Elecs Move On To Semi-Finals

The ECS Elecs Football team live to see another day as they defeated the Swift Current Colts by a score of 21-9 to give them another shot of Vanier on Saturday.

The Elecs opened up the  scoring late in the first quarter as Dustin MacCuish took a handoff and ran it in from 70 yards to give the Elecs an early 6-0 lead.

ECS would extend their lead to 14-0 after Stefan Seipp took a screen pass and ran it for 30 yards for a touchdown. Seipp was only playing at fullback for the  second game in his career.

The Elecs defence dominated throughout the first half as they limited the Colt's offence to no points in the first half. The Colts would attempt a rally in the second half as kicked a field goal making the score 14-3.

In the fourth quarter from 20 yards out the Colts would gamble on a third down situation and they threw it in the end zone and the pass was caught by a Colt's receiver to make the score 14-9.

The Colts would have a chance to take a lead with 4 minutes as they regained the ball, but a fumble recovery from Chris Strongeagle prevented the Colt's from going anywhere.

Colton Bachorcik would score from three yards out to give the Elecs a 21-9 win. The Elecs got a strong effort from their defensive line as Seipp and Kyle Hovind combined to give the Elecs 5 sacks on the day.

The Elecs will now face the Vanier Vikings for the second time in 8 days on Saturday in Moose Jaw.