9 pass from Bessel (Koot Convert)
REG- TD Thompson 69 punt return (Koot Convert)
WPG-TD Hovi 15 run (Mikoluff Convert) 12:32
REG-SG Koot 13:51

SECOND QUARTER

WPG-Safety 3:05
WPG-TD Hovi 15 run (Mikoluff Convert) 14:32

THIRD QUARTER
REG-TD Handziuk 15 run (Koot Convert) 4:43
REG-FG Koot 12:11
REG-TD Cooke 7 pass from Bessel (Koot Convert) 13:51
FOURTH QUARTER
REG-TD Heward 64 pass from Bessel (Koot Convert) 9:59
YARDSTICKS
WPG     REG
1ST DOWNS    19        23
YDS RUSH       165      160
YDS REC          171      326
NET OFF          337      495

PASSING            C   A   YDS   TD   INT
Kiesman WPG  10 29 141    0      0
Vieira      WPG  2     6 18       0     0
Mikoluff WPG  1     1   12      0     0
Bessel REG   18   30  310  0  0
Siemens REG   3   5    16   0   0
RUSHING
C    YDS    TD
Hovi    WPG     21   109    2
Kiesman WPG  9     70      0
Carter  WPG      1  -14      0

Bessel REG      7     65    0
Frass   REG      6     35    0
Handziuk REG   5   30   1

RECEIVING        C     YDS    TD
Carter   WPG     7      90     0
Banares WPG   3       56    0
Macleod  WPG  1      12    0
Heward   REG 4       108     1
Lagimodiere REG 4    89    0
Carr                  REG  4   79   0

CALGARY COLTS            28
EDMONTON WILDCATS 16                         AUGUST 26 CLARKE PARK

The conference co-leaders squared off in the main event of the Sunday triple-bill. The Colts coming into the week’s action coming off a 52-35 home field win over Regina & the Wildcats were enjoying their first official taste of home cooking after playing their first two tilts as the road club and both clubs played it close to the vest in the opening quarter with neither club gaining an advantage.
The Wildcats struck first with a pair of Ideen Samadi field goals from 25 & 30 yards out, however the Colts bolted in front with 3:30 remaining in the half as Chucks Okafor scored on a 1-yard touchdown run that made it a 7-6 game at halftime. Calgary would crack the tight contest open in the third period as Jeremy Long plunged in from a yard out. Derek Cooper connected with  Rodreke Joseph for a 10-yard touchdown strike to make it 21-6 after 45 minutes. Samadi added his third field goal of the day. Tailback Jon Waters pulled the Cats to within 5 in the fourth & final period. A bit of Colts chicanery would clinch the win as Andrew Fabian found Jeremy Long on a fake field goal try and the touchdown would give the Colts sole possession of the conference lead.

CALGARY       0      7    14   7-28
EDMONTON   0    6      0   10-16
FIRST QUARTER
NO SCORING
SECOND QUARTER
EDM-FG Samadi 25
EDM-FG Samadi 30
CGY-TD Okafor  1 run (Broom Convert)
THIRD QUARTER
CGY-TD Long 1 run (Broom Convert)
CGY-TD Joseph 10 pass from Cooper (Broom Convert)

FOURTH QUARTER
EDM-FG Samadi
EDM-TD Waters 1 run (Samadi Convert)
CGY-TD Fabian 5 pass from Long (Broom Convert)

YARDSTICKS
CGY     EDM
1ST DOWNS     23        24
YDS RUSH         61       303
YDS REC          329        223
NET OFF          386        522

PASSING            C   A   YDS   TD   INT
Olson EDM       10 22  109
Yaremchuk EDM 8 11 107

Cooper CGY

RUSHING
C    YDS    TD
Okafor CGY    18 41   1

Samoil EDM   22 218   0

RECEIVING        C     YDS    TD
Hnatiuk CGY    4      85       0
Lamoureux CGY  3  65       0
Petros CGY        5     57      0

Smith EDM      3       53      0
LeMoignan EDM   3   34     0