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Chris Young / the canadian press Tiger-Cats quarterback Henry Burris winds up to throw in a pre-season game against the Toronto Argonauts in Hamilton on Wednesday night. (CP)
HAMILTON, Ont. -- They are familiar foes in unfamiliar territory.
For years, quarterbacks Ricky Ray and Henry Burris have faced each other, usually for bragging rights in Alberta, with Burris leading the Calgary Stampeders and Ray the Edmonton Eskimos.
They squared off again Wednesday night in a CFL pre-season game. Only this time it was a different provincial showdown, with Burris in Hamilton Tiger-Cats black and gold looking down the Ivor Wynne Stadium sideline at Ray, dressed in Toronto Argonauts blue.
"We've had a lot of battles over the years, and it's going to be no different this year," said Ray, 32, who is in his 10th CFL season. "We're both on different teams, but it's going to be the same old story, fighting with him for position in your division."
Ray started the game for the Argonauts and led two scoring drives in a little more than one quarter of play as Toronto defeated the Tiger-Cats 29-24 in front of 27,585 at Ivor Wynne. He finished with five completions on eight pass attempts for 72 yards.
Burris entered the game for Hamilton in the second quarter and matched Ray with two TD drives. He scored one touchdown from a yard out, hit Chris Williams for a 75-yard score, was intercepted in the end zone and recorded one fumble. He completed seven of 15 pass attempts for 214 yards in one quarter's work.
In all, eight quarterbacks saw action -- four on each side.
"It was crazy because all the main quarterbacks tonight were pretty much in different clothes than they were last year," said Burris, 37, who is playing in his 13th season. "(Argo backup) Jarious Jackson with B.C., Ricky Ray with Edmonton and me with Calgary. Now we all can't get away from each other. But it was good to see those guys out there having a good time.
"That's one of the things we all echo to each other. It's good to be out here and having a good time, playing the game that we love and making our teams better and getting ready for the regular season."
Toronto running back Cory Boyd scored two short-yardage touchdowns to lead the Argonauts in the pre-season victory. He scored from one and two yards out in the first half and Gerald Riggs and Jessie Hubbard each added touchdown catches.
Burris and receivers Williams and Simon Charbonneau-Campeau each scored for the Ticats.
Ray has a career 66.8 per cent completion rate for 40,529 career passing yards, 210 touchdowns and 130 interceptions. He was traded to Toronto in December for quarterback Steven Jyles, kicker Grant Shaw and a first draft pick.
Burris has a 60.3 per cent completion rate, with 41,234 career passing yards, 257 touchdowns and 154 interceptions. He was traded to Hamilton in January for quarterback Kevin Glenn, offensive lineman Mark Dewit and a conditional draft pick.
-- The Canadian Press
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