East Beats West 14-6 in 2010 Shriners Freedom Bowl Classic
Written by Bryan Levesque on July 10, 2010
Sometimes in football, games just don’t turn out the way you think they will.
Tonight at Kiggins Bowl in the 8th Annual Shriners Freedom Bowl Classic, that is exactly what happened. While I was one of the few people not playing or coaching on the West team that thought the game would be close, I figured it would be a close, HIGH scoring “shoot out”. I was thinking something in the range of 38-27 or 42-35, a final score of 14-6 was not on my radar.
The first big play of the game came on defense, as Evergreen DB Marvin Thomas picked off a pass from Columbia River QB Neil Daly. Following the Thomas interception the East went on a 12 play drive that covered 50 yards, however Hudson’s Bay LB Jeremy Hickman’s interception keep the game scoreless.
Heritage QB Garrett Grayson was the games MVP with his 58 yard TD run in the 4th quarter of a 14-6 East win. PHOTO BY Dave Scott
Fowling 2 more punts, the West finally got things going. R.A. Long QB William Yordy connected on a pass that was tipped yet ended up in the hands of Hudson’s Bay WR Danny Christensen for a 48 yard gain. 2 plays later, Yordy hit Skyview RB Adam Brown from 19 yards out after Brown slipped out of the backfield and ran up the middle into the end zone. A missed extra point attempt left the West with a 6-0 lead with 1:32 to go in the 1st quarter.
The 2nd quarter flew by as both teams went on long drives that both ended without a score. The East drove 46 yards down the the West 20 before penalties moved them back to the 40 and forced a punt. Taking over at their 10 the West then went on an 11 play 81 yard drive down to the East 9 before Daly forced a ball into the end zone where Heritage DB C.J. Hatchett picked him off with only 1:20 left in the half.
Despite Daly’s 2 interceptions, the West was moving the ball on with his legs. Daly and RB Travis Kinder out of Mark Morris worked the shotgun zone option almost to perfection as the East could not figure out which one had the ball for most of the first half.
A halftime score of 6-0 in favor of the West was definitely a shocker.
The West took possession to start the 2nd half at their 20 and had picked up a first down before a fumble recovered by Hockinson’s Justin Gillispie set the East up on the 34 and knocking on the door for a go-ahead score.
5 plays later, Union RB Blake Russell powered his way in for the score from 9 yards out tying the game at 6-6 with 8:24 to go in the 3rd. The successful extrapoint by Camas K Stuart Jergensen gave the East their first lead of the game at 7-6.
The West came close to scoring one more time later in the quarter when Skyview WR Ian Zarosinski looked to be open in the back of the end zone, however Daly’s pass was picked off once again by Evergreen’s Marvin Thomas.
Following a punt then a few turnover on downs, Heritage QB Garrett Grayson took to the ground on a 1 play drive consisting of his 58 yard TD run. Grayson ran to his left then cut back to the right and turned on the speed and was not going to be caught from behind. Another Jergensen extra point gave the East the 14-6 least with only 3:43 left in the game.
West QB Neil Daly took over at their 36 when Kelso RB Lane Sari set up his team with good field position following a long kick return. Daly got the West as far as the East 43 but could not get any further and the ball was turned over on downs with only 53 seconds left in the game.
For a low scoring game there was plenty of big plays and lots of nice open field tackles.
Following the game, Garrett Grayson of Heritage was named the games overall MVP. East defensive MVP went to Marvin Thomas of Evergreen, while the East offensive MVP was given to Union RB Blake Russell. West defensive MVP went to Ian Zarosinski of Skyview, while the West offensive MVP was given to Neil Daly of Columbia River.
Post Game Interviews
Marvin Thomas (Evergreen DB) East Def. MVP
Blake Russell (Union RB) East Off. MVP
Ian Zarosinski (Skyview DB) West Def. MVP
Neil Daly (Columbia River QB) West Off. MVP
Adam Matheison East Head Coach (Mt. View)
James Ensley West Head Coach (Fort Vancouver)
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Looks like the west showed up to play. No direspect but this game should have been really lop-sidded. The west had less than spectacular teams on it exept Skyview, Kelso, and mabye River. The East however had all the better teams (exept Skyview). They had players from, just to name a few: Egreen, MV, Heritage, MM, Union, AND Camas. based on the amount of talent from both sides this game should have been a blow out in favor of the East. But it seems the West wanted a win more but in the end the East just overall had more talent on its side. Thats just my opinion though, think what you want. :]
I just wanted to see this class play one more time. The overall talent last year throughout the whole league was very impressive. Anyone know why Peneranda – the offensive player of the year – only got 2 touches?
Knute, Nate was given the option to play RB or slot, after hearing that the East was planning on running only about 5 times in the game, he chose to play slot. The East ran far more times than they had planned on running, and with the 4 wide that goes 3 deep, that is 12 kids to get the ball to. From what I saw during the game, it looked like both DL’s out played the OL’s and even though most of the WR’s on both sides were open a lot during the game, all of the QB’s (Grayson, Weller, Daly & Yordy) and to scramble a lot just to avoid an early sack.
Guess I’ll just ‘no comment’ on that, but thanks for the explanation
How is the deepest/best catch of the game from Yordy to Christensen not in the highlight reel? Just wondering…
Heard that the Quarterback for Washougal,Colton Sullivan was invited to a Portland State invitation only camp on Monday.
So was Keiran McD from Skyview. Not sure if it’s true or not but I heard they offered him the full deal…..
No disrespect, Keiran can do better….watch and see.