ESTEVAN — The Estevan Lions Club U14 Oilers closed out their regular season with a 27-22 loss to the Weyburn Falcons on Friday evening at the Dana Quewezance Memorial Field at Woodlawn Athletic Park.
Coach Paul Duncan said Estevan pulled ahead late in the fourth quarter on a "wonderful" one-handed touchdown reception by Kaleb Crossman. But Weyburn marched the ball down the field to score the winning touchdown before the game ended.
Hugh Ross scored the other two touchdowns for the Oilers. One was on a long pass from Ryder Mantei, while the other was on an option play. Crossman notched the two-point convert after Ross' first touchdown.
The other points for Estevan came on a safety.
"It was a good back-and-forth game that really allowed the kids to stay with it and just up their game," said Duncan. "The defence shut them out in the third quarter, which was great, and a majority of the fourth as well," said Duncan.
Arvin Sangar had another strong game on the defensive side of the ball, Duncan said, despite playing with a broken hand.
Estevan and Swift Current finished the season tied for the fourth and final playoff spot at 0-4-1, but Estevan qualified based on point differential. The Oilers will face the top-ranked Moose Jaw Vikings in the first round on Oct. 21.
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The Estevan Power Dodge Steelers lost 12-6 to the Assiniboia Rockets on Saturday in Assiniboia.
Fullback Ben Guertin had the Chargers' lone score of the game on a rushing play. Jude Shackleton had two interceptions for the Chargers.
Estevan finished the regular season with a 1-5 record. They will play the Weyburn Ravens in the consolation round semifinal Saturday at 11 a.m. at Woodlawn. The winner of that game will play the Rockets in the consolation final, while the loser will be eliminated.
Estevan's lone win this season was against Weyburn.
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The Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs football team wrapped up the regular season on Saturday in a 48-0 loss to the Moose Jaw Central Cyclones.
Coach Mark Schott said that despite the score, the Elecs enjoyed some success at moving the football. Running back Preston McGuire ran for multiple first downs, and they connected on some big passing plays.
But the Elecs gave up interceptions twice inside the Moose Jaw five-yard-line and another time inside the 20.
"We were moving in the right direction and looking like we were going to put up some points, but then the ball was turned over to Central," said Schott.
ECS played a "decent" game defensively and had an interception.
The Elecs will visit the Swift Current Colts Saturday in the Tier 2 final between the fifth and sixth place teams. It will be the Elecs' final game of the year.
