VANCOUVER -- Backup quarterback Mike Reilly threw for three touchdowns as the B. cheap nfl jerseys .C. Lions thumped the Saskatchewan Roughriders 44-10 in CFL pre-season action Wednesday night. Reilly, a 27-year-old Kennewick, Wash., native who is entering his third season with the Lions, completed 16 of 24 passes for 189 yards in two quarters of action. He also ran for 58 yards on seven carries. A strong B.C. defence rendered four Saskatchewan quarterbacks mainly ineffective. It was the first game of the pre-season for both clubs. The Lions were looking for a strong burst from the gate as part of a bid to avoid another 0-5 start that befell them before they completed a late-season surge and won the 2011 Grey Cup. Both B.C.s Mike Benevides and Saskatchewans Corey Chamblin worked the sidelines as head coaches in a CFL game for the first time. Benevides replaced Wally Buono, who relinquished his coaching duties in December following a 22-year tenure with the Lions and Calgary, to focus on his general manager duties. He has also received a vice-president title. Chamblin joined the Roughriders from Hamilton, where he served as defensive co-ordinator last season. He took over from Ken Miller who retired following the 2011 campaign after replacing Greg Marshall in mid-season. The Lions began the game with a strong drive as Lulay completed four of his first six passes while marching them on 10 plays for 56-yards that resulted in a 20-yard field goal by Paul McCallum. McCallum added another three-pointer with less than two minutes left in the first quarter. The points were set up by a 30-yard punt return by rookie hopeful Anthony Stewart from near midfield to the Saskatchewan 20-yard line. Saskatchewan was forced to punt after James Yurichuk, making his first start at middle linebacker for the Lions in place of former standout Solomon Elimimian, sacked Riders quarterback Darian Durant. Yurichuk, a 25-year-old Brampton, Ont., native who is entering his fourth season with the Lions, is making the switch to the middle from the weak-side spot. Elimimian signed as a free agent with the NFLs Minnesota Vikings in the off-season. Lulay completed seven of 11 passes for 72 yards in his lone quarter of work. After taking over for the Lions No. 1 signal-caller, Reilly proceeded to guide the Lions on nine-play, 72-yard touchdown drive. He connected with Shawn Gore in the corner of the end zone for a nine-yard TD toss. Saskatchewan got on the scoreboard about two minutes later as Chris Milo booted a 47-yard field goal that barely made it through the uprights, reducing his clubs deficit to 13-3. Reilly impressed again in the final minute of the first half. With the Lions gambling on a third-and-10 situation from the Saskatchewan 28-yard line, he ran for 13 yards to keep the drive alive. On the next play, he threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Nic Moore, staking the Lions to a 20-3 lead after 30 minutes. With just over a minute gone in the third quarter, Adam Bighill, who is battling Yurichuk for the starting middle linebacker spot, intercepted a Levi Brown pass and returned it for a 45-yard touchdown. Reilly and Moore connected for another TD with just under five minutes left in the third quarter. This time, Reilly threw 30 yards to Moore. The TD came one play after Reilly romped 20 yards to the Saskatchewan 30-yard line. Reilly completed five of six passes on the 69-yard drive. The Riders finally found the end zone with just under five minutes remaining in the game as Drew Willy, Saskatchewans fourth quarterback, tossed a three-yard touchdown pass to Jason Cherry. Rookie Thomas DeMarco, who replaced Reilly at the start of the fourth quarter, guided the Lions on their final two scoring drives of the night -- in the final three minutes. First, DeMarco set up a 44-yard ONeill field goal. Then the Old Dominion product handed off to Andrew Harris for a three-yard touchdown run with 25 seconds left in the game. Notes: The Lions returned to their Kamloops, B.C., training camp base right after the game. cheap jerseys from china . 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"It was pretty much any interview I did," said MacDonald. Now the landscape ahead is clear. "I feel like Im on my own path now," he said in an interview this week at Quebec City, where he was making appearances for the UFC around "The Ultimate Fighter Nations" finale card. "As much as I didnt think it was bothering me at the time, it was. Its a distraction, its always something in the back of your head. I never wanted any drama there, anything like that but at the same time I wanted what I wanted -- the (championship) belt. "So right now, the way it all worked out, I feel a lot less stress about it. I just feel like Im having fun, enjoying my time." MacDonald returns to his home province June 14 to face No. 3 Tyron (The Chosen One) Woodley in the co-main event at UFC 174 in Vancouvers Rogers Arena. The 32-year-old Woodley, an explosive former two-time All American wrestler from the University of Missouri, went 8-1 in Strikeforce before moving into the UFC. He opened his UFC account with a 36-second knockout of Jay Hieron. After a split-decision loss to Jake Shields, he bounced back with wins over Josh Koscheck and Carlos (The Natural Born Killer) Condit. The winner between MacDonald (16-2) and Woodley (13-2) will likely get a title shot at Johny Hendricks, who is recovering from bicep surgery and a fractured shin following his championship win over (Ruthless) Robbie Lawler at UFC 171 in March. MacDonald said he is happy to fight again before a possible title shot. "I wanted to. I didnt want to sit on the sidelines anyway," he said. "I think me against Tyron is a great matchup for a No. 1 contender shot. Weve both had good wins and good showings in our UFC careers." MacDonald watched the Hendricks-Lawler title fight from Hawaii where he was vacationing with his father and brother. He saw it as a close contest that came down to the fifth round. "I was really pulling for Lawler because I fought him in the past and have a lot of respect for the guys I fight," MacDonald said. "Obviously I was excited to see him do that well. "I just think Hendricks was the better man in the very end of the fight. He pushed it. He pushed through being tired, being hurt. Thats what a champion does. .. He finished hard, he won that last round. And thats what won him the fight in my opinion." MacDonald lost a split decision to Lawler at UFC 167 last November, when GSP won a controversial split decision over Hendricks. MacDonald admits there was a time before the Lawler bout when he did not enjoying fighting. "I had a lot of injuries I was battling through," he said. "It weighs on you." Looking back, he says he probably should have pulled out. &qquot;They (the injuries) were pretty serious. cheap jerseys. . But I was sick of doing that," he said. "I was sick of getting injured before a fight, pulling out. I think fans were really annoyed with me doing that. I just had to fight through that." His only other loss was to Condit in June 2010 -- a TKO with seven seconds remaining -- at UFC 115 in Vancouver. It was MacDonalds second fight in the UFC and the adrenalin was pumping. He dominated the early going but the veteran Condit rallied in the final round. His first fight was a small televised event in January 2010 in Fairfax, Va., where Macdonald submitted Mike Guymon in four minutes 27 seconds. The frenzy of the Condit fight -- and audience -- took MacDonald by surprise. "People were going insane," MacDonald recalled in an earlier interview. "I never heard that level of noise in a building ... I was super-shocked and it just got me fired up to a point where it was, like, bad. If you watch that fight you could see the intensity that I was bringing and I dont think that was my style. And I paid for it." The loss was humiliating for MacDonald. "Because I was just laying there getting beaten on," he told reporters after his December 2012 win over B.J. Penn in Seattle. "My face looked like I was a guy from The Goonies after. I was embarrassed, I was embarrassed about my performance and how I held myself. It did a lot of damage and I dont think Ive been the same person since." The loss changed MacDonald. He moved from Kelowna, B.C., to Montreal in the aftermath to train with coach Firas Zahabi, St-Pierre and other elite fighters at the Tristar Gym. He also focused on fighting without emotion, reasoning that it contributed to the loss in Vancouver. MacDonald was slated to meet Condit again at UFC 158 in March 2013 but had to pull out due to injury. Hendricks stepped in and won, setting up his title shot against St-Pierre. MacDonald, meanwhile, rebounded from the Lawler loss with a unanimous decision over Brazilian submission ace Demian Maia at UFC 170 in February. Talk to MacDonald these days and you notice how big he is. The six-footer may fight at 170 pounds but its a weight he serves only occasionally. He walks around at 200 pounds. "Im big right now. Im not dieting but Im in shape," he said. MacDonald was just 14 when he started training in MMA. Born in Quesnel, B.C., MacDonald started training with David Lea in Kelowna. He had his first pro fight at age 16 in Prince George, because it was the only place to let him fight. Even then, his parents had to give their approval. He won the King of the Cage Canadian lightweight title at 18 -- in his sixth fight -- and the King of the Cage world 155-pound title in his next outing a year later. MacDonald became the UFCs youngest fighter when he signed on at 20 in the fall of 2009. Years later, he is comfortable in his own skin and happy with his fighting career. And while he is in a sport that often rewards self-promoters, MacDonald does things his own way. "Im not here to talk," he said. 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