Bombers defeat Redblacks in overtime

OTTAWA The Ottawa Redblacks nearly pulled off a little magic Friday night at TD Place.

Instead, they wound up with a little heartbreak in a 40-32 overtime loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

For the first 56-plus minutes, the Redblacks were outworked and outplayed.

Trailing by 15 points with 3 1/2 minutes left, the Redblacks turned up the heat and tied the game 32-32 with 12 seconds remaining.

Greg Ellingson hauled in a touchdown pass, then caught the two-point conversion. The drive was set up after a Corey Tindal sack forced the Bombers to punt and the Redblacks got the ball with 1:43 left.

Winnipeg scored a touchdown to take a 40-32 lead in overtime when Weston Dressler hauled in a TD pass and Darvin Adams caught the two-pointer.

Redblacks kicker Lewis Ward nailed three field goals to give him 40 straight, breaking a league record set by Rene Paredes.

Meanwhile, the victory improved the Blue Bombers mark to 8-7, putting them third in the West behind Calgary and Saskatchewan.

The Redblacks are now 8-6, a game ahead of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats atop the East Division.