Jake Maier throws for 3 touchdowns, leads Stampeders to 25-24 win over Lions

A five-yard touchdown drawback by Clark Barnes astatine 6:14 of nan 4th fourth proved to beryllium nan game-winning people for nan Calgary Stampeders.

On nan erstwhile play, Barnes caught a surface walk from backmost Jake Maier and ran for a 40-yard summation to group up nan play that propelled nan Stampeders (3-3) to a tight 25-24 triumph complete nan B.C. Lions (5-2) successful beforehand of 20,057 fans astatine McMahon Stadium connected Sunday.

“I deliberation nan surface wherever he (Barnes) made 2 guys miss and took america down to nan five-yard line, was really nan separator,” said Maier. “It’s difficult to people touchdowns successful this league. It’s difficult to people touchdowns against B.C., truthful for him to conscionable drawback nan shot a gait down nan section and make 2 guys miss and return it down to nan five-yard line, that’s your shot crippled correct there.

“That turns into 7 points. I thought that was nan play of nan nighttime for him.”

Maier, who besides threw touchdown passes to Reggie Begelton and Jalen Philpot earlier successful nan game, completed 25-of-32 passes for 307 yards.

Barnes, who vanished nan crippled pinch 3 catches for 63 yards, was conscionable happy to perceive his number called astatine specified a clutch constituent successful a adjacent game.

“They sewage a small surface play for me,” Barnes said. “I conscionable tried to drawback nan ball, person nosy retired location and make a play, truthful it felt awesome for judge to make a play astatine nan extremity of nan game.”

The TD by Barnes put nan Stamps up 25-20 pinch still plentifulness of clip for nan Lions to rally back.

B.C.’s Sean Whyte extended his nine grounds by kicking his 42nd consecutive section extremity — from 52 yards retired — earlier Stefan Flintoft booted an 84-yard punt azygous pinch 1:53 near connected nan timepiece to propulsion nan Lions wrong a point, but that’s arsenic adjacent nan visitors could get.

“It was a battle,” said Calgary coach Dave Dickenson. “I person to admit that ne'er did I erstwhile consciousness for illustration it was successful nan bag. Never erstwhile did I consciousness for illustration we were retired of it. Back and distant — bully shot game, gladsome we won astatine home.”

Rene Paredes besides kicked a section extremity for nan Stamps, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Calgary besides scored 2 points connected a safety.

Stanley Berryhill III and Justin McInnis caught TD passes from B.C. backmost Vernon Adams Jr., while Whyte kicked 3 section goals for nan Lions, whose five-game winning streak came to an end.

“We’ve been connected nan different broadside of this wherever we’re nan squad making nan plays astatine nan extremity to triumph nan crippled and we didn’t do that,” said B.C. coach Rick Campbell.

“I’ll springiness them credit. They’ve sewage bully coaches, bully players and they made nan plays basal to triumph nan game, but man we had aggregate chances to get nan shot backmost and effort to footwear a game-winning section goal, but it didn’t happen.”

Adams completed 17-of-32 passes for 192 yards to spell pinch his 2 TD tosses and a brace of interceptions.

“It was reliable battle,” Adams said. “Ultimately, I felt for illustration nan defence did capable for america to win. I request to return attraction of nan ball. I had immoderate overthrows. It was a reliable one. I conscionable person to beryllium better.”

After nan Lions grounded to get thing going connected their first 2 drives of nan game, Adams engineered a seven-play, 83-yard thrust that he vanished by tossing a 14-yard touchdown walk to Berryhill.

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On nan drive, Lions moving backmost William Stanback had 3 carries for 33 yards, while Stampeders protect backmost Tyler Richardson took a costly walk interference punishment that moved B.C. up to nan Calgary 20-yard line.

Calgary’s Peyton Logan returned a punt 50 yards to nan B.C. 30-yard statement to commencement nan 2nd quarter. Three plays later, Maier threw a nine-yard TD walk to Begelton.

Later successful nan 2nd quarter, Logan has different awesome runback of 31 yards to springiness nan Stamps awesome section position, this clip astatine nan B.C. 34-yard line. Once again, it took Calgary conscionable 3 plays to people arsenic Philpot did a awesome occupation to haul successful a 23-yard TD walk from Maier.

Whyte past booted an 18-yard section extremity pinch 1:25 remaining successful nan first half to propulsion nan Lions wrong 4 points.

Richardson atoned for his earlier punishment by picking disconnected an errant walk by Adams to extremity a B.C. scoring threat pinch 24 seconds near earlier nan intermission.

After Paredes kicked a 43-yard section extremity early successful nan 3rd quarter, Adams responded by putting together an awesome eight-play, 70-yard thrust that McInnis vanished disconnected by hauling successful a nine-yard TD pass.

Maier responded by starring nan Stamps connected an awesome thrust of their ain that came up short erstwhile B.C.’s T.J. Lee tackled Calgary receiver Marken Michel conscionable short of nan extremity statement for a turnover connected downs arsenic clip expired successful nan 3rd quarter.

On nan first play of nan fourth, Adams dropped backmost into his ain extremity area and attempted a walk to McInnis, but violative lineman Tyler Packer was assessed a holding punishment which resulted successful a information for Calgary to springiness nan Stamps a 19-17 lead.

Following a 23-yard section extremity by Whyte to springiness nan Lions their first lead of nan crippled astatine 20-19, Barnes scored his clutch TD. Calgary attempted a two-point convert, but Maier’s walk to Philpot successful nan extremity area was incomplete.

Late successful nan game, Calgary’s Kobe Williams intercepted a walk thrown by Adams to extremity different B.C. scoring drive.

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Lions: Have a bye week, past sojourn nan Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2-5) connected Thursday, Aug. 1.

Stampeders: Visit nan Ottawa Redblacks (4-2) connected Friday.