HAMILTON \u2014 Sam Hicks scored two touchdowns to lead the Toronto Argonauts past the visiting Hamilton Tiger-Cats 20-10 on Saturday in the first CFL exhibition game for both teams.<\/p>\n
Hicks ran for 25 yards on five carries for Toronto. He scored on a nine-yard scamper in the third quarter before adding a four-yard TD run in the fourth as the Argos outscored Hamilton 20-3 in the second half.<\/p>\n
Hamilton’s Larry Rountree III opened the scoring with a 46-yard TD run in the first quarter. Rountree, who spent two seasons with the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers as well as time with the UFL-champion Birmingham Stallions, ran for a game-high 86 yards and the TD on nine carries.<\/p>\n
Hamilton was flagged 11 times for 144 yards in penalties. Toronto had seven penalties for 73 yards.<\/p>\n
Chad Kelly made his first start for Toronto since suffering a leg injury in the ’24 East Division final that sidelined him the entire 2025 campaign. The CFL’s outstanding player in 2023 completed three-of-seven passes for 29 yards and ran for twice for 24 yards.<\/p>\n
Veteran Bo Levi Mitchell, the East Division’s outstanding player the last two seasons, started for Hamilton. Mitchell completed all three passes he attempted for 50 yards.<\/p>\n
Jake Dolegala completed five-of-14 passes for 61 yards with an interceptions while Canadian Tre Ford was two-of-10 passing for 14 yard and added 17 yards rushing on two carries.<\/p>\n
The two teams square off again Friday night in Guelph, Ont., in their final pre-season contests. Hamilton will open the ’26 regular season on June 4 hosting the Montreal Alouettes.<\/p>\n
Toronto opens its season June 12 in Montreal.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in the CFL on Saturday:<\/p>\n
ELKS 34 LIONS 16<\/p>\n
Quarterbacks Taylor Powell, Zach Zebrowski and Cole Snyder all threw touchdown passes as the Edmonton Elks whipped the B.C. Lions 34-16 in Langford, B.C.<\/p>\n
Powell was 13 of 14 in the passing department for 160 yards.<\/p>\n
Rushawn Baker had eight carries for 47 yards, receiver Carter Kettyle had two catches for 65 yards and a touchdown, and kicker Jesus Gomez was two-for-two on field goals. His longest was from 30 yards out.<\/p>\n
Lions quarterback Chase Brice was eight-for-10 passing for 77 yards and one touchdown. Emani Bailey rushed for 54 yards on 10 carries, and receiver Jayden Williams had three catches for 53 yards.<\/p>\n
Mark McNamee was three-for-three in the field goal department for the Lions, with his longest from 30 yards out.<\/p>\n
The Elks led 17-10 at halftime and 24-10 heading into the final quarter.<\/p>\n
ROUGHRIDERS 31 BLUE BOMBERS 27<\/p>\n
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers jumped out to a 17-7 first quarter lead, but the Saskatchewan Roughriders rallied to post a 31-27 win in Saskatoon, Sask.<\/p>\n
Quarterbacks Brayden Schager and Jack Coan each threw touchdown passes for the Roughriders, while Schager also had two interceptions and Coach had one pick.<\/p>\n
Mario Anderson rushed for 44 yards on six carries for Saskatchewan, while receiver Abdul Janneh had 107 yards on six catches. Jonathan Klim was 3-for-3 on field goals, including one from 51 yards.<\/p>\n
Bombers quarterback Taylor Elgersma was six-for-13 for 78 yards, but had two interceptions. Receiver Dorian Singer had three catches for 59 yards, while Tim White had three receptions for 57 yards.<\/p>\n
Brady Lidster was 2-for-3 on field goals, making one from 50 yards out.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 23, 2026.<\/p>\n
The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAMILTON \u2014 Sam Hicks scored two touchdowns to lead the Toronto Argonauts past the visiting Hamilton Tiger-Cats 20-10…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,82,3302],"class_list":["post-689792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}