Kennewick, Chiawana win again in Week 6. Next they face each other in major MCC showdown
Kennewick and Chiawana easily won their football games in Week 6.
Now they look toward each other, as the two squads battle at 7 p.m., Friday, at Edgar Brown Stadium in Pasco.
At stake is the inside track to the Mid-Columbia Conference championship.
And while that is important, both teams are starting to look to the postseason.
Unlike the last few seasons, there are no crossover regional playoff games between the MCC, Greater Spokane League and the Columbia Basin Big Nine.
What the MCC schools are looking at:
- In Class 4A, the top two placers in the standings get berths into the Round of 32, while the third-place team gets a Tuesday play-in game against a Greater Spokane League school. It looks like Chiawana, Richland and Kamiakin may get those three spots. It just depends on what order they finish.
- In Class 3A, the top two placers earn spots into the Round of 32 for Class 3A.
For Kennewick, no matter what happens these final three weeks, the Lions have already clinched the top MCC berth.
Southridge and Walla Walla are battling for the second berth.
Big games still to come
Friday’s Kennewick-Chiawana isn’t the only big game left in the MCC regular season.
On Oct. 25, there are two huge contests, with Chiawana visiting Richland, and Kamiakin visiting Kennewick.
And on Halloween, Oct. 31, Richland visits Kamiakin.
Last week
CHIAWANA 60, PASCO 7: Braxton Feldman had another big game for the Riverhawks, who took the Gravel Pit Bowl over the Bulldogs.
Feldman scored four touchdowns: two runs, a pick-6, and a 38-yard punt return.
Cooper MacPherson add 3 receptions for 99 yards and a score.
HANFORD 34, HERMISTON 7: Troy Jensen was 16 for 24 for 220 yards passing and three TD strikes — all to Asa Perkes — as the Falcons beat the Bulldogs on the Hanford High campus.
Perkes finished with 9 catches for 125 yards, with touchdown receptions of 22, 40 and 51 yards.
Hanford’s defense forced four Hermiston turnovers.
KAMIAKIN 19, SOUTHRIDGE 18: Trent Woodhouse scored on a 1-yard run with 3:08 to play to give the Braves the win over the Suns.
There were four lead changes in the game.
Woodhouse rushed for 103 yards and passed for another 183. Mason Severson caught 6 passes for 104 yards, while Micheal Kori added 7 receptions for 77 yards.
For Southridge, Gabe Borisch rushed 17 times for 161 yards; while Jacob Korotkov added 58 yards rushing on 12 carries. Korotkov also scored two times.
KENNEWICK 48, WALLA WALLA 7: Dominic Driver rushed for one touchdown and passed for three more in the first half, as the host Lions routed the Blue Devils.
Dane Chavez caught two of those scoring passes while Alex Roberts caught the other. Canaan Hays rushed for a TD.
SKYVIEW 21, RICHLAND 14: Jackson Woodard passed for 215 yards, including a 38-yard TD pass to Zach Rose, but it wasn’t enough as the Bombers lost to the Storm in Vancouver on Saturday.
Jake Brannon scored Richland’s other touchdown on a 3-yard run.
Rose finished with 3 catches for 54 yards, while Colson Mackey added 6 catches for 49 yards.
MCC football standings
Kennewick (3A) 5-0 MCC, 6-0 overall
Chiawana (4A) 5-0, 5-1
Richland (4A) 4-1, 4-2
Kamiakin (4A) 4-1, 4-2
Hanford (4A) 2-4, 2-4
Southridge (3A) 2-4, 2-4
Walla Walla (3A) 2-4, 2-4
Hermiston (3A) 0-5, 0-6
Pasco (4A) 0-5, 0-6
Last week’s scores
Chiawana 60, Pasco 7
Hanford 34, Hermiston 7
Kamiakin 19, Southridge 18
Kennewick 48, Walla Walla 7
Skyview 21, Richland 14
Friday, Oct. 18
Hanford at Sunnyside, 7 p.m.
Kennewick at Chiawana, Edgar Brown Stadium, 7 p.m.
Pasco at Kamiakin, Lampson Stadium, 7 p.m.
Richland at Walla Walla, Borleske Stadium, 7 p.m.
Southridge at Hermiston, 7 p.m.
4A CBBN
SUNNYSIDE 42, DAVIS 35: Ethan Avalos was 25 for 38 for 369 passing yards, tossing five touchdown passes, as the Grizzlies held off the Pirates.
Cody Diddens and Mason Strieck each caught 8 passes for 109 yards.
Standings
Eastmont 4-0 CBBN, 5-1 overall
Moses Lake 3-0, 5-1
West Valley-Yakima 2-1, 4-2
Sunnyside 2-2, 2-4
Wenatchee 1-3, 1-5
Davis 0-3, 1-5
Eisenhower 0-3, 1-5
Last week’s scores
Eastmont 33, Eisenhower 14
Moses Lake 69, Post Falls 20
Sunnyside 42, Davis 35
West Valley-Yakima 38, Wenatchee 24
Friday, Oct. 18
Davis at Wenatchee, 7 p.m.
Eastmont at Moses Lake, 7 p.m.
Hanford at Sunnyside, 7 p.m.
West Valley-Yakima at Eisenhower, 7 p.m.