Greater St. Helens League Football

For the second year in a row the GSHL narrowly avoided the need for a tie breaker to determine who makes the playoffs.

Last year, had Evergreen defeated Mountain View, we would of had a 3 way tie (Skyview, Heritage, Evergreen) at the top of the 4A GSHL with only 2 spots up for grabs.  This year, had Evergreen defeated Mountain View we would of had a 3 way tie (Heritage, Kelso, Evergreen) for second place in the 4A GSHL. For some reason, Mountain View is not a fan of the Kansas Plan tie breaker.

Although, none of the GSHL schools needed a tie breaker, thanks to Columbia River’s win over Prairie, there are still plenty of playoff spots not decided as of yet.

Here is what we do know.

4A

Skyview is the #1 seed and has a home game next weekend. We do not know who they play just yet. Federal Way (7-2) and Gig Harbor (4-5) will play on Tuesday to see who will be heading down to Kiggins Bowl to play the Storm. Gig Harbor is only 4-5, but played South Kitsap (9-0) very well in a 28-21 loss in week 2. Federal Way is pretty solid, they have won 6 in a row and looked pretty good doing so.

Heritage is the #2 seed and will be playing at South Kitsap (9-0). This game should be on Friday night. South Kitsap is ranked #7 in state and won by an average score of 32-13.

3A

Union is the #1 seed and has a home game next weekend vs. Olympic (6-3).  Olympic lost 3 games in a row vs. the top 3 teams in the Olympic/Western Cascade Conference. They were blown out by the top seed #5 Timberline (9-0) 63-21, but played North Thurston to a close game 38-34.

Camas will host #4 Liberty (8-1) next weekend. Liberty’s only loss was last week to Bellevue 27-21.

Columbia River will play at Nathan Hale (5-4) Saturday at 7pm. Nathan Hale lost to #6 O’Dea 42-6 last night in the Metor League Championship Game. Nathan Hale did loose 38-6 to Black Hills, a 2A school who will be hosting Woodland next weekend.

2A

Mark Morris will have a home game next weekend, most likely on Saturday. The Monarchs could play either Aberdeen, Centralia, Elma, Hoquiam or River Ridge. Those teams will be playing on Tuesday to see who will play Mark Morris. None of the 5 teams have a winning record.

R.A. Long will host Tumwater (6-3) most likely on Friday since they share Longview Memorial Stadium with Mark Morris. Tumwater lost to Black Hills (7-2), W.F. West (9-0), and 3A #5 Timberline.

Woodland will travel to play Black Hills next weekend. Black Hills lost 35-14 to 3A Timberline and 14-0 to W.F. West last night. Their other 7 games they won by an average score of 35-12.

Hockinson will travel to play W.F. West next weekend. W.F. West’s closest game was their 27-19 win over Heritage. Their closest game vs. a 2A schools was their 14-0 win over Black Hills last night.

The rest of the state

Union rove 80 yards in 14 plays on the opening drive and RB Nathaniel Penaranda scored from 12 yards out to give Union an early 7-0 lead. Then it was all Camas… or so it seamed.

Following that Union Score, Camas added a Tyler Fisher TD run, 2 Logan Grindy to Addison Owen TD passes, and a Stuart Jergensen FG to go up 24-7.

The FG was followed by a Mitch Saylor 99 yard kick off return for a TD, the only Union life the Titans would have in nearly 3 quarters of football.

Camas took the second half kick off and drove 67 yards in 11 plays as they went up 31-14 on a Logan Grindy to Jeremy Faulkner TD pass.

Union QB Brandon Weller was intercepted by Camas OLB Brock Beall, who ran the ball back to the Titans 12. Camas looked like they would put the final nail in the coffin and wrap this game up late in the 3rd quarter. Grindy however was picked off by DB Matt Merlino at the 3 keeping the score at 31-14.

Union then scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, as RB Blake Russell scored 2 rushing TD’s and following an onside kick recovered by T.J. Boatright, Brandon Weller hit Penaranda on a swing pass from 13 yards for the game winning TD.

With the win, Union improves to 8-1 and 5-0 in league. The Titans finish as the 3A GSHL league champions and will host Olympic (6-3) Friday/Saturday in the preliminary round of the state playoffs.

Camas falls to 7-2 and 4-1 in league with the loss. The Papermakers will host #4 Liberty (8-1) Friday/Saturday in the preliminary round of the state playoffs.

Experts Picks

Bryan – Union √

Mike – Union √

The Skyview Storm went on the road and defeated the Heritage Timberwolves 33-7 to capture their second 4A GSHL championship in as many years. Last year Skyview was a co-champ with Heritage but finished as the #1 seed after a 55-15 win over Heritage. This year at 5-0 in league, the Storm won the league outright.

Skyview QB Austin Dodge again had a big night passing going 18-28 for 260 yards, but ended the night without a passing TD. Heritage QB Garrett Grayson was 12-31 for 131, but had 2 picks and only 1 TD.

With the win Skyview improves to 7-2 and 5-0 in league and won the 4A GSHL league title. The Storm will play the winner of a Federal Way/Gig Harbor mini play off game on Tuesday.

Heritage drops to 4-5 and 3-2 in league play. The Timberwolves still finished as the #2 team in the 4A GSHL and will travel to  #7 South Kitsap (9-0).

Experts Picks

Bryan – Skyview √

Mike- Skyview √

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10/30/09

Team 1 2 3 4 Total 7 10 3 13 33 0 7 0 0 7 Rushing — Skyview — Spears 23-81, Dodge 10-57, Adam Brown 6-54, Ellis Henderson 1-7, Jonny Barrett 1-2, Ian Zarosinski 1-(minus 9); Heritage — Grayson 15-34, Joey Cooper 8-45, Richard Warmbir 4-18. Passing — Skyview — Dodge 18-28-0-260, Spears 0-1-0-0; Heritage — Grayson 12-31-2-131. Receiving — Skyview — Ian Zarosinski 6-71, Karl Graves 4-65, Ellis Henderson 4-58, Dallin Shirley 2-44, Adam Brown 1-16, Riley Miles 1-6; Heritage — CJ Hatchett 4-25, Cooper 2-14, Cody Yahn 2-6, Ben Lyons 1-59, Kruse 1-6, Doug Van Aalst 1-17, Mike McDonald 1-4

First quarter
Sky — Matt Spears 8 run (Nick Phillips kick)
Second quarter
Sky — Austin Dodge 11 run (Phillips kick)
Her — Zac Kruse 6 pass from Garrett Grayson (Garrett Worle kick)
Sky — Phillips 25 FG
Third quarter
Sky — Phillips 22 FG
Fourth quarter
Sky — Spears 2 run (pass failed)
Sky — Dallin Shirley blocked punt and recovered in end zone (Phillips kick)

R.A. Long jumped out to a 7-0 first quarter lead when Lumberjacks QB William Yordy hit J Nusbaum on a 49 yard TD pass. That would be all the scoring on the night for the Jacks.

Mark Morris added a TD in each of the next 3 quarters for the 21-7 win. 3 different Monarchs players scored, Colton Carpenter, Jeremy Wolf, and Travis Kinder all added rushing TD for Mark Morris.

With the win Mark Morris improves to 8-1 and 5-0 in league play and captures the 2A GSHL title. The Monarchs will play the winner of a 5 team Tuesday mini play off on Friday/Saturday.

R.A. Long drops to 7-2 and 4-1 in league play. The Lumberjacks will host Tumwater Friday/Saturday in the preliminary round of the state playoffs.

Experts Picks

Bryan – R.A. Long ×

Mike – Mark Morris √

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Slide show provided by Douglas A. Yordy

10/30/09

Team 1 2 3 4 Total 0 7 7 7 21 7 0 0 0 7

First quarter
RAL — J Nusbaum 49 pass from William Yordy (Kaleb Carr kick)
Second quarter
MM — Colton Carpenter 7 run (Owen Baird kick)
Third quarter
MM — Jeremy Wolf 3 run (Baird kick)
Fourth quarter
MM — Travis Kinder 23 run (Baird kick)

Evergreen led 14-0 with 7 minutes left in the game. The Thunder scored 20 points in the final minutes for the 20-14 win.

Since Heritage had lost to Skyview and Kelso had defeated Battle Ground, Evergreen just needed to hold their 14-0 lead and they would have created a 3 way tie for 2nd place in the 4A GSHL. However that did not happen after a 77 yard TD pass from Lucas Swanson to Rashan Williams tied the game, then following a Thunder interception, Andrew White caught a 51 yard TD pass from Swanson for the game winner with 30 seconds left in the 4th.

With the win Mountain View improves to 5-4 and 2-3 in league. The Thunder will host Fort Vancouver (2-7) on Saturday at 1pm in a week 10 non league cross over game. This is not a playoff game.

Evergreen drops to 4-5 on the season and 2-3 in league play. The Plainsmen’ season is over.

Experts Picks

Bryan – Evergreen ×

Mike – Evergreen ×

10/30/09

Team 1 2 3 4 Total 7 0 0 7 14 0 0 0 20 20 Rushing — Evergreen — Thomas Philips 1-5, Kyle Cahoon 8-56, Richie Townsend 9-46, Lasean Richardson 6-25, Jolon Souchex 3-38, Quwontae Wallace 3-8, Marvin Thomas 16-77, Nick Mace 2-7. Mountain View — PJ Jones 7-84, Joe Rankins 10-74, Lucas Swanson 4-8. Passing — Evergreen — Thomas 2-6-2-10, Cahoon 0-1. Mountain View — Swanson 9-17-0-248. Receiving — Evergreen — Jacob Gosselin 1-12. Mountain View — Andrew White 5-95, Rashan Williams 3-101, Austin Tremel 1-52

First quarter
Eve — Marvin Thomas 2 run (Septi Danciu kick)
Fourth quarter
Eve — Thomas 3 run (Danciu kick)
MV — PJ Jones 4 run (Jose Camargo kick)
MV — Rashan Williams 77 pass from Lucas Swanson (Camargo kick)
MV — Andrew White 51 pass from Swanson (kick failed)

After a 1-5 start to the season, Columbia River is headed to the playoffs following their 49-14 home win over the Prairie Falcons.

River WR Theisen Chang caught 3 TD’s on the night from Neil Daly to lead the way. Chang had scores from 10, 62 and 72. Daly finished 13 of 19 for 266 yards and 3 TD.

With the win Columbia River improves to 4-5 and 3-2 in league. The Chieftains will travel to Nathan Hale (5-4) Friday/Saturday in the preliminary round of the state playoffs.

Prairie falls to 2-7 and 1-4 in league play with the loss. The Falcons’s season is over.

Experts Picks

Bryan – Columbia River √

Mike – Columbia River √

10/30/09

Team 1 2 3 4 Total 7 7 0 0 14 14 19 9 7 49 Rushing — Prairie — Madison Meister 5-20; Columbia River — Daly 13-142, Taylor Gassaway 5-27, Robert Cole 5-14, Marcus Rodriguez 5-14, Jordan Currie 4-11, Joshua 1-7, Justin Rinta 3-10. Passing — Prairie — Seitz 12-22-0-138, Coleman Weisenborn 9-20-3-65, Zalk 0-1-0-0; Columbia River — Daly 13-19-0-266, Anderson 1-1-0-31. Receiving — Prairie — Ansel Cecil 3-85, Avi Slifer 6-30, Meister 5-28, Kyle Wiley 4-28, Zalk 2-15, Jake Ripley 1-7; Columbia River — Chang 5-164, Alec Polen 6-61, Aske 1-31, Wyatt Brinkman 1-26, Kevin Cotter 1-15.

First quarter
CR — Neil Daly 8 run (Steven Hughes kick)
P — Colin Seitz 1 run (Mitch Treend kick)
CR — Theisen Chang 62 pass from Daly (Hughes kick)
Second quarter
CR — Chang 10 pass from Daly (Hughes kick)
P — Jesse Zalk 95 kickoff return (Treend kick)
CR — Chang 72 pass from Daly (run failed)
CR —Jordan Currie 3 run (run failed)
Third quarter
CR — Terrence Joshua 7 run (run failed)
CR — Hughes 20 FG
Fourth quarter
CR — Ricky Aske 31 pass from David Anderson (Hughes kick)

The Kelso Hilanders did all they could Friday night as they beat the visiting Battle Ground Tigers 35-7. Kelso however missed out on a shot at the playoffs when Mountain View beat Evergreen 20-14. Kelso RB Lane Sari had 3 more TD’s on the night and 123 yards rushing.

With the win Kelso improves to 6-3 and 3-2 in league play. The Hilanders season is over.

Battle Ground falls to 3-6 and 0-5 in league with the loss. The Tigers season is over.

Experts Picks

Bryan – Kelso √

Mike – Kelso √

10/30/09

Team 1 2 3 4 Total 0 0 0 7 7 7 14 0 14 35

First quarter
K — Lane Sari 6 run (Sam Schmidt kick)
Second quarter
K — Jared O’Neil 45 run (Schmidt kick)
K — Sari 48 pass from Cameron Margaris (Schmidt kick)
First quarter
K — Sari 5 run (Schmidt kick)
BG — Jordan Malvo 12 run (Mac Brandenburger kick)
K — Margaris 5 run (Schmidt kick)

Hudson’s Bay and Fort Vancouver each scored 4 TD’s Friday night, the only difference in the game was that Hudson’s Bay made all 4 of their extra points while the Trappers failed to convert on all 4.

Hudson’s Bay led 28-14 heading into the 4th quarter before the Trappers scored 2 late TD, but it was not enough.

With the win, Hudson’s Bay improves to 3-6 and 2-3 in league. The Eagles season is over.

Fort Vancouver drops to 2-7 and 0-5 in league play. The Trappers will play at Mountain View in a week 10 non league cross over game. This is not a playoff game.

Experts Picks

Bryan – Fort Vancouver ×

Mike – Hudson’s Bay √

10/30/09

Team 1 2 3 4 Total 6 6 0 12 24 14 7 7 0 28 Rushing — Hudson’s Bay — Christensen 9-126, Torgrimson 7-78, Arrozal 12-46; Fort Vancouver — Isaiah Thompson 10-121, Tevin Wesley 8-57, Chen 10-43. Passing — Hudson’s Bay — Christensen 2-3-0-50; Fort Vancouver — Heying 4-8-1-69. Receiving — Hudson’s Bay — Washington 1-50; Fort Vancouver — Bush 1-48, Robby Case 2-18, Chen 2-11.

First quarter
HB — Andre Washington 23 interception return (Washington kick)
HB — Ingo Arrozal 8 run (Washington kick)
FV — John Chen 3 run (kick blocked)
Second quarter
HB — Danny Christensen 67 run (Washington kick)
FV — Chen 5 run (run failed)
Third quarter
HB — Cody Torgrimson 53 run (Washington kick)
Fourth quarter
FV — Chen 1 run (run failed)
FV — Marcus Bush 48 pass from Hayden Heying (pass failed)

Hockinson and Washougal ended regulation the way they started 0-0. Finally in the 3rd OT, Hockinson’s Nick Guinett scored a rushing TD from 8 yards out to give the Hawks a 9-3 win and the 2A GSHL’s final playoff spot.

Hockinson improves to 2-7 and 2-3 in league with the win. The Hawks will travel to #5 W.F. West (9-0) Friday/Saturday in the preliminary round of the state playoffs.

With the loss, Washougal drops to 2-7 and 1-4 in league. The Panthers season is over.

Experts Picks

Bryan – Hockinson √

Mike – Washougal ×

10/30/09

Team 1 2 3 4 ot 2ot 3ot Total 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 9 Rushing — Washougal — Ben O’Hara 16-53 (49 net); Hockinson — Aaron Hanson 11-58, P.J. Owenby 15-60, Hayden Kytola 11-50. Passing — Washougal — Colton Sullivan 7-25-3-52; Hockinson — Zach Borge 2-8-1-35. Receiving — Washougal — David Houghland 2-25, Tyler Krivanek 2-17, O’Hara 2-6, John Corona 1-4. Hockinson — Kopp 2-35.

Second OT
Hoc — Shamele Battam 22 FG
Wash — David Zack 20 FG
Third OT
Hock — Nick Guinett 8 run (no try)

Woodland defeated Ridgefield 41-14 Friday night as the Beavers tuned up for the playoffs. Woodland already had the 2A GSHL’s 3rd playoff spot secured heading into the game with the Supdders. Woodland QB Trevor Hurn threw for 327 yards and 5 TD in the win.

Woodland improves to 7-2 and 3-2 in league with the win. The Beavers will travel to #7 Black Hills (7-2) Friday/Saturday in the preliminary round of the state playoffs.

With the loss, Ridgefield drops to 1-8 and 0-5 in league play. The Supdders season is over.

Experts Picks

Bryan – Woodland √

Mike – Woodland √

10/30/09

Team 1 2 3 4 Total 0 14 14 13 41 0 14 0 0 14 Rushing — Woodland — A. Ripp 14-82, Hurn 13-46, Lubinski 3-5; Ridgefield — Juan Valencia 13-42, Dylan Young 12-38, Bruce Walker 3-14. Passing — Woodland — Hurn 22-32-1-327; Ridgefield — Barton 9-19-2-70, Young 0-1-1-0. Receiving — Woodland — Brady 4-53, Lubinski 10-115, Fuller 4-90, Dennis 5-61; Ridgefield — Scott Backstrom 1-4, Iulica Kinonen 1-8, Mike Oman 3-37, Young 2-12.

Second quarter
R — Iulica Kinonen 8 pass from Clay Barton (Matt Newman kick)
W — Elijah Dennis 21 pass from Trevor Hurn (Dennis kick)
R — Dylan Young 73 kickoff return (Newman kick)
W — Nick Fuller 42 pass from Hurn (Dennis kick)
Third quarter
W — Fuller 14 pass from Hurn (kick blocked)
W — Dennis 14 pass from Hurn (Shane Brady pass from Hurn)
Fourth quarter
W — David Lubinski 4 run (kick failed)
W — Fuller 5 pass from Hurn (Dennis kick)