The Queen’s University Gaels crushed McMaster 38-4 in the Marauders’ home opener at Ron Joyce Stadium in Hamilton Saturday afternoon.

After one quarter, there wasn’t anything to choose between the teams with Queen’s leading 3-2. But the Gaels scored 23 unanswered points in the second quarter to effectively put the game away by halftime. Article content Article content

In that decisive frame, Queen’s quarterback Alex Vreeken showed the way, passing for touchdowns to Nathan Falconi and Mateo Tuioti, and halfback Ethan Dahl also taking it to the house in a short-yardage situation. Article content

Tuioti’s TD was maybe the most impressive—he caught the ball three yards short of the end zone where a pair of defenders appeared to have him wrapped up, but the big 244-pound H-back wore them

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