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Adams leads B.C. Lions to 30-6 victory over Winnipeg Blue Bombers

WINNIPEG 鈥 Cheering and banging could be heard inside the visitors鈥 dressing room as the B.C. Lions celebrated a rare feat with a dominant 30-6 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday.
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B.C. Lions' Taquan Mizzell (25) runs for the first down against Winnipeg Blue Bombers脮 Alden Darby (2) during first half CFL action in Winnipeg Thursday, June 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

WINNIPEG 鈥 Cheering and banging could be heard inside the visitors鈥 dressing room as the B.C. Lions celebrated a rare feat with a dominant 30-6 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday.

The last time a CFL West Division team beat the Blue Bombers at home was the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sept. 8, 2018.

鈥淣o West team has won it here since 2018, that鈥檚 amazing,鈥 Lions quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. said.

鈥淥ur defence for the second week in a row doesn鈥檛 give up a touchdown. They鈥檙e lights out, man. I鈥檓 so proud of those guys. They work so hard. They push us in practice.

鈥淥ffence, man, we鈥檙e good, too. We want to clean up some things and get better but everybody does, so I鈥檓 just happy for this team and just ready to keep moving forward.鈥

The Lions remain undefeated to start the season at 3-0 for the second straight year, something the club hasn鈥檛 done since 1994-95.

The victory followed B.C.鈥檚 22-0 win over the Edmonton Elks last week.

Winnipeg went to 2-1 in front of 25,662 fans at IG Field. The Bombers had put up 87 points in their two earlier wins.

Adams completed 20 of 29 pass attempts for 237 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions.

Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros, playing in his 100th career start, was 15-of-26 passing for 191 yards with one interception. He was sacked seven times, including three by defensive lineman Mathieu Betts.

Collaros was asked what went wrong.

鈥淎 lot of things,鈥 he replied. 鈥淕ive credit where it鈥檚 due. They played a great game. They were physical and they covered us up pretty well at the same time.

鈥淓arly on we had a few drives resulting in field goals and we鈥檝e got to score touchdowns.鈥

The Lions got touchdowns on a one-yard plunge from backup quarterback Dominique Davis, a two-yard catch by Alexander Hollins and a 12-yard reception by Justin McInnis.

B.C. kicker Sean Whyte made field goals from 40, 33 and 22 yards and hit his three convert attempts.

Bombers placekicker Sergio Castillo was good on field goals from 37 and 21 yards.

The Lions led 7-3 after the first quarter, 17-6 at halftime and 23-6 after three quarters.

鈥淭hey came here and beat us pretty good in front of our fans,鈥 Bombers head coach Mike O鈥橲hea said.

鈥淥ne thing that you鈥檝e always got to think about is we let our fans down, too. But I think we鈥檙e all thinking the same thing. We didn鈥檛 play well enough to beat a good B.C. team.鈥

After Castillo got the Bombers on the scoreboard first with a 37-yard field goal at 4:43 of the first quarter, the Lions were helped to their first touchdown by Winnipeg pass-interference penalties.

The bonus yardage led to Davis鈥檚 TD at 7:36.

Whyte made it 10-3 with a 40-yard field goal five minutes into the second quarter.

The Bombers looked like they were on their way into the end zone late in the second, but Collaros was sacked on second down at B.C.鈥檚 nine-yard line by Lions defensive lineman Sione Teuhema.

Winnipeg lost five yards on the play and settled for Castillo鈥檚 21-yarder with 49 seconds left in the half.

Adams didn鈥檛 waste time going back down the field. He connected with Lucky Whitehead for a 29-yard gain and finished the drive with a low two-yard touchdown pass to Hollins with two seconds remaining.

鈥淭hat was an important sequence of the game,鈥 Lions head coach Rick Campbell said. 鈥淚nstead of 10-10, it鈥檚 17-6.

鈥淎nd I also thought coming out of the half being able to move the ball was important, too. There鈥檚 things you can point to in the game where they were trying to get the momentum and get back in it and our guys just wouldn鈥檛 let them and we always came up with the plays when we needed them.

鈥淢y favourite part about it as a coach is I thought it was a total team effort 鈥 offence, defence and special teams.鈥

Whyte had the third quarter鈥檚 only scoring with field goals from 33 and 22 yards out.

The Lions鈥 fortunes continued to shine when Collaros was intercepted by linebacker Ben Hladik, leading to McInnis鈥檚 score five minutes into the fourth quarter for the 30-6 lead.

DECISION TO PLAY

Winnipeg running back Brady Oliveira (thorax) was a game-time decision and he suited up, rushing 10 times for 52 yards.

FLAGS FLYING

The Bombers took 10 penalties for 104 yards, compared to B.C.鈥檚 five flags for 50 yards.

UP NEXT

The Bombers travel to Montreal for a July 1 game against the Alouettes. The Lions take on the Argonauts in Toronto on July 3.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 22, 2023.

Judy Owen, The Canadian Press

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