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Features May 25, 2024

Stamps Dominate Lions

It was a strong start to the preseason for the Stampeders who took down the BC Lions 30-6 on Saturday afternoon at McMahon Stadium.

Rookie running back BJ Emmons led the way with two rushing touchdowns and all five Stamps QB’s got playing time in the win.

STAT PACK

Jake Maier – seven-for-twelve, 98-yards passing, one touchdown

Matt Shiltz – 11-for-15, 79-yards passing

BJ Emmons – seven rushes, 32-yards, two touchdowns

Marken Michel – three receptions, 48-yards, one touchdown

Damontre Moore – two tackles, one knockdown

The Stamps started with the ball and moved it down the field nicely. Jake Maier found Marken Michel for a 35-yard touchdown pass to open the scoring early. Rene Paredes hit the extra point to make it 7-0 with 9:03 remaining in the first quarter.

Micah Awe made a great breakup on second-down late in the first quarter to get the ball back for the Stampeders.

The first-quarter wrapped up with a 7-0 score.

Maier stayed in for the start of the second-quarter and pushed the ball deep into Lions territory with a couple strong passing plays but the Stamps were unable to punch it in on third-and-goal and turned the ball over on downs.

The Stamps missed a field-goal from 44-yards out on their next drive to keep the score 7-0.

Matt Shiltz came into the game with six-minutes to go in the first-half and led a drive down the field for ending in a 22-yard Paredes field-goal to make it 10-0.

The Stamps got into field-goal range with 36-seconds remaining in the half and Paredes found the uprights from 47-yards out to make the score 13-0

The Lions got on the board with a field-goal of their own with no time left on the clock to make it 13-3 heading into halftime.

Calgary’s first drive of the second half picked up a couple of first downs but was stopped on third-and-short inside Lions territory.

Clarence Hicks picked up the first sack of the day for the Stampeders which forced a Lions punt.

Shiltz scrambled 25-yards to the Lions 20-yardline with just over five-minutes remaining in the third quarter which led to a Stampeders touchdown as BJ Emmons relentlessy drove the ball in from five-yards out to make the score 20-3.

Second-year QB Logan Bonner entered the game at quarterback and led a touchdown drive finished off by Emmons from six-yards out to make it 27-3.

The Lions hit their second field-goal of the game to make it 27-6.

The fifth QB of the game came in as rookie Kyle Vantrease entered the game with just over four-minutes remaining. The drive ended with a 30-yard Campbell fair field-goal to make the score 30-6.

The Stampeders finished the game with a goal-line stand to make the final 30-6.

UP NEXT

The Stampeders wrap up their preseason Friday in Winnipeg at 6:30 p.m. MT.

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