Jake Dolegala will be tasked with ending the B.C. Lions’ losing ways.
Dolegala gets the start Sunday when B.C. (5-3) visits the Edmonton Elks (1-7). He replaces veteran Vernon Adams Jr., who suffered a lower-body injury in last week’s 25-0 loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
B.C. will look for its first win in three games and faces an Edmonton squad coming off a 42-31 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Canadian Tre Ford’s first start of the season.
Dolegala had a 12-yard completion in three attempts against Winnipeg. But the six-foot-seven, 242-pound quarterback started nine-of-13 games he appeared in last season with Saskatchewan and was signed by B.C. as insurance in case of an injury to Adams.
Last week Rick Campbell, the Lions head coach/co-GM, said while Adams’ injury isn’t considered long-term, he’ll be out week-to-week.
Dolegala, 27, completed 216-of-333 passes (64.9 per cent) for 2,641 yards with 11 …