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QUEEN'S 32, OTTAWA 15
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OTTAWA GEE GEES LOSE TO QUEEN'S GAELS
IN OUA EAST FOOTBALL FINAL
Queen's will now play host to the Western Mustangs in the conference final next Saturday.
By Ottawa Sun

What had to be an extremely difficult football season for the Ottawa Gee-Gees came to an end Saturday in Kingston.

The Queen’s Gaels defeated the Gee-Gees 32-15 in the Ontario University Athletics East Division final, earning the right to play host to the Western Mustangs, who beat the Guelph Gryphons 33-13 in the West final, in the Yates Cup championship contest next Saturday at Richardson Stadium.

The Gee-Gees soldiered through on after fifth-year defensive lineman Francis Perron died following his team’s 11-10 loss to the University of Toronto Blues in the season opener, advancing to the East final with a win over Toronto a week ago.

On Saturday, Campbell Fair booted three field goals for the Gee-Gees, who trailed 14-3 at halftime. Quarterback Ben Maracle completed 16 of 31 passes for 185 yards, including a five-yard touchdown toss to Tristin Park. J.P. Cimankinda rushed 15 times for 95 yards.

Queen’s running back Rasheed Tucker scored two touchdowns, and overall he carried the ball 28 times for 187 yards. Gaels quarterback James Keenan, who’s from Ottawa, completed 11 of 21 passes for 187 yards, with two touchdown passes to Josh MacLeod.

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QUEEN'S FOOTBALL TO HOST YATES CUP AFTER BUG WIN OVER OTTAWA IN OUA EAST FINAL
Queen's Sports Information

The Queen's Gaels are headed to the Yates Cup.

Queen's Football will host the Yates Cup next Saturday at Richardson Stadium after defeating the Ottawa Gee-Gees 32-15 in the OUA East Final at Richardson Stadium on Saturday.

Queen's held a narrow 7-3 lead with the Gee-Gees driving down the field at the end of the first half, before two big plays swung the momentum in Queen's favour. Ashton Miller-Melancon (Montreal, Que.) came up with a highlight reel interception deep in the Gaels' end and returned it to midfield. On the next play, the last play of the half, quarterback James Keenan (Ottawa, Ont.) found Josh MacLeod for a 48-yard touchdown pass to give Queen's a 14-3 lead at half time.

It was one of two highlight reel grabs for MacLeod (Brampton, Ont.) on Saturday, who hauled in a near identical touchdown pass from Keenan in the third quarter, this one for 33-yards, to increase the Gaels' lead to 21-6.

MacLeod finished the game with three receptions for a game-high 93 yards while Keenan finished the game 11-21 for 187 yards and two touchdowns.

Rasheed Tucker (Ajax, Ont.) also had a huge game for the Gaels on offence, finishing with 28 carries for 187 yards and two touchdowns.

On defence, Miller-Melancon had a standout performance. Along with his interception, his sixth of the season through eight games (regular season and playoffs), he recorded 11 tackles and one pass break-up.

Walter Karabin (King City, Ont.) also had a big game on defence, finishing with 10 tackles and a sack.

STATS
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OTTAWA ... QUEEN's
FIRST DOWNS
Total 22 24
Rushing 9 14
Passing 12 8
Penalty 1 2
RUSHING
Total (Net) 201 219
Attempts 30 36
Avg. Per Rush 6.7 6.1
Rushing TDs 0 2
Yds. Gained 201 224
Yds. Lost 0 5
PASSING
Total (Net) 185 187
Comp.-Att.-Int. 16-32-1 11-21-1
Avg. / Att. 5.8 8.9
Avg. / Comp. 11.6 17.0
TDs 1 2
TOTAL OFFENSE
Yards 372 393
Plays 64 59
Avg. / Play 5.8 6.7
Fumbles - Lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties - Yds. 8-90 3-25
PUNTING
Punts - Yds. 8-286 9-387
Avg. / Punt 35.8 43.0
Inside 20 2 1
50+ Yds. 1 1
Touchbacks 0 0
Fair Catch 0 0
KICKOFFS
Total - Yds. 2-71 3-163
Avg. Yds. / Kickoff 35.5 54.3
Touchbacks 0 1
RETURNS
Punt: Total - Yds. - TDs 7-79-0 8-37-0
Punt: Avg. / Return 11.3 4.6
Kickoff: Total - Yds. - TDs 2-25-0 1-22-0
Kickoff: Avg. / Return 12.5 22.0
INT: Total - Yds. - TDs 1-0-0 1-47-0
Fumble: Total - Yds. - TDs 0-0-0 0-0-0
MISCELLANEOUS
Misc. Yards -14 -13
Poss. Time 31:13 28:47
3rd. Down Conv. 2 of 3 2 of 2
4th. Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0
Red-Zone: Scores - Chances 2-2 2-3
Sacks: Total - Yds. 2-12 2-8
PAT: Total - Made 0-0 4-4
Field Goals: Total - Made 3-3 1-1

ROSTER
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0 Sam Charway
1 Rasheed Tucker
2 Nick Liberatore
3 K. Burtenshaw
5 L. Cloutier-Sut
7 James Keenan
8 S. Hansen
9 Ajay Chol
10 Aidan Simpson
11 Josh Macleod
12 Ryan Licandro
15 Stephane East
16 Nathan Falconi
19 Noah Gross
21 Eric Colonna
22 T. McCallum
24 A. Miller-Melan
26 Keegan Vanek
30 Josh McBain
31 B. Derbyshire
32 Anthony Soles
33 Nolan Bedard
36 Aidan Vint
38 J. Washington
44 Gabriel Boucher
46 Peter Adjey
47 Brady Spafford
48 Walter Karabin
53 Van Wishart
54 Wells Karabin
55 Nicholas Pinard
58 S. Seunarine
60 Ryan Berta
62 Jacob Butler
66 Josh Mosley
67 J. Wedgbury
69 Jas Kaira
70 Evan Floren
71 Silas Hubert
80 Ben Langlois
81 Sakhia Kwemo
88 Theo Grant
91 Eric Johnston
93 Owen Stewart
95 Darien Newell
96 A. Mullins-Gran
99 Anth. Federico