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The Lions continue their dominance on their way to a back-to-back championship
By Corey Weir
The Fort Garry Lions won the Manitoba Major Football League title with a 20-12 victory over the St. Vital Mustangs Saturday night at Investors Group Field. Lions runningback Jordan Birrell rushed for 183 yards and touchdown to guide Fort Garry to its second-straight title. The Lions defeated the East Side Eagles in the 2013 title game.
Watching these two teams play for the first time, an observer wouldn’t guess they finished the season series with the Fort Garry Lions shutting out the St. Vital Mustangs 69-0. The first game came on Aug. 23, when the Lions dominated the Mustangs by a score of 41-0. Granted that was only the Mustangs’ second game of the year, but on Sept. 12, the Lions dominated once again winning by a score of 28-0.
At the half Saturday though, it was a totally different story. The Mustangs were able to hold the Lions scoreless, but were unable to post any points of their own, as it was 0-0 going into the third quarter.
“We knew we could do it was just a matter of getting everyone settled down and just do it,” said Fort Garry Lions head coach David Hasselfield. “The defence was cruising along with what they did, offence had to put it in, they did put it in a bit better and it was good, made a couple of adjustments to make it work and the Mustangs made a couple of adjustments that stopped us it really was a great game.”
The first points of the game came early in the third quarter when Mustangs runningback Sean Seifer ran in a 1-yard touchdown to give the Mustangs a 6-0 lead.
It wouldn’t take the Lions very long to respond, as Birrell added to his massive day on the ground, running in an 18-yard touchdown. The extra point made it 7-6 for the Lions.
Early in the fourth quarter, Lions quarterback Christof Hasselfield called his own number and ran in a 1-yard touchdown to make it 14-6.
“I felt like we started to hit our stride (in the second half) and things were eventually going to pop open,” the Lions quarterback said. “We’ve been winning most games on our pass game but we knew all along we could fall back on the run and Jordan Birrell killed it today.”
A full slate of games is scheduled at Investors Group Field. The action begins with the Old Dutch Crunchers round-robin at 8:00 a.m. and continues until the Midget Football League of Manitoba championship game at 7:00 p.m.
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By Corey Weir
The Fort Garry Lions won the Manitoba Major Football League title with a 20-12 victory over the St. Vital Mustangs Saturday night at Investors Group Field. Lions runningback Jordan Birrell rushed for 183 yards and touchdown to guide Fort Garry to its second-straight title. The Lions defeated the East Side Eagles in the 2013 title game.
Watching these two teams play for the first time, an observer wouldn’t guess they finished the season series with the Fort Garry Lions shutting out the St. Vital Mustangs 69-0. The first game came on Aug. 23, when the Lions dominated the Mustangs by a score of 41-0. Granted that was only the Mustangs’ second game of the year, but on Sept. 12, the Lions dominated once again winning by a score of 28-0.At the half Saturday though, it was a totally different story. The Mustangs were able to hold the Lions scoreless, but were unable to post any points of their own, as it was 0-0 going into the third quarter.
“We knew we could do it was just a matter of getting everyone settled down and just do it,” said Fort Garry Lions head coach David Hasselfield. “The defence was cruising along with what they did, offence had to put it in, they did put it in a bit better and it was good, made a couple of adjustments to make it work and the Mustangs made a couple of adjustments that stopped us it really was a great game.”The first points of the game came early in the third quarter when Mustangs runningback Sean Seifer ran in a 1-yard touchdown to give the Mustangs a 6-0 lead.
It wouldn’t take the Lions very long to respond, as Birrell added to his massive day on the ground, running in an 18-yard touchdown. The extra point made it 7-6 for the Lions.
Early in the fourth quarter, Lions quarterback Christof Hasselfield called his own number and ran in a 1-yard touchdown to make it 14-6.“I felt like we started to hit our stride (in the second half) and things were eventually going to pop open,” the Lions quarterback said. “We’ve been winning most games on our pass game but we knew all along we could fall back on the run and Jordan Birrell killed it today.”
A full slate of games is scheduled at Investors Group Field. The action begins with the Old Dutch Crunchers round-robin at 8:00 a.m. and continues until the Midget Football League of Manitoba championship game at 7:00 p.m.
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