YAKIMA -- Tyler Moos of Reardan recovered an errant punt snap in the end zone with 3:34 left to help the East defeat the West 17-6 at the 14th Earl Barden Classic at Zaepfel Stadium.
Connell's Spencer Hadley, who's headed to BYU, was named the East's offensive MVP and Cashmere defensive back Tanner Wood was named the defensive MVP for the winners.
Chehalis' Griffin Squires, who passed for 126 yards and a touchdown, received the West's offensive MVP award and Tumwater's Hank Bryant was picked for defense.
East 0 10 0 7 -- 17
West 6 0 0 0 -- 6
Scoring plays
West -- Ryan Gaylord 21 pass from Griffin Squires (run failed)
East -- FG Lucas McComas 24
East -- Lucas Fox 16 pass from Kevin Baffney (McComas kick)
East -- Tyler Moos recovered punt snap in end zone (McComas kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING -- East, Hector Ledezma (Royal) 12-65, Spencer Hadley (Connell) 2-24, Austin Allred (Royal) 7-15, Kevin Baffney (DeSales) 6-6, Lucas Fox (Kettle Falls) 1-5, Brett Clyde (Connell) 2-0. West, Brent Phillips (Montesano) 9-38, Griffin Squires (Chehalis) 9-22, Sean Hurlbut (Meridian) 8-12, Alex Chicano (Aberdeen) 1-4, Tyler Cardin (Fife) 2-3, Robbie Elliott (Adna) 1-1.
PASSING -- East, Baffney 5-11-1-69, Allred 8-18-1-63. West, Squires 10-20-0-126, Ryan Huber (Tenino) 1-4-0-4, Elliott 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING -- East, Hadley 5-41, Kurt Russell (East Valley) 4-58, Ledezma 2-12, Fox 1-16, Brett Linehan (Chelan) 1-5. West, Ryan Gaylord (Lynden) 5-78, Reese Baumann 3-34, Brady Bomber (Lynden) 2-14, Justin Erickson (Eatonville) 1-4.
Les Schwab Bowl
PORTLAND -- West Salem star Jordan Bishop caught two touchdowns and captured MVP honors as the South beat the North 24-6 in the Les Schwab Bowl, Oregon's annual football game for prep seniors.
Beau Walker of Bend had 74 yards passing and connected with the Oregon State-bound Bishop on both scores.
Lincoln wideout Jordan Polk, who will attend Washington, had five catches for 42 yards for the North.
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CONNELL -- About the only person able to tackle Connell's Matt Hadley on Friday was teammate Ryan Heinen.
Heinen brought Hadley down in the end zone, after Hadley scored his 100th career touchdown on a 17-yard pass from Chandler Salisbury. The team on the field then dogpiled him.
"This definitely wasn't a top priority for me," Hadley said, "but after it happened I felt pretty happy."
Hadley, Connell lead All-SCAC East squad
Hadley, Connell lead All-SCAC East squad
The Connell Eagles placed 12 starters, including three offensive lineman and MVP tailback Matt Hadley, on the All-SCAC East first team in a vote of coaches.
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Connell's Hadley earns All-Area football MVP
Connell's Hadley earns All-Area football MVP
As the years pass, Connell High School will most certainly add more football championship banners to its gymnasium rafters. The tradition established there is bigger than any one player or one graduating class.
However, the Eagles can look long and hard, but they aren't likely to find another player like Matt Hadley, who hit the ground running as a freshman and didn't stop until he held two state records (and nearly a third).
The 5-foot-11, 210-pound senior running back racked up 124 career touchdowns and 746 career points -- both records for all classes -- and 6,881 rushing yards, second only to 7,755 by Timberline's Jonathan Stewart. He capped his career by rushing for 2,330 yards and 40 touchdowns, leading Connell to its second 1A state title in four seasons.
Connell 56, Wahluke 0
Connell 56, Wahluke 0
CONNELL -- Matt Hadley rustled up six touchdowns on nine carries and 212 rushing yards as Connell's defense rendered Wahluke pretty much inconsequential in an SCAC East game.
Connell 56, Wahluke 0
Wahluke 0 0 0 0 -- 0
Connell heads back to 1A state title game
Connell heads back to 1A state title game
MOSES LAKE -- The best way to shut down a big-play offense is to not let it see the field.
The Connell Eagles used four scoring drives of at least 5 minutes each to chew up Chelan 42-14 in a Class 1A state semifinal Saturday at Lions Field in Moses Lake.
"That's what we said all week: We wanted to keep (Chelan quarterback Michael) Amsel off the field," Connell coach Wayne Riner said.
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