Laval Rouge et Or Pierre Lavertu, left, and Vincent Plante hold the Uteck Bowl after defeating the Mount Allison Mounties 48-21 in university football action at MacAulay Field in Sackville, N.B. on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. Laval heads to the Vanier Cup in Quebec City later in the month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
November 16, 2013 - 2:23 PM
SACKVILLE, N.B. - Pascal Lochard carried the Laval Rouge et Or to their fourth-straight Vanier Cup.
Lochard scored three touchdowns and rushed for 107 yards as Laval downed the Mount Allison Mounties 48-21 on Saturday to win the Uteck Bowl, Eastern Canada's university football championship.
Lochard's first two TDs gave Laval a 14-0 lead. The Rouge et Or would add to that, building a 21-0 lead by the end of the first quarter.
Laval won Quebec's football championship, while the Mounties were the Atlantic conference's title holders.
Alex Skinner completed 18-of-26 passes including two touchdown strikes to Maxime Boutin and Guillaume Rioux for Laval. Boutin was dominant, receiving for a total of 105 yards and rushing for another 163.
Rioux also scored on a punt return and the Rouge et Or had three team safeties. Kicker Boris Bede was six for six on conversions.
Laval's dominance overshadowed a strong performance by Mount Allison QB Brandon Leyh, who completed 22-of-36 passes and had three touchdowns and 260 yards.
Leyh connected with receivers Troy Trentham, Josh Blanchard and Stu Moore for the Mounties TDs. Kyle McLean converted all three extra points.
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