Mid-Columbia roundup for Oct. 9: Southridge earns first conference win of year
The Southridge Suns used some stellar defense to earn their first Mid-Columbia Conference football victory of the season Friday night, beating Walla Walla 17-7 at Borleske Stadium.
Leading 10-7 with 1:10 to play, the Suns had to stop Wa-Hi, which had the ball at its own 10-yard line.
Blue Devils quarterback Mitch Lesmeister moved the ball up to his own 31 in two plays. But on the next play, Southridge’s Derrick Gillespie picked off Lesmeister’s pass and ran it back for a 47-yard touchdown, giving the Suns a 17-7 lead with 30 seconds to play.
Lesmeister had given Wa-Hi an early 7-0 lead on a 62-yard TD run.
But Southridge responded with a 1-yard TD run by Zayid Al-Ghani, who finished the game with 185 rushing yards on 33 carries.
Suns kicker Hunter Spiva gave his team the lead for good in the third quarter when he kicked a 21-yard field goal.
Samuel Kori added 50 rushing yards for the Suns.
Southridge | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | — | 17 |
Walla Walla | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 |
SCORING PLAYS
WW — Mitch Lesmeister 62 run (Bryar Jensen kick)
S — Zayid Al-Ghani 1 run (Hunter Spiva kick)
S — FG 21 Spiva
S — Derrick Gillespie 47 interception return (Spiva kick)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — S, Al-Ghani 33-185, Samuel Kori 7-50, Mason Martin 6-23, Gavin Willingham 2-9, Andres Garcia 1-4, Gillespie 1-2, Noah Weber 1-(minus 3). WW, Lesmeister 10-82, Sam Hoe 14-72, JC Wicklund 1-6, Noah Porter 7-3.
PASSING — S, Martin 1-2-0-2. WW, Lesmeister 15-30-2-145.
RECEIVING — S, Brycen Kelly 1-2. WW, Bryant Romero 5-57, Porter 3-33, Wicklund 3-27, Isaiah Moss 1-15, Hoe 2-12, Garrett Banister 1-1.
KAMIAKIN 41, PASCO 0: Zach Borisch passed for 221 yards and four touchdowns to lead the visiting Braves over the Bulldogs in an MCC game at Edgar Brown Stadium.
Borisch hit Gavin Crow for an 18-yard score to open the scoring.
Pasco had a chance to tie it when the Bulldogs recovered a Kamiakin fumble and returned it 70 yards. But the ball was fumbled at the Kamiakin 2 on the play and went out of the end zone for a touchback.
From there, the Braves took control.
Jethro Questad rushed for 125 yards and scored a TD. Crow added a 58-yard scoring run.
And Darreon Moore caught TD passes of 34 and 58 yards from Borisch. Moore finished with four catches for 122 yards.
Kaleb Ash led the Bulldogs with 96 rushing yards.
Kamiakin | 14 | 20 | 7 | 0 | — | 41 |
Pasco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
SCORING PLAYS
K — Gavin Crow 18 pass from Zach Borisch (Garrett Paxton kick)
K — Jethro Questad 1 run (Paxton kick)
K — Crow 58 run (Paxton kick)
K — Darreon Moore 34 pass from Borisch (Paxton kick)
K — Moore 58 pass from Borisch (kick failed)
K — Logan Smith 18 pass from Borisch (Paxton kick)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — P, Kaleb Ash 16-96, Cole Kelley 6-23, Anthony Hernandez 3-9, Deondre Hendrix 2-7, Kolby Killoy 5-(minus 20). K, Questad 12-125, Crow 2-61, Ryan Dearing 1-19, Borisch 2-10, Parker Larsen 1-3, Justin Larsen 3-3, Riley Ellsworth 1-(minus 2), Peyton Flynn 1-(minus 2), Dallen Campbell 1-minus 4.
PASSING — P, Killoy 3-12-0-4. K, Borisch 13-15-0-221.
RECEIVING — P, Kashon Tate 1-9, Hernandez 1-(minus 1), Kelley 1-(minus 4). K, Moore 4-122, Champ Grayson 2-35, Crow 2-26, Logan Smith 1-18, Isaiah Brimmer 2-18, Benson Smith 2-2.
CONNELL 47, KIONA-BENTON 6: Brian Hawkins threw for 208 yards and a touchdown, and he ran for two scores to lead the host Eagles (5-1, 3-1) to an SCAC East romp over the Bears (4-2, 1-1).
Connell led 26-0 at halftime after Jaxs Whitby rushed for two touchdowns. But Trey Manson threw a 27-yard TD pass to Daniel Rizin in the third quarter to get Ki-Be on the board.
Ki-Be | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 6 |
Connell | 16 | 10 | 7 | 14 | — | 47 |
SCORING PLAYS
C — Jaxs Whitby 13 run (Jose Fraga kick)
C — Safety
C — Dallas Rodriguez 3 run (Fraga kick)
C — Whitby 11 run (Fraga kick)
C — FG Fraga 30
KB — Daniel Rizin 27 pass from Trey Manson (kick failed)
C — Brenden Turner 17 pass from Brian Hawkins (Fraga kick)
C — Hawkins 27 run (Fraga kick)
C — Hawkins 7 run (Fraga kick)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — KB, Jacob Trujillo 17-57, Danny Haller 1-5, Manson 7-(minus 13). C, Hawkins 8-80, Parker McCary 16-72, Whitby 6-62, Rodriguez 6-16.
PASSING — KB, Manson 8-12-2-73, Trujillo 1-1-0-15. C, Hawkins 20-27-0-208.
RECEIVING — KB, D. Rizin 2-50, Avery Berryhill 1-19, Vladimir Rizin 2-13, Haller 3-8, Trujillo 1-(minus 2). C, Rodriguez 6-70, Turner 3-35, Steven Kroontje 3-29, McCary 3-21, Christian Soltero 1-20, Kameron Benson 1-12, Jose Silva 1-10, Ben Brock 1-8, Nick Hopkins 1-3.
HERMISTON 13, SANDY 7 (2 OT): Vaemu Ena made two critical interceptions in overtime, allowing the host Bulldogs to record their first win of the year.
Ena nearly scored on his first pick of Pioneers quarterback Kelly Sanders, returning it 85 yards before Hermiston missed a field goal to end the first overtime. He took a second interception back 70 yards to set up the Bulldogs’ winning drive, which was capped by Omar Garcia’s 3-yard touchdown run.
Sandy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-0-0 | — | 7 |
Hermiston | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0-0-6 | — | 13 |
SCORING PLAYS
H — Jerry Ramirez 34 pass from Nathan Hunsaker (Freddy Rodriguez kick)
S — Grayson Fenwick 11 pass from Kelly Sanders (Kyler Kim kick)
H — Omar Garcia 3 run (no PAT attempted)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — S, Fenwick 21-19, Sanders 7-(minus 7), team 31-18. H, Garcia 18-75, Hunsaker 15-58, Mitch Brown 9-52, Hayden Simon 3-8.
PASSING — S, Sanders 14-32-2-123. H, Hunsaker 10-20-2-149.
RECEIVING — S, Fenwick 4-27, Alex Soeynan 2-22, Grayson Kinsala 2-27, Roy Swan 2-15, Kristian Bumaulag 1-15. H, Brady Christianson 3-77, Ramirez 2-33, Andrew Horn 2-14, Tucker Salinas 1-11, Garcia 1-9, Bob Coleman 1-5.
Diving
11-DIVE MEET: Kelsea Hinkley of Richland was one of three divers to post a Class 4A state-qualifying score in Wenatchee.
Eastmont’s Ali Pierce won with a score of 427.10, followed by Hinkley (422.60) and Wenatchee’s Ali Brandt (416.10). All three were well above the state-qualifying standard of 365.
In the 3A meet, Kamiakin’s Saige Polanik took first with a score of 349.65, just below the state standard of 350. Polanik already has qualified for state.
4A (top 3 and locals): 1. Ali Pierce (Eastmont) 427.10 (SQ); 2. Kelsea Hinkley (Richland) 422.60 (SQ); 3. Ali Brandt (Wenatchee) 416.10 (SQ); 5. Kelsey Olsen (Rich) 343.65; 7. Alyssa Whittington (Rich) 324.20; 11. Savannah Mazurkiewicz (Rich) 145.40. 3A: 1. Saige Polanik (Kamiakin) 349.65; 2. Amanda Andersen (Hanford) 341.25; 3. Abby Winstead (Kam) 257.30; 4. McKenzie Kruger (Kam) 251.25; 5. Lacey Bender (Hanford) 231.75; 6. Cleo Tolman (Southridge) 218.95.
Soccer
SELAH 1, GRANDVIEW 0: Greyhounds goalie Anabel Pallares stopped four shots, but the host Vikings got the ball past her in the 66th minute to win Thursday night’s CWAC match.
Scoring: 1, S, Taylor Rogers, 66:00. Shots: G 7, S 5. Saves: G, Anabel Pallares 4. S, Lilly Kikendall 7.
Volleyball
WENATCHEE VALLEY 3, COLUMBIA BASIN 1: After winning the first set 25-21, the Hawks (8-20 overall, 5-3 NWAC East) dropped the final three against the host Knights.
Wenatchee Valley (5-13, 4-5) sealed the match by taking the fourth set 27-25.
“It was back and forth that fourth set,” CBC coach Sandra Olin said. “We fought hard, but it was just a little too late. We have to come more prepared from the get-go. We beat ourselves instead of actually competing against the other team, but we move on.”
Morgan Wilder had 13 kills, and Kelly Dyer finished with 13 digs for the Hawks.
Set scores: WVC 21-25, 25-16, 25-16, 27-25. Columbia Basin: Andee Wendt 8 kills, 2 blocks; Morgan Wilder 13 kills; Kelly Wilson 25 assists; Kelly Dyer 13 digs.
This story was originally published October 9, 2015 at 10:55 PM with the headline "Mid-Columbia roundup for Oct. 9: Southridge earns first conference win of year."