Lions beat Stampeders in pre-season

CALGARY (CP) — Ricky Lloyd threw a trio of touchdown passes for the B.C. Lions in a 36-23 pre-season win over the host Calgary Stampeders on Friday.

B.C. trailed until the third quarter, when Lloyd connected Kevin Elliott, Trevon Van and Ricky Collins Jr.

Keelan Johnson also scored a defensive touchdown for the Lions, Ty Long kicked a 45-yard field goal and Jose Maltos was good from 48 and 23 yards.

Starting quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell and Markeith Ambles scored TDs for Calgary.

Rene Paredes kicked field goals from 26, 48 and 27 yards in front of 24,681 fans at McMahon Stadium.

Lloyd, a 25-year-old Californian who played three seasons at Minnesota State, completed 15-of-23 passes for 121 yards.

Lions starter Jon Jennings completed 4-of-5 passes for 40 yards before he was replaced by Cody Fajardo to start the second quarter.

Fajardo was 3-for-4 in passing for 38 yards in just under a quarter of work before he was hit hard and gave way to Lloyd.

Lloyd threw touchdown passes of five, six and 11 yards.

Mitchell completed 3-of-5 passes for 45 yards in almost a quarter of work.

The Lions next host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a pre-season game on June 8 before opening at home on June 16 against the Montreal Alouettes.