The Kennewick Lions pulled off the upset Friday night, going into Joe Albi Stadium and knocking off Mt. Spokane 34-32 in a Class 3A regional football playoff game.
The victory gives Kennewick a home playoff game in the first round of the state playoffs next Saturday. The Lions will play either Lake Washington or Wilson of Tacoma. Those two teams meet tonight.
Friday’s victory was highlighted by Kennewick quarterback Dillon Plew, who was 24 of 34 for 258 yards and six touchdown passes.
He connected with seven receivers.
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Trailing 21-20 at halftime, and then 24-20 in the third quarter, the Lions took the lead for good when Plew hit Raymond Gutierrez on a fade route for a 10-yard TD pass and a 27-24 edge.
The Lions then made it 34-24 when Plew hit Andrew Townsend on an 8-yard TD pass in the fourth quarter.
Mt. Spokane rallied with a 21-yard TD pass to cut the lead to 34-30.
The Lions had the ball deep in their own territory in the waning seconds, when they decided to take a safety, surrendering 2 points but running the clock out for the victory.
Kennewick | 6 | 14 | 7 | 7 | — | 34 |
Mt. Spokane | 7 | 14 | 3 | 8 | — | 32 |
SCORING PLAYS
Ken — Loftus 29 pass from Plew (kick fail)
MtS — Dixon 1 run (McDonald kick)
Ken — Gutierrez 4 pass from Plew (Ramos kick)
MtS — Dixon 1 run (McDonald kick)
Ken — Townsend 8 pass from Plew (Ramos kick)
MtS — Barnes 21 pass from Speer (McDonald kick)
MtS — McDonald 32 field goal
Ken — Gutierrez 10 pass from Plew (Ramos kick)
Ken — Townsend 8 pass from Plew (Ramos kick)
MtS — Griffiths 21 pass from Speer (kick fail)
MtS — safety
STATISTICS
RUSHING — Kenn, Gutierrez 13-44, Loomis 3-14, Plew 6-1, Ruiz 4-2. Mt. Spokane, Dixon 16-95, Spears 5-21, Griffiths 5-20, Mead 2-3, Lionello 2-2, Speer 4-(-5), TEAM 1-(-10).
PASSING — Kennewick, Plew 24-34-0-258. Mt. Spokane, Speer 21-32-1-304.
RECEIVING — Kennewick, Templeton 4-59, Loftus 5-54, Edward 3-38, Gutierrez 4-31, Owens 3-30, Loomis 2-24, Townsend 3-22. Mt. Spokane, Barnes 11-152, Griffiths 6-109, Spears 1-24, Mead 1-15, Dixon 2-4.
CENTRAL VALLEY 24, CHIAWANA 13: Andrew Vargas ran for 293 yards and two touchdowns, but his effort wasn’t enough as the Riverhawks lost to the Bears in a regional playoff game in Spokane.
After playing in the 4A state title game the past two years, Chiawana finished the season 6-4.
Central Valley, which picked off Riverhawks quarterback Troy Simpkins five times, outscored Chiawana 10-0 in the second half to seal the win.
Chiawana | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 |
Central Valley | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | — | 24 |
SCORING PLAYS
CH—Andrew Vargas 40 run (Matt Winn kick)
CV—Jace Edwards 22 pass from Tanner Sloan (Ryan Rehkow kick)
CV—Alec Doyle recovers blocked punt in end zone (Rehkow kick)
CH—Vargas 22 run (kick failed)
CV—Gage Connole 18 run (Rehkow kick)
CV—FG Rehkow 33
STATISTICS
RUSHING — Ch, Vargas 33-293, Troy Simpkins 1-7. CV, Connole 25-86, Braedon Orrino 2-12, Sloan 3-(minus 4), Doyle 7-16, Jordan Talafili 1-0.
PASSING — Ch, Simpkins 9-23-5-32. CV, Sloan 7-20-0-121.
RECEIVING — Ch, Vargas 2-1, Josh Wilson 3-22, Roman Ruiz 2-6, Isaiah Patrick 1-0, Caleb Weber 1-11. CV, Connole 1-16, Orrino 1-16, Jace Edwards 4-75, Ben Craig 1-14.
GONZAGA PREP 42, WALLA WALLA 0: Jake Tucker ran for 63 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Bullpups to a regional playoff win over the Blue Devils in Spokane.
Wa-Hi (3-7) trailed just 7-0 after the first quarter, but GP (10-0) reeled off 14 points in the second to take control of the game.
Mitch Lesmeister led Wa-Hi with 37 yards rushing and 87 yards passing. The Blue Devils were held to 156 yards of offense.
The Bullpups will host the District 3 No. 6 seed, which will be the winner of today’s Battle Ground-Kentlake game, in the next round.
Walla Walla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Gonzaga Prep | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | — | 42 |
SCORING PLAYS
GP — Tucker 8 run (Kutsch kick)
GP — Bonham 18 pass from Bell (Kutsch kick)
GP — Weber 10 run (Kutsch kick)
GP — Culp 17 run (Kutsch kick)
GP — Tucker 1 run (Kutsch kick)
GP — Tucker 1 run (Kutsch kick)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — WW, Hoe 11-28, Porter 3-4, Lesmeister 11-37. GP, Plese 18-107, Johnson 6-56, Tucker 11-63, Grosse 6-34, Bell 10-29, Weber 5-23, Mackey 1-23, Bonham 1-9, Culp 2-27.
PASSING — WW, Lesmeister 8-24-1-87. Gonzaga Prep, Bell 8-15-0-96
RECEIVING — WW, Romero 2-25, Banister 2-14, Moss 4-48. GP, Johnson 3-41, Bonham 2-28, Grosse 3-27.
WILSONVILLE 49, HERMISTON 14: Connor Neville threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns — two to his twin brother, Jonny — to lead the seventh-ranked Wildcats (9-1) to a road victory over the defending 5A state champion Bulldogs.
Connor Neville connected with his brother on scoring passes of 27 and 85 yards.
Nathan Hunsaker threw touchdown passes of 15 and 16 yards for Hermiston, which finished the season 4-6.
Wilsonville | 14 | 21 | 7 | 7 | — | 49 |
Hermiston | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 14 |
SCORING PLAYS
W — Connor Neville 1 run (Austin Kneff kick)
W — Jonny Neville 27 pass from Connor Neville (Kneff kick)
W — C.Neville 1 run (Kneff kick)
W — Dom Schieres 17 INT return (Kneff kick)
W — Harrison Steiger 8 pass from C.Neville (Kneff kick)
W — Andrew Merrick 52 run (Kneff kick)
H — Brady Christianson 15 pass from Nathan Hunsaker (Freddy Rodriguez kick)
H — Jerry Ramirez 16 pass from Hunsaker (Rodriguez kick)
W — J.Neville 85 pass from C.Neville (Kneff kick)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — W, Merrick 11-93, C.Neville 6-(minus 32). H, Bob Coleman 18-66, Hunsaker 16-27, Hayden Simon 9-54.
PASSING — W, C.Neville 16-28-0-295, Tom Gomez 1-1-0-(minus 6). H, Hunsaker 12-26-4-121.
RECEIVING — W, J.Neville 4-137, Steiger 5-56, Elijah Benedick 4-58. H, Ramirez 6-64, Christianson 2-30, Tucker Salinas 2-19, Bob Coleman 1-11, Andrew Horn 1-(minus 3).
CONNELL 30, LA SALLE 6: Parker McCary had two short touchdown runs and ran back an interception 20 yards for a score to lead the Eagles past the host Lightning in a Class 1A district crossover game.
Brian Hawkins completed 11 of 12 passes for 89 yards for Connell, which earned the No. 3 seed out of District 5 and will play at Cashmere at 7 p.m. next Friday.
Connell | 7 | 3 | 7 | 13 | — | 30 |
La Salle | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 6 |
SCORING PLAYS
C — Parker McCary 1 run (Jose Fraga kick)
C — FG 42 Fraga
C — McCary 20 interception return (Fraga kick)
L — Dante Rodriguez 35 run (kick blocked)
C — McCary 4 run (kick failed)
C — Brian Hawkins 2 run (Fraga kick)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — C, Jaxs Whitby 12-54, McCary 15-53, Dallas Rodriguez 4-43, Hawkins 6-11. L, Rodriguez 1-35, Nick Perry 10-14, Ryan James 7-13, Bridger Parrish 5-(minus 1), Brandon Mora 3-(minus 4).
PASSING — C, Hawkins 11-12-0-89. L, Parrish 11-27-2-109.
RECEIVING — C, Rodriguez 6-60, Steven Kroontje 3-28, Kameron Benson 1-6, McCary 1-(minus 5). L, Jordan Martin 4-55, Jeffrey Vargas 6-48, Rodriguez 1-6.
TRI-CITIES PREP 21, WILBUR-CRESTON 6: The Jaguars (1-8) picked up their first win of the season with a nonleague victory over the Wildcats at Edgar Brown Stadium.
The Prep defense was key to the win, led by freshmen Colton Tinnin (13 tackles), and Zerek Baker and Cole Hiett, who each had an interception.
Mario Valencia led the Prep ground game with 120 yards and one touchdown.
Wilbur-Creston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | 6 |
Tri-Cities Prep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | — | 21 |
SCORING PLAYS
WC — Kendall Cunningham 25 pass from Dorian Jaeger (kick failed)
TC — Gavin Baker 3 run (Hogan Jones kick)
TC — Jacob Amato 21 pass from Colin Dickson (Jones kick)
TC — Mario Valencia 1 run (Jones kick)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — WC, Jaeger 16-43, Aaron McDowell 10-28, Tucker Odegaard 7-23, Cunningham 3-28. TC, Valencia 23-120, Dickson 13-36, Baker 1-3.
PASSING — WC, Jaeger 5-12-2-77. TC, Dickson 4-9-0-43.
RECEIVING — WC, Cunningham 2-37, Devin Magers 1-20, Jacob Watkins 1-10, Odegaard 1-10. TC, Amato 2-28, Jones 1-11, Bennett Petersen 1-4.
COLUMBIA-BURBANK AT GRANGER, CCD.: The nonleague game was called off after a Granger student was killed in a car crash Friday, Columbia-Burbank athletic director Jay Aune said.
Thursday games
MEAD 78, HANFORD 21: Hanford trailed by three with just under 4 minutes left in the second quarter, but Mead scored 28 unanswered points in 3 1/2 minutes en route to a win in their District 5/8 crossover football game at Fran Rish Stadium.
Hanford freshman Josh Fonner scored on a quarterback keeper for the first score of the game, giving the Falcons a 7-0 lead with 9 minutes left in the first quarter.
“I thought we came out and started strong. Usually, it’s kind of the opposite for us. We fought well for the first quarter and a half,” Hanford coach Brett Jay said. “We moved the ball well on our first drive. We mixed the run and the pass well.”
Mead countered with 24 quick points to go ahead 24-7, but Tayvonne Miller, the Falcons’ sophomore running back, scored from 11 yards out to pull Hanford within 24-14.
Fonner then found Miller on a 37-yard touchdown pass to make it 24-21 Mead halfway through the second quarter.
“We were able to throw some seams,” Jay said. “They put a lot of pressure on us, but their defensive backs played pretty tight, so we were able to work the middle of the field a little.”
Then the bottom fell out for Hanford.
A Falcons error on a kickoff return led to one Mead touchdown, and then the Panthers picked off a Fonner pass on the next drive and returned it for a touchdown to lead 38-21. Mead tacked on two more scores in the final three minutes of the half to take a 52-21 lead.
The Panthers’ backup units shut out Hanford 26-0 in the second half, handing the Falcons their fifth consecutive loss.
Still, Hanford capped its best season in three years, finishing 4-6 — doubling its victory total from the previous two seasons combined.
Mead | 17 | 35 | 13 | 13 | — | 78 |
Hanford | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 |
PROSSER 41, OTHELLO 14: The Mustangs wrapped up an 8-1 run through the CWAC with a big win over the Huskies on Thursday night in Prosser.
Tanner Bolt completed 10 of 14 passes for 235 yards with two touchdowns for Prosser (9-1 overall), which holds the CWAC’s No. 2 crossover seed. The Mustangs pulled away with a 21-point third quarter.
Reese Jones and Trevor Hilmes scored for Othello (4-6, 4-5), which will participate in a four-team playoff for the No. 4 seed at 1 p.m. today in Grandview. East Valley, Ephrata and Toppenish are the other teams.
Othello | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | 14 |
Prosser | 7 | 7 | 21 | 6 | — | 41 |
SCORING PLAYS
Pro — Luis Fernandez 20 pass from Tanner Bolt (Ricardo Herrera kick)
Oth — Trevor Hilmes 8 pass from DJ Guzman (Medina kick)
Pro — Michael Kernan 6 run (Herrera kick)
Pro — Kason Blair 39 pass from Bolt (Herrera kick)
Pro — Josiah Stutzman 2 run (Herrera kick)
Pro — Kernan 2 run (Herrera kick)
Pro — Cesar Solis 19 run (kick failed)
Oth — Reese Jones 5 run (Medina kick)
STATISTICS (Prosser only)
RUSHING — Kernan 7-64, Stutzman 2-13, JR Coleman 1-11, Noah Flores 3-30, Corby Lowry 1-3, Justin Reyes 1-(minus 4), Solis 2-22.
PASSING — Bolt 10-14-0-235.
RECEIVING — Roy Borrego 1-42, Blair 3-84, Logan Hamlin 1-11, Eddie Zepeda 1-52, Ky Swift 1-10, Fernandez 2-35, Flores 1-1.
GRANDVIEW 50, WAPATO 8: The Greyhounds led 22-0 after the first quarter and 43-0 at halftime in a CWAC blowout of the host Wolves.
Anthony Mendoza threw three of his four touchdown passes to Gunner Chronis and finished 16-of-25 passing for 217 yards.
Mendoza also rushed for two TDs to help Grandview finish the season 3-7 overall and 3-6 in the CWAC.
Wapato lost all 10 of its games.
Grandview | 22 | 21 | 7 | 0 | — | 50 |
Wapato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | 8 |
SCORING PLAYS
G — Anthony Mendoza 6 run (run good)
G — Gunner Chronis 65 pass from Mendoza (Ramos kick)
G — Chronis 31 pass from Mendoza (Ramos kick)
G — Chronis 21 pass from Mendoza (Ramos kick)
G — Roger Renteria 12 pass from Mendoza (Ramos kick)
G — Jorge Montano 45 interception return (Ramos kick)
G — Mendoza 5 run (Ramos kick)
W — Romeo Cohens 2 run (Isidro Villegas run)
STATISTICS (Grandview only)
RUSHING — G, Maurice Prieto 8-25, Mendoza 2-12, Robert Bridger 1-45, Joel Pina 3-10.
PASSING — G, Mendoza 16-25-2-217, Pina 2-3-0-40.
RECEIVING — G, Renteria 5-63, Pina 2-14, Chronis 4-108, Eric Medina 3-25, Prieto 1-12, No. 35 3-35.
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 58, TOUCHET 50
Touchet | 16 | 20 | 14 | 0 | — | 50 |
Liberty Christian | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | — | 58 |
SCORING PLAYS
L — John Lesser 5 run (Lesser run)
T — Amin Acevedo 45 kickoff return (James Kates run)
L — Lesser 5 run (pass failed)
T — Leo Garcia 38 run (Kates run)
L — Lesser 3 run (Lesser run)
T — Garcia 10 run (run failed)
T — Kates 2 run (Lot Butler pass from Andrew Flagstead)
L — Lesser 13 run (Lesser run)
T — Butler 20 pass from Flagstead (run failed)
T — Flagstead 1 run (Kates run)
L — Lesser 28 run (Lesser run)
L — Lesser 24 run (run failed)
T — Acevedo 59 pass from Carlos Rincon (pass failed)
L — Nico Shupe 18 run (run failed)
L — Cameron Godwin 19 pass from Lesser (Lesser run)
STATISTICS
RUSHING — T, Flagstead 6-0, Kates 9-55, Butler 1-(minus 4), Rincon 9-83, Acevedo 1-(minus 6), Garcia 22-115. LC, Lesser 50-489, Shupe 14-63, Konnor den Hoed 2-1.
PASSING — T, Rincon 2-3-0-64, Flagstead 4-9-1-59, Garcia 0-1-0-0. LC, Lesser 11-17-0-126.
RECEIVING — T, Kates 1-11, Butler 3-43, Acevedo 2-69. LC, Mitch Godwin 5-61, Cameron Godwin 2-27, Shupe 3-17, Rory Utley 1-21.
Soccer
LA SALLE 6, CONNELL 1: The Lightning scored three goals in the first 22 minutes, and Lauren Newman recorded a hat trick as La Salle cruised to a victory Thursday over the Eagles at Marquette Stadium.
La Salle (17-1), unbeaten since a season-opening loss to Selah, will have the SCAC’s top seed into the Class 1A state tournament and will host a first-round match against a west-side team Tuesday.
Connell (13-5), which got a goal from Jessica Garcia, also will host a first-round match.
Scoring: 1, L, Julia Boutillier, 13:00; 2, L, Megan Roy (Katie Kershaw), 16:00; 3, L, Lauren Newman (Roy), 22:00; 4, C, Jessica Garcia, 30:00; 5, L, Kershaw, 41:00; 6, L, Newman, 44:00; 7, L, Newman (Roy), 49:00. Saves: C, Morgan Smith 6; L, RiaJo Schwartz 2.
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