Sentences with phrase «first led it to victory»

As such, the PC Party has transformed drastically since the principled Peter Lougheed first led it to victory in 1971.

Not exact matches

The forum, it's worth pointing out, is viewed by many to embody the very ideals that led to the populist uprising, including the surprise victory of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. presidential election in November; it brings together the global elite, or those who are typically first to reap the benefits of wealth creation.

This year's game was close throughout, with Eagles quarterback Nick Foles leading his team to its first Super Bowl victory and Patriots quarterback Tom Brady heaving a last - second pass that fell incomplete.

(If you're wondering if it helped, I'll remind you that Brady returned to football, his first professional game in nine months, with a ridiculous game: passing for 400 yards and three touchdowns, leading the Patriots to victory.

Nick Foles, the quarterback who led the Philadelphia Eagles to their first Super Bowl victory ever, has been on a tear.

Twain and Grant first met shortly after the Civil War, when just about everyone in the North — Twain included — idolized Grant for having led the Union army to victory.

We worked with activists and First Nations in Telkwa, Cache Creek, Smithers, Princeton, Fernie, Iskut, Dease Lake, and throughout the Peace Region, and were able to shut down commercial coalbed methane everywhere in B.C. Dogwood's early support for Tahltan opposition to Shell's massive coalbed methane plan in the Sacred Headwaters led to a high - profile victory when Shell pulled out for good in 2012.

Terry Rozier scored 29 points, and first - year Celtics forward Jayson Tatum scored 28 to outplay redshirt rookie Ben Simmons and lead the Boston Celtics to a 117 - 101 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Since taking the helm in late 2007, she has led the Association to several major legislative victories and has launched the first - of - its - kind children's menu initiative — Kids LiveWell.

The quintessential leader's most legendary moment may be his guarantee of victory over the Devils in the»94 Eastern Conference final while leading the Rangers to their first Stanley Cup in 54 years, but he was not the Smythe - winner that year.

In his first three varsity starts at the position, he has led the Bulldogs to victories over highly regarded programs from near and far.

The Oxford side took an early lead which they were able to hold until the end of the match, resulting in the first ever handball varsity victory for Oxford!

Captain Justin took the reigns at QB this week and seriously delivered with 6 TDs to lead them to their first victory of the season.

He managed to pit for dry tyres, come back out still in the lead and cruise to a stunning first victory in F1, ahead of Pedro de la Rosa and Nick Heidfeld.

For Oklahoma State, Brad Underwood is in his first season as head coach after leading Stephen F. Austin to three consecutive NCAA Tournament berths including two first round victories as double - digit seeds.

ROSEY MILLER KNOXVILLE, IOWA Rosey, a 5» 6» senior at Knoxville High, who led the Pantherette volleyball team to the girls» state Class AA high school finals and a state - record 45 victories this fall, became the first setter ever to be named Iowa girls» Player of the Year.

He scored the game's first four points and helped LSU (12 - 7, 3 - 4 Southeastern Conference) build an early double - digit lead in a wire - to - wire victory.

Teddy leading the Vikings to their first Superbowl victory after a bionic knee replacement, is one of those things.

Once thought to be the match - up of Romo and Vick, has now given way to Nick Foles who is trying to lead the Eagles to the first victory of his career.

He won only $ 8,000 in 1955, improved steadily until 1958, when his first Masters victory helped him become the leading money winner of the year with $ 42,600, then dropped off to $ 32,460 in 1959.

San Francisco 49ers fans are brimming with excitement this week, as the 49ers get ready to take on the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII — San Francisco's first Super Bowl appearance since Steve Young led the 49ers to a blowout victory in Super Bowl XXIX.

With the AFC West clinched and nothing to play for in Week 17, Kansas City gave Mahomes his first regular - season start and he kept the hype train rolling by leading the Chiefs to a come - from - behind victory, even if he finished with an interception and no touchdowns.

Perhaps the only scenario where Smith could've been back with the Chiefs for another season as the starter was if he was able to lead the team to its first Super Bowl victory since 1970.

Jose Mourinho's men extended their lead at the top of the table to seven points following Arsenal's win against Burnley on Saturday and now only need three more victories to clinch their first Premier League title since 2010.

The Seminoles trailed 7 — 3 when Sexton entered the game, and he led them to a 41 — 22 victory, connecting with senior wideout Chauncey Stovall on a 47 - yard touchdown strike in the third quarter — Florida State's first passing touchdown of the season.

On Sunday at Reliant Stadium, Manning threw a pair of first - quarter touchdown passes to lead Indianapolis to a 23 - 14 victory over the Houston Texans, giving him 46 for the year — two shy of the single - season record Marino set two decades ago.

-- An amazing Isco leads Real Madrid to a brilliant victory and on the way to a good game as they continue to bounce back and find their form from the first half of the season.

On the night of Feb. 7, 2010, Drew Brees led the New Orleans Saints to the first Super Bowl championship in the franchise's star - crossed history, a 31 — 17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in Miami.

Two further cautions mixed up the order and it was polesitter Ricky Stenhouse Jr who snatched the lead away from Kyle Busch on the last lap to claim his first Cup victory.

We all wondered if it had a big enough lead to hold on for a shock victory but in the end the No. 2 Porsche overtook it comfortably and went on unhindered to the flag, giving Brendon Hartley his first Le Mans win, Timo Bernhard and Earl Bamber their second, and Porsche as a manufacturer its 19th.

The next game, Lin got his first career start and once again led New York to a victory behind 28 points and 8 assists.

He chose to miss Monaco and go to Indy instead (Alonso will be the first person to do this since Clark), where he qualified second, led for 190 of the 200 laps and took victory in his Lotus 38 - the first ever mid-engined victory at the Indy 500.

Jack Beckner swung gracefully to victory in side horse, tied for first in parallel bars, scored 106.65 points for all - round title and led Los Angeles Turners to AAU gymnastics championship at Amherst, Mass..

However, he was one of several players to miss a spot kick in the penalty shootout that led to Germany's first - ever Euro victory over Italy.

The win clinched an eventual 6 - 3 team victory and led to Menlo's first National Invitational title since 2012.

Alex Hornibook completed 18 of his 19 pass attempts for 256 yards with four touchdowns to lead the Badgers — who scored on each of their first half possessions — to an easy victory over a struggling BYU squad.

The Hawks look to take their first lead in the series with a victory on the road against the Pacers in Game 5.

A miraculous grab by David Tyree and a late touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Plaxico Burress helped lead the Giants to their first Super Bowl victory since 1991 and denied the Patriots from recording the second undefeated season in league history.

Playing with only five starters all game, Captain Nate decided to put game 1 on his shoulders and pour in 19 huge points to lead the squad to their first victory.

However, leading his team to victory for the first time since 2008 will, without doubt, have far outweighed what could only ever have been considered a minor blip, as Morten is an equally talented 400 hurdler and also a good friend and teammate.

In the Eagles» most recent game, Jimison completed 28 - of - 42 passes for 355 yards and four touchdowns in leading the team to a 35 - 34 victory at Cosumnes Oaks - Elk Grove that secured the school its first Sierra Valley Conference title in six varsity seasons.

This was a close game in the first half, but the leagues overall second leading scorer and MVP candidate Scott Campbell, proved to be too much to handle and dropped 31 massive points to help his squad earn their 11th victory on the season.

Team Lake Nona, the host club, was in last place after the first day and found itself in second place behind Team Queenwood halfway through Day 2 before eventually storming ahead to clinch victory, led by Retief Goosen and Ross Fisher, who each shot 5 - under on the day.

With a victory he would become the first pitcher to win 32 games since Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1916; McLain had a 1 - 0 lead after seven innings when Tiger manager Mayo Smith approached him in the dugout and said, «You've pitched enough.

Murray rose to stardom last postseason when, as a rookie, he led the Penguins to their first Stanley Cup victory since 2009.

Sounds like a plan for the would - be first - time major champ who would join an illustrious group of golfers who chalked up U.S. Open victories after going into the final round with leads of four shots or more (Payne Stewart, in 1998, was the only one to cough up such an advantage and he went on to earn the title in 1999):

The Blues may see that lead cut back by three points tomorrow evening when Manchester United play Crystal Palace, but this victory moves the Blues to within four wins of securing the title for the first time in four years..

Giampiero Combi led Italy to their first title way back in 1934 and he was followed forty - eight years later by Dino Zoff, who skippered the Italians to victory in Spain in 1982.

The 55 - year - old also led the Tigers to their first ever FA Cup final back in May 2014, but despite taking a two - goal lead their opponents on the day, Arsenal, fought back to eventually take a 3 - 2 victory in extra-time.

Daniele Rugani, Blaise Matuidi and Paulo Dybala were the only players to retain their places from Sunday's 3 - 0 home win against Sampdoria and they looked set for victory when Alex Sandro headed them into a first - half lead.