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Three out of FIVE
Buccaneers turnovers lead directly to 17 points as the Bucs
lost again, this time on the road, to the Grande Prairie
Drillers 23-13 on Saturday evening.
The heavily favored home
squad was actually trailing the roster-depleted Bucs 6-3 at
half time on the strength of two Jay Pike field goals of 15
and 22 yards.
The Bucs conceded a
safety touch early in the third quarter to make the score
6-5.
Midway through the
quarter, Bucs QB Josh
Achtemichuk tossed an
interception and the Drillers scored a touchdown on their
first offensive series after that to make it 13-6.
But then Achtemichuk
rallied the troops and led his team down the field and
answered back with a 5 yard touchdown run by Ian Keetch to
tie it up at 13-13!
Shortly after that,
however, Keetch fumbled the ball away inside his own zone
and the Drillers capitalized with a TD once again to go up
20-13 with 22 seconds left in the third.
Another Achtemichuk
interception late in the fourth quarter put the Drillers in
good field position where they kicked a FG to make it 23-13.
QB Josh Achtemichuk was
10 of 22 for 149 yards 0 TD's, 3 INT's
RB Ian Keetch had 12
carries for 105 yards, 1 TD, 1 Fumble lost.
RB Kenton Poelzer had 13
carries for 42 yards, 1 Fumble.
Poelzer also had 2
catches for 44 yards.
WR Adam Donovan had 3
catches for 36 yards.
DL Matt Vandale had a
MONSTER game with 3 solo and 3 assisted tackles, 1 tackle
for a loss, a half sack (shared with DL Murray Greer) and a
fumble recovery! PLUS Matt played on the O-line and on
every kick and punt cover and return team!
DB Jeremy Makila had a
great day with 2 solo, 2 assisted tackles as well as a
61-yard interception return!
July 4th is a bye-week, then the Bucs are at
home to the National Champion Calgary Wolfpack, Saturday
July 11th, 6:00pm Great
Chief Park.
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