TROY — Carsen Warner-Hall stopped a Hail Mary pass from host Troy as Genesee pulled off a back-and-forth 46-40 nonleague football victory on Friday.
Quarterback Jackson Banks totaled 256 yards passing plus 70 rushing for the victorious Bulldogs (2-1), running in the go-ahead score with a little over a minute left on the clock. Other offensive standouts for Genesee included Cadyn Brummer (183 yards receiving) and Cameron Holmes (79 rushing), while Vince Crowley led the defense with 9 1/2 tackles. Makhi Durrett dominated the scoring effort for the Trojans (1-2).
Complete scoring play statistics were not available.
Troy 6 22 6 6—40
Genesee 8 18 6 14—46
Troy — Makhi Durrett run (run failed)
Genesee — Cadyn Brummer 45 pass from Jackson Banks (Brummer run)
Genesee — Banks run (run failed)
Troy — Durrett run (unknown run)
Genesee — Brummer run (Banks run)
Troy — Durrett run (run failed)
Genesee — Safety.
Troy — Durrett run (unknown run)
Genesee — Cameron Holmes (run failed)
Troy — Jayden Mason pass from Durrett (run failed)
Genesee — Brummer pass from Banks (Conrad Seubert pass from Banks)
Troy — Durrett run (Durrett run)
Genesee — Banks run (pass failed)
Potlatch 36, Deary 14
POTLATCH — The Loggers scored all of their points in the second and third quarters to pull away from Deary in a 36-14 nonleague victory.
Potlatch (2-0) had two passing touchdowns by Jay Marshall. Marshall also had a rushing touchdown in the game.
Deary (0-3) scored first on a T.J. Beyer 8-yard touchdown run, but could not hold onto its lead.
Deary 8 0 0 6—14
Potlatch 0 22 14 0—36
Deary — T.J. Beyer 8 run (Mason Leonard pass from Nolan Hubbard)
Potlatch — Ben Johnson 15 pass from Jay Marshall (Johnson run)
Potlatch — Marshall 7 run (pass failed)
Potlatch — Waylan Marshall 17 pass from Jay Marshall (Jay Marshall run)
Potlatch — Jay Marshall 13 run (pass failed)
Potlatch — Hunter Redmon 9 run (Jay Marshall run)
Deary — Gabe Johnston 18 yard pass from Hubbard (run failed)
Colfax 28, Lake Roosevelt 8
LAKE ROOSEVELT, Wash. — Traveling Colfax opened its season with a dominant showing against nonleague foe Lake Roosevelt.
David Cofer, who was debuting in a new job coaching for the Bulldogs, said he felt his team “played really well traveling across the state,” and hailed “big contributions from Zach Cooper and Ryker Reed” on offense. He also noted that Colfax forced five turnovers while giving up only one.
“I was proud of our guys starting off the year that way against a good football team,” Cofer said.
Colfax 12 8 0 8—28
Lake Roosevelt 0 8 0 0—8
Colfax — Isaac Nelson 4 run (kick failed)
Colfax — Dillon Gassenburg 6 pass from Ryker Reed (kick failed)
Colfax — Zach Cooper 62 run (Reed run)
Lake Roosevelt — Ivan Alejandre 12 pass from Wyatt Egbert (Egbert run)
Colfax — Reed 6 run (Reed run)
Pomeroy 64, LaConner 24
SUNNYSIDE, Wash. — Pomeroy opened the season with a convincing 64-24 victory over LaConner in a nonleague game.
Jett Slusser for the Pirates (1-0) had seven rushes for 192 yards and four scores and was 4-of-7 passing for 89 yards and three touchdowns.
Kyzer Herres added 74 rushing yards and one score and Rory McKeirnan had a 71-yard touchdown run.
“We struggled a little tackling today and LaConner’s QB and RB got loose on us a couple times,” Pomeroy coach Kyle Kimble said. “But our inexperienced players are getting some valuable learning experience in our early season contests.”
Pomeroy led 38-0 after the first quarter and caused four turnovers.
LaConner 0 16 0 8—24
Pomeroy 38 12 6 8—64
Pomeroy — Jett Slusser 69 run (Kyzer Herres run)
Pomeroy — Jacob Reisinger 29 pass from Slusser (Herres run)
Pomeroy — Slusser 9 run (Slusser run)
Pomeroy — Reisinger 39 pass from Slusser (conversion failed)
Pomeroy — Boone Schmidt 13 pass from Slusser (Slusser run)
LaConner — Brent Bobb 14 pass from CJ Edwards (Charlie Jackson pass from Edwards)
Pomeroy — Slusser 44 run (conversion failed)
Pomeroy — Slusser 50 run (conversion failed)
LaConner — Yandel Rosales-Rojas 61 run (Landon Stevens pass from Edwards)
Pomeroy — Herres 46 run (conversion failed)
Pomeroy — Rory McKeirnan 71 run (Reggie Ott run)
LaConner — Xavier Keo 65 run (Marlon Edwards pass from CJ Edwards)
Kamiah 44, Council 16
KAMIAH — The host Kubs continued their winning start to the season in decisive fashion against nonleague challenger Council.
Everett Oatman (eight rushes, 101 yards, three touchdowns) and David Kludt (10-of-11 passing, 96 yards, two touchdowns) were the biggest offensive producers for the Kubs (2-0) and made 10 tackles and one interception apiece to boot.
“It was a good test and they’re a good team,” Kamiah coach Nels Kludt said. “I was happy for the victory.”
Council 0 8 0 8—16
Kamiah 8 16 8 12—44
Kamiah — Everett Oatman 9 pass from David Kludt (Jaydon Crowe pass from Kludt)
Kamiah — Crowe 20 pass from Kludt (Crowe run)
Kamiah — Oatman 56 run (Kludt run)
Council — Garrison Zielinski 6 run (Owen Hatfield run)
Kamiah — Oatman 42 run (Oatman pass from Kludt)
Kamiah — Oatman 40 run (pass failed)
Council — Unknown 35 pass from Hatfield (Hatfield run)
Kamiah — Matthew Oatman 10 fumble return (no conversion attempt)
Grangeville 36, Priest River 8
GRANGEVILLE — The host Bulldogs gave up the opening touchdown of the game, but bounced back in style to rout Priest River in their first 3A Central Idaho League game of the season.
David Goicoa passed 12-for-23 to total 147 yards and three touchdowns for Grangeville (2-0, 1-0) — two of those on receptions by Thayn Williams. Cooper Poxleitner made 25 rushes for 175 yards and one Bulldog touchdown.
Coach Jeff Adams said he was “pretty happy with the way the kids responded in the second half” as they took over against their league foes.
Priest River 8 0 0 0— 8
Grangeville 8 6 6 16—36
Priest River — 6 84 run (6 run)
Grangeville — Terry Eich 1 run (Troy Long pass from David Goicoa)
Grangeville — Cooper Poxleitner 5 run (run failed)
Grangeville — Thayn Williams 7 pass from Goicoa (pass failed)
Grangeville — Long 11 pass from Goicoa (Poxleitner run)
Grangeville — Williams 9 pass from Goicoa (Poxleitner)
Logos 60, Lapwai 8
LAPWAI — Logos of Moscow put in what coach Nick Holloway called a “balanced” performance, totaling 218 yards on the ground and 172 through the air in a 2A Whitepine League rout of Lapwai.
Quarterback Seamus Wilson logged all 172 of those passing yards, while Lucius Comis received for more than 100, including 50 on an over-the-shoulder catch Holloway described as “incredible.”
Sophomore Baxter Covington had a breakout game for the Knights (2-1, 2-0), rushing for two touchdowns.
Logos 24 22 6 8—60
Lapwai 0 0 0 8— 8
Logos — Seamus Wilson 27 run (Baxter Covington run)
Logos — Covington 1 run (Wilson run)
Logos — Lucius Comis 50 pass from Wilson (Ryan Daniels pass from Wilson)
Logos — Ben Carlson 1 pass from Wilson (run failed)
Logos — Comis 63 pass from Wilson (Covington run)
Logos — Daniels 20 pass from Wilson (Daniels pass from Wilson)
Logos — Covington 48 run (run failed)
Logos — Ole Sundlie 25 run (Daniels run)
Lapwai — Jereese McCormack 1 run (Julian Barros pass from McCormack)
Salmon River 60, Timberline 26
RIGGINS — Blake Sheppard had four total touchdowns on offense and three interceptions on defense for Salmon River of Riggins in a nonleague victory over Timberline of Weippe.
Devon Herzig had a solid game in the backfield with 124 yard and three touchdowns for the Savages (1-1). The visiting Spartans slid to 0-3 on the season.
A full box was not available at press time.
Timberline 6 6 0 14—26
Salmon River 6 24 22 8—60
Liberty Christian 64, Garfield-Palouse 36
PALOUSE — Garfield-Palouse battled hard, but lost its season opener to Liberty Christian of Colbert in a Southeast 1B League game.
Lane Collier of Gar-Pal had 240 rushinig yards on 32 carries and completed two touchdowns.
Bryce Pfaff was 8-of-15 passing for 164 yards and also had two rushing touchdowns.
“We played hard, the kids played really hard and did not give up at all,” said Garfield-Palouse coach Willy Woltering, who was coaching his first game back at the helm of the program after several years away. “We were able to run the ball better than I feared.”
Liberty Christian 16 14 22 12—64
Garfield-Palouse 6 14 8 8—36
Garfield-Palouse — Lane Collier 3 run (pass failed)
Liberty Christian — Perry Pottle 3 run (run successful)
Liberty Christian — Charlie Branning 30 run (run successful)
Liberty Christian — Ryker Wageman 37 pass from Pottle (run failed)
Garfield-Palouse — Collier 49 run (run failed)
Garfield-Palouse — Kaleb Kelnhofer 1 run (Bryce Pfaff run)
Liberty Christian — Joey Esley 19 pass from Pottle (run successful)
Liberty Christian — Pottle 1 run (pass successful)
Garfield-Palouse — Pfaff 17 run (Pfaff run)
Liberty Christian — Branning 14 pass from Pottle (pass failed)
Liberty Christian — Esley 1 run (Johnathan Fies pass from Pottle)
Liberty Christian — Esley 22 pass from Pottle (pass failed)
Garfield-Palouse — Pfaff 68 run (Collier run)
Liberty Christian — Eli Esley 31 pass from Trent Ralston (pass failed)
Valley 52, Prairie 22
HAZELTON, Idaho — Prairie of Cottonwood scored first, but gave up 44 consecutive points to Valley of Hazelton, Idaho, en route to a nonleague loss.
Briggs Rambo connected with Matt Wemhoff for a 62-yard touchdown in the first quarter to give the Pirates (1-1) that early edge. The Pirates did not score again until the fourth quarter when Levi McElroy was able to punch it in from three yards out.
“Got beat by a decent Valley team,” Prairie coach Ryan Hasselstrom said. “It was a good learning experience for our guys and will help as we prepare for Whitepine League play.”
A full box score was unavailable at press time.
Prairie 8 0 6 8—22
Valley 22 14 16 0—52
Tri-Valley 48, Lewis County 14
CRAIGMONT — Lewis County dropped a game to Tri-Valley of Cambridge.
Aidan McLeod of Lewis County (0-2) had two passing touchdowns. The first to Slater Kuther, the second to Jace Cronce.
“Kids played really good,” Lewis County coach Monty Moddrell said. “Had some opportunities, some dropped passes. One of those tough nights.”
Tri-Valley 8 20 14 6—48
Lewis County 8 0 6 0—14
Lewis County — Slater Kuther 12 pass from Aidan McLeod (Kuther run)
Tri-Valley — Elias Devries 43 pass from Jace Wagner (Moyne Engram pass from Wagner)
Tri-Valley — Wagner 33 run (pass failed)
Tri-Valley — Wagner 88 run (Devries pass from Wagner)
Tri-Valley — Devries 13 pass from Wagner (pass failed)
Tri-Valley — Engram 13 pass from Wagner (Jack Papineau run)
Lewis County — Jace Cronce 19 pass McLeod (pass failed)
Tri-Valley — Engram 19 pass from Wagner (pass failed)
Tri-Valley — Engram 36 pass from Wagner (run failed)
Payette 55, Orofino 0
OROFINO — The host Maniacs suffered a shutout at the hands of nonleague foe Payette in a game which saw them commit “a ton of turnovers,” according to coach Jake Maetche.
Orofino slips to 1-1 on the season.
Payette 13 15 20 7—55
Orofino 0 0 0 0— 0
Payette — Sylva 33 pass from Pecunia (Pelayo kick)
Payette — Pecunia 5 run (kick failed)
Payette — Rodriguez 34 interception return (Pelayo kick)
Payette — Sylva 2 run (Ocampo run)
Payette — Pecunia 69 run (Pelayo kick)
Payette — Sylva 5 run (Pelayo kick)
Payette — Sylva 39 pass from Pecunia (kick failed)
Payette — Fugate 43 fumble return (Pelayo kick)
Glenns Ferry 40, Clearwater Valley 22
KOOSKIA — Clearwater Valley of Kooskia lost its home opener to nonleague opponent Glenns Ferry.
The loss dropped the Rams’ record to 0-2 on the season.
Complete information was not available at press time.
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALLPirates pull out season-opener
POMEROY — In what coach Adam Van Vogt called a “true team win” with eight different players recording at least one kill, the host Pirates won their season opener in five sets against DeSales of Walla Walla.
The set scores were 25-20, 28-26, 11-25, 23-25 and 15-11.
Taylor Gilbert had five kills, five digs and four aces in a well-rounded performance for Pomeroy.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALLLCSC wins in five
KIRKLAND, Wash. — Lewis-Clark State survived in a five-set Cascade Conference match against Northwest (Kirkland, Wash.), winning by a final scoreline of 25-16, 15-25, 25-12, 20-25, 15-6.
Juliauna Forgach Aguilar led the Warriors (5-3, 2-1) with 22 kills. Anna Merrill and Taylor Boyce had seven kills each.
Abbey Neff had 21 assists for LC State. Natany Felix Guimaraes had 18 digs.
Cougars pounce on Eagles
PULLMAN — Washington State bounced back after dropping a tight opening set to top Eastern Washington in four sets at Bohler Gym.
The Cougs prevailed 23-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-19, leveling their season record so far at 2-2.
Katy Ryan headed up the WSU offense with 13 kills and a .345 hitting percentage, while Italia Bernal provided 43 assists and Emma Barbero put up 20 digs.
Vandals lose a pair
CEDER CITY, Utah — The Idaho Vandals dropped a pair of matches in the Southern Utah Tournament, a four-setter to UC Riverside and in straight sets to host Southern Utah.
UC Riverside won by set scores of 25-16, 18-25, 25-17, 25-21. Southern Utah rolled 25-15, 25-17, 25-20.
Zuzanna Wieczorek led the Vandals (0-5) with nine kills and two aces against the Highlanders.
Teniyah Leuluai had 33 assists and Victoria Zibecchi had 10 digs in the loss to the Thunderbirds.
