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“Definitely the line of scrimmage (was the difference),” Abrook said. “Especially on days like this, you’ve got to own the line of scrimmage and our O-line owned their front seven, hands down. It was a great game by them and that was the difference-maker for sure.”

Abrook’s second TD was a one-yard plunge on a third-down gamble with four minutes remaining to give the Hilltops some much-needed insurance and go up 27-14.

Sargeant said there was no way he was going to settle for a field goal at that point.

“That’s not who I am,” stressed Sargeant in his loudly convincing fashion. “We’ve got the best field-goal kicker (Rylan Kleiter) in Canada. Look at him. He’s unbelievable, but, no, not today. That’s what we needed to do to win. And we love winning.”

Kleiter finished the game with three field goals — from 27, 34 and 14 yards out — to go along with three converts for the Hilltops, who trailed 7-6 after the opening quarter but led 13-7 at the half and 20-14 after three quarters.

Keegan Dicks, on a 10-yard TD catch, had the other major for Saskatoon.

Hilltops quarterback Tyler Hermann completed eight of 17 passes for 124 yards, one TD and two interceptions.

Declan O’Flaherty was good on 23 of 39 passing attempts for 231 yards, two TDs and one interception for Edmonton. Sam Clayton led the Huskies with 10 receptions for 132 yards and a TD.

PFC offensive player of the year Brandt Burzak had 111 yards on 18 carries to go along with 11 yards on two catches.