ARGOS, LIONS WIN ON THE ROAD

MONTREAL – Steve Slaton caught a pair of touchdowns passes from Ricky Ray as the Toronto Argonauts ended a three-game losing skid with a 31-5 CFL victory over the Montreal Alouettes on Friday night.

Jamie Robinson scored on a late interception and Swayze Waters added two field goals for Toronto (2-4), which took over first place in the woeful East Division. The Argos also got four points on a pair of safeties in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter.

Montreal (1-4), did not score a touchdown for a second consecutive game despite switching back and forth between quarterbacks Troy Smith and Alex Brink, with Tanner Marsh also seeing action on short yardage plays.

Sean Whyte had a field goal and two singles for the Alouettes, who were coming off a bye week after a 41-5 defeat at B.C. two weeks ago. There were boos from the 20,692 at Percival Molson Stadium as they left the field at halftime.

Toronto rebounded from a 37-9 loss at Saskatchewan last week.

Slaton, a former Houston Texan, stepped up with a solid game both running and catching the ball with the Argos missing key receivers like Chad Owens and Andre Durie due to injuries.

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CALGARY – The B.C. Lions came from behind to beat the Calgary Stampeders 25-24 in the CFL.

The Lions improved to 3-3 and hand the Stampeders their first loss in five games this season.

B.C. trailed 21-13 after three quarters.

Andrew Harris and Ernest Jackson scored touchdowns for the Lions in the fourth quarter. Ron Yell produced another major for the visitors. Paul McCallum kicked a pair of field goals.

B.C. quarterback Kevin Glenn completed 22 of 32 passes in the win.

Keon Raymond, Marquay McDaniel and Drew Tate had touchdowns for the host Stampeders.