SACOBIE PASSES 5000 CAREER YARDS AS OTTAWA CLINCHES FIRST

TORONTO - Josh Sacobie threw for a career high 421-yards and became the second quarterback in school history to surpass the 5000-yard mark in career passing as the third ranked Ottawa Gee-Gees clinched their first ever OUA regular season championship with a 59-23 victory over the University Varsity Blues Saturday afternoon in OUA football action at Birchmount Stadium in Toronto.

The third year pivot completed 21 of the 29 passes he attempted in addition for throwing for a pair of majors to top his previous best mark of 412-yards set against the Windsor Lancers on October 10, 2004.

Sacobie surpassed the 5000-yard mark on the Garnet and Grey's first possession. He began the 75-yard march to the end zone by completing a 24-yard pass to Mike Donnelly. Sacobie reached the pinnacle on the next play by hitting Wayne Desmond in the flats for a 12-yard pick-up. Two plays latter, the Sacobie hooked up with Donnelly on a 31-yard touchdown pass to give Ottawa the lead for good.

David Crane was the leading receiver for Ottawa with five catches for 157-yards. Justin Hammond was the top rusher racking up 59-yards on a pair of runs including a 3-yard plunge into the end zone early at 3:15 of the fourth quarter. He added another major on an 83-yard punt return for a score just over two minutes later.

David Hamilton completed 23 of 42 passes for 273-yardes and a touchdown in a losing cause for Toronto. He connected with Mark Stinson on nine occasions for 123 yards and a touchdown. Stingson would add another touchdown on the ground at the final gun.

With the victory, the Gee-Gees clinched first place in the OUA for the first time since transferring to the OUA from the now defunct OQIFC in 2001. Their last regular season title came in 1999 when Ottawa finished with a perfect 8-0 record.

The Gee-Gees will receive a bye through the opening round of the playoffs and will host an OUA semi-final game on Saturday November 4th at Frank Clair Stadium. They will face the lowest remaining team after the quarter-final round. Tickets will go on sale for the semi-final next week.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
TOR - FG Valtellini 34-yards 2:33
OTT - TD Donnelly 31-yard pass from Sacobie (Tchobanian convert) 5:05
TOR - FG Valtellini 42-yards 7:37
OTT - TD Wood-Roy 21-yard pass from Sacobie (Falvo convert) 12:28

2nd Quarter
OTT - TD Mason 3-yard run (Tchobanian convert) 1:00
TOR - FG Valtellini 42-yards 6:45
OTT - TD Edgeworth 59-yard pass from Sacobie (Falvo convert) 7:25
TOR - TD LaForge 10-yard pass from Hamilton (Valtellini convert) 14:51

3rd Quarter

OTT - Single Tchobanian 40-yard missed FG 6:46

4th Quarter
OTT - TD Hammond 2-yard run (Tchobanian convert) 3:15
OTT - TD Hammond 83-yard punt return (Tchobanian convert) 5:32
OTT - Safety Valtellini concedes 7:50
OTT - TD Sacobie 1-yard run (Falvo convert) 11:42
OTT - TD Desmond 3-yard run (Falvo convert)13:00
TOR - TD Stinson 6-yard run (Valtellini convert) 15:00