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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (CP) - Sandro DeAngelis kicked a 27-yard field goal with no time remaining Saturday night to give the Calgary Stampeders a 28-26 victory over the B.C. Lions and first place in the CFL's West Division. DeAngelis had to make the kick for a second time after the Stampeders were called for a procedure offence on an attempt from 22 yards. The winning points came after B.C. quarterback Casey Printers hooked up with wideout Paris Jackson for a 46-yard touchdown strike and a 26-25 Lions lead with 1:35 remaining. On the final drive, Calgary quarterback Henry Burris connected on a 39-yard pass to Jeremaine Copeland and tailback Joffrey Reynolds ran for 29 yards to set up the field goal. Burris finished the game with two one-yard touchdowns runs and also had a five-yard TD strike to Nik Lewis for a 14-10 lead. Reynolds, who ran for more than 100 yards, also gathered in a two-point convert from Burris. The other Stampeder points came on a safety and a 64-yard Burke Dales single. Printers, who signed as a free agent with the Lions in September, engineered a first-quarter touchdown drive as running back A.J. Harris scored on a one-yard run. B.C. kicker Paul McCallum was good on all four of his field goal tries, the longest from 43 yards. Calgary improved to 10-6-1 with their seventh straight victory over the Lions. The Stampeders also moved two points ahead of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, 24-6 losers to the Tiger-Cats in Hamilton earlier Saturday. Calgary and Saskatchewan play Saturday in Regina in a game that will decide first place in the West. The teams are 1-1-1 against each other this season. The Lions, who dropped to 8-9, are tied with Edmonton for the third and last playoff berth in the West. The clubs meet in Vancouver on Friday. Both quarterbacks used deep balls to set up first-half scores. Printers, who completed his first five passes, connected with Emmanuel Arceneaux for 60 yards down the sideline to set up a one-yard plunge by Harris. A 35-yard sideline route to Paris Jackson eventually resulted in McCallum's first field goal and a 10-0 lead. However, Burris threw a pair of 28-yard completions to Rob Cote before scoring on a one-yard run to cut the deficit to three. The Stamps took a 14-10 lead when Romby Bryant's 53-yard grab set up Lewis for a five-yard Burris strike for the Calgary slotback's first TD of the season. Ryan Grice-Mullen's return on the ensuing kickoff led to McCallum's first field goal. He broke through the first wave of tacklers and scampered 73 yards down the sideline to the Calgary 24 yard line. The Lions took a 16-15 lead into the locker-room on McCallum's second field goal from 38 yards with three seconds remaining on the clock. McCallum increased the margin to 19-15 in the third quarter.
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