Athletics

MEN'S FOOTBALL

The Cheetahs held their only lead of the game after the first quarter as quarterback Hugo Richard connected with Joel Brtka on a 13-yard touchdown pass and kicker Josh MacDuffie booted his first of two converts.

Vanier then rounded their scoring for the season in the third quarter when Nick D’Andrea crossed the goal line on a 22-yard pass from Richard and MacDuffie added the convert.

Vanier’s offensive attack was paced by quarterback Hugo Richard who completed 13 of 27 pass attempts for 167 yards and Marley Patterson who rushed for 55 yards on 13 carries.

Joel Brtka topped the receiving corps with 56 yards on 5 catches. Jean-Gabriel Poulin topped the Cheetahs’ defense with 13 tackles in the setback.

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In Men’s Division 1 basketball action, the Cheetahs ran their record to 4-0 with a pair of wins. On Thursday, they defeated Montmorency 97-84 at home behind a huge performance by Ben Millaud-Meunier who topped Vanier with 31 points and 8 rebounds. Jhony Verrone notched 16 points as did Greishe Clerjuste who added 6 rebounds on the night. Michael Fazzolari notched 12 points and 6 boards while Tevonn Walker had 9 points and 6 rebounds and Malcolm Henderson added 7 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocked shots.

On Sunday, the Division 1 squad improved to 4-0 with an 83-80 victory at Dawson. It was a see-saw battle that saw the Cheetahs fall behind in the first half before rallying to take a lead going into the locker room. Ben Millaud-Meunier had another tremendous game with 26 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 steals. Jhony Verrone also had a strong game with 14 points, 4 assists and 4 steals while Greishe Clerjuste picked up 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals and Malcolm Henderson contributed 8 points and 10 boards. The Cheetahs will travel to John Abbott this coming Friday to take on the Islanders. Game time is 8:30 p.m.