Western, Saskatchewan advance to Vanier Cup in very different ways
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The Western Mustangs and Saskatchewan Huskies advanced to the Vanier Cup in very different ways.
The Mustangs emphatically punched their ticket to the Canadian college football final with a 61-6 rout of visiting St. Francis Xavier in the Mitchell Bowl on Saturday.
Western led 23-0 after the first quarter and 51-3 at the half in front of a home crowd in London, Ont.
The Huskies, meanwhile, outscored the Carabins 13-1 in the fourth quarter to eke out a low-scoring 14-10 victory in Montreal to claim the Uteck Bowl. Adam Machart scored the winning touchdown on a 13-yard run with five seconds left in the game.
WATCH | Western takes down StFX in Mitchell Bowl:
In the Mitchell Bowl, the Mustangs did most of their damage on the ground. The X-Men had no answer for Western rusher Edouard Wanadi, who racked up 238 yards and three touchdowns.
Trey Humes also had three touchdowns on 91 rushing yards, and Keon Edwards had 104 yards and a TD.
"We certainly dominated, they struggled to stop our run," Mustangs coach Greg Marshall said. "I thought going into the game that might be the case but I really thought their offence would be a little more productive. Our defence played flat out unreal and just kept getting us the ball back."
Quarterback Evan Hillock attempted just 10 passes, completing eight, for 114 yards, including a 22-yard touchdown strike to Griffin Campbell in the first quarter.
Western kicker Brian Garrity converted all eight of Western's touchdowns and added a 32-yard field goal.
Max Capriotti had field goals of 42 and 47 yards for StFX.
In the Uteck Bowl, the Huskies' only scoring was a first-quarter rouge until their offence came alive and their defence held firm in the fourth quarter.
WATCH | Saskatchewan claims Uteck Bowl victory over Montreal:
The score was 4-1 at the half, then Montreal, which failed to register a touchdown in the game, went up 9-1 heading into the final frame thanks to a 15-yard field goal from Michael Arpin and a safety.
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