ARGONAUTS CLINCH WITH 31-29 WIN OVER LIONS

TORONTO – Rookie Dion Pellerin’s two-point convert earned the Toronto Argonauts a stirring 31-29 overtime win over the B.C. Lions on Saturday afternoon.

The first-year running back hauled in McLeod Bethel-Thompson’s pass after Antonio Pipkin’s one-yard TD run. The score came after B.C.’s Marcus Sayles was flagged for pass interference in the endzone.

The Lions countered with Michael Reilly’s 32-yard TD strike to Jacob Scarfone but Reilly’s two-point conversion attempt to Shaq Johnson fell incomplete. The win clinched Toronto (7-4) an East Division berth.

B.C. (4-7) suffered a fifth straight loss after kicker Jimmy Camacho missed three field-goal attempts in the fourth quarter. The Lions went to overtime after Camacho’s 37-yard boot to win the game instead went for the single on the final play of regulation.

Camacho’s 49-yard try with 53 seconds remaining was tipped by Toronto’s Dexter McCoil Sr. Camacho also missed from 37 yards out at 9:51, the ensuing single cutting Toronto’s lead to 23-22.

Toronto remained unbeaten at home (5-0), delighting the announced BMO Field gathering of 9,011 on an overcast, cool afternoon. The Argos improved to 5-2 under starter Bethel-Thompson, who was 23-of-37 for just 155 yards with a TD and interception.

(The Canadian Press/Photo: Toronto Argonauts)