9/25/10 Sunnyside-West Valley photo gallery

Photos from Friday’s prep football game between Sunnyside and West Valley at Clasen Field in Yakima, Wash. All photos by Andy Sawyer of the Yakima Herald-Republic.

Upset bid slips from Toppenish’s grasp

Miscues keep Wildcats from upending Othello ||

TOPPENISH, Wash. — The frustration of what might have been did nothing to dim the fervor of the Toppenish football players who knew, the lie told in the orange glow of the scoreboard lights notwithstanding, that they had arrived.

“I’m a Wildcat, I’m a Wildcat, I’m a Wildcat ’til I die,” they sang with gusto, surrounding head coach Jason Smith and his staff, who in three years have transformed Toppenish from a CWAC lesser light into a team to be reckoned with.

The 33-14 score of the Wildcats’ Friday loss to Othello didn’t begin to tell the story of a slugfest between two evenly matched teams. Had not the Wildcats lost three turnovers deep in the Othello end … had a certain touchdown pass not dribbled off a Wildcat receiver’s fingers … and had not Toppenish fumbled the ball away on three consecutive touches down the stretch …

“Just simple mistakes we can improve on,” sighed Toppenish senior Carlos Ramirez, who rushed for 142 yards and a touchdown. “We were there. We killed ourselves with mistakes.”

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And, in the end, Othello junior running back Caleb Garza broke the Wildcats’ backs, rushing for three of his four touchdowns and 149 of his 216 yards in the final 1 1/2 quarters.

“The first half was tough. They were tough,” Garza said. “That first half, they were hitting us hard and we were hitting them hard. I think our offensive line started to take over in the second half, and when I saw green, I took it.”

In the first half, though, it was the Wildcats who were eating up more yardage than the perennial powerhouse Huskies (2-1 CWAC, 2-2 overall). Toppenish had 181 first-half yards to Othello’s 104, and only two turnovers deep in Othello territory and that dropped would-be scoring pass kept them from being ahead.

Instead, the game was tied 7-7 going into the second half, and after Othello scored on its opening possession of the third quarter, the Wildcats’ problems began in earnest. Toppenish (2-1, 3-1) lost a fumbled snap on a second-and-five at the Othello 23, and after forcing the Huskies into a three-and-out, fumbled the punt return. That set Othello up for the go-ahead touchdown, and when Toppenish muffed the ensuing squib kickoff, Garza made them pay with a 25-yard scoring run.

Just like that — because of three consecutive Wildcat miscues — a game in which Toppenish had played head-to-head with their longtime nemesis suddenly looked one-sided.

“We didn’t do what we needed to do,” said Smith, whose Wildcats had been trying for their first 4-0 start since 1991. “We came out and tried to do what we needed to do, and didn’t get it done — maybe it was nerves, maybe it was the game plan, I honestly don’t know.

“Maybe if we do our jobs, maybe we take it down to the end or into overtime. But we didn’t.”

That’s the thing, though. It’s been years since Toppenish was in the position to knock off one of the CWAC’s heavyweights.

Now, just maybe, they are one.

9/25/10 Toppenish-Othello photo gallery

Photos from Friday’s prep football game between Toppenish and Othello at Wildcat Stadium in Toppenish, Wash. All photos by TJ Mullinax of the Yakima Herald-Republic.

Ike gets going

Fourth quarter keys non-league victory for Eisenhower ||

YAKIMA, Wash. — When Eisenhower wasn’t shooting itself in its own foot Friday night, the Cadets had plenty of reason to kick up their heels.

Senior running back Trevon Harris and sophomore quarterback Kolney Cassel had fairly historic performances in Eisenhower’s 48-26 non-league victory over Evergreen of Vancouver at Zaepfel Stadium, a game the Cadets didn’t put away until a 27-point fourth quarter.

Harris carried the ball 21 times for three touchdowns — including touchdown runs of 1 and 73 yards in the fourth quarter — and racked up 248 yards, the third-most prolific rushing night in Eisenhower history. Cassel had a similarly memorable night at quarterback, completing 17 of 19 passes for two touchdowns and a hefty 311 yards, a total bettered only three times by previous Cadet passers.

“That’s amazing, to have a running back have a game like that to go with a 300-yard passing game,” said Eisenhower coach Dan Eyman, whose team improved its season mark to 3-1. “We were clicking on all cylinders there for a while, and then we’d fumble or get a penalty and that would be the end of a drive. We fumbled into the end zone, we fumbled at our own 30 — that led to one of their scores — and just played a little sloppy at times.”

The Cadets committed 11 penalties for 96 yards to go with their three turnovers, and that erratic play nearly put them behind going into the fourth quarter. Instead, leading 21-20 late in the third quarter, Eisenhower came up with an Evergreen fumble at the Cadets’ 3-yard-line late in the third quarter and proceeded to march 97 yards.

Isaac Sarate’s 30-yard scoring run capped the march and turned out to be the first of four consecutive Eisenhower touchdowns, turning a close game into a rout.

Senior wide receiver Mike Esparza had a big day, hauling in seven Cassel passes for 184 yards, including an 87-yard touchdown. Cassel’s other scoring pass went to Cody Clayton, and Nathan Guillen had a touchdown run for the Cadets.

Anthony Thomas threw two touchdown passes for Evergreen, while Chase Lawrence led the visitors with 128 yards rushing

Fife scores on offense, defense to lift Selah

SELAH, Wash. — Tanner Fife made his presence felt on both sides of the ball for the Selah Vikings on Friday night.

Fife produced touchdowns on both offense and defense in leading the Vikings to a 30-6 victory over Ephrata in the CWAC contest.

On offense, Fife ran 15 times for 106 yards and two touchdowns, covering 1 and 4 yards. On defense, he returned an interception 35 yards for a score.

Selah jumped to a 14-0 lead after one quarter and its defense did the rest, holding Ephrata scoreless until the fourth quarter as the Vikings retained a share of first place.

Selah, Prosser and Ellensburg are now 3-0 in league and 3-1 overall

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CBBN 4A

Richland 31, Davis 21

RICHLAND, Wash. — Jake McKinney rushed 30 times for 165 yards and two touchdowns as the ninth-ranked Bombers prevailed in the CBBN 4A clash of unbeaten teams.

McKinney’s second score capped a 95-yard drive that consumed over half the final period.

Davis quarterback Deion Wright passed for 178 yards with touchdowns to David Trimble and Cooper Kupp.

Carlos Perea-Vijarro returned an interception 60 yards for a score in the second quarter, pulling the Pirates within 21-14.

CWAC

Prosser 35, East Valley 0

PROSSER, Wash. — Isaac Anderson won the running back duel with East Valley’s Cody Nickoloff, as the Prosser back ran for 141 yards and three touchdowns.

Anderson, who had 27 carries, scored on runs of 7, 1 and 4 yards to lead the sixth-ranked Mustangs to their third-straight impressive victory since a season-opening loss to Kamiakin, ranked seventh in Class 3A.

Nickoloff, who ran for a school-record 302 yards last week, was limited to just 17 on nine carries by the Prosser defense.

In addition to Anderson, quarterback T.J. Finn also had a strong night, going 18 of 34 for 215 yards, including a 71-yard TD pass to Dominic Garza, who finished with eight grabs for 99 yards.

Ellensburg 57, Grandview 0

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Adam Haberman threw four touchdown passes — two to Zach Walter — and Damien Roseberry ran for two scores as Ellensburg cruised despite the absence of Kramer Ferrell.

Matt Bennett caught a TD pass and capped the Bulldogs’ scoring with a 59-yard run in the third quarter. He led the team with 83 yards rushing.

Haberman finished 9 of 12 for 118 yards.

Ellensburg limited Grandview to 15 yards rushing and 6 of 22 passing for 82 yards.

Ferrell was held out of the game because of a tight hamstring.

Quincy 37, Wapato 22

QUINCY, Wash. — Gabe Arambul ran for 79 yards and a touchdown, but Quincy’s Manny Ybarra rushed for 142 yards and scored.

Ybarra, who had two pass receptions for 40 yards, caught a 5-yard TD pass from Jackson Hodges, who added a 20-yard scoring strike to Kody Berens.

Arambul also passed for 93 yards and a TD and Rico Rodriguez got the Wolves’ other score on a 1-yard run.

SCAC

La Salle 47, Highland 10

YAKIMA, Wash. — Nic Woodard and Tony Cacchiotti combined for 223 rushing yards and five touchdowns as La Salle earned its first-ever SCAC West victory.

Woodard logged 121 yards on eight carries, scoring on runs of 31 and 18 yards. Cacchiotti had 102 yards, including TD runs of 38, 2 and 27 yards.

Tyler Hakala recorded Highland’s lone touchdown, a 77-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Cle Elum 52, Naches Valley 34

CLE ELUM, Wash. — Michael Newman rushed nine times for 167 yards and scored three touchdowns, leading Cle Elum’s dominating ground attack as the Warriors won their first league game.

Jake Gall added 87 rushing yards and three scores, and Mitchell Milsap ran for 84 yards and two scores as Cle Elum rolled up 371 rushing yards.

Chris Walker threw two touchdown passes to Andrew Parks and Dalton Huck for Naches Valley, which led 18-0 after one quarter, but then surrendered 39 unanswered points, including 26 in the second quarter. Walker and Austin Molner ran for scores.

Royal 62, Mabton 0

ROYAL CITY, Wash. — Dylan DeLay rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns, and Royal cashed in on special teams to earn the victory.

Johnny Villenueva and Alex Ramirez returned punts for scores, and Kyle Spartveit returned a blocked punt for a touchdown for Royal.

NON-LEAGUE

Wahluke 13, Granger 6

MATTAWA, Wash. — Ricky Silverio scored on a 28-yard run, and Jared Sabin returned a fumble six yards for a score as Wahluke rallied with 13 fourth-quarter points.

Jorge Valdez’s extra point after Silverio’s TD gave Wahluke a lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

Granger’s touchdown came on a 34-yard interception return in the second quarter.

Reardan 21, Kittitas 20

REARDAN, Wash. — Reardan returned a punt 50 yards for a score and then made a two-point convertion late in the fourth quarter to clip Kittitas.

The Coyotes had taken a 21-13 lead thanks to three Tom Studer-to-Gunner Genge touchdown passes. The three scores covered 24, 36 and 34 yards.

SOUTHEAST 1B

Touchet 33, Sunnyside Christian 0

SUNNYSIDE, Wash. — Steven Bosma finished with 63 rushing yards on 16 attempts for the Knights (0-1, 1-3), but they were shut out by Touchet in their first league game.

9/24/10 Prep football scoring/stats

CLASS 4A/3A

Richland 31, Davis 21

Davis 7 7 0 7 — 21 Richland 14 10 0 7 — 31

Rich — Ellijah Gardaya 3 pass from Colter Quick (Kevin Garza kick) Davis — David Trimble 11 pass from Deion Wright (Christian Shead kick) Rich — B.K. Robinson 30 run (Garza kick) Rich — Jake McKinney 1 run (Garza kick) Davis — Carlos Perea-Vijarro 60 interception return (Shead kick) Rich — FG Garza 35 Rich — McKinney 1 run (Garza kick) Davis — Cooper Kupp 14 pass from Wright (Shead kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Davis, Austin Wagner 6-4, Roberto Rodriguez 6-35, Nick Rodriguez 2-31, Andrew Perez 1-0, Perea-Vijarro 1-0, Wright 5-(minus 3). Richland, McKinney 30-165, Robinson 7-65, Quick 7-13. PASSING — Davis, Wright 12-23-0-178. Richland, Quick 7-15-1-62, Chris Hayes 0-1-0-0, Gardaya 1-1-0-20. RECEIVING — Davis, Kupp 5-91, R. Rodriguez 3-33, Trimble 2-26, Anastacio Hernandez 1-12. Richland, Gardaya 30, Quick 1-20, Gage Reynolds 1-19, McKinney 1-7, Tyler Powell 1-6.

Eisenhower 48, Evergreen 26

Evergreen 0 12 8 6 — 26 Eisenhower 7 14 0 27 — 48

Eis — Trevon Harris 5 run (Efren Zamora kick) Eis — Cody Clayton 10 pass from Kolney Cassel (Zamora kick) Ever — Lehemiah Beavers 19 pass from Anthony Thomas (kick failed) Ever — Quwontae Wallace 29 run (run failed) Eis — Mike Esparza 87 pass from Cassel (Zamora kick) Ever — Chase Lawrence 28 pass from Thomas (Piper O’Shay pass from Thomas) Eis — Isaac Sarate 30 run (Zamora kick) Eis — Harris 1 run (Zamora kick) Eis — Harris 73 run (kick failed) Eis — Nathan Guillen 43 run (Zamora kick) Ever — Lawrence 30 run (pass failed) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Evergreen, Chase Lawrence 23-128, Quwontae Wallace 9-73, Anthony Thomas 5-19, Corbin Kuhn 1-1, Bryan Shirts 1-(minus 2). Eisenhower, Trevon Harris 21-248, Isaac Sarate 7-52, Nathan Guillen 4-45, Kolney Cassel 4-6. PASSING — Evergreen, Thomas 11-20-0 136. Eisenhower, Cassel 17-19-0 311. RECEIVING — Evergreen, Lehemiah Beavers 5-74, Pipe O’Shay 3-46, Lawrence 3-36. Eisenhower, Mike Esparza 7-184, Cody Clayton 4-59, Denzel Jones 2-39, Sarate 1-14, Omar Hernandez 1-6, Harris 1-6, Joe Ortega 1-3.

Sunnyside 16, West Valley 13

Sunnyside 8 8 0 0 — 16 West Valley 6 0 7 0 — 6

Sun — Andrew Daley 1 run (Emmanuel Tejeda pass from Daley) WV — Ryan Clark 2 run  (pass failed) Sun — Steven Monterrey 4 run (Joseph Contreras pass from Daley) WV — Gerrick Andrews 43 run (Trevor Novobielski kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Sunnyside, Monterrey 23-111, Tejeda 10-31, Daley 1-1, Fernando Madrigal 1-(minus 2), Aaron Goedhart 1-1. West Valley, Andrews 23-125, Kody Brotherton 2-21, Clark 1-2, Max King 2-11, Cody LaRiviere 4-20, Bo Voelker 2-9, Tyler Williamson 1-(minus 9), Team 1-(minus 8). PASSING — Sunnyside, Daley 8-19-1 111. West Valley, King 7-12-1 47; Williamson 0-3-0. RECEIVING — Sunnyside, Monterrey 3-34, Tejeda 2-38, Jacob Ross 1-0, Madrigal 1-22, Julian Villegas 1-12. West Valley, Clark 1-11, Jordan Reyes 5-31, Justin Ferrari 1-5.

CLASS 2A

Othello 33, Toppenish 14

Othello 7 0 7 19 — 33 Toppenish 7 0 0 7 — 14

Oth — Caleb Garza 8 run (Ca. Garza kick) Topp — Carlos Ramirez 66 run (Juan Alcala kick) Oth — Ca. Garza 5 run (Ca. Garza kick) Oth — Dustin Rodgers 25 pass from David Garza (kick failed) Oth — Ca. Garza 25 run (Edgar Alfaro kick) Topp — Ivan Macias 9 run (Alcala kick) Oth — Ca. Garza 35 run (kick failed) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Othello, Caleb Garza 21-216, Amando Deleon 7-48, Joey Gomez 9-32, David Garza 2-8. Toppenish, Carlos Ramirez 14-142, Ivan Macias 21-97, David Chavez 6-17, Jesus Guel 1-2, Daniel Maldonodo 5-20. PASSING — Othello, D. Garza 1-5-0 25. Toppenish, Maldonado 4-9-1 34. RECEIVING — Othello, Dustin Rodgers 1-25. Toppenish, Macias 2-24, Ramirez 2-10.

Prosser 35, East Valley 0

East Valley 0 0 0 0 — 0 Prosser 6 8 6 15 — 35

Pros — Dominic Garza 71 pass from T.J. Finn (two-point conversion failed) Pros — Isaac Anderson 7 run (two-point conversion good) Pros — Anderson 1 run (two-point conversion failed) Pros — Anderson 4 run (two-point conversion good) Pros — Joey Hurtado 16 run (Trino Flores kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — East Valley, Cody Nickoloff 9-17, Eli Curtsinger 7-49, Cody Cruse 3-8, Kaleb Schrank 3-7, Jonathan Janis 9-(minus 22). Prosser, Anderson 27-141, Hurtado 6-40, Cesar Lopez 2-20, Finn 1-2. PASSING — East Valley, Jonathan Janis 6-21-0-58. Prosser, Finn 18-34-0-215. RECEIVING — East Valley, Jeano Campo 2-41, John Todd 1-10, Nickoloff 1-4, Cruse 1-2, Jake Valenzuela 1-1. Prosser, Garza 8-99, Jordin Silva 6-11, Anderson 3-44, Travis Massengale 1-15.

Ellensburg 57, Grandview 0

Grandview 0 0 0 0 — 0 Ellensburg 21 29 7 0 — 57

Ell — Zach Walker 2 pass from Adam Haberman (Ryan Gentner kick) Ell — Damien Roseberry 2 run (Gentner kick) Ell — Matt Bennett 57 pass from Haberman (Gentner kick) Ell — McGregor Mitchell 18 pass from Haberman (Gentner kick) Ell — Roseberry 10 run (kick failed) Ell — Josh McClary 52 interception return (Gentner kick) Ell — Safety Ell — Walker 3 pass from Haberman (Gentner kick) Ell — Bennett 59 run (Gentner kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Grandview, Jose Castilleja 20-61, Micheal Perez 6-33, Jaron Raymond 3-1, Zeke Zamora 1-(minus 3), Derek Swearingen 5-(minus 7), Team 3-(minus 70). Ellensburg, Matt Bennett 3-83, Ryan Secondi 4-41, Damien Roseberry 5-26, Avery Pellett 9-22, Bobby Riddle 1-13, Sungyoung Lee 1-6, Adam Haberman 1-0. PASSING — Grandview, Derek Swearingen 6-22-2-82. Ellensburg, Adam Haberman 9-12-0-118; Matt Bennett 0-2-0-0. RECEIVING — Grandview, Don Munoz 2-30, Erik Sauve 1-25, Herman Herrera 1-17, Adam Perez 1-5, Micheal Perez 1-5. Ellensburg, Matt Bennett 2-64, Sungyoung Lee 2-20, Zach Walker 2-5, McGregor Mitchell 1-18, Kurt Davis 1-9, Ryan Gentner 1-2.

Selah 30, Ephrata 6

Ephrata 0 0 0 6 — 6 Selah 14 0 10 16 — 30

Selah — Tanner Fife 1 run (Daniel Hernandez kick) Selah — Fife 35 interception return (Hernandez kick) Selah — FG Hernandez 37 Selah — Jose Garcia-Prado 1 run (Hernandez kick) Ephrata — 7 pass Jacob Crowder from Bryce Beavers (kick failed) Selah — Fife 4 run (kick failed) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Ephrata: Beavers 3-(minus 20), Alex Harvill 8-67, Tyler Purcell 2-13, Rocky Cobb 13-38, Sergio Magana 2-4. Selah: Fife 15-106, Nick Franck 3-27, Allen Noble 5-22, Garcia-Prado 3-(minus 2), Klayton Fleming 6-22, Conner O’Malley 1-5, Zach Goodpaster 3-9, Jesse Magana 3-17, Casey Hutchens 3-25. PASSING — Ephrata: Beavers 8-16-2-54. Selah: Garcia-Prado 5-10-0-71. RECEIVING — Ephrata: Colton Bennett 3-20, Jacob Crowder 3-21, Purcell 1-3, Tyler Clark 1-10. Selah: Franck 3-46, Goodpaster 1-4, Kyran Davis 1-21.

Quincy 37, Wapato 22

Wapato 0 7 7 8 — 22 Quincy 6 14 3 14 — 37

Quin — Kevin Rincon 3 run (pass failed) Wa — Clifton Smiscon 5 pass from Gabe Arambul (Rameriz kick) Quin — Manny Ybarra 5 pass from Jackson Hodges (pass failed) Quin — Kai Yamamoto 13 run (Hodges run) Wa — Arambul 3 run (Rameriz kick) Quin — FG Armando Tafoya 40 Quin — Kody Berens 20 pass from Hodges (Tafoya kick) Quin — Hodges 1 run (Tafoya kick) Wa — Rico Rodriguez 1 run (N. Ibarra run) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Wapato, Arambul 18-79, Rodriguez 10-21, N. Ibarra 9-64, George Gomez 2-4. Quincy, Ybarra 15-142, Hodges 10-(minus 3), Yamamoto 4-49, Michael Heitstuman 2-12, Rincon 2-5. PASSING — Wapato, Arambul 7-16-2 93, Gomez 0-1-1 0. Quincy, Hodges 4-12-0 114. RECEIVING — Wapato, Gomez 1-9, N. Ibarra 3-24, Espinoza 1-31, Smiscon 1-5, Jaime DeLaTorre 1-24. Quincy, Ybarra 2-40, Cody Beaumont 1-48, K. Berens 1-26.

CLASS 1A

Zillah 21, Goldendale 17

Goldendale 0 7 7 3 — 17 Zillah 0 7 0 14 — 21

Zillah — Marco Rodriguez 15 pass from Jared Ziegler (Luis Medina kick) Gold — Wade Gaston 1 run (Braydon Ross kick) Gold — J.D. Moss 5 pass from Tyler Cronin (Ross kick) Zillah — Robert Slack 7 pass from Ziegler (Medina kick) Gold — FG Ross 21 Zillah — Rodriguez 14 pass from Ziegler (Medina kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Goldendale, Cronin 10-48, Gaston 12-30, Jose Briseno 5-10, Zane MacRae 1-7, Ross 2-minus 4. Zillah, Ziegler 9-70, Ricky Cuellar 9-43, Rodney Treece 9-21, Slack 7-14, Logan Olney 5-11, Trevor Fink 1-2. PASSING — Goldendale, Cronin 12-32-3-173, Briseno 0-1-0-0. Zillah, Ziegler 10-18-2-155, Cuellar 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING — Goldendale, Moss 5-69, Briseno 3-66, Anthony Dobson 2-25, Ross 1-9, Dalton Jaekel 1-4. Zillah, Cuellar 3-59, Slack 3-25, Rodriguez 2-29, Mitchell Zapien 1-24, Derick Ross 1-18.

La Salle 47, Highland 10

Highland 0 0 0 10 — 10 La Salle 20 20 7 0 — 47

La Salle — Tony Cacchiotti 38 run (Mitch Kennedy kick) La Salle — Nic  Woodard 31 run (Kennedy kick) La Salle — Cacchiotti 2 run (pass failed) La Salle — Kennedy 9 pass from Dan Brusic (kick blocked) La Salle — Woodard 18 run (Kennedy kick) La Salle — Branden Seymour 35 interception return (Kennedy kick) La Salle — Cacchiotti 27 run (Kennedy kick) Highland — Safety, punter tackled in end zone Highland — Tyler Hakala 77 run (Antonio Gonzalez run) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Highland: Hakala 9-85, Billy Gellerson 19-63, Luke Williams 3-9, Gonzalez 1-( minus 6). La Salle: Woodard 8-121, Cacchiotti 6-102, Isaac Anderson 6-13, Joe Sullivan 1-9, Seymour 1-5, Mike Ahman 3-4, Ty Lighty 2-4, Garrett Crow 1-2, J.P. Batarao 1-1. PASSING — Highland: Gonzalez 9-16-90-3. La Salle: Brusic 5-7-81-0, Kevin Smith 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING — Highland: Hakala 4-57, Gellerson 2-22, Williams 3-11. La Salle: Sullivan 2-39, Kennedy 3-42.

Cle Elum 52, Naches Valley 34

Naches Valley 18 0 0 16 — 34 Cle Elum 0 26 13 13 — 52

Scoring plays not reported INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Naches Valley, Contreras 17-82. Cle Elum, Mitchell Milsap 4-84, Jake Gall 11-87, Michael Newman 9-167, Ryan Smart 6-25. PASSING — Naches Valley, Walker 2 TD passes. Cle Elum, Tyler Kretschman 0-2-0-0. RECEIVING — Naches Valley, not reported. Cle Elum, none.

Wahluke 13, Granger 6

Granger 0 6 0 0 — 6 Wahluke 0 0 0 13 — 13

Gran — 34 interception return (kick failed) Wah — Ricky Silverio 28 run (Jorge Valdez kick) Wah — Jared Sabin 6 fumble recovery (kick failed) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS None reported

Royal 62, Mabton 0

Mabton 0 0 0 0 — 0 Royal 28 14 20 0 — 62

Roy — Johnny Villenueva 46 punt return (Shaq Ledezma kick). Roy — Kyle Spartveit 4 blocked punt return (kick failed). Roy — Kyle Spartveit 3 pass from Alex Myrick (Ledezma kick). Roy — Dylan DeLay 21 run (Ledezma run). Roy — Daniel Mirror 30 pass from Myrick (Ledezma kick). Roy — Dylan DeLay 5 run (Ledezma kick). Roy — Dylan DeLay 67 run (Ledezma kick). Roy — Alex Ramirez 26 punt return (Ledezma kick). Roy — Laddie Goroski 6 run (kick failed). INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Mabton, Fabian Ruiz 18-44, Noe Gutierrez 7-15. Royal, DeLay 5-128, Myrick 4-31, Jose Rojas 5-26, Christian Guerrero 1-23, Ramirez 2-11, Goroski 2-11, Damian DeLaRosa 2-10. PASSING — Mabton, Josh Strickland 5-14-1 6. Royal, Myrick 8-11-0 107, Carter Allred 1-1-0 23. RECEIVING — Mabton, Fabian Ruiz 2-5, Noe Gutierrez 2-5, A.J. Sanchez 1-(minus-4). Royal, Daniel Mirror 2-58, Kyle Spartveit 4-37, Damian DeLaRosa 1-23, Shaq Ledezma 1-10, Johnny Villanueva 1-2.

CLASS 2B/1B

Reardan 21, Kittitas 20

Kittitas 0 7 6 7 — 20 Reardan 0 7 6 8 — 21

Rea – Kuykendall 15 pass from Bell (Knezovich kick) Kit – Genge 24 pass from Studer (Lowe kick) Rea – Knezovich 7 run (kick failed) Kit – Genge 36 pass from Studer (kick failed) Kit – Genge 34 pass from Studer (Lowe kick) Rea – Bell 50 punt return (Eldred run) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS None reported

Touchet 33, Sunnyside Christian 0

Touchet 7 14 12 0 — 33 Sunnyside Christian 0 0 0 0 — 0

Scoring plays not available INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Sunnyside Christian, Jackson Haak 14-71, Steven Bosma 16-63. PASSING—Sunnyside Christian, Bosma 5-16-4 90. RECEIVING—Sunnyside Christian, Haak 2-21, Steven Broersma 2-52, Brant Bosma 1-17.

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Trevon Harris, Eisenhower running back

Harris ran for 248 yards and three touchdowns in the Cadets’ 48-26 victory over Evergreen of Vancouver.

Jared Ziegler, Zillah quarterback

Ziegler threw for 155 yards and three touchdowns in the Leopards’ 21-17 victory against Goldendale.

Adam Haberman, Ellensburg quarterback

Haberman passed for 118 yards and four touchdowns in the Bulldogs’ 57-0 victory over Grandview.

Michael Newman, Cle Elum running back

Newman ran for 167 yards and three touchdowns as the Warriors knocked off Naches Valley 52-34.

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CWU heads north to face Simon Fraser

YAKIMA, Wash. — It has always been an interesting trip. When Central Washington visits Simon Fraser, after all, it does involve traveling to a different country.

Before the 22nd-ranked Wildcats bused to Burnaby, British Columbia, for today’s 3 p.m. GNAC game, however, they had more to deal with than just the usual road trip concerns.

Crossing the border in today’s age of heightened security, for example, has become an issue.

“It’s been a major deal for us,” CWU coach Blaine Bennett said. “We’ve been working on this since last spring, getting people passports and enhanced driver’s licenses.”

So will the Wildcats be like last summer’s Yakima Bears, who had to leave some players home when they went to Vancouver for Northwest League play because they didn’t have the proper paperwork?

“We still have a couple of guys on the bubble,” Bennett said. “But we’re working on it, and hopefully we can get everybody across the border.”

After which the priority becomes getting players across the goal line, and the upstart Clan has struggled to keep opponents from doing so.

In its first year in the GNAC after an eight-year affiliation in Canadian-rules Canada West Conference, SFU (0-3) has surrendered 117 points in three games for an average of 39 per outing.

Central (2-0 GNAC, 2-2 overall), in fact, has dealt the Clan some sound drubbings during their 28 meetings, the most recent of which came 42-0 in 2001.

“They look like an NAIA school, which they were for a long time,” Bennett said. “This conference is a step up in talent, in speed and a little bit in size. Against Western Oregon (to whom SFU has lost 38-0 and 45-28), they weren’t quite up to that level.

“But at the same time they always do a good job when they play at home, and they’re very well coached.”

Bennett also knows his team must not only win but continue its improvement to maintain its national ranking and position itself for the upcoming NCAA Division II regional polls, which determine the playoff field.

Central’s defensive front seven, which Bennett has termed the Wildcats’ strength all season, will be without end Tyrell Nielsen due to a knee injury suffered last week against Dixie State. Bennett initially thought Nielsen would be ready for Simon Fraser, but said earlier this week that the 250-pound junior would probably miss next week’s game at Humboldt State, too.

Offensive linemen Justin Eden (foot), Bryce Waller (back) and Luke Conklin (foot) will also be sidelined, Bennett said.

Angry Bowyer: ‘I wouldn’t cheat’ for victory

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Clint Bowyer’s car flunked inspection and few around the garage are buying his alibi.

Bowyer is sticking to his story.

He gave a defiant defense of his Chase-opening victory on Friday, saying he “wouldn’t cheat” to win a race after his car failed a follow-up inspection. If anything should be blamed for the infraction, he told reporters, it’s a tow truck.

“We have a lot more integrity for myself and our race team at RCR,” Bowyer said.

Richard Childress, his owner, was united with his driver in blaming a wrecker for wrecking Bowyer’s championship run. The defense: The wrecker hit the rear bumper when it pushed the No. 33 car into the winner’s circle at New Hampshire.

“I don’t think anyone could look us square in the face and say without a shadow of a doubt that the wrecker couldn’t have moved that car sixty-thousandths” of an inch, Childress said.

Bowyer said he’s looking for answers about why NASCAR levied harsh penalties against him that crippled his chances at winning the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Bowyer was penalized 150 points after Sunday’s win at New Hampshire and fell from second to 12th in the standings, though he is appealing the ruling.

NASCAR also fined crew chief Shane Wilson $150,000 and suspended him for six Sprint Cup races, car chief Chad Haney was suspended six races and Childress was docked 150 owner points. Wilson was at the track Friday because the penalties are under appeal, set for next week.

Bowyer said his team was “triple sure” his car was legal after receiving a warning following the previous race at Richmond.

Other drivers weren’t so sure.

Points leader Denny Hamlin, who starts fourth on Sunday at Dover, blasted Bowyer’s illegal car. Hamlin was runner-up last week and said he knew he had “the fastest legal car,” and that there was no way the push of a tow truck could flunk a car at inspection, especially considering the beating it takes over several hundred grueling miles of racing.

“They’re just trying to salvage their season basically, and they’re going to do everything they can,” said Hamlin, who has a 45-point lead over Kevin Harvick — instead of Bowyer — for second with nine races left in the Chase.

NASCAR said the No. 33 Chevrolet from Sunday’s race had been altered and did not meet its strict specifications. Childress said the penalty was handed down because the car was out of tolerance “less than 1-16 of an inch,” but added that he wouldn’t be “dumb enough” to bring an illegal car to the track shortly after the warning at Richmond.

“All I’m going to ask for is a fair appeal,” Childress said.

Bowyer’s car passed an initial inspection at New Hampshire on Sunday, but was taken by NASCAR back to its North Carolina research and development center for a more thorough exam. It was there that NASCAR found the rear end of the car had been manipulated.

NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton said RCR brought Bowyer’s Dover car to the center on Wednesday for another examination.

“It was strictly to measure it, let them take their sheet away and compare it to the numbers that they have back at their facility,” Pemberton said.

He added it “remains to be seen” if NASCAR will inspect Bowyer’s car again next week.

Asked about the car being off by pocket change, Pemberton said, “That’s a number the team is quoting. We’re not. We haven’t quoted a number of any sort and won’t.”

Bowyer described an “ugly meeting” called by Childress after the initial warning to guarantee the car passed inspection the next time around. Bowyer said he knew, first place or last, that the Chevrolet would be inspected after the Chase opener. He said that makes it all the more puzzling that NASCAR believes the team would knowingly try to gain an advantage.

“I think they should just be happy they are in the Chase. They were warned,” Hamlin said. “They got in, then they got busted.”

Bowyer said he appreciated that NASCAR warned his team.

“That’s why we tried to fix the thing — that’s why we did fix the thing — before it went to New Hampshire so this wouldn’t happen,” he said.

Hamlin didn’t buy the explanation.

“Everyone’s known it for months,” he said. “They’ve been warned, way before Richmond.”

Hamlin wasn’t the only driver who backed NASCAR’s decision.

Former champion Kurt Busch: “Was it from the wrecker pushing it back to victory lane? No.”

Four-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson: “There is zero tolerance. It doesn’t matter if it is only the thickness of a quarter.”

Bowyer had a six-point list of complaints and clarifications about how his car ended up with such a crushing penalty. He was passionate in stating his case that his No. 33 crew did nothing wrong and how the ruling tarnished his victory.

Bowyer led a race-high 177 laps, lost the lead to Tony Stewart, then stretched his final tank of gas 92 laps to win the race when Stewart ran out of fuel right before the final lap. The victory snapped an 88-race winless streak for Bowyer.

“If that (infraction) won me that race, I’d gladly give it back to them,” he said. “We won that race on fuel mileage.”

RCR has two other cars in the Chase. Harvick moved up to second in the standings, 45 points behind Hamlin, after Bowyer’s penalty, and Jeff Burton is ninth in the Chase.

“It’s an odd circumstance,” Burton said. “I’m not questioning NASCAR’s measuring abilities, but the intent was certainly to be 100 percent legal. There is a circumstance that’s odd there.”

Greg Biffle, a Chase driver, may have summed up the week best.

“Whoever cheats the best wins,” Biffle said to laughter. “That the old saying, right?

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