Page 6 - JULY 28, 2016 - martensviLLe messenger
By: Tyler Janzen
Oh baby do I love the
CFL, it’s so unpredictable
and there are always
great games and most
of the time something
spectacular
happens.
Week number five in the
CFL started on Thursday
where
the
lowly
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
took on my boys the
Calgary
Stampeders
and the bombers kind
of forgot to show up.
Calgary was up 20-3 at
the half and it wasn’t until
the fourth quarter that
Winnipeg scored their
first TD but by that time
it was too late. Calgary
improves to 2-1-1 with
a 33-18 win over the 1-4
Bombers. Next up was
undefeated
RedBlacks
and the winless Riders,
this looked like it wasn’t
even going to be close. It
was only the fourth play
of the game when Ottawa
fans were stunned, their
Quarterback
Trevor
Harris, who is the league
leader in passing yards
went down with a leg
injury. The RedBlacks
already lost Henry Burris
in their first game so now
it came down to their
third-string QB Brock
Jensen. As for the Riders,
Mitchell Gale was making
his first start in the CFL
and finished with 354
yards and one touchdown
as Saskatchewan shocked
the league with a 3029 last-second victory
against the powerhouse
RedBlacks. Now as I was
saying there is always
something spectacular in
the CFL and this week
there was two amazing
feats. First it was the
Riders
getting
their
first win while handing
Ottawa their first loss,
and second was the game
between the Eskimos and
the Ti-Cats on Saturday.
Early in the third
quarter Edmonton was
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pumping Hamilton 316. But something was
ignited in the Ti-Cats
after that TD. They
went on to shut out the
Eskies and storm back
with four unanswered
touchdowns and a field
goal to seal the deal and
complete the comeback
and take the win by a
score of 37-31. In the
final game of the week
Montreal took the trip to
Toronto and left without
a win. Ricky Ray and the
Argos had a big second
quarter putting up three
touchdowns enroute to
a 30-17 victory, their
first win in their new
home, BMO Field. As
for Week 6 you can
watch Winnipeg against
Edmonton on Thursday,
BC and Calgary are the
first in the double-header
on Saturday followed by
the Riders and Montreal,
then on Sunday Toronto
rolls into Ottawa to take
on the RedBlacks. I’m
going to make some
picks this week and see
how it goes! My winners
will be Edmonton,
Calgary, Saskatchewan,
and Toronto.
Some news coming out
of the MLB on Tuesday,
it is reported the New
York Yankees have
traded relief pitcher
Aroldis Chapman to the
Chicago Cubs for topprospect Gleyber Torres,
along with three other
young prospects. Now
I know you’re thinking
you have heard the
name Chapman before
and if you read this
article you are correct.
Just last week the now
Cubs pitcher threw a
record 105.1 mph pitch
along with another
six fastballs above the
103 mph mark. Looks
like Chicago has got
themselves a closer.
The U15 and U17 ball
hockey teams from Team
Saskatchewan
will
be
travelling to Edmonton,
AB for the National Ball
Hockey Championship held
this weekend – July 28-31.
The U15 team is coached
by Brennan Hall of
Warman with three local
Martensville players – Lane
Adair, Jayden Landman and
Dakota Whiteside adding to
this strong team.
This is Steve Adair’s
fourth year as head coach
with Team Saskatchewan
– first with the U15 and
now the U17 team for the
second year. He is