Homers and Jung Tigers will meet in Sunday's Twenty20 grand final and enter the match in contrasting form.

The Pigeons weathered the wind and rain to bag top spot on the ladder with a 25-run win against a dogged Rup-Minyip outfit.

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After electing to bat, Homers were soon on the back foot after a Clinton Midgley (1-16) wicket in the first over, and a direct-hit run out left the powerhouses with a challenge.

Young gun Paddy Mills continued his good run of form, shouldering the re-build from 2-3.

Adam Atwood (18) chipped in, and Nathan Koenig (18) threatened to unleash before he fell to Adam Carter (2-11).

Late Simon Hopper (22*) fireworks eased the pressure on Mills, whose classy unbeaten 40 pushed Homers to 5-114.

Homers' defence followed a similar script.

Craig Britten tightened the screws, allowing Mohan Bandara (1-11) to attack the stumps.

Though wickets didn't fall regularly, Homers' bowlers slowly closed in on the Blue Panthers batsmen.

Jamie Byrne proved stubborn but struggled to pierce the field.

Mark Mbofana (11) looked like he could prove the difference-maker, smoking a mammoth six, before he fell victim to Adam Atwood's golden arm.

Rup-Minyip entered the final fives overs needing two runs a ball and when Byrne (25) holed out in the deep a tall task fell on the Blue Panthers' young brigade.

Blake Turner (29*) kept slender hopes alive, but two Atwood (3-16) wickets in two balls quickly doused them again.

In the end, Homers bowlers' proved too good, restricting the Blue Panthers to 7-89.

The result left Noradjuha-Toolondo needing a win against Jung Tigers the following night to stand any chance of making the grand final.

Bit-part contributions from the Bullants' top-order started the match positively, but the final hopefuls were quickly wrangled in by some tight bowling.

Joel Pymer bagged 4-25 off his four overs and found support from his skipper Angus Adams (2-24).

Noradjuha-Toolondo was able to chip away to a respectable total; Matt Combe (35) and Troy Dumesny (25) the chief scorers en route 125.

Jung Tigers always faced a tough task against one of the competition's premier new-ball duos, and Tony Caccaviello made the job even harder.

Bullants' spearhead went wicketless but conceded just four runs off his allotment to push the required rate up.

Brett Jensz (18) and Angus Adams (12) took on the chase though failed to regularly find the boundary.

A lower-order collapse, triggered by Jordan McDonald (2-11) and Heath Lang (2-8), saw the Tigers fall to 9-76 and started a nervous wait for both sides.

In the end, Jung Tigers just did enough to finish above their opponents on percentage.

Meanwhile, what many had billed as a West Wimmera walkover quickly turned in a nail-biting affair, when the Warriors met Horsham Saints at Coughlin Park.

Handy enough knocks from most Saints batters, led by Corey Smith (31) and Jason Harris (20), pushed the hosts to 6-133.

Nathan Alexander (2-26) was the pick of the Warriors bowlers.

The Warriors' chase started dramatically. Saints skipper Matt Currill made the most of a rare opportunity with the ball, grabbing 2-8 off his four overs at the top of the innings.

The Warriors trudged to 2-35 after 10 overs, but with Brad Alexander and Austin Smith (32) at the crease backed themselves to take the game deep.

The visitors judged the chase perfectly, picking their moments against the Saints' more inexperienced bowlers to leave just seven runs needed off the final over.

A leg-bye and a four inched the Warriors close, before a run-out kept Brad Alexander off-strike and gave the Saints hope.

A quick single off the second-to-last ball levelled the scores and fittingly gave Alexander the chance to win the game off his own bat.

A classy glance for four pushed Alexander to 58 not out and sent his side home victorious.

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