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1 PIT mum 0 0 Pages B1-B8 Scoreboard The Citizen, Ottawa, Monday, November 18, 12) show air stuns Tiger-Cats 50, Concordes 26 By Tom Casey Citizen staff writer 1 jjy ip) 5 1V':" 4. 's''" n.mmw'Trrimpinnin nr rimr ill pler, who had three touchdown passes. "Because Montreal was so run-oriented, once we got beyond the cornerback there was no one else to pick us up. The inside halfbacks were left on an island. Ken spotted that early.

We had talked about it before the game. That's why we went to it so early (the game's fourth play was an 18-yard TD)." Stapler caught four passes for 114 yards and Ron Ingram, Hamilton's other wide receiver, had one TD catch. Hamilton's leading receiver was the dependable Rocky DiPietro who had seven catches for 163 yards and one TD. "The last time I've ran this far was to catch a bus," he said. "But every time Ken threatened to run, the secondary moved up and I was left open but Hobart hasn't thrown the ball this well all season." Hamilton head coach Al Bruno raved about how Hobart jumped on Montreal errors.

"I've never seen him read defences like this." Despite Hobart's slick execution behind some excellent pass protection, the Concordes also hurt their own cause. "I never imagined we could make so many big mistakes," said Montreal head coach Gary Dur-chik. "We made so many mistakes in that first quarter, that I can't remember them all." To their credit the Concordes never quit. They narrowed the gap to 10 points in the third quarter. Hobart ran for a touchdown and threw back-to-back TD passes of 38 and 56 yards to Stapler to put the game out of reach.

Barnes picked away at the Hamilton defence with a short passing game. Wide receiver Jeff Patterson made some exceptional catches to keep drives alive. "But the play that hurt us more than anything was that interception late in the second quarter," Barnes said. The Concordes saw a march stall on the Hamilton five with 30 seconds left in the half when Paul Bennett intercepted a Barnes pass in the end zone with the score 29-11. Bennett also dealt some punishing open-field hits to Montreal receiver Mike McTague.

The Hamilton defence never allowed Barnes the time to set up the big play for a quick touchdown. Hamilton's front four harassed him. Barnes spent a lot of the afternoon running away from Ticats' defensive end Grover Covington who participated in five of nine sacks. Harry Skipper ran back a Hamilton punt 91 yards for a touchdown and punter Bernie Ruoff's inability to handle a third down snap led to Montreal's other major, a TD pass from Barnes to Nick Arakgi. HAMILTON Tired of hearing he's a poor passer, Ken Hobart shot down his critics Sunday.

The young Hamilton Tiger-Cats' quarterback, who set a Canadian Football League rushing record for quarterbacks this season with 928 yards, showed the instincts of a hired gun in blasting Montreal Concordes. The new big gun in the East set the stage for a showdown against the British Columbia Lions next Sunday in Montreal in the Grey Cup game. Hobart became the fourth quarterback ever to throw five touchdown passes in a playoff game and Hamilton's 50 points set a record for the Eastern Division sudden-death final "I never expected this kind of game," said veteran Hamilton linebacker Ben Zambiasi. "I figured that 21 points would have been good enough to win I would have bet the house on it." The Montreal kill could have been swift, almost painless, but the Concordes got up off the turf only to be shot down again by Hobart. Rarely has a quarterback had such an impressive start in a playoff game.

Hobart completed his first 10 passes and ran for 17 yards on another play. Hamilton's first 11 plays resulted in 28 points and 18 of those came on touchdown passes. A 76-yard pass completion set up a fourth TD, a one-yard run by Johnny Shepherd. Hobart had the 24,432 fans, the largest crowd at Ivor Wynne Stadium in more than two years, in a frenzy. Zambiasi described Hobart's first quarter as "Incredible.

You can't expect a quarterback to play any better." The Concordes' defensive game was designed to stop Hobart's running. So he came out throwing and finished the afternoon with 22 completions on 28 attempts for 397 yards. He also was his team's pleading ground gainer with 47 yards on six carries including a one-yard TD. "I took what they (Montreal) gave me," Hobart said. "All week I kept hearing that Joe Barnes's experience gave Montreal a big edge.

I've also been hearing since I'm 15 that I'm a lousy passer. I know I can be a good passer and I felt a little something extra to prove. "I kept reminding myself to be patient and to work our game plan." As Montreal did against Ottawa, the Concordes' cornerbacks played snugly over the wide receivers. Only this time the Ticats met the challenge. "They jammed us as we came off the line of scrimmage," said Ticats wide receiver Steve Sta CP photo Ticat QB Ken Hobart proved critics wrong by throwing for five touchdowns Dewalt recovers from gaffe to lead B.C.

over Bombers Lions 42, Bombers 22 By Grant Kerr The Canadian Press or Oa fc) (. ff) r- 0 to slotback Ron Robinson, 35 yards to slot-back John Pankratz and 27 yards to wide receiver Ned Armour. Running back Freddie Sims, who rushed for 116 yards, scored the other B.C. major on a two-yard plunge. The Bombers scored early in the game when Dewalt fumbled and Winnipeg defensive end Tony Norman recovered in the end zone for a touchdown.

Wide receiver James Murphy scored a Winnipeg touchdown on a 16-yard pass from Clements, who was benched briefly in the fourth quarter, and running back Willard Reaves crashed over from the one late in the game. The capacity crowd of 59,478 was the second sellout of the season at B.C. Place Stadium. The other was for a 31-10 victory by Winnipeg in early October when the Bombers swept the regular-season series. But the Lions ended a four-game losing streak against Winnipeg with their playoff success.

Kicker Lui Passaglia completed the B.C. scoring with 12 points on five converts, two field goals and a single. Trevor Kennerd, who set a CFL single-season scoring record for Winnipeg with 198 points in league play, added four points on two converts and two singles, but twice missed field goal attempts in the opening half when the score was close. The Lions had only one quarterback sack, but put tremendous pressure on the Winnipeg quarterbacks. B.C.'s offensive line also gave Dewalt time to throw, although Dewalt was sacked three times.

a great player in Merv, but the rest of the team came together with many special efforts. "When Roy gets time to throw, you can control the game. That's what we did most of the game." Winnipeg coach Cal Murphy, who suffered a mild heart attack seven weeks ago, was fuming after the game. He left the press box after halftime and assumed a position on the sideline beside linebacker coach Fred Click, the acting head coach. Murphy was incensed at B.C.

general manager Bob Ackles and CFL commissioner Doug Mitchell for not allowing him use of an extra headset in the press box. CFL teams are allotted two sets each for communication with field level. "The weasel (Ackles) and the commissioner would not allow me a headset," said Murphy as he kicked over a chair in the dressing room. "We asked for special permission because it's tough for me to stand for a long time. "I'm not making any excuses for losing, but I feel very strongly about this." The Lions, who led 17-16 at halftime, broke the game open in the third quarter with a 22-point explosion.

The Lions advanced to the Grey Cup for the second time in three years and Nov. 24 in Montreal meet Hamilton Tiger-Cats, who won the Eastern Division with a 50-26 victory over Montreal Concordes. B.C.'s interceptions included a 57-yard return for a touchdown by cornerback Keith Gooch in the third quarter. Dewalt fired scoring passes of 38 yards VANCOUVER Soft-spoken Roy Dewalt answered his severest critics with a brilliant display of leadership and courage to direct British Columbia Lions past Winnipeg Blue Bombers Sunday in the Western Division final of the Canadian Football League playoffs. Dewalt gave the Bombers an early touchdown by fumbling, but the quarterback re bounded to complete 17 of 28 passes for 314 yards and three touchdowns in a sensational comeback effort.

The CFL's leading passer in league play, but not an all-star selection, Dewalt did not throw an interception. The fired-up B.C. defence intercepted five passes, including four thrown by Bomber starter Tom Clements. "It's a big victory because we hadn't beaten them all season," said Dewalt. "The team rose as a whole today and we did what we had to do under the circumstances.

"We kept them off-balance with a lot of quick-hitting plays. The line blocked great and the receivers made the big catches. It's a team game and today we were a team." Dewalt spread his passing among five receivers as all-star Mervyn Fernandez missed the game because of a thigh muscle injury. B.C. coach Don Matthews praised not only his quarterback, but the blocking of the offensive linemen.

"The offensive line and quarterback decide most games," Matthews said. "We lost CP photo Bomber James West moves in on B.C.'s Roy Dewalt Ravens run away with conference title in their broomball shoes Carleton 46, Concordia 21 By Rick Mayoh Ctoen staff writer "It was solid ice in the centre of the field," said Ravens' fullback Mark Skid-more, who scored four touchdowns and ran for 143 yards on 17 carries to lead Carleton to its first league championship. "We got a little more grip with the shoes, I started out with cleats and was sliding all over." The convincing win gave the Ravens a berth in the Western Bowl national semifinal Friday in Calgary against the Calgary Dinosaurs (6-2). Carleton led 24-8 at halftime. "Getting down 17 points that quick kind of stunned us," said Concordia quarterback Joe Cerino, who completed 11 of 26 passes for 186 yards.

The Ravens had 173 yards net offence to the Stingers 39 in the first half and finished with 409 yards to Concordia's 198. Skidmore opened the scoring with a one-yard plunge on Ravens' first possession. Jeff Morris added a 37-yard field goal on Carleton's second possession. Ravens' Frank Bastianelli intercepted quarterback Steve Preston's first pass and returned it 15 yards for TD late in (ft.vans, page VZ) le 58 yards for a touchdown," Powell said. "I congratulated him on a great game and all he said was "Thanks for the "I got some really good lead blocking from Clark Oliver and I was just running into the offensive line, all I had to do was tuck down my head and run," said Skidmore, who also scored five-, four-and one-yard majors.

The fourth-place Stingers (2-4-1) were unable to make a first down until the final 33 seconds of the first quarter and had only three to Carleton's 11 in the first half. Concordia's offence couldn't cross its own 35-yard line until the second quarter and with 8:35 leftf in the half, the Stinrs not r-ffence was zero. by wide receiver Jacques Plourde) but otherwise shut them down. The pass coverage was excellent "(Quarterback) Paolo Hollands read their defence and ran the option well. And Mark Skidmore, there's a kid who represents 'the commitment to the program." Skidmore, 21, of Burlington, a transfer from McMaster Marauders, wasn't eligible to play until the third game of the schedule.

He carried the ball one time in the Panda Game against the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees, played the second half of the Ravens' 40-20 semifinal victory over the Bishop's Gaiters and was starting his first game. I "The key play was in the third quartSr with the score 24-8 and he goes off tack Carleton University Ravens left nothing to chance preparing for Saturday's Ontario-Quebec Interuniversity Football Conference championship against the Concordia Stingers. The second-place Ravens (5-2) followed equipment manager Wayne Baird's suggestion to borrow broomball shoes from the Ottawa Rough Riders to improve traction at Raven Field. And Carleton's defence watched a Dick Butkus motivational film twice prior to the game. The championship was played before bout 2,000 spectators and broadcast nationally on TSN." "I'm just so happy for volved in the program," head coach Ace Powell, school from a 1-7 record everybody in-said Carleton who took the to the league defence played burned on one run touchdown title injour seasons.

"The its bestfSO minutes. It got play (an 83-yard pass-and-.