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The Waseca Bluejays beat the Albert Lea Tigers at home on Tuesday night to advance to Saturday’s Section 3AAA semifinals.
The Waseca Bluejays hosted a game while the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Bulldogs were on the road to start the playoffs on Tuesday night in football action.
The Bluejays ended up beating the Albert Lea Tigers 34-16 and will host another playoff game on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs ended up falling to the St. Clair/Mankato Loyola Spartans 20-12 to have their season come to a close. They end the season with a 2-7 overall record.
Waseca has the No. 2 seed in Section 3AAA and opened the playoffs hosting the No. 7 Albert Lea Tigers. The Bluejays beat the Tigers at home 41-6 just under two weeks ago and they beat them again 34-16.
The Bluejays will now play on Saturday at 2 p.m. against the Luverne Cardinals at home. The match-up is a rematch from last year’s Section 3AAA championship game, where the Jays won 31-12. The winner of Saturday’s semifinals game will move onto the section championship and face the winner of No. 1 Tri-City United and No. 5 Fairmont.
The NRHEG Panthers will also play on Saturday, as they will be on the road in Harmony facing the Fillmore Central Falcons at 1 p.m.. As the No. 3 seed in Section 1A, the Panthers had a bye in Tuesday’s first round action.
The winner of Saturday’s game between the Panthers and Falcons will move onto the section championship against either No. 1 Southland or No. 5 Lewiston-Altura.