CIS Roundup: Western bounces back from last week’s loss with win over Waterloo

LONDON, Ont. – Chris Merchant and the Western Mustangs atoned for a rare regular-season loss last week with a commanding 75-14 victory over the Waterloo Warriors in CIS football action on Saturday.

Merchant threw for 258 yards and four touchdowns as Western (2-1) bounced back from 38-31 loss to Carleton on Sept. 4.

Alex Taylor ran for 141 yards and a score. Fellow Mustangs running backs Trey Humes and Cedric Joseph also rushed for TD’s and back-up quarterback Ben Bergamin ran in another.

George Johnson was Western’s top receiver with 100 yards and two touchdowns. Myles Rombough and Anthony Joyal had the others while kicker Marc Liegghio added 21 points, including four field goals and a rouge.

Lucas McConnel was 15 of 33 passing for 199 yards and two touchdowns for winless Waterloo (0-3).

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AXEMEN 30 HUSKIES 1

WOLFVILLE, N.S. — Cameron Davidson ran for 100 yards on 14 carries while adding a touchdown as Acadia (1-0) used a big second half to get past Saint Mary’s (0-1).

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X-MEN 29 MOUNTIES 14

SACKVILLE, N.B. — Tivon Cook completed 24-of-39 passes for 359 passes, one touchdown and two interceptions as StFX (1-0) started its season with a victory over Mount Allison (0-1).

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RAVENS 65 VARSITY BLUES 7

TORONTO — Jesse Mills threw for 319 yards and four touchdowns as Carleton (2-1) handed Toronto (0-3) its third straight loss to open the season.

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GRYPHONS 38 GAELS 29

GUELPH, Ont. — Brandon Gordon rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns as Guelph (2-1) avoided a scare by rallying past Queen’s (0-2) in the second half.

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GEE-GEES 30 MARAUDERS 8

OTTAWA — Gee-Gees quarterback Derek Wendel was intercepted three times, but he also threw for 441 yards with three TD strikes as Ottawa (2-0) defeated McMaster (2-1).

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LIONS 56 LANCERS 32

TORONTO — Running back Kayden Johnson rushed for two touchdowns and Brett Hunchas threw for 540 yards and three scores as York (2-1) held off Windsor (1-2).

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ROUGE ET OR 37 STINGERS 18

MONTREAL — Vincent Alarie-Tardif Laval ran in for two touchdowns and the Laval (1-1) defence forced three safeties in a victory over Concordia (1-1).

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REDMEN 19 VERT ET OR 18

SHERBROOKE, Que. — Findlay Brown’s 20-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter — his fourth of the game — was the difference as McGill (1-1) rallied from a 16-point deficit to get past Sherbrooke (1-1).

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Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version said McGill won in overtime