Thursday prep roundup: Al-Ghani, Southridge run over U-Hi
Zayid Al-Ghani ran for 202 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Southridge Suns to a 29-13 victory over the University Titans in a Mid-Columbia Conference-Greater Spokane League crossover game Thursday night in Spokane.
Tied at 7-7 at the half, Al-Ghani scored all three of his touchdowns in the second half to secure the win for the Suns.
Brycen Kelly caught a 19-yard scoring pass from Mason Martin in the first quarter to open the scoring for Southridge.
Tre’von Tuggles led U-Hi with 158 yards rushing and a 10-yard touchdown run.
Southridge | 7 | 0 | 15 | 7 | — | 29 |
University | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | — | 13 |
SCORING PLAYS
S—Brycen Kelly 19 pass from Mason Martin (Hunter Spiva kick)
U—Tre’von Tuggles 10 run (Drassen kick)
S—Zayid Al-Ghani 1 run (Spiva kick)
U—Zack Sherick 2 run (run failed)
S—Al-Ghani 4 run (Al-Ghani run)
S—Al-Ghani 3 run (Spiva kick)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — S, Al-Ghani 38-202, Cori 5-19, Walter 3-20, Martin 4-(minus) 1, Newbry 1-1, Weber 1-5. U, Tuggles 22-158, Maki 1-5, Chase 2-2, Sherick 9-21, Thorson 2-10, Vensland 3-27.
PASSING — S, Martin 2-3-0-26. U, Sherick 11-17-0-140.
RECEIVING — S, Kelly 2-26. U, Thorson 5-55, Chase 5-63, Tuggles 1-22.
FERRIS 56, PASCO 43: The host Bulldogs struggled to keep up with Jonny Via, who rushed for 326 yards and seven touchdowns on 30 carries to lead the Saxons (3-7) at Edgar Brown Stadium.
Via scored on runs of 48, 56, 4, 12, 1, 64 and 9 yards.
Pasco’s Kaleb Ash ran for two touchdowns and also had an 86-yard kickoff return for a score. He had 156 yards on the ground for the Bulldogs, who finished 1-9 in their first season under coach Kevin Jolley.
Ferris | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | — | 56 |
Pasco | 14 | 7 | 6 | 16 | — | 43 |
SCORING PLAYS
F — Jonny Via 48 run (Braden Brock kick)
P — Kaleb Ash 26 run (Jose Moreno kick)
F — Via 56 run (Brock kick)
P — Alex Sandoval 26 run (Moreno kick)
F — Desmond McKinnon 21 run (Brock kick)
F — Via 4 run (Brock kick)
P — Sebastian Gutierrez 26 pass from Kolby Killoy (Moreno kick)
F — Via 12 run (Brock kick)
F — Via 1 run (kick blocked)
P — Ash 86 kickoff return (kick blocked)
F — Via 64 run (Brock pass from Logan Bunker)
P — Ash 55 run (Gutierrez pass from Killoy)
F — Via 9 run (Brock kick)
P — Chris English 35 pass from Kashon Tate (English pass from Tate)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — F, Max Thompson 1-1, Bunker 7-20, McKinnon 8-61, Via 30-326. P, Killoy 4-26, Deondre Hendrix 6-0, Tayden Jenkins 2-(minus 5), Ash 13-156, Cole Kelley 1-2, Sandoval 4-35.
PASSING — F, Bunker 12-19-1-168. P, Killoy 5-11-2-78, Tate 5-6-0-63.
RECEIVING — F, Thompson 1-16, James Mann 5-54, Via 2-47, Brock 2-23, Ben Taylor 2-28. P, Ismael Mercado 4-33, English 3-48, Ash 1-8, Gutierrez 2-52.
CWAC PLAYOFF: There will be a four-team playoff to decide the CWAC No. 4 crossover seed.
East Valley, Ephrata, Othello and Toppenish will gather for the playoff at 1 p.m. Saturday at Grandview.
All four teams finished the CWAC regular season tied at 4-5. Othello lost to Prosser 41-14, while Toppenish defeated Ephrata 39-36 in overtime. East Valley lost to Selah 38-28.
SOCCER
CHIAWANA 2, FERRIS 1: Summer Yates scored two second-half goals for the Riverhawks to erase a 1-0 halftime deficit, giving Chiawana a home win over the Saxons and a berth in the Class 4A District 5-8 regional championship.
Bria Bowton netted a penalty kick for Ferris in the eighth minute, putting the Riverhawks in a bit of a rut.
“We started off really positive and had a few really good chances to score. Then they scored, which totally changed our demeanor and we got rattled,” Chiawana coach Rich Zoller said. “We kept fighting and scrapping, and Summer came up with a goal in the 68th minute. That gave us some confidence.”
The Riverhawks will travel to Gonzaga Prep for the regional title at 1 p.m. Saturday, a game which will also decide the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds to the state tournament.
Scoring: 1, F, Bria Bowton (PK), 8:00; 2, C, Summer Yates (Lindsey Ellingsen), 68:00; 3, C, Yates, 78:00. Shots: F 11, C 8. Saves: F, Chrissy Fitzgerald 4. C, Cydni Cottrell 8.
This story was originally published November 5, 2015 at 9:45 PM with the headline "Thursday prep roundup: Al-Ghani, Southridge run over U-Hi."