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Monday, August 18, 2008

North Shore Lions begin 2008 season with 22-7 win over St. Leonard

posted by nslions at 11h10

by nslions

The North Shore Lions began their 2008 campaign on the road by beating the St. Leonard Cougars 22-7 at Stade Hébert.

QB Vincent Bourgon opened the scoring in the first quarter with a one-yard keeper for the Lions' first TD of the year.

Running back Andrew Hopkins had a big day carrying the ball 13 times for 113 yards and one TD. He also caught a 46-yard TD pass from Bourgon for his second major of the day and scored a single point when a kickoff sailed through the St. Leonard endzone later in the game.

Receiver Kyeon Nicely came up big with five receptions for 62 yards and Chris Cione got two more for 45 yards. Rookie running back Kevin Kyere showed that he will be a force this year with five carries for 42 yards. Kicker Shawn Steen was perfect on all three converts.

Defensively, the Lions struggled a bit during St. Leonard's opening drive when the Cougars marched the ball down the field for their only score of the game. After that, the defence began to settle in and find their groove by stopping all the Cougars offensive drives.

Linebacker Kyle McGuigan led the defence with six solo tackles. QB sacks were recorded by Steven Gill, Dimitri Divolis and Glody Bomolo, who also came up with a fumble recovery. Other fumbles were recovered by Francis Chiquette and Irving Fosu, while Patrick Smith came up with the first interception of the year for the Lions defence.

The Lions will be playing their home opener against LaSalle this Friday, Aug. 22nd, at 8 p.m. at Riverdale.

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