MOSCOW — The unbeaten Moscow Bears held off a 2-point conversion run attempt from the visiting Pullman Greyhounds on the final play of overtime to seal an epic 26-25 nonleague border battle football victory at Bear Field on Friday.
Quarterback Noah Velasco, who had been battling an ankle injury, connected with wide receiver Butch Kiblen on critical scoring plays late in regulation and overtime to help Moscow (4-0) first extend the game, then claim its first win over Pullman (0-2) since 2021.
“It was a game-time decision whether (Velasco) would even play or not,” Moscow coach Rob Bafus said. “He really gutted up.”
The Bears notched the first score of the game when Velasco passed to Keaton Frei, but Pullman answered in the second quarter with a Vaughn Holstad interception return touchdown, then pulled ahead 13-6 with a pass from Connor Stewart to Evan Anderson on the final play before intermission. The Bears knotted things up at 19 by the end of regulation, then pulled ahead 26-19 in the extra period on the Velasco-to-Kiblen play followed by a Wyatt Thornycroft kick.
There was a scary moment when Pullman lost a player late in overtime to a neck injury.
The Greyhounds still managed one last score off a Stewart pass to Holstad, taking the game down to the all-or-nothing 2-point play, which was held off by the Bears.
“I was really proud of our kids and our coaching staff,” Pullman coach Kevin Agnew said. “We had a good week together. The kids played their hearts out tonight; just came up a little short.”
This was the second consecutive single-point defeat for the Greyhounds to start the season, following a 7-6 loss to Lakeside of Nine Mile Falls last week. It was a second straight area rivalry win for Moscow, coming after a 19-6 result against Clarkston.
“It was really just a storybook game,” Bafus said. “Huge crowd, border battle, and I’m pretty sure everybody in the stands was entertained from the first snap to the last.”
Complete statistics were not available at press time.
Logos 64, Kamiah 20
MOSCOW — The Knights of Moscow chased out the visiting Kubs in a 2A Whitepine League clash.
Logos quarterback Seamus Wilson accounted for nearly 400 yards of offense by himself as he completed 12-of-15 passes for 257 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 120 yards. Logos wideout Lucius Comis hauled in 6 catches for 162 yards.
Kamiah quarterback Dave Kludt threw three touchdown passes.
Holloway said that six Knights ran the ball and six Knights caught the ball in a balanced day for the offense that generated 605 yards.
“Really balanced, rushed for 298 yards, passed for 307,” Holloway said. “You don’t get much more balanced than that.”
Kamiah scoring plays were not available at press time.
Kamiah 8 6 14 0–20
Logos 22 6 12 24–64
Logos — Lucius Comis 42 run (Baxter Covington run)
Logos — Covington 5 pass from Seamus Wilson (Wilson run)
Logos — Ryan Daniels 28 pass from Wilson (run failed)
Logos — Covington 24 pass from Wilson (pass failed)
Logos — Daniels 1 run (pass failed)
Logos — Covington 1 run (Wilson run)
Logos — Comis 50 pass from Wilson (run failed)
Logos — Jonathan Grauke 43 pass Joseph Sensing (Sensing run)
Logos — Honour Mallery 50 run (Sensing run)
Colfax 33, Kettle Falls 0
COLFAX — Ryker Reed ran the first three touchdowns of the game to help the host Bulldogs shut out their identically monikered visitors from Kettle Falls in their Northeast 2B League debut.
“I thought our kids came out ready to go. We knew we were facing a much-improved Kettle Falls team they had a very solid rushing attack coming into this “I thought our kids played fast and physical and executed our game plan really well,” said Colfax coach David Cofer, whose team moved to 2-0 on the season and 1-0 in league. “Any time you can shut an opponent out, your defense is doing something right.”
Kettle Falls 0 0 0 0— 0
Colfax 13 7 7 6—33
Colfax — Ryker Reed 42 run (kick failed)
Colfax — Reed 19 run (Tyler Hough kick)
Colfax — Reed 8 run (Hough kick)
Colfax — John Largent 9 run (Hough kick)
Colfax — Layne Johnston 30 fumble return (kick blocked)
Potlatch 46, Clearwater Valley 20
POTLATCH — Unbeaten Potlatch took over around the midway point of the game en route to victory over Clearwater Valley of Kooskia in the Loggers’ 2A Whitepine League season debut.
Coach Ryan Ball credited “explosive plays” on offense and “quick stops” on defense coming out of intermission for putting Potlatch (3-0, 1-0) in the driver’s seat. Hunter Redmon ran the first three touchdowns of the day for the Loggers, while Jay Marshall recorded 107 rushing yards on 12 carries and passed 4-of-8 for 62.
The Rams slipped to 0-3 overall and 0-2 in league.
Clearwater Valley 6 0 0 14—20
Potlatch 8 8 14 16—46
Potlatch — Hunter Redmon 15 run (Jay Marshall run)
Clearwater Valley — Hyson Scott 39 pass from Liam Walle (run failed)
Potlatch — Redmon 5 run (Ben Johnson pass from Marshall)
Potlatch — Redmon 2 run (run failed)
Potlatch — Marshall 58 run (Marshall run)
Potlatch — Johnson 34 run (Redmon pass from Trey Magallon)
Clearwater Valley — Tiago Pickering 81 kickoff return (run failed)
Potlatch — Brenton Breeze 21 pass from Magallon (Magallon run)
Clearwater Valley — Timuni Moses 20 run (Moses run)
Grangeville 36, New Plymouth 26
GRANGEVILLE — The unbeaten Bulldogs logged the last three touchdowns of their nonleague encounter with New Plymouth in a late rally to victory.
Quarterback David Goicoa found himself shut down by New Plymouth defenders in the early going, but Cooper Poxleitner came in with 27 carries for 137 yards and two touchdowns in what coach Jeff Adams called a “workhorse” performance. Goicoa then put the Bulldogs (3-0) over the top with a fourth-quarter rushing touchdown and created separation with a scoring pass to Thayn Williams.
New Plymouth 6 14 6 0—26
Grangeville 0 16 6 14—36
New Plymouth — Travis 50 pass Mowder (run failed)
Grangeville — Eli Hinds 25 punt block return (Cooper Poxleitner run)
New Plymouth — Travis 72 run (pass failed)
Grangeville — Poxleitner 3 run (Poxleitner run)
New Plymouth — King 29 pass from Mowder (NA pass from Mowder)
New Plymouth — Swain 50 pass from Mowder (run failed)
Grangeville — Poxleitner 11 run (run failed)
Grangeville — David Goicoa 1 run (Tayden Wasssmuth pass from Goicoa)
Grangeville — Thayn Williams 28 pass from Goicoa (run failed)
Salmon River 34, Lewis County 6
RIGGINS — Salmon River of Riggins shut out visiting Lewis County until late in the fourth quarter en route to a nonleague victory.
Devon Herzig rushed for 138 yards and logged two touchdowns, Hayes Pratt received for 150 yards and two more touchdowns, and quarterback Blake Shepherd totaled 275 offensive yards while figuring in three scoring plays for the Savages (2-1).
Having gone winless for nearly two years, Salmon River has now won two straight. The Eagles dropped to 0-3.
Lewis County 0 0 0 6— 6
Salmon River 0 6 14 14—34
Salmon River — Devon Herzig 52 interception return (pass failed)
Salmon River — Hayes Pratt 83 pass from Blake Shepherd (Noah Cereghino pass from Shepherd)
Salmon River — Shepherd 24 run (run failed)
Salmon River — Pratt 52 pass from Shepherd (Shepherd run)
Salmon River — Herzig 1 run (run failed)
Lewis County — Unknown 13 run (run failed)
Pomeroy 58, Mabton 14
POMEROY — The host Pirates blitzed Mabton in their Southeast 1B League debut.
Jett Slusser ran for three touchdowns and passed for another to help Pomeroy (2-0, 1-0) produce the dominant result, while teammate Jacob Reisinger had one score apiece rushing and receiving.
Mabton 6 0 0 8—14
Pomeroy 14 14 8 22—58
Pomeroy — Jacob Reisinger 8 run (Jett Slusser run)
Mabton — Francisco Moreno 69 pass from Marco Espinoza (conversion failed)
Pomeroy — Slusser 49 run (conversion failed)
Pomeroy — Slusser 2 run (conversion failed)
Pomeroy — Reisinger 34 pass from Slusser (Slusser run)
Pomeroy — Slusser 78 run (Kyzer Herres run)
Pomeroy — Herres 46 run (Slusser run)
Pomeroy — Kyzer Herres 15 run (Rory McKeirnan run)
Mabton — Francisco Moreno 5 run (Moreno run)
Pomeroy — Rory McKeirnan 59 run (conversion failed)
Asotin 63, River View 41
KENNEWICK — In a clash of Panthers, the Asotin Panthers outran River View of Kennewick.
Asotin rushed for 514 yards and did not complete a pass.
Peter Eggleston paced the Panthers of Asotin (2-0) with 14 carries for 293 yards and two touchdowns — over half of Asotin’s total offense. He also returned a kickoff 80 yards to the house for his second kickoff return touchdown in as many weeks.
Colt Kelley took the rock 13 times for 102 yards and Cody Ells ran the ball eight times for 109 yards.
“We moved the ball at will,” Asotin coach Jim Holman said. “Struggled in pass defense, overall good win for us.”
Asotin 14 22 14 13—63
River View 0 19 8 14—41
Asotin — Cody Ells 32 run (kick failed)
Asotin — Peter Eggleston 81 run (kick failed)
River View — Alex Chavez 51 pass from Hyatt Clark (Hyatt Clark)
Asotin — Colt Kelley 12 run (kick failed)
River View–Maddox Tyutyunnih 48 pass from Hyatt Clark (run failed)
Asotin — Eggelston 80 kickoff return (run failed)
Asotin — Kelly 41 interception (pass failed)
River View — Drake Zunker 30 pass from Clark (run failed)
Asotin — Eggelston 4 run (pass failed)
Asotin — Eggelston 46 run (kick failed)
River View — Tyutyunnih 45 pass from Clark (Clark run)
Asotin — Ells 19 run (Ells run)
Asotin — Carson Reedy 2 run (Morgan Dunch kick)
River View — Wyatt Curtis 16 pass from Clark (Clark run)
Asotin — Kelly 6 run (kick failed)
River View — Curtis 29 pass from Clark (run failed)
Prairie 68, Lapwai 14
COTTONWOOD — Levi McElroy threw for 180 yards and three touchdowns for Prairie of Cottonwood in a lopsided Class 2A Whitepine League win against Lapwai.
McElroy connected with Matt Wemhoff for a pair of scores for the triumphant Pirates (2-1, 1-0), adding a 70-yard play with Chris Schumacher. Levi Gehring had 16 carries for 107 yards and two touchdowns in the win.
For Lapwai (1-3, 0-3), Jereese McCormick and Julian Barros each ran one scoring play.
“Defensively, thought they played really well,” Prairie coach Ryan Hasselstrom said. “Good all-around game.”
Lapwai 0 0 8 6—14
Prairie 14 24 24 6—68
Prairie — Matt Wemhoff 14 pass from Levi McElroy (pass failed)
Prairie — Levi Gehring 32 run (Gehring run)
Prairie — Chris Schumacher 4 run (Schumacher run)
Prairie — McElroy 6 run (Shumacher run)
Prairie — Schumacher 70 pass from McElroy (Phil Schwartz pass from McElroy)
Lapwai — Jereese McCormick 12 run (Marcisio Noriega from McCormick)
Prairie — Wemhoff 68 pass from McElroy (Gehring run)
Prairie — Gehring 5 run (Gehring pass from McElroy)
Prairie — Schwartz 48 Interception return (Wemhoff pass from McElroy)
Prairie — Gehring 16 run (pass failed)
Lapwai — Julian Barros 3 run (pass failed)
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER
Pullman Christian 6, Oak Classical Christian 1
PULLMAN — Pullman Christian beat Oaks Classical Christian Academy of Spokane Valley in Mountain Christian League play.
Chilton Gleason and Judah Fitzgerald scored two goals each for the victorious Eagles.
“They did really good,” coach Sean Dinius said. “Moved the ball pretty well.”
Complete statistics were not available.
Oaks Classical 0 1—1
Pullman Christian 6 0—6
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
Eagles grounded by Oaks
PULLMAN — Host Pullman Christian School took the first set, but fell in four to Mountain Christian League rival Oaks Classical Christian of Spokane.
The final scoreline read 18-25, 26-24, 25-19, 25-22 in favor of the visitors.
“Every set was super-tough play,” Pullman Christian coach Sara Mader said. “They left it all out on the court.”
Falon Mader hit a team-high four aces in the losing effort for the Eagles (3-3).
JV — Pullman Christian def. Oaks.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Vandals move to the win column
LOUDONVILLE, New York — The Idaho Vandals found their first win of the season, taking down host Siena College 13-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-23 to kick off their campaign in the Siena Saints Invitational.
Taylor Brickey (17 kills), Natalia Wielgus (39 assists), Madu Fontes (11 digs, three aces) and Emma Patterson (eight blocks, three aces) were key stat leaders for Idaho (1-6), which snapped a 31-match losing streak dating back to September 1 of last year. The Vandals recovered from a shaky first set and finished with a team attack percentage of .288 that outstripped the Saints’ .193.
Warriors lay Knights low
PORTLAND, Ore. — Lewis-Clark State rolled to a 25-15, 25-15, 25-18 Cascade Conference victory over host Warner Pacific (Ore.).
The Warriors (7-3, 4-1) benefited from 13 kills by Juliauna Forgach Aguilar (13), 10 digs courtesy of Natany Felix Guimaraes, and 14 assists from Esther Kailiponi. Their team attack percentage of .333 dwarfed the .054 mark posted by the Knights (0-5, 0-4).
Cougs drop volleyball Apple Cup
SEATTLE — The visiting Cougars suffered a 25-15, 21-25, 25-16, 25-13 defeat to the unbeaten Huskies in a nonconference rivalry match.
Kierstyn Barton’s 22 kills made a critical difference in favor of victorious Washington (6-0). Sage Brustad made a team-high 13 kills and 11 digs for WSU (3-3), which also enjoyed 28 assists from Italia Bernal.
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