Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009

Hanford 28, West Valley 7

By the Herald staff

YAKIMA -- Brenton Griffith threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead Hanford to a Cascade Division win over West Valley and a sweep of the CBBN's other two 3A teams.

The Falcons will carry the CBBN's No. 1 seed into the 3A regional playoffs in two weeks.

Next week, they play a crossover game with Davis.

Cameron Wager ran for 141 yards on 12 carries for Hanford, while Griffin threw for 60 yards and ran for 46 more.

West Valley travels to Sunnyside next week to decide the league's No. 2 regional seed.

Hanford 7 7 14 0 - 28

West Valley 0 7 0 0 -- 7

SCORING PLAYS

H--Shawn VanDeMark 6 pass from Brenton Griffin (Pete Hanson kick)

H--Griffin 1 run (Hanson kick)

WV--Weston Green 3 run (kick good)

H--Lamar Bowser 2 run (Hanson kick)

H--Dylan Dikes 28 pass from Griffin (Hanson kick)

STATISTICS

RUSHING--H, Cameron Wagar 12-141, Bowser 10-49, Griffin 9-46, VanDeMark 5-21, Matt McClendon 4-12, Hanson 2-10, Cole Snider 1-2. WV, Ryan Clark 18-84, Gerrick Andrews 6-14, Gilbert Plath 4-28, Green 4-7, Jake Smith 1-6, Jacob Warner 1-1.

PASSING--H, Griffin 4-7-0-60. WV, Plath 4-11-0-75, Austin Warren 5-17-0-64.

RECEIVING--H, Dikes 3-54, VanDeMark 1-6. WV, Andrews 1-8, Smith 2-24, Josh Bower 4-89, Michael Waytuck 1-8, Slate Diessner 1-10.

FIRST DOWNS--H 14, WV 15. FUMBLES-LOST--H 0-0, WV 3-1. PENALTIES-YARDS--H 10-102, WV 5-50.