{"id":159679,"date":"2025-11-08T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T02:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/11\/08\/roughriders-rally-to-beat-b-c-lions-24-21-advance-to-2025-grey-cup\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T18:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T02:40:00","slug":"roughriders-rally-to-beat-b-c-lions-24-21-advance-to-2025-grey-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/11\/08\/roughriders-rally-to-beat-b-c-lions-24-21-advance-to-2025-grey-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Roughriders rally to beat B.C. Lions 24-21, advance to 2025 Grey Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Saskatchewan Roughriders are headed to the Grey Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor Harris tossed a three-yard touchdown to Tommy Nield with 11 seconds to play, lifting the Riders to an exciting 24-21 win over the B.C. Lions in the CFL&rsquo;s Western Final Saturday at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions held a 21-17 lead late and had two chances to put the game away with any type of sustained drive, but a pair of two-and-outs left the door open for the Saskatchewan comeback victory. The Riders will meet the Montreal Alouettes in the league&rsquo;s championship game Nov. 16 in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<p>Harris passed for 305 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Riders. Kian Schaffer-Baker had the other Saskatchewan touchdown, with kicker Brett Lauther booting three field goals and two converts.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Rourke tossed for 290 yards and a TD for B.C. and also rushed for a pair of touchdowns. Keon Hatcher had the other B.C. touchdown, with Sean Whyte adding three converts.<\/p>\n<p>The first half was a defensive struggle.<\/p>\n<p>In the first quarter, the only scoring was a 63-yard single from Saskatchewan punter Jesse Mirco just over three minutes in, giving the Riders a 1-0 lead after 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions managed the sole touchdown of the half, with Rourke scrambling and carrying it in himself for a four-yard TD to cap a long drive. Whyte&rsquo;s convert made it 7-1 B.C. with 4:14 to play.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TWELVE.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BCLions?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BCLions<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoarAsOne?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RoarAsOne<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jwFbzJCmni\">pic.twitter.com\/jwFbzJCmni<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BC LIONS (@BCLions) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCLions\/status\/1987323274297266499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan replied with Lauther&rsquo;s 22-yard field goal as time expired to make it 7-4 at the half.<\/p>\n<p>The Riders dominated the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>They took the opening drive and marched down the field. Facing a third and goal from the B.C. three-yard line, Harris was given plenty of time by his offensive line and found Schaffer-Baker open across the middle in the end zone. Lauther&rsquo;s convert made it 11-7 for Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n<p>After B.C.&rsquo;s sixth two-and-out of the game, the Riders got the ball back, but A.J. Ouellette fumbled and it was recovered by B.C.&rsquo;s Dewayne Hendrix at the Saskatchewan 40.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions then proceeded to give the ball back, when Rourke&rsquo;s pass from the Riders&rsquo; seven-yard line bounced off the hands of Keon Hatcher to former Lion Marcus Sayles for an interception.<\/p>\n<p>With 1:49 left in the quarter, Lauther connected on a 34-yard field goal, and the Riders led 14-7 after three quarters.<\/p>\n<p>Just 1:26 into the fourth, Rourke spotted a wide open Hatcher in the end zone from 19 yards out, and Whyte&rsquo;s conversion tied things at 14-14.<\/p>\n<p>Following a Saskatchewan punt, the Lions produced another impressive drive. On a second-and-10 deep in Riders territory, Rourke produced an amazing escape play, fighting off several Riders defenders and flipping a near-underhand pass to Butler for a first down inside the 15.<\/p>\n<p>Rourke finished the drive himself, scoring from two yards out. 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Lauther&rsquo;s conversion completed the scoring at 24-21.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong>: The Lions last won a playoff game in Saskatchewan in 2008, with current head coach Buck Pierce as their QB&#8230; Samuel Emilus had nine catches for 100 yards for the Riders, with Ouellette rushing 17 times for 113 yards&#8230; The Alouettes earned their spot in the Grey Cup as Jos&#233; Maltos D&#236;az kicked a 45-yard game-winning field goal as time expired to defeat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 19-16 in the Eastern Final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saskatchewan will meet Montreal in CFL championship game <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":159680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional-news","category-sports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Roughriders rally to beat B.C. 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