U Sports POW (7): Playoffs in sight

AUS Football Players of the Week: Reid, Halstead and Lambert honoured

(HALIFAX, N.S.) – Running back Chris Reid, linebacker Damian Halstead and kicker Ryan Lambert, all from the Mount Allison Mounties, have been selected as the Week 7 AUS football players of the week for their respective performances this past weekend.

Offensive Player of the Week
Name: Chris Reid
University: Mount Allison University
Position: Running Back
Hometown: Brampton, Ont.
Year of eligibility: Fourth
Academic program: BA Commerce
Height and weight: 5’6″, 180lbs

Mount Allison Mounties running back Chris Reid is the Atlantic University Sport football offensive player of the week for the week ending Oct. 8, 2017.

A fourth-year commerce student from Brampton, Ont., Reid had 27 carries for 194 rushing yards and a touchdown in Mount Allison’s 32-15 victory over the StFX X-Men Saturday in Sackville, N.B.

He also had two receptions for 18 yards receiving in the win.

Defensive Player of the Week
Name: Damian Halstead
University: Mount Allison University
Position: Linebacker
Hometown: Brampton, Ont.
Year of eligibility: Third
Academic program: BA Sociology
Height and weight: 5’10”, 230lbs

Mount Allison Mounties linebacker Damian Halstead has been named the AUS football defensive player of the week.

A fourth-year sociology student in his third year of eligibility from Brampton, Ont., Halstead had two sacks in the Mounties’ 32-15 win over the StFX X-Men Saturday.

He finished the game with two tackles for loss and 17 total loss yards. His defensive stats also included 4.5 total tackles (four solo and one assisted).

Special Teams Player of the Week
Name: Ryan Lambert
University: Mount Allison University
Position: Kicker
Hometown: Grimsby, Ont.
Year of eligibility: Fourth
Academic program: BA Environmental Studies
Height and weight: 5’9″, 180lbs

Mount Allison Mounties kicker Ryan Lambert has been named the AUS football special teams player of the week.

A fifth-year environmental studies student in his fourth-year of eligibility from Grimsby, Ont., Lambert had 14 points in Mount Allison’s win over StFX Saturday.

He made good on four out of four field goal attempts and two of three point-after attempts.

His stats also included seven punts for 177 yards and four kickoffs for 179 yards.

OUA Football Players of the Week – October 7, 2017

Offence: Jake Puskas, Queen’s Gaels

Jake Puskas of the men’s football is the Queen’s University Male Athlete of the Week and the OUA Football Player of the Week (Offence). With an injured Jonah Pataki, the Gaels needed Jake Puskas to step up, and he definitely did not disappoint. The third year running back led Queen’s to a 68-17 win over the Waterloo Warriors on Thursday night.

His third consecutive 100+ yard game on the ground, Puskas was a threat each and every time he touched the ball. Wasting no time, the Thunder Bay native ran for 57 yards on the Gaels first drive of the game, finishing the first frame to a tune of 71 rushing yards. Physical, fearless and powerful, Puskas had a career-high performance, collecting 175 rushing yards and 57 passing yards for a total of 233 all-purpose yards and a total of four touchdowns.

Defence: Shomari Hutchinson, Laurier Golden Hawks

A record-tying performance on the defensive side of the ball gives Shomari Hutchinson the OUA Football Player of the Week (Defence) honours.

While the headlines will feature the impressive offensive showing from the Golden Hawks’ 53-31 win over the York Lions, Hutchinson’s defensive efforts cannot be overlooked. In what was a dominant performance for the 2^nd year linebacker, Hutchinson picked up a total of 14.5 tackles for the game, including 12 solo takedowns. His total not only helped keep the Lions from making the game closer, but it also helped him tie the school’s all-time mark, previously set by Jesse Alexander v. Ottawa in 2006.

Not only that, but Hutchinson did all of this in his first career start at linebacker.

Special Teams: Kadeem Hemmings, York Lions

York was able to put points on the board in the loss to Laurier, and receiver Kadeem Hemmings played a big part in making that happen. Hemmings had a total of 207 return yards and one touchdown against the Golden Hawks on Thursday night.

The first-year return specialist had an electric 96-yard kick-off return touchdown early in the third quarter to punctuate a strong game. Hemmings, for the game, put up 164 yards on six kick returns and another 43 yards on six punt returns. His 96-yard return was the second longest in the OUA so far this season and he is one of only three players to score a kick-off return touchdown. Through five games, Hemmings ranks second in the OUA with 21.6 yards per kick-off.

Source: OUA

RSEQ POW – Christopher Amoah, Viens, Dufour
named 

Montréal, October 10, 2017 – Laval running back Christopher Amoah, Laval defensive back Nicolas Viens and Laval returner Antony Dufour are the RSEQ University Football student-athletes of the week for the period ending October 8, 2017.

Offensive Student-Athlete

Christopher Amoah
Running back

Team: Rouge et Or
University: Laval
Hometown: Montréal, Québec
Age: 22
Height: 5’10’’
Weight: 206 lbs.
Former team: Upper Canada College

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