BIDDEFORD – It was pretty cold, and for Noble, it wasn’t pretty at all.

Biddeford seniors Phil Bourassa and Mike Thibault paired up for two touchdowns and Jacob Brown and Ben Grant-Roy each rushed for one Saturday as the No. 1 Tigers shut out No. 4 Noble, 28-0, in Western Class A semifinal football action at blustery Waterhouse Field.

Top-seeded Biddeford (10-0) will host No. 2 Deering for the regional title next Saturday afternoon. Noble (7-3) sustained two of its three losses to the Tigers.

“It was everything (to get back to the regional championship),” said Biddeford coach Brian Curit. “You hope to get to the regional championship and you lose 7-2 (to Portland last year), and the only way you can outdo that is by winning the West and finishing the job. We are one step closer.”

Biddeford took that step in workmanlike, businesslike fashion.

On the strength of a 12-yard pass play from Bourassa to Bryan Parker and a Bourassa keeper on the option for another 29 yards on fourth-and-1, Biddeford went up 7-0. Brown capped the drive with a 1-yard plunge.

Biddeford doubled the advantage on the first play of the second quarter. Facing third-and-14 from his own 26-yard line and working against the wind, Bourassa found Thibault through the air for a 74-yard score.

“The coach said it was the right down to try it,” said Bourassa. “Things were looking right, and the receiver got through. Mike Thibault had a great day.”

“We were all in agreement on the play,” said Curit. “I saw in warmups that Bourassa wasn’t having trouble with the wind. He throws a very tight ball.”

Biddeford spaced out its scoring with a touchdown in each quarter.

In the third, it was Thibault bringing down a 23-yard pass in the back-right corner of the endzone. Grant-Roy closed out the attack with 7:47 remaining in the game.

“We thought we could get back here,” said Bourassa. “This is where we wanted to be. Our goal is to get one game further than last year.”

“To be here and in a game of this magnitude after where we were last year is a tremendous effort by our kids,” said Noble coach Brendan Scully. “We will work in the off-season and show the effort pays off.”

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