Western Mustangs clobber McMaster to improve to 5-1

Western Mustangs backmost Evan Hillock threw for 4 touchdowns successful his hometown of Hamilton to pb his squad to a 61-26 triumph implicit the McMaster Marauders connected Saturday.

Hillock’s large time enactment a dent successful McMaster’s homecoming celebrations. So did the time that Mustangs moving backmost Keanu Yazbeck had.

Yazbeck’s dents were saved for the Marauder defence arsenic helium ran for 142 yards connected the day.

Western enactment up 577 full yards of offence. The Mustangs successful 2nd spot successful the OUA standings with a grounds of 5-1.

St. Thomas, Ont., autochthonal Ethan Dolby ran for 1 touchdown and caught another.

Yazbeck, Mohsen Jamal and Seth Robertson each had receiving TDs arsenic well.

Jerome Rancourt accounted for the different violative touchdown by the Mustangs.

The defence chipped successful connected the scoring arsenic good and they did it early.

With the Marauders heavy successful Western territory, Max Nixon got successful connected McMaster backmost Keagan Hall and laid a deed connected him that forced a walk close into the hands of Ryan Barthelson for an interception. Barthelson ran the shot backmost 85 yards for a touchdown and a 7-0 pb conscionable past the halfway people of the archetypal quarter.

Western sacked Hall 3 times arsenic well.

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Mustangs kicker Brian Garrity was cleanable connected the time arsenic helium went 4-for-4 connected tract goals and 7-for-7 connected other points.

Hillock finished the crippled 17-for-21 for 259 yards.

Also Saturday, Laurier Golden Hawks backmost Taylor Elgersma, a Londoner, stayed cleanable with a decisive 51-21 triumph implicit Queen’s.

The Windsor Lancers suffered their archetypal nonaccomplishment of the play astatine the hands of the Guelph Gryphons.

The Mustangs volition play a 2nd consecutive roadworthy crippled successful Toronto against the University of Toronto Varsity Blues connected Friday, Oct. 11 astatine 7 p.m., to statesman Thanksgiving weekend.

Following that, Western volition instrumentality location for its last regular-season crippled connected Oct. 19 astatine Western Alumni stadium against Windsor, different OUA powerhouse. Kickoff volition beryllium 1 p.m.