First Half
It was a beautiful fall day and the Fort Garry Lions opened the scoring when they completed a field goal attempt on their 3rd down at the Raiders 23 yard line. Now the Raiders took possession at their 35 yard line but were unable to complete the first down. The Lions took possession at the Raiders 49 yard line, but the Raiders defense held the Lions and forced a 3rd down punt that went out of bounds at the Raiders 25 yard line. The Raiders offense were able to catch the Lions by surprise when Jack Lenchyshyn (#32) was able to run the ball 85 yards for the first TD of the game. The Raiders convert was good and now they lead the game 8 to 3. Now the Lions were able to return the kick-off to the 55 yard line. The Raiders defense fought hard and Dakota Funk (#34) made a huge QB sack for a loss of 8 yards. The defense held the Lions and forced a 3rd down punt and the Raiders took possession at the Lions 54 yard line. The Raiders offense moved the ball, but were unable to gain the 1st down. Now the Lions took possession at the Lions 48 yard line and completed 2 passing plays along with a running play to get their 1st TD of the game. The Lions were able to complete the convert and the Lions were winning the game by a score of 11 to 8. The Lions had a good kick-off return and the Raiders took possession at the Raiders 24 yard line. The Raiders changed things up a bit when Austin Buhler (#12) completed a 25 yard pass to William Cruise (#31) who then ran 75 yards for the Raiders 2nd TD of the game. The Raiders were unable to convert but regained the lead by a score of 14 to 11. Now the Raiders tried a short kick-off return but the Lions were able to maintain possession at the 55 yard line. The Raiders defense came out strong and executed a great QB sack for a loss of 4 yards. In the next play the Raiders Kyle Giesbrecht-Martens (#39) intercepted the ball and the Raiders took possession at the Raiders 48 yard line. Now the Raiders were able to complete a series of first downs to move the ball all the way for their 3rd TD of the game. The Raiders were able to convert and doubled up the Lions by a score of 22 to 11. The Lions returned the Raiders kick-off to the Raiders 42 yard line. The Raiders defense again played hard and forced the Lions to a 3rddown punt. The Defense were able to return the punt all the way back to the Lions 16 yard line. A great effort! The Raiders offense were able to capitalize on the field position and ran the ball to gain another first down. Then the Raiders Austin Buhler (#12) executed a QB sneak and ran the ball in for the Raiders 4th TD of the game. The Raiders again were unable to convert, but now the score was 28 to 11. The Lions returned the Raiders kick-off to the 54 yard line, but took a 22 yard loss on their attempt to move the ball downfield. Now the Raiders took possession at the Lions 32 yard line. The Raiders offense again were able to move the ball downfield through a series of running plays. The Raiders William Cruise (#31) was able to complete the final running play to score the Raiders 5th TD of the game. This time the Raiders were able to complete the convert and now lead the score by 36 to 11. The Lions tried to move the ball but again were unable to complete and the Raiders took possession of the ball and that was the end of the first half.
Second Half
The Raiders returned the Lions kick-off to the 55 yard line. The Raiders completed 2 first downs but turned over the ball due to yards not gained at the Lions 40 yard line. Now it was the Lions turn to move the ball, but they were also unable to gain a 1st down and the Raiders gained possession at the Lions 46 yard line. At was at this point in the game that both teams pushed hard and forced each team to turn over the ball a number of times due to yards not gained. The game stayed deadlocked until Cyrus O’Connor (#66) recovered the ball on a Lions bad snap at the Lions 41 yard line. The Raiders continued to move the ball on the next play when William Cruise (#31) ran the ball 20 yards in conjunction with a 15 yard penalty against the Lions to put the Raiders within 1st and goal. Austin Buhler (#12) then executed a QB sneak and scored the Raiders 6th TD of the game. The Raiders were unable to convert but now the score was 42 to 11. Now the Lions did not give up and were able to return the ball to the Raiders 46 yard line. The Lions pushed hard and completed a series of passing plays to score their 2nd TD of the game. Their conversion was good and now the score was 42 to 19. The Raiders returned the Lions kick-off to the Raiders 30 yard line. The Raiders offense then proceeded to complete a running play to William Cruise (#31) who ran the ball all the way to the Lions end zone for the Raiders 7th TD of the game. The Raiders were able to convert and now lead the game by a score of 50 to 19. The Raiders again tried a short kick-off but again the Lions were able to maintain possession at the Raiders 53. The Lions tried to complete a passing play, but Dustin Erickson (#54) intercepted the ball and ran downfield. The Raiders took possession at the Lions 19 yard line. The Raiders were unable to gain a first down and executed a 3rd down punt but again gained possession on a Lions fumble. Now the Raiders offense were unable to complete a first down and now the Lions took possession at their 25 yard line. The Lions were unable to gain yards on their first attempt and that was the end of the game. The Raiders win 50 to 19. What a great game by the boys!!!