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TORONTO -- Travis Lulay and the B.C. Lions picked up where they left off. Lulay threw a touchdown pass and ran for another while the Lions defence had four interceptions in a 29-16 win over the Toronto Argonauts on Friday night. B.C. (3-6) earned its sixth victory in seven trips to Rogers Centre since 2005 and won for the third time in four games since starting the season 0-5. The Lions, coming off the bye following a 36-1 road win over Edmonton on Aug. 19, host Toronto on Sept. 10 to complete the home-and-home series. "Having a pretty strong performance last game, you want to come back and be able to back that up," Lulay said. "Ive been saying consistency is the thing were really striving for and to put back-to-back performances together feels good and is a positive step in the right direction." Lulays five-yard run at 7:36 of the third capped a smart nine-play, 68-yard drive that put B.C. ahead 20-6 before a Rogers Centre gathering of 19,593. The Lions claimed their first win over an East Division opponent in five meetings this year and also won for the first time in nine Labour Day meetings (1-7-1) with the Argos. Lulay was 25-of-36 passing for 309 yards with a TD and no interceptions. Against Edmonton, Lulay completed 22-of-37 passes for 343 yards and four touchdowns while surrendering an interception. Sophomore receiver Akeem Foster, who attended high school in nearby Ajax, Ont., was Lulays favourite target with eight catches for 144 yards, both game highs. B.C.s defence did its part, forcing five total turnovers including four interceptions of Argos backup quarterback Dalton Bell. The Lions also had four picks against Edmonton two weeks earlier. "Every championship team starts with defence and no matter what happens the defence has to set the tone," said middle linebacker Solomon Elimimian, the CFLs top rookie last season who had one of the interceptions. "Our goal coming in was to be physical, play fast and run to the ball and thats what we did. "Definitely, we have momentum but we have to stay focused though. We all know how hard it is to win back-to-back games." Wally Buono, the Lions head coach/GM, praised his defence for its stellar performance. "Our defence, when it can do the things we want it do to -- which is rush the four guys and change up the coverages and occasionally add some pressures -- it does put a lot of pressure on the offence," he said. "We were good that way and tonight the guys did a good job of hawking the ball, which makes a big difference. "When you can get turnovers and pressure on the quarterback with four guys, it does put pressure on the other team." Toronto (2-7) lost for the seventh time in eight games but made it interesting with Chad Owens 91-yard kickoff return TD at 8:15 of the fourth to pull to within 26-16. Then the home team stopped B.C. on a third-down gamble at the Argos 41 with 3:44 remaining. But Toronto turned the ball over on downs at the B.C. 52-yard line with 2:38 remaining, leading to a Lions field goal and a 29-16 lead at 13:27. The Argos were abysmal offensively coming off their 24-18 home win over Saskatchewan on Aug. 18, and also lost tackle Rob Murphy to a season-ending knee injury in the opening half. Owens had a club-record 245 kickoff return yards while the two teams combined for 423 kickoff return yards and combined 13 kickoff returns, both league records. "I said I was going to get one tonight . . . it was just how we did it in practice," Owens said. "But Id give up the yards and TD for the win." However, Toronto mustered just 184 total offensive yards, including only 99 passing as Lemon and Bell were a combined 16-of-31 through the air. "Thats as poor an offensive performance as Ive seen here," said Argos head coach/GM Jim Barker. "That was disturbing. "Cleo didnt get any help, there were a lot of dropped balls. But you cant change the entire offence, just one guy. Were a team that has to find its offence." Lemon was 11-of-15 passing in the opening half, but for just 57 yards. Bell came on in the third and completed 5-of-16 passes for 42 yards. "They played a lot of zone," Bell said. "I got greedy a couple of times and paid for it." Added Owens: "We let Cleo down early with dropped balls. Make those catches and it could be different. This was on us." This marked the first time since 1995 Toronto didnt face arch-rival Hamilton on Labour Day. A scheduling problem at Rogers Centre precipitated the change although the Argos will resume their rivalry with the Ticats next season. Hamilton hosts Montreal on Monday. The game was Toronto defensive end Ricky Foleys first against his former team. Foley did well with five tackles, a pass knockdown and fumble recovery but took no solace in his performance. "No negativity against them," he said. "I honestly wanted to do well . . . but its still just a game. "No one thought wed be 2-7. Maybe we thought wed be better than we are?" Arland Bruce III scored B.C.s other touchdown. Paul McCallum added two converts and five field goals. Torontos Noel Prefontaine booted three field goals and a convert. McCallums 41-yard field goal with 35 seconds remaining staked B.C. to a 13-6 half-time lead. Toronto marched 43 yards on its opening possession to set up Prefontaines 36-yard field goal but finished the half with just four first downs and 65 net yards offensively. And in the second that drew the boo-birds out, especially when Toronto left the field to close out the half. By comparison, B.C. managed 216 total offensive yards and had the halfs only TD on Lulays 16-yard strike to Bruce at 14:39 of the first. NOTES: Toronto Maple Leafs president/GM Brian Burke took in the contest . . . Rookie running back Chad Kackert was among Torontos pre-game scratches while veteran tailback Jamal Robertson, a former Argo, didnt dress for B.C. . . . This game was the last of four straight Toronto played in southern Ontario after opening the season with four of their first five contests on the road. Wholesale NFL Jerseys . The UFC said the accident happened Friday. Means (18-3-1) was slated to fight UFC newcomer Abel (Killa) Trujillo (9-4). The six-foot-two Means was doubtless cutting weight in the sauna, facing a 156-pound limit at Friday afternoons weigh-in at KeyArena. Cheap Jerseys NFL . MARYS, Ont. http://www.nflwholesalecheap... . Four days after facing off in a U.S. Open singles quarterfinal, when Errani didnt even crack a smile after clinching victory, they were dancing on court Sunday over their doubles title. [url=http://www.nflwholesalecheapjerseysonline.com/]Cheap Jerseys . Goalkeeper Bandura, defender Mandziuk and midfielder Stepanenko were the final players trimmed ahead of the finals, which start June 8 and are co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine. Blokhin made the decisions after a 4-0 friendly win over Estonia on Monday and will now turn his attention toward friendlies against Austria and Turkey ahead of Ukraines Group D opener against Sweden on June 11. Cheap NFL Jerseys China . Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said before Thursdays game against the Arizona Diamondbacks that doctors expect Gordon to make a full recovery. Gordon, injured Wednesday night sliding head-first into third base on a steal attempt against Cincinnati, had an MRI earlier Thursday and arrived to the clubhouse with a cast over his right hand. KOBE, Japan -- Canada is facing a crucial game against a tough North Korean side next week at the womens under-20 World Cup after a 2-1 loss to Norway on Thursday. Ada Hegerberg scored just after the break and her sister Andrine scored the winner 11 minutes from time. Both teams are tied with three points after two games in the group stage. North Korea leads Group C with six points following a 9-0 drubbing of Argentina. "It was a disappointing result," said Canadian coach Andrew Olivieri. "There were a lot of promising performances, but winning is part of the player development at this level." Canada will close out the group stage Monday against North Korea. The top two teams in each group advance to the quarter-finals. If two or more teams finish tied on points, goal differential will determine who goes through. Jenna Richardson scored for Canada in the 44th minute. Canada created numerous chances in the first half, but couldnt quite hit the target as balls either went wide or into the arms of Norwegian goalkeeper Nora Gjoen. Nearly midway through the first half, Norway thought it had its chance after referee Qin Liang called a penalty on Canada. Ada Hegerberg took the kick, but her shot to the left was stopped by Canadian goalkeeper Sabrina DAngelo. "I think we certainly had the better of the play and chances in the first half," said Olivieri. "Other than the penalty chance (for Norway), we could have gone up by three goals after 45 minutes -- so the first half was positive in that sense." In the second half, the game opened up and Norway got the equalizer in the 52nd minute. Andrine Hegerberg blasted a shot past DAngelo 15 minutes later for the lead. "In the second half, we knew we couldnt sit back, we had to keep going forward," said Olivieri. "The gamee opened up and started going back and forth, perhaps a little more than we would have liked.dddddddddddd" Kim Un Hwa scored five goals to lead North Korea to a rout of Argentina, which gave up six goals in its first game against Canada. Kim Su Gyong had a hat trick and Yun Hyon Hi scored the other goal for the 2006 champions. Meanwhile, in Hiroshima, substitute Lina Magull scored an injury-time winner as defending champion Germany beat Ghana 1-0. Magull, who came on in the 83rd minute, took a perfect pass from Dzsenifer Marozsan and beat Ghana goalkeeper Patricia Mantey with an angled left-footed shot in the first minute of injury time as Germany improved to six points in Group D. "It was very exciting to get a goal so late in the match like that," Germany coach Maren Meinert said. "The players worked very hard and were rewarded for their work. Ghana was a tough opponent and we had to think about different formations." The United States was held to a 1-1 draw by China in Group Ds second game of the day, a result that ensured Germany became the first team to advance to the quarter-finals. Shen Lili scored with a superbly struck drive from the top of the area in the 19th minute and Maya Hayes equalized for the Americans with her fourth goal of the tournament in the 36th. The U.S. has four points and must avoid defeat in its final group match against Germany to definitely advance. "I thought we played well in stretches," U.S. coach Steve Swanson said. "Its too bad we gave up that early goal which was Chinas only real chance. This was not the result we wanted but I thought we played well, now we have to just turn our thoughts to the next game." China, which has one point and still has a chance of advancing, plays Ghana in its last game of the group stage. ' ' '


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