Box Score The Varsity Blues football team dropped a 35-7 decision to the No. 6 Queen’s Gaels in their final regular season game on Saturday, October 20 at Richardson Stadium in Kingston, Ont.
 
The Blues end the season with a 2-6 record, while the Gaels (6-2) finish in third place in the OUA standings.
 
Third-year Blues linebacker Christopher Johnson (Scarborough, Ont.) led all players with 8.5 tackles and one sack, while sophomore Dylan Gordon (Cambridge, Ont.) had 7.5 tackles and one forced fumble.
 
Simon Nassar (Toronto) took on quarterbacking duties for the Blues, going 13-for-35 for 140 yards. Fourth-year veteran Paul de Pass (Ajax, Ont.) had three catches for 50 yards, while London, Ont., native Alex Pierzchalski had 35 receiving yards on five catches.
 
The Blues could only muster 66 yards on the ground, compared to the Gaels 150. Rookies Lukas Gavac (Mississauga) and Ashton Nelson (Brampton) had 27 and 31 rushing yards, respectively, in the loss.
 
The Gaels built a 14-0 lead after the first quarter.  Toronto held Queen’s at bay throughout the second and veteran kicker Andrew Lomasney kicked a 33-yard field goal as the Blues went into halftime down 14-3.
 
Queen’s widened the gap for good in the third quarter, outscoring the Blues 12-0 with a touchdown, safety and field goal. The Blues added two safeties early in the fourth quarter but could not muster anything else.
 
Gaels QB Billy McPhee was 14-of-18 for 162 yards and two majors. Ryan Granberg had a game-high 98 rushing yards and one touchdown, while Giovanni Aprile had 84 yards on five catches in the win. 

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