MONTREAL – Keelan White caught a pair of touchdown passes for the Ottawa Redblacks in a 27-12 win over the Montreal Alouettes in a C-F-L pre-season game Friday.
Redblacks quarterback Jake Maier connected with White twice in the first half with on 12-yard and four-yard touchdown throws. Quarterback Bryson Barnes scored a nine-yard rushing touchdown.
Maier completed 10 of 14 pass attempts for 155 yards. Barnes was good on all eight of his throws for 109 yards.
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Paul Geelen kicked field goals from 40 and 26 yards for Ottawa, which led 17-4 at halftime at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium. Cade McDonald had four catches for 73 yards for the Redblacks.
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Shomari Lawrence scored a two-yard rushing touchdown late in the fourth quarter for Montreal. Kicker Jose Carlos Maltos missed a 52-yard field-goal attempt, but was successful from 21 yards in the first half.
Alouettes quarterback Dustin Crum completed 15 of 20 passes for 130 yards.
CFL pre-season games continue Saturday with the defending champion Saskatchewan Roughriders scheduled to host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The Edmonton Elks visit the B.C. Lions and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats host the Toronto Argonauts.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 22, 2026.