MontrealAlouettes.com
LENNOXVILLE – The Alouettes welcomed the end of practice on the campus of Bishop’s University with cheers on Wednesday as it marked the end of three grueling weeks of training camp.
Veteran players are already headed back to Montreal, while rookies will make their way to the city on Thursday morning. The entire team will regroup at noon in downtown Montreal for this year’s TELUS player presentations, taking place outdoors on the Place Ville-Marie terrace.
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During the camp’s final practice, the team focused on its play in the red zone and the offence looked sharp as Duron Carter made a one-handed grab on a would-be scoring play before Troy Smith hit rookie Preston Cleckley with another in traffic.
Quick hits
Receiver Dave Stala, who started the day in the body shop, re-joined his teammates later on and made a pair of nice catches — including one which he was able to run all the way to the end zone… Chased down by four defensive players following a snap, quarterback Troy Smith scrambled for several seconds before launching a rocket pass into the sure hands of Chad Johnson… Receiver Brandon London continued to make catches on Wednesday, except on one play which saw Billy Parker follow him like a shadow, breaking up the pass… Head coach Tom Higgins announced that he intends to use kicker Delbert Alvarado during the first half of Friday’s pre-season game… Sean Whyte will take his place in the second half.
