No. 3 Connell tops No. 2 Zillah 31-28
The third-ranked Connell Eagles have won their last four football games but still have a Week 3 loss to top-ranked Royal stuck in their craw.
What helped to ease that nagging memory was Friday’s 31-28 road win over second-ranked Zillah, a win the Eagles didn’t necessarily need but certainly doesn’t hurt to have under their belt.
Jose Fraga’s 37-yard field goal to give Connall a 17-7 lead at the end the first half might have seemed insignificant at the time, but it proved to be the winning margin after the Leopards staged a second-half comeback that pulled them to within three points.
Brian Hawkins ran for a 29-yard touchdown and hit Dallas Rodriguez for a 3-yard scoring pass to open up a 14-0 second quarter lead. Kameron Benson returned an interception 37-yards for a touchdown to make it 24-7 before Zillah scored three of the final four touchdowns of the game — two of them on Trey Delp scoring strikes to Isaac Suarez.
Eagles running back Jaxs Whitby finished with 101 yards on 12 carries, getting most of them on a 62-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
Connell | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | — | 31 |
Zillah | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | — | 28 |
SCORING PLAYS
C — Brian Hawkins 29 run (Jose Fraga kick)
C — Dallas Rodriguez 3 pass from Hawkins (Fraga kick)
Z — Jacob Cleveringa 9 pass from Trey Delp (Pablo Medina kick)
C — FG Fraga 37
C — Kameron Benson 47 interception return (Fraga kick)
Z — Blaine Ross 3 run (Medina kick)
C — Jaxs Whitby 62 run (Fraga kick)
Z — Isaac Suarez 45 pass from Delp (Medina kick)
Z — Suarez 10 pass from Delp (Medina kick)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — C, Jaxs Whitby 12-101, Parker McCary 7-40, Brian Hawkins 5-17, Dallas Rodriguez 4-15, Team 1-(minus 1). Z, Blaine Ross 21-117, Zach Rossley 7-32, Trey Delp 7-(minus 14).
PASSING — C, Hawkins 13-22-1-161. Z, Delp 16-30-1-206.
RECEIVING — C, Steve Kroontje 5-33, Kameron Benson 3-37, Rodriguez 2-52, Whitby 2-18, Brenden Turner 1-21. Z, Isaac Suarez 4-74, Jacob Cleveringa 4-42, Israel Suarez 3-24, Crossley 2-34, Beau Widner 2-31, Ross 1-1.
Royal 61, Cascade 0: Joe Lang returned a punt 25 yards to open the scoring and later added three more touchdowns — two rushing and one receiving — in the Knights’ nonleague road win at Cascade of Leavenworth.
Lang ran 10 times for 64 yards and caught three passes for 80 yards, but the Royal defense was the big star of the game, holding the Kodiaks to minus-2 yards from scrimmage.
Adrian Trinidad provided some defensive fireworks, returning two fumbles for touchdowns, and Corbin Christensen provided
Royal | 28 | 27 | 0 | 6 | — | 61 |
Cascade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
SCORING PLAYS
R — Joe Lang 25 punt return (Jose Ponce kick)
R — Sam Christensen 21 pass from Kaden Jenks (Ponce kick)
R — Adrian Trinidad 10 fumble return (Ponce kick)
R — Lang 17 run (Ponce kick)
R — Safety
R — Lang 53 pass from Jenks (kick fail)
R — Corbin Christensen 77 pass from Jenks (Ponce kick)
R — Jenks 20 run (kick fail)
R — Trinidad 40 fumble return (kick fail)
R — Danny Cuevas 77 run (kick fail)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — R, Cuevas 5-99, Lang 10-64, S.Christensen 2-19, Jenks 5-13. C, Johnson 6-18, Allen 7-(minus 1), Parton 5-(minus 3), Merritt 7-(minus 24).
PASSING — R, Jenks 9-12-0-200. C, Merritt 1-2-0-1, unknown 2-8-1-7.
RECEIVING — R, Lang 3-80, C.Christensen 1-80, S.Christensen 3-30, Ponce 2-13. C, Johnson 1-1, Merritt 1-(minus 3), unknown 1-10.
Wahluke 60, Columbia-Burbank 13: The run-happy Warriors piled up an astonishing 526 rushing yards to win its third consecutive game and grab the No. 3 slot in the SCAC district playoffs.
Jose Alejo, Jason Cruz and Brandon Anaya each rushed for two touchdowns to anchor Wahluke’s dominant ground attack.
Reece Humphreys caught six passes for 98 yards to lead the Coyotes.
Burbank | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | — | 13 |
Wahluke | 14 | 8 | 14 | 24 | — | 60 |
SCORING PLAYS
W — Jason Cruz 32 run (run fail)
W — Jose Alejo 3 run (Alejo run)
W — Alejo 6 run (Alejo run)
W — Brandon Anaya 37 run (Alejo run)
CB — Isreal Garcia pass from Quentain Brown (Alexis Magallon kick)
W — Cruz 16 run (run fail)
CB — Magallon 3 run (kick fail)
W — Anaya 7 run (Pineda run)
W — Daniel Corrales 33 run (Corrales run)
W — Juan Silva 30 run (Alejandro Rivera run)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — CB, Brown 1-4, Brayden McCarley 2-4, Magallon 5-8. W, 526 yards.
PASSING — CB, Brown 25-63, 251 yards. W, 45 yards.
RECEIVING — CB, Reece Humphreys 6-98, Dane Small 5-65, Cameron Jamison 5-35, Garcia 2-16, Magallon 7-37.
Prosser 45, Selah 7: Michael Kernan and Roy Borrego each scored two touchdowns, and the Mustangs escaped an early deficit for a CWAC road win over the Vikings.
Peter Kuhn hauled in a 12-yard scoring pass from Montana Blehm to give Selah a 7-0 second quarter lead. But Kernan helped even things up with a 13-yard scoring run. Kernan finished with 154 yards rushing on 15 carries. Borrego had 102 yards on four catches.
Prosser | 0 | 21 | 17 | 7 | — | 45 |
Selah | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 |
SCORING PLAYS
S — Peter Kuhn 12 pass from Montana Blehm (Calvin Smith kick)
P — Michael Kernan 13 run (Javier Diaz kick)
P — Noah Flores 12 run (Diaz kick)
P — Roy Borrego 54 pass from Tanner Bolt (Diaz kick)
P — Borrego 4 pass from Bolt (Diaz kick)
P — J.R. Coleman 8 run (Diaz kick)
P — FG Diaz 30
P — Kernan 4 run (Diaz kick)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — P, Kernan 15-154, Coleman 7-61, Flores 9-68, Josiah Stutzman 12-60, Cesar Solis 6-36, Justin Reyes 4-30, Corby Lowry 2-20, Bolt 2-14, Kason Blair 2-10, Cesar Solis 5-25. S, Vance Wood 14-55, Zach Donato 4-5, Tristin McDevitt 1-4, Sam Skeen 1-0, Blehm 3-(minus 5), Wyatt Pettijohn 3-(minus 7).
PASSING — P, Bolt 10-19-2-199. S, Blehm 19-38-2-172, Donato 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING — P, Kason Blair 2-34, Borrego 4-102, Kernan 1-45, Justin White 1-18, Diaz 2-0. S, Pettijohn 8-92, Peter Kuhn 3-35, Riley Quincy 3-31, Dana Williams 1-11, Wood 4-3.
East Valley 14, Grandview 6: Anthony Mendoza hit Felix Medina with a 14-yard touchdown pass to give the Greyhounds a 6-0 first-quarter lead, but the Red Devils countered with 14 unanswered points to pull out the CWAC win in Grandview.
Jeremy Bade ran for 182 yards on 24 carries to lead East Valley.
East Valley | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | — | 14 |
Grandview | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 |
SCORING PLAYS
G — Felix Medina 14 pass from Anthony Mendoza (kick fail)
EV — Matt Estrada 12 pass from Lucas Juarez (Nate Morrow kick)
EV — Alex Hampton 5 run (Morrow kick)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — EV, Jeremy Bade 24-182, Hampton 9-23, Juarez 9-21. G, Maurice Prieto 10-25, A. Mendoza 6-(minus 9), Ricky Abarca 1-14, Robert Bridger 2-(minus 1), Eric Medina 1-7, F. Medina 2-3, Alvaro Flores 1-1, Christian Gomez 1-(minus 12).
PASSING — EV, Juarez 16-27-1-144. G, A. Mendoza 14-26-0-178.
RECEIVING — EV, Estrada 7-54, Seth Valenzuela 3-20, Bade 1-11, Morrow 1-1, Kody Tasker 2-41, Evan Fischer 2-18. G, Roger Renteria 4-65, F. Medina 2-20, E. Medina 5-45, Joel Pina 1-3, Robert Bridger 1-13, Gunner Chronis 1-31.
Touchet 76, Dayton 6: Leo Garcia rushed for 144 yards and three touchdowns on just four carries, and James Kates added 121 yards and three more scores on just six rushes as the Indians hammered the visiting Bulldogs.
Dayton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | 6 |
Touchet | 30 | 22 | 12 | 12 | — | 76 |
Kennewick 47, Hanford 28
Late stats from Friday
Kennewick | 23 | 12 | 6 | 6 | — | 47 |
Hanford | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | — | 28 |
SCORING PLAYS
K — Dillon Plew 1 run (Emilio Ramos kick)
H — Josiah Richardson 75 pass from Josh Fonner (Woody Page kick)
H — Tayvonne Miller 55 run (Page kick)
K — Safety
K — Ronny Loomis 24 run (Ramos kick)
K — Raymond Gutierrez 33 run (Ramos kick)
K — A.J. Templeton 55 pass from Plew (kick fail)
K — Gutierrez 2 run (kick fail)
H — Miller 1 run (Page kick)
K — Loomis 3 run (kick fail)
K — Gutierrez 38 run (kick fail)
H — Miller 7 pass from Fonner (Page kick)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — K, Gutierrez 19-147, Loomis 19-103. H, Miller 22-186, Fonner 6-0.
PASSING — K, Plew 5-14-1-111. H, Fonner 16-35-3-204.
RECEIVING — K, Blake Loftus 3-51, Templeton 4-60. H, Richardson 3-69, Miller 4-33, Gavin Slack 3-19.
First downs — K 11, H 13. Penalties-yards — K 9-90, H 6-61. Fumbles-lost — K 1-0, H 7-3.
This story was originally published October 31, 2015 at 11:39 PM with the headline "No. 3 Connell tops No. 2 Zillah 31-28."