Bucs off to AFL championship after semi-final win over Calgary
The Central Alberta Buccaneers are off to the Alberta Football League (AFL) final after a 38-13 win over the Calgary Wolfpack at Setter’s Place in Great Chief Park Saturday night.
This means the Bucs will face their biggest arch rivals, the Fort McMurray Monarchs in next weekend’s championship final in Fort Mac after the Monarchs stomped out the St. Albert Stars 51-0 in the league’s other semi-final game on Saturday.
In Red Deer Saturday, the Bucs opened the scoring with a field goal at 8:09 of the first quarter to go up 3-0 and they never relinquished the lead after that. Following it up with a touchdown from quarterback Jarrett Burzuk with 24 seconds left in the quarter to have a 10-0 lead after 15 minutes of play.
The second quarter saw both teams trade touchdowns with the Buc’s Ian Keetch finding the end zone with only four seconds left in the half to give the home team a 17-7 lead after 30 minutes.