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SPORTS
Said on
Twitter
Here’s what the
Twittersphere was
saying about last
night’s Stamps win
@BryndisWhitson
Go Stamps Go! One of the
rougher games that I have
watched. And blocking that
kick was just wrong! #CFL
#stamps #yyc #Stampeders
@darrylh78
When they make the Kevin
Glenn biopic I hope they get
Don Cheadle to play him.
#lookalike #CFL #Stamps
pic.twitter.com/cj14SvreH7
@seanrcampbell
Even Keon Raymond can’t
catch an AC throw. #cfl
#Alouettes #Stamps
@BrittanyN
AW COME ON HE WAS
ABOUT TO TIE A RECORD!
GO AWAY YA JERK!
#Stamps #cflfans
#calstampeders
@_Maya19_
Dear Chicago #Bears,
Can we please have our
coach back??
Sincerely #Alouettes fans!
@Maddog5657
As much as I dislike the
#stumps I don’t feel sorry
for the #Alouettes if they
take after the #Leafs in
blowing leads
@THilli13
An unusual amount of
#Riders representation at
the #Stamps game tonight.
Please just keep your team
stuff at home if they aren’t
playing.
@mkemp31
Take the Stampeders win
of course but it’s one of the
strangest games I watched.
First quarter was still very
painful.
The Calgary Sun n Sunday, July 21, 2013
5
Game Over
key plays
with Scott Mitchell
Five turning points
from last night’s tilt
between the Alouettes
and the Stamps at
McMahon Stadium
1. Kyries Hebert, 15-yard
roughing the passer
penalty in 2nd quarter
4. Fred Bennett punchstrip of Noel Devine
After the Stamps took their
first lead of the night in the
third quarter, Noel Devine was
off to the races on the ensuing
kickoff, busting down the right
sideline with only 10 yards to
go to hit paydirt. But Stamps
cornerback Fred Bennett
wasn’t having any of it, tracking
Devine down and punching the
ball out of his right arm and
into the endzone, where Alvin
Bowen fell on it for a touchback.
With the Stamps down 24-3
and the ball near midfield, the
Montreal Alouettes linebacker
smacked Stamps QB Kevin
Glenn with a helmet-tohelmet hit that drew a flag
and moved the ball down deep
into Alouettes territory on the
29-yard line. Four completed
passes later, and the Stamps
had put their first major of the
night on the board and they
were back in the ball game at
24-10.
2. Joe West dives for ball
in endzone and does not
return to game
Late in second quarter,
Kevin Glenn heaved one into
the endzone for West. The
6-foot-1, 195-lb. wideout laid
out for what would have been
his fourth touchdown of the
season but landed awkwardly
on his shoulder. West took a
couple minutes to get up and
eventually laboured over to
the sideline. When the teams
came out for the second half,
West was nowhere to be found,
adding to the long list of injured
5. Jon Cornish 21-yard
TD run in 3rd quarter
Al Charest/Calgary Sun
The Calgary Stampeders’ Jabari
Arthur gets turned right upside
down making a catch during last
night’s tilt with the Alouettes.
Stampeders personnel.
3. Jerome Messam
stopped on third-andone in third quarter
Dan Hawkins, what are you
thinking? With the Stamps
down 24-19, the Als had the ball
on their own 31-yard line with
less than three minutes gone
in the second half. For some
reason, the Als head coach felt
it was a good idea to bulldoze
the big, burly Messam into a
stacked box on third down. The
6-foot-3, 245-lb. ball-carrier
was swarmed, and the Stamps
took over on downs. They would
go on to convert a field goal to
pull within two points.
Following Bennett’s timely
play, the Stamps offence took
over at their own 25-yard
line and promptly marched
down the field. Nursing a
28-24 lead, a little insurance
was desperately needed, and
Cornish provided it when he
ripped off a 21-yard run off the
left side and made it to the
pylon. It was the star tailback’s
first ground score since Week 1
and sealed the victory.
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@SUNMitchell
History awaits (still) for Paredes
Rene Paredes was on
the verge of etching his
name into the CFL’s record
books alongside one of the
greatest kickers of all-time.
After booting four field
goals in the first 58 minutes
of Saturday’s 38-27 win
over the Montreal Alouettes
at McMahon Stadium, the
Calgary Stampeders kicker
lined up a 34-yard boot to
tie Paul McCallum’s mark of
30-consecutive field goals
made.
Considering the 28-yearold hadn’t missed an
attempt since Week 13 of
the 2012 season, there was
no way Paredes was missing,
right?
Wrong.
Blocked.
Thinking that their
kicker’s shot at the record
was lost, Stampeders
fans gave the Concordia
University product a rousing
ovation as he wandered off
the field.
But the CFL’s official
scorer had some good news.
Because the ball didn’t
travel past the line of
scrimmage, it wasn’t
considered a miss.
“I knew that the whole
time, but I had random
people telling me it does or
it doesn’t,” Paredes said.
“I knew the whole time
it was behind the line of
scrimmage.
“I’m happy the streak’s
still going and I guess I’ll
go to Winnipeg and try to
accomplish what should
have happened today.
Paredes, who says he
hasn’t had a field goal
blocked since his rookie
season all the way back in
2011, will again look to tie,
and then break, the record
Friday against the Blue
Bombers.
“It means a lot,” Paredes
said of the record.
“It’s hard work.
“ I’ll feel a lot better when
I get it.”
No one is really sure what
happened on the play, but
the Alouettes definitely had
the all-out block on.
“Then you hear the
thunk and you turn around
it’s going the other way,”
Stamps long snapper Randy
Chevrier said.
“You don’t want to ever
miss any, but we’ll regroup.
The biggest thing is getting
the win.”
— Scott Mitchell