Stampeders ruin Lions’ party with 41-33 win - BERITAJA

KELOWNA – Vernon Adams Jr. and the Calgary Stampeders played spoiler successful beforehand of a capacity crowd astatine the Apple Bowl, prevailing 41-33 complete the B.C. Lions connected Saturday evening for their first triumph of the young CFL season.

More than 19,000 fans attended the opener of Touchdown Kelowna, pinch the Lions punted from B.C. Place successful Vancouver for the FIFA World Cup, but Adams Jr. delivered 3 touchdown passes to conclusion his erstwhile team.

Nathan Rourke, who replaced Adams Jr. arsenic B.C.’s starter, resulting successful his waste and acquisition to Calgary, had a beardown first half — matching Adams Jr.’s effort to that point, pinch 2 passing touchdowns — but couldn’t rally the Lions successful the 4th fourth arsenic they fell to 0-3.

The Stampeders improved to 2-1 aft getting touchdowns from 5 different players and a record-tying section extremity for this stadium.

Adams Jr. connected pinch Dedrick Mills, Jalen Philpot and Tevin Jones done the air, pinch Calgary besides getting a rushing touchdown from Quincy Vaughn and a 90-yard punt return from Tyreik McAllister arsenic their exclamation constituent successful the last frame.

Jude McAtamney rounded retired Calgary’s scoring pinch 2 section goals, including a 57-yarder — equalling the longest here, a people antecedently established by Steven Shott of the Okanagan Sun inferior programme earlier going connected to play for the Lions.

Rourke had TD tosses to Zander Horvath, Jermaine Jackson and Hergy Mayala, Horvath added a precocious people connected the ground, and Sean Whyte kicked a 36-yard section extremity to relationship for B.C.’s offence.

Key Moment

B.C.’s Silas Bolden fumbled connected a kickoff return precocious successful the 2nd quarter, allowing Calgary to people 2 touchdowns conscionable complete a infinitesimal isolated for a 10-point lead astatine halftime.

That was a immense momentum plaything aft Rourke had the crowd roaring en way to the Lions’ first lead. Adams Jr. responded pinch a six-yard TD walk to Philpot pinch 1:09 remaining successful the 2nd quarter, past quickly marched the Stampeders backmost into scoring territory and Vaughn plunged successful from 2 yards retired pinch 3 seconds near to capitalize connected that typical teams turnover.

Up Next

Stampeders: Host the Toronto Argonauts (2-1) connected Thursday.

Lions: Host the Edmonton Eskimos (3-0) connected Saturday, July 4, successful Kelowna, B.C.

This study by BERITAJA was first published June 27, 2026.