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Lacombe explodes for big win

The two-time provincial champion Lacombe Explosion advanced to the Alberta tier 3 peewee football final for the third year in succession with a 30-6 win Saturday over the visiting Edmonton Mustangs.

The two-time provincial champion Lacombe Explosion advanced to the Alberta tier 3 peewee football final for the third year in succession with a 30-6 win Saturday over the visiting Edmonton Mustangs.

Richard Jens opened the scoring for the winners on a 30-yard bootleg run, then ran 34 yards for a major with three seconds left in the first half.

In the second half, Jens tossed a touchdown pass to Simon Gray and ran 38 yards for this third touchdown. Gray added a two-point convert.

“Our boys came to play,” said Explosion head coach Fred Knip. “Several times in the last eight minutes they held the Mustangs inside their own 40-yard line. They did not give up and they did not give in. Our defensive players were studs today.”

Jens led all rushers with 219 yards.

Lacombe will face the Cochrane Lions in the provincial final this Saturday at Shouldice Park in Calgary.

• The Red Deer Hornets downed the Stony Plain Bombers 24-12 in a provincial peewee tier 4 semifinal Saturday at Great Chief Park and will travel to either Bonnyville or Lloydminster for the Alberta final this Saturday.

• The Lacombe Raiders advanced to the Alberta bantam tier 2 final with a 22-14 win over the West Edmonton Raiders Saturday. The Raiders will host the Calgary Bulldogs this Saturday at 11 a.m..

• Two Red Deer teams were losers in bantam tier 3 and 4 semifinals Saturday, with the Notre Dame Cougars falling 50-0 to the Calgary Colts in a tier 3 game at Great Chief Park and the visiting Hunting Hills Lightning losing 39-6 to the host Lethbridge Bulldogs in tier 4 play.