WENATCHEE -- Jacob Sealby ran for 168 yards and a touchdown, and Wenatchee forced five Southridge turnovers to hand the fifth-ranked Suns their first loss in the Columbia Division of the Columbia Basin Big Nine.
"The better team won tonight. (Wenatchee) played pretty well," said Suns coach Andy Troxel. "You can't turn the ball over five times against a good team like that."
Southridge fell behind 17-0 in the third quarter before Dallin Palmer scored for the Suns on a 1-yard run to cut Wenatchee's lead to 17-7.
Southridge 0 0 6 0 -- 6
Wenatchee 0 17 7 3 -- 27
SCORING PLAYS
W -- Cameron Hoey 5 run (Angel Guerra kick)
W -- Jacob Sealby 3 run (Guerra kick)
W -- FG Guerra 23
W -- Cooper Helm 87 fumble return (Guerra kick)
S -- Dallin Palmer 1 run (kick failed)
W -- FG Guerra 18
STATISTICS
RUSHING--S, Palmer 18-76, Kirby Grubaugh 4-31, Stephen Garcia 6-16. W, J.Sealby 30-168, Blair Dorn 10-90, Hoey 13-(minus 11).
PASSING--S, Garcia 9-18-2-139, Palmer 0-1-0-0. W, Hoey 4-7-0-116.
RECEIVING--S, Rylie Dean 2-19, Jon Buffington 2-17, Nate Hanrahan 2-58, Austin Graves 1-28, Paul Hamada 1-3. W, Helm 3-111, Lucas Sealby 1-5.
FIRST DOWNS--S 11, W 14. FUMBLES-LOST--S 4-3, W 3-1. PENALTIES-YARDS--S 3-16, W 1-13.
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The Suns took a 17-3 lead into halftime, but Isaiah Brandt-Sims put the Panthers on the board with a 34-yard TD reception from Dillon Sugg to cut the lead to 17-10.
Wenatchee then recorded a safety in the third quarter, tackling Southridge punter Haueter in the end zone to make it 17-12.
Southridge 24, Eastmont 7
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EAST WENATCHEE -- Chris Haueter ran for 137 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Suns to the road win at Eastmont.
"Our defense played pretty well," Southridge coach Tony Reiboldt said after his team improved to 2-0 in CBBN 3A play and 3-1 overall.
It also was the Suns' second trip to Wenatchee this season, having played the Panthers in an 18-17 loss in Week 1. Further details were not available at press time.
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The Suns rallied from 12 points down, pitching a shutout in the second half and going ahead on Chris Haueter's twisting 5-yard touchdown run -- and Conner Mertens' clutch extra point -- for a 20-19 win over a feisty Grizzlies bunch at Lampson Stadium.
"We remembered two weeks ago in Wenatchee. They were down at the half, and they came out and beat us by one point," said Haueter, who finished with 200 total yards. "We said, 'We have to do this.' "
On this date in Mid-Columbia sports history
On this date in Mid-Columbia sports history
On Oct. 7 in ...
1966 -- Richland and Kennewick played to a 13-13 deadlock, but it wasn't a total disappointment for one of the teams -- the tie pulled the winless Lions out of a freefall that included consecutive shutout losses in their three previous games.
1997 -- Randi Mullen scored a hat trick to lead the Pasco Bulldogs to their first Big Nine Conference win of the season, a 7-0 victory over the Southridge Suns at Edgar Brown Stadium. Mullen scored the first goal of the game at 31 minutes off a corner kick from Brianna Wagner.
Southridge 42, Walla Walla 22
Southridge 42, Walla Walla 22
KENNEWICK -- Matt Mendenhall threw for five touchdowns, and Chris Haueter rushed for 200 yards as the Suns (2-0) rolled in a home game against the Blue Devils (0-2).
Southridge was missing starting center/linebacker Dylan Maurer because of an injury, making the romp more impressive.
"Our offensive line coach -- my brother Spencer -- did a great job of putting the protection together and sliding guys around," Suns coach Tony Reiboldt said.
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