- October 31, 2008
Union Wins 3A GSHL Title After 26-21 Win Over Camas
The Union Titans completed an undefeated regular season and win the 3A GSHL title following their 26-21 home win over the Camas Papermakers Friday night at McKenzie Stadium.
Union took a 20-7 halftime lead after touch downs from Zak Browning and Mitch Saylor along with two Jed Barnett field goals. Camas had tied the score at 7-7 in the first when Guy Varsek caught pass from Logan Grindy after it was almost intercepted by a Union defender.
Camas made it close at the end, but did not have enough to claim the title, which would have been theirs with a win.
Union improves to 9-0 and 5-0 in league with the win, and will host Rainier Beach (4-5) this weekend in the Preliminary Round of the WIAA state play-offs.
Camas, who would have claimed the #1 seed with a win, falls to 6-3 and 3-2 in league with the loss and gets the #3 seed and will travel to Kennedy (8-1) this weekend in the Preliminary Round of the WIAA state play-offs.
Union 26 Camas 21
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Camas 7001421Union 10100626First quarter
U — Zak Browning 11 run (Jed Barnett kick)
Cam — Guy Varsek 26 pass from Logan Grindy (Stuart Jergensen kick)
U — Barnett 31 FG
Second quarter
U — Mitch Saylor 10 pass from Brandon Weller (Barnett kick)
U — Barnett 25 FG
Fourth quarter
Cam — Grindy 5 run (Jergensen kick)
U — Weller 11 run (pass failed)
Cam — Varsek 5 pass from Grindy (Jergensen kick)
Leaders
Rushing — Camas: Austin Benson 8-20; Union: Blake Russell 25-164, Weller 15-78, Browning 4-27.
Passing — Camas: Grindy 18-36-2-240; Union: Weller 5-13-1-55.
Receiving — Camas: Varsek 8-112, Jeremy Faulkner 4-44, Brent Alexander 3-52, Josh Harris 1-22, Quinton Beasley 1-11, Benson 1-(-1); Union: Saylor 2-17, Derek Adams 1-19, Tyler Coad 1-14, Russell 1-5.
Mountain View Keeps Evergreen Out Of Post Season With 35-21 Win
The Evergreen Plainsmen were one win away from a share of the 4A GSHL title and a Monday tie-breaker date with Skyview and Heritage. Mountain View, was not going to let this happen.
After falling behind 7-0 early, the Thunder scored 21 unanswered points and then controlled the clock the rest of the game and hang on for the 35-21 win.
With the win, Mountain View improves to 5-4 and 3-2 in league and a third place finish. Only the top two teams from 4A make the play-offs this season.
Evergreen falls to 5-4 and 3-2 in league and finishes forth with the loss. A win your first, a loss you are forth. The 4A GSHL has been a close race all season.
Mountain View 35 Evergreen 21
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Mountain View 71401435Evergreen 770721First quarter
Eve — Kyrell Hudson 33 run (Septi Danciu kick)
MV — Joseph Vance 29 pass from Cameron Pape (Daniel Camacho kick)
Second quarter
MV — Austin Tremel 26 pass from Pape (Camacho kick)
MV — Andrew White 72 pass from Pape (Camacho kick)
Eve — Marvin Thomas 11 run (Danciu kick)
Fourth quarter
MV — Lucas Swanson 76 pass from Pape (Camacho kick)
Eve — Ronald Briggs 39 pass from Thomas (Danciu kick)
MV — Jack Tudela 90 interception return (Camacho kick)
Leaders
Rushing — Mountain View — Tyler Burton 23-78, Pape 14-31; Evergreen — Hudson 13-96, Thomas 13-59.
Passing – Mountain View — Pape 11-19-2-279; Evergreen — Thomas 10-24-3-165
Receiving — Mountain View — White 3-99, Vance 2-32, Tremel 2-32, Swanson 3-108, Walter VanHooser 1-8; Evergreen — Hudson 6-56, Andrew Bemis 2-18, Briggs 2-91.
Tigers Whip Hilanders 35-7 At Home To Wrap Up Season
Both Battle Ground and Kelso did not have the seasons they were hoping for this season. The Tigers following their 35-7 home win over Kelso can at least head into the off season with positive memories.
Battle Ground improved to 2-7 and 1-4 in league with the win. The Tigers other win was over district Rival Prairie earlier in the season.
Kelso falls to 3-6 and 0-5 in league with the loss.
Hudson’s Bay Knocks Off Fort Vancouver 24-6 At Kiggins
The Hudson’s Bay Eagles stopped a five game skid with a win over rival Fort Vancouver at Kiggins Bowl 24-6 Friday night. Mychal Harrington had two rushing touch downs in the win for the Eagles.
Hudson’s Bay improves to 2-7 and 1-4 in league with the win.
Fort Vancouver falls to 2-7 and 1-4 in league with the loss.
Fort Vancouver 06006Hudson’s Bay 0143724Second quarter
HB — Mychal Harrington 5 run (Andre Washington kick)
FV — Patrick Crawford 1 run (kick failed)
HB — Jeremy Hickman 11 pass Shane Pacheco (Washington kick)
Third quarter
HB — Washington 26 FG
Fourth quarter
HB — Harrington 3 run (Washington kick)
Leaders
Rushing — Fort Vancouver — Bogden Goncharuk 28-135, Tevin Wesley 3-33; Hudson’s Bay — Harrington 14-54, Ingo Arrozal 9-29, Eric Moore 7-30.
Passing — Fort Vancouver — Richard Vansiclen 1-5-1-(minus 5); Hudson’s Bay — Pacheco 11-16-1-168; Harrington 1-1-0-32.
Receiving — Fort Vancouver — Marcus Bush 1; Hudson’s Bay — Harrington 5-75, Washington 1-32, Jeremy Hickman 5-86, Moore 1-7.
- October 29, 2008
Union Titans At #4 In Week 9 AP Poll
Week 9 AP Rankings
Class 3A
1, Bellevue (6) 8-0 78
2, Ferndale (2) 8-0 74
3, Lakes 8-0 62
4, Union 8-0 53
5, West Seattle 8-0 48
6, Kennedy 7-1 45
7, Eastside Catholic 7-1 32
8, O’Dea 6-2 17
9, Liberty (Renton) 6-2 13
10, Peninsula 6-2 10For the sixth week in a row, the Union Titans are ranked #4 in the AP state 3A football poll.
The Titans defeated Prairie (2-6 1-3) 35-7 last Friday at District Stadium to improve to 8-0. This Friday Union will host the Camas Papermakers with the 3A GSHL title on the line.
No other GSHL schools were listed in either the 4A, 3A and 2A poll’s.
Taking a glance at the 30 schools listed in the 3 top-10 polls only 1 GSHL school is listed, Union, while there are 4 schools that could possibly be playing GSHL schools in the first round of the play-offs.
In 4A #7. Issaquah 7-1
In 3A #6 Kennedy 7-1, and #8 O’Dea 6-2
In 2A #3 Tumwater 8-0The Columbian News Paper wrote a good article on all the possibilities.
Week 9 AP Poll released by The Seattle Times
Class 4A
1. Skyline (7) 8-0 70
2. Auburn 8-0 59
3. Olympia 8-0 57
4. Southridge 8-0 43
5. Marysville-Pilchuck 8-0 36
6. Ferris 7-1 30
7. Issaquah 7-1 28
8. Central Valley 7-1 25
8. Gig Harbor 7-1 25
10. Bothell 6-2 4
Others: none.Class 2A
1. Prosser (7) 8-0 79
2. Archbishop Murphy (1) 8-0 72
3. Tumwater 8-0 64
4. Burlington-Edison 8-0 52
5. Othello 7-1 44
6. Steilacoom 6-2 43
7. Lynden 6-2 25
8. Pullman 6-2 22
9. Deer Park 7-1 17
10. Selah 7-1 10
Others: none.
Union Tops Another GSHL Power Rankings, Camas In – Mark Morris Out
Top ranked Union along with Skyview, Camas, and Columbia River all rolled Friday night. While Heritage and Evergreen struggled to win. Hockinson looked as if it was going to blow out Mark Morris at home, up 27-0 in the third, then the Monarchs stormed back to pull within 3 at 27-24 before the Hawks finally ran out the clock. As we head in to the final week before the play-offs start, here is our top-5.
GSHL Power Rankings
On the radar: Columbia River (5-3) Hockinson (6-2) Mark Morris (6-2)
1. Union made quick work of the Prairie Falcons Friday night, jumping out to a 21-0 first quarter lead. Following the 35-7 victory, the Titans now host Camas (6-2 3-1) Friday night at 8pm with the 3A GSHL league title on the line. A Titans win, and Union will win it’s first football title. Union is again #4 in the Seattle Times poll, and will likely remain #4 in the AP as well the Titans remain our #1.
2. Heritage’s high flying offence struggled against a tough Mountain View defense in the Timberwolves 14-9 win. The win was Heritages forth in-a-row following a 1-3 start. Heritage will play at Kiggins Bowl versus the Skyview Storm, Thursday night with the 4A GSHL championship on the line. A Timberwolves win, and they are 4A champs for the first time since 2000.
3. Skyview moves up 1 spot following there 59-14 win at Kelso (3-5 0-4). With the emergence of RB Duke Kelly in the last game and a half, Skyview now has a way to keep Ashton Clark and Garrett Grayson off the filed Thursday. Skyview jumps over Evergreen this week even though both teams did win, because the Plainsmen just did not look sharp Thursday. Skyview was able to focus and handle there business when playing a Kelso team that is struggling as of late. Skyview can claim a share of the 4A GSHL championship with a home win over Heritage Thursday. If Mountain View also beats Evergreen, the Storm will finish as the #1 seed as well.
4. Unlike Skyview, the Evergreen Plainsmen looked anything but sharp Thursday night. Credit must be given to Battle Ground, as the Tigers pulled out all the stops in efforts to get their first league win. Evergreen looked like a play-off team in spurts, but just could not put consecutive series together against the Tigers. Evergreen still can win the 4A GSHL championship with a win over Mountain View, and a Skyview win over Heritage.
5. Camas jumps back into the top-5 following their 56-20 win at Fort Vancouver (2-6 1-3) Friday night. The Papermakers have lost 2 games by a total of 4 points. A Camas win over Union on Friday will cause a three way tie for the 3A GSHL title. A Papermakers win, along with a Columbia River loss Thursday night and Camas will be the #1 seed in 3A.
Think we got it wrong? Let us know who your top-5 GSHL schools are below.
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