Wells, Dobko, Hall named Canada West Players of Week 3

OFFENCE:#1 Chris Dobko, Calgary

Chris Dobko’s accomplishment Friday night in Regina is rare enough that he’s just the 12th player in University of Calgary history to record the feat.

Dobko’s three-touchdown performance in Calgary’s 51-1 win over the Regina Rams Friday night put him in some elite company. It was the first time since 2002 that it had been done in a conference game, though Anthony Parker did pull the feat last November in the Canada West semi-final, also against the Rams. Dobko joins the likes of Parker, Jamie Elliott, and Don Blair as Dinos with at least three TD catches in a single game.
His first major broke open a tight game with just 16 seconds left in the opening half on a 15-yard pass from Eric Dzwilewski, giving the Dinos a 13-0 lead heading into the break. Just 3:07 into the third quarter, Dobko struck again on a nine-yard pass from Dzwilewski, opening the floodgates for a 24-point quarter by Calgary. His final TD of the night came in the first minute of the fourth quarter on a 40-yard strike from backup pivot Andrew Buckley.
Dobko leads Canada West in receptions (16) and receiving touchdowns (4) after three weeks of the season.

DEFENCE:#39 Thomas Hall, Manitoba

Thomas Hall was a force throughout as he was top team tackler and made a couple sacks during the Bisons upset 26-16 home win over the CIS #4 Saskatchewan Huskies on Saturday, September 17 in a game seen live on Shaw TV.
The Winnipeg product led the team with 6.5 total tackles (four solo) along with two sacks for 11 yard loss while playing at the linebacker position. Hall was responsible for disrupting the rhythm of Huskies starting QB Jahlani Gilbert-Knorren and being a part of a Bison defensive unit that shut down a potent Saskatchewan offence and only allow them to gain 283 total offence yards.
Manitoba (2-1) now travels to face the UBC Thunderbirds (2-1) on Saturday, September 24.

SPECIAL TEAMS: #35 Grayson Wells, Manitoba

Grayson Wells of Lloydminster, Alta. made the play of the game in Shaw TV’s “CIS Game of the Week” as he jumped on a loose ball in the end zone at the start of the fourth quarter for the first lead of the game that Manitoba would not relinquish for a upset 26-16 home win over the #4 Saskatchewan Huskies on Saturday.
It is not often punt coverage is a difference-maker in a football game but the host team took full advantage of the howling 35 km/h wind. On the first play at the start of the fourth quarter, Bison punter Brendon Bowman boomed a 64-yard punt, with the wind, that went off Huskies’ Jerit Lambert hands and dribbled into the end zone. Manitoba’s DB Wells hustled downfield and jumped on the loose, live ball in the Huskies end zone for a surprising touchdown. Manitoba then led 19-16 and held on for the rest of the game.
The Bisons (2-1) now travel to Vancouver, where they play the UBC T-Birds (2-1) in their second road game of the season on Saturday, September 24.

About Canada West Universities Athletic Association
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, 1997 to 2010. Comprised of 15 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. “cwuaa” on Twitter