Staff photo by Travis Rosenau Minnesota Valley Lutheran’s Ethan Doering (16) and Ty Sexton (right) celebrate with Kyler Flunker (11) after Flunker recovers a fumble during a Section 3AA playoff football game with Sibley East on Tuesday night at Johnson Field in New Ulm.

NEW ULM — The third-seeded Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers jumped out to a 20-0 lead after the first quarter and went on to top sixth-seeded Sibley East 40-8 Tuesday night in a Section 3AA football playoff game.

Ben Price scored touchdowns on runs of 1, 47 and 9 yards, with Bradyn Kube scoring on a 6-yard run.

Kaden Peterson threw a touchdown pass of 39 yards to Kyler Flunker and a 12-yard strike to Ben Pearson.

The Chargers now will play at second-seeded Pipestone Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m.

“We came out and jumped to that lead right away,” Chargers head coach Jim Buboltz said.

MVL opened the game on their second possession of the game with a six-play, 57-yard drive that was capped off with 6-yard run from Bradyn Kube.

After Will Kaesermann recovered a Wolverines fumble, Kaden Peterson hooked up with Kyle Flunker for a 39-yard touchdown for a 14-0 lead.

Ben Price would up the lead to 20-0 on a 1-yard run with 39 seconds left in the first quarter.

Game, set, match.

Price’s second touchdown of the game came midway through the second quarter when he broke loose for a 47-yard run and a 28-0 lead.

A Price 9-yard run early in the fourth quarter made it a 34-0 game before Peterson teamed up with Ben Pearson on a 7-yard scoring pass.

Sibley East got its lone score of the game late on a 40-yard touchdown pass.