OTHELLO -- The Huskies locked up the CWAC's No. 2 seed and a bye into the state playoffs with an easy home victory.
Othello (8-2 overall, 8-1 league) is the District 5/6/7 No. 3 seed and will host the winner of today's Steilacoom-Kingston game in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs Nov. 12.
Ellensburg (7-3, 7-2), meanwhile, will host Cheney (7-2) in a crossover game Tuesday. The winner will earn the District 5/6/7 No. 5 seed and play at Deer Park on Nov. 12.
On Thursday, David Garza was 16-for-24 for 228 yards and four touchdowns in the surprisingly easy blow out for the Huskies.
Othello held Ellensburg's star quarterback Matt Bennett to just 37 yards rushing on 10 carries and 57 yards passing.
Justin Lind and Trevor Walker each had two touchdown receptions.
Othello 41, Ellensburg 7
Ellensburg 0 0 7 0 -- 7
Othello 14 15 6 6 -- 41
SCORING PLAYS
O--Justin Lind 23 pass from David Garza (kick failed)
O--Trevor Walker 9 pass from D. Garza (Joey Gomez run)
O--Caleb Garza 36 run (J. Gomez run)
O--Walker 5 pass from D. Garza (Miguel Gonzalez kick)
O--Lind 5 pass from D. Garza (kick failed)
E--Kody Graham 21 pass from Matt Bennett (Michael Wyatt kick)
O--C. Garza 31 run (kick failed)
STATISTICS
RUSHING--E, Bennett 10-37, J. Foley 9-32, Austin Lyman 3-6. O, C. Garza 23-192, J. Gomez 6-33, Josiah Peterson 4-35.
PASSING--E, Bennett 5-14-0-57. O, D. Garza 16-24-0-228.
RECEIVING--E, Garrett Hull 2-29, Graham 2-27, Gabe Caskey 1-1. O, Walker 7-127, Lind 5-70, C. Garza 2-11, J. Gomez 1-11, Dustin Rogers 1-9.
FIRST DOWNS--E 7, O 24. FUMBLES-LOST--E 1-1, O 2-2 . PENALTIES-YARDS--E 2-10, O 5-40.
