U Sports Football: Caron leads Carabins past Vert de Or

Members of the Montreal Carabins celebrate a win. (James Hajjar/Universite de Montreal)

MONTREAL — Samuel Caron went 30-of-42 passing and threw for 355 yards with a touchdown as the Montreal Carabins downed the Sherbrooke Vert et Or 28-1 on Friday in U Sports football action.

Caron also added 68 yards on the ground and a rushing touchdown for the undefeated Carabins (3-0).

Sherbrooke (0-4) kept it close for two quarters, with Montreal leading 9-1 at halftime. But the Carabins reeled off 19 second-half points to secure their third win of the season.

Conor Sinclair was just 7-of-15 passing for 69 yards and two interceptions for Sherbrooke.

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GAITERS 32, MOUNTIES 31 (2OT)

SACKVILLE, N.B. — Mount Allison (1-2) couldn’t get Vincent Dube’s missed field-goal attempt out of the endzone and conceded a rouge, giving Bishop’s (1-2) its first AUS win since switching conference in the off-season.

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HUSKIES 17, AXEMEN 10

HALIFAX — Kaleb Scott threw for 272 yards — including a 38-yard touchdown to Tristen Giusto in the fourth quarter — and rushed for 97 more as Saint Mary’s (3-0) beat Acadia (2-2).

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