Eagles pick up first win, Wallowa continues to roll

NIXYAAWII — The Joseph football team picked up its first win Friday.

On the road, the Eagles defeated Nixyaawii 70-30.

 Quarterback Zach Staidle connected with B.J. Warnock for four touchdowns, and running back Trevor Lewis run for 130 yards.

Isiaih Case led Nixyaawii with 104 passing yards, completing 15 of his 22 passes.

Anthony Bonifer led the Golden Eagles with three touchdowns, picking up 236 yards on 20 carries.

Joseph will travel to Cove for a 4 p.m. kickoff Friday.

Cougars crush Touchet

TOUCHET, Wash. — The Wallowa Cougars dominated the opposition, Touchet, Wash.,  66-16 Friday.

Tyler Harshfield led the Cougar attack with 150 yards rushing and 299 yards through the air. He accounted for six touchdowns.

Games are stopped after a team leads by 45 points or more in Washington.

Wallowa will travel to Imbler for a 2 p.m. kickoff Friday.

Wallowa    16    28    22    – 66

Touchet    0    8    8    – 16

Scoring summary

First Quarter

W – Gladden 15 pass from McDaniel (Jamerson pass from McDaniel)

W – Jamerson 1 pass from Harshfield (Johnson pass from Harshfield)

Second Quarter

W – Johnson 7 pass from Harshfield (Harshfield run)

W – Gladden 21 pass from Harshfield (pass failed)

W – Green 14 run (run failed)

T – Goble 3 run (E.Contreras run)

W – Jamerson 4 pass from Harshfield (Johnson pass from Harshfield)

Third Quarter

T – Hodnefield 60 run (Kates pass from Hodnefield)

Fourth Quarter

W – Johnson 9 pass from Harshfield (Johnson pass from Harshfield)

W – Harshfield 10 run (Johnson pass from McDaniel)

W – Johnson 37 pass from Harshfield (no PAT attempted)

Individual statistics

RUSHING–W, Harshfield 12-150, Green 4-69, Alvarez 5-37. T, Hodenfield 10-129, Goble 3-4, E.Contreras 2-7.

PASSING–W, McDaniel 3-3-0-65, Harshfield 21-30-1-299. T, Hodnefield 5-12-2-119, Rodriguez 0-1-0-0, Kates 0-1-1-0.

RECEIVING–W, Gladden 7-144, Johnson 6-86, Jamerson 4-57, Alvarez 5-50. T, Kates 2-79, J.Contreras 1-17, Flores 1-15, Goble 1-8.

Cove claws past Tri-Cities Prep

PASCO — Jared Witty helped lead Cove past Tri-Cities Prep Friday

The senior quarterback ran for 132 yards and four touchdowns while also passing for 189 yards and four touchdowns.

Jordan Brown hauled in all four touchdown passes. Brown ended the game with 122 receiving yards with five receptions.

The Jaguars played without all-state quarterback Will Hoppes, who sat out with an injured shoulder.

He was replaced by freshman Evan Whitsett, who passed for 183 yards and three touchdowns but also had four interceptions.   

The Leopards will host Joseph at 4 p.m. Friday.

Cove    22    22    8    14    –    66

Tri-Cities    14    24    8    6    –    52

Scoring summary

First Quarter

TC – Jacob Schmidt 2 run (Troy Redmann run)

C–Jaered Witty 45 run (Scott DelCurto run)

TC – Kevin Ratuiste 43 run (run failed)

C–Witty 7 run (DelCurto run)

C–Witty 13 run (run failed)

Second Quarter

C–Jordan Brown 25 pass from Witty (DelCurto pass from Witty)

TC–Redmann 57 kickoff return (Jay Orth pass from Redmann)

TC–Redmann 18 run (Antonio Ledesma pass from Redmann)

C–Brown 45 pass from Witty (Witty run)

C–Brown 11 pass from Witty (pass failed)

Third Quarter

TC–Redmann 3 pass from Evan Whitsett (Ratuiste run)

TC–Redmann 32 pass from Whitsett (Redmann run)

C–Brown 18 pass from Witty (DelCurto run)

Fourth Quarter

C–DelCurto 14 run (DelCurto pass from Witty)

C–Witty 1 run (run failed)

TC–Anthony Hinkson 42 pass from Whitsett (pass failed)

Individual statistics

RUSHING–C, DelCurto 13-144, Witty 22-132, Kegan Gilstrap 11-24. TC, Ratuiste 7-85, Schmidt 4-9, Redmann 4-33, Whitsett 4-(minus 28).

PASSING–C, Witty 7-17-0-189. TC, Whitsett 14-24-4-183.

RECEIVING–C, Brown 5-122, Gilstrap 1-54, Landen Reddington 1-13. TC, Redmann 8-104, Ledesma 3-43, Hinkson 1-42, Ratuiste 2-(minus 6).