{"id":783190,"date":"2026-07-06T05:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/783190\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T05:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:06:09","slug":"castillos-23-yard-field-goal-brings-winnipeg-blue-bombers-victory-against-hamilton-tiger-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/783190\/","title":{"rendered":"Castillo\u2019s 23-yard field goal brings Winnipeg Blue Bombers victory against Hamilton Tiger-Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ Kenny Lawler makes a reception for a touchdown, with pressure from Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Jonathan Moxey, during first half CFL football action in Hamilton.Nick Iwanyshyn\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Sergio Castillo\u2019s 23-yard field goal with 21 seconds left in the final quarter earned the Winnipeg Blue Bombers a 14-13 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in a battle of backup quarterbacks Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Winnipeg\u2019s Taylor Elgersma and Hamilton\u2019s Trey Ford – both Hec Crighton Trophy winners – both played in the contest after starters Zach Collaros and Bo Levi Mitchell were knocked out with injuries.<\/p>\n

But it was Brady Oliveira who anchored Winnipeg\u2019s offence, registering seven consecutive carries to set up Castillo\u2019s winning boot at 14:39 of the fourth. The Bombers\u2019 12-play march covered 54 yards and took 2:46 off the clock.<\/p>\n

Collaros suffered an upper-body injury after being sacked by Hamilton\u2019s Reggie Stubblefield early in the second quarter. Mitchell left the field in an ambulance early in the third after Winnipeg\u2019s Jake Ceresna came down on Mitchell\u2019s left leg while sacking the Hamilton starter.<\/p>\n

Ford won the \u201921 Hec Crighton Trophy as Canadian university football\u2019s top player in 2021 at Waterloo. Elgersma captured the honour in 2024 at Laurier.<\/p>\n

Winnipeg (2-2) earned its first win in three games. Hamilton (2-2) lost for the first time in three contests.<\/p>\n

Stubblefield hit Collaros\u2019s shoulder first and his arm appeared to then contact the quarterback\u2019s head. Collaros, 37, who has a history of concussions, walked off the field but remained on the sidelines with his helmet on as Elgersma took over.<\/p>\n

Collaros completed five-of-seven passes for 41 yards with an interception. Elgersma finished 11-of-15 passing for 86 yards in his first action of the season.<\/p>\n

And Hamilton lost Mitchell just 3:24 into the third. He remained on the field for at least 10 minutes and his left leg was stabilized before he was placed on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance that had come on to the field.<\/p>\n

Mitchell, 36, the East Division\u2019s top player the last two seasons, gave the crowd the thumbs up before going into the ambulance. He missed much of the 2023 season, his first with Hamilton, with a lower leg fracture.<\/p>\n

Mitchell was 18-of-29 passing for 228 yards and a touchdown. Veteran Tre Ford, the former Edmonton Elks starter who signed with Hamilton as an off-season free agent, took over under centre, but Jake Dolegala also took snaps.<\/p>\n

Following an 18-minute delay, play resumed. Trey Vaval\u2019s 46-yard punt return set up Elgersma\u2019s 31-yard TD pass to Ontaria Wilson at 4:10, cutting Hamilton\u2019s lead to 13-11.<\/p>\n

Ford appeared to hit Kenny Lawler with a 51-yard TD pass 22 seconds into the fourth but upon review it was ruled incomplete.<\/p>\n

Lawler had Hamilton\u2019s touchdown. Marc Liegghio added two field goals and a convert.<\/p>\n

Castillo kicked two field goals, a single and convert for Winnipeg.<\/p>\n

Castillo\u2019s missed 56-yard field goal try went for the single at 14:23 of the second quarter, cutting Hamilton\u2019s halftime lead to 13-4. Liegghio put Hamilton ahead 13-3 with a 20-yard field goal at 12:17, culminating a10-play, 64-yard drive.<\/p>\n

Castillo\u2019s 46-yard field goal at 12:33 pulled Winnipeg to within 7-3. Liegghio restored the seven-point advantage at 6:27 with a 10-yard field goal, capping another 10-play march, this one covering 90 yards.<\/p>\n

Lawler opened the scoring with a 19-yard TD grab two minutes into the first. It was set up by Destin Talbert\u2019s interception on Winnipeg\u2019s first play from scrimmage.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Blue Bombers: Host the Toronto Argonauts (2-2) on Friday.<\/p>\n

Tiger-Cats: Visit the Saskatchewan Roughriders (3-1) on Sunday, July 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ Kenny Lawler makes a reception for a touchdown, with pressure from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,22073,883,913],"class_list":["post-783190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-winnipeg","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783190","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=783190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}