Balanced Bears Roll

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Central Valley is ready for the playoffs.

The Bears tuned up for the postseason by turning its fine-tuned machine lose on Valley rival University Friday night at U-Hi, racing to a 56-12 win.

They did so by revving up the passing game to go with their powerful running attack.

Chad Adamson hit his first four passes and his last six, going 10 of 12 for 192 yards.

“We need to (pass), it’s something we’re going to have to have,” Central Valley coach Rick Giampietri said. “We’re going to have to be clicking on all cylinders.”

The win clinched a playoff spot for the undefeated Bears, who can consider the postseason under way since their last two Greater Spokane League opponents are Gonzaga Prep and Lewis and Clark, teams with one league loss each.

University coach Mike Ganey thinks the Bears are ready.

“They just had an excellent game plan and played very well. They were flawless,” he said. “They were just more physical up front than we were. That’s the best I’ve seen them play this year.”

The Bears did it with a well-balanced offense that rolled up 429 yards and a defense that comonly allowed only three first downs and 56 yards. The only flaw was on special teams, with University’s Nick Mattioda returning kickoffs 94 and 92 yards for touchdowns in the second quarter.

In other Greater Spokane League games, Prep and LC stayed on CV’s heels by beating Rogers 35-14 and Shadle Park 32-10, respectively, in a double-header at Albi Stadium.

Ferris rallied to defeat Eisenhower 21-20 in a non-league game in Yakima.

CV 56, University 12

Name it and the second-ranked Bears (7-0 overall, 6-0 GSL) did it against the Titans (3-4, 3-3).

The first drive was 92 yards, started by 17- and 12-yard runs by Tyree Clowe but the capper was a 16-yard pass from Adamson to Nate McFarlane.

The second drive was a short field, with the Bears covering 60 yards in three plays, finished by Clowe’s 2-yard run. The big play was a 46-yard deep post pass from Adamson to Todd Millar.

Next came an 18-yard interception return by Patrick Libey for a touchdown and it was 21-0 after one quarter.

The fifth touchdown was Clowe’s third, a 10-yard sweep around left end one play after McFarlane’s 62-yard punt return.

Central Valley 21 28 7 0 - 56

University 0 12 0 0 - 12

CV-McFarlane 16 pass from Adamson (Papich kick)

CV-Clowe 2 run (Papich kick)

CV-Libey 18 interception return (Papich kick)

CV-Clowe 7 run (Papich kick)

CV-Clowe 10 run (Papich kick)

U-Hi-Mattioda 94 kickoff return (kick failed)

CV-Adamson 10 run (Papich kick)

CV-Easton 3 run (Papich kick)

U-Hi-Mattioda 92 kickoff return (pass failed)

CV-Burnett 4 run (Papich kick)

CV U-Hi First downs 20 3 Rushes-yards 42-237 27-11 Passing yards 192 45 Return yards 96 6 Passes 10-13-0 5-16-2 Punts-avg. 4-34.3 7-33.1 Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-0 Penalties-yards 4-38 3-25

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING - Central Valley: Clowe 13-109, Burnett 9-44, Easton 6-33, Graham 3-24, Tasca 4-10, Summers 1-9, Folkins 2-4, Adamson 3-4, McFarlane 1-0, University: Mattioda 14-38, Conrad 8-8, Frost 1—7, Short 4—28,

PASSING - Central Valley: Adamson 10-12-192, Folkins 0-1-0, University: Short 5-15-2-45, Frost 0-1-0,

RECEIVING - Central Valley: Millar 1-46, Papich 2-37, Clowe 1-36, McFarlane 2-26, Hinckley 1-19, Graham 1-16, Easton 1-9, Libey 1-3, University: Pulver 1-22, Ellersick 2-11, McMurtrey 1-9, Mattioda 1-3.

G-Prep 35, Rogers 14

Trailing 6-0 after a quarter, the Bullpups (6-1, 5-1) turned up the heat on the Pirates (2-5, 2-5).

Quarterback Kevin O’Connell and running back Brian Kendall combined for 270 yards rushing and four touchdowns while the Bullpups were scoring five straight times.

Kendall opened the scoring with a 31-yard run to help Gonzaga take a 13-6 halftime lead. He capped things in the fourth quarter with a 52-yard scamper.

Tony Valentine, a tight end moved to the backfield last week, had a 69-yard TD run in the third quarter.

Gonzaga gained all of its 483 yards on the ground - 312 in the second half.

Mike Dorton rushed for 190 yards on 28 carries and scored both Rogers touchdowns.

Rogers 6 0 0 8 - 14

Gonzaga Prep 0 13 15 a7 - 35

R-Dorton 14 run (kick failed)

GP-Kendall 31 run (Pegg kick)

GP-O’Connell 2 run (kick failed)

GP-O’Connell 1 run (O’Connell run)

GP-Valentine 69 run (Pegg kick)

GP-Kendall 52 run (Pegg kick)

R-Dorton 13 run (Crowley pass from Ogelsbee)

R GP First downs 17 17 Rushes-yards 44-200 44-483 Passing yards 69 0 Return yards 37 29 Passes 11-19-1 0-6-2 Punts-avg. 4-35 1-37 Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-0 Penalties-yards 5-41.5 5-35

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING - Gonzaga Prep: O’Connell 18-142, Kendall 7-128, Valentine 7-89, Pegg 1-60, Ramirez 5-38, Schrope 4-14, Frankovic 1-8, Hartnett 1-4, Rogers: Dorton 28-190, Parratt 9-27, Gregorson 1-1, Ogelsbee 6-minus-18.

PASSING - Gonzaga Prep: Pegg 0-2-0, O’Connell 0-4-2-0, Rogers: Ogelsbee 11-19-1-69,

RECEIVING - Mace 6-37, Parratt 2-30, Hooper 1-6, Dorton 2-minus-4.

LC 32, Shadle Park 10

It wasn’t until Nick Spurgetis found the end zone that the Tigers (6-1, 6-1) could get untracked against the Highlanders (1-6, 1-5).

Spurgetis scored the first of two 11-yard touchdowns and ran for the extra points to give LC an 11-7 lead in the second quarter.

He tallied again in the third quarter, the Tigers upping their advantage to 25-7.

Shadle’s Tim Snell rushed for 102 yards on 21 attempts. Quarterback Chris Ryan passed for 100 yards and the lone Highlander touchdown.

Shadle Park 0 7 0 3 - 10

Lewis and Clark 0 11 14 7 - 32

LC-Flatt 41 field goal ( )

SP-Johnson 9 pass from Ryan (Reith kick)

LC-Spurgetis 11 run (Spurgetis run)

LC-Spurgetis 11 run (Dahlstron kick)

LC-Lockridge 1 run (Dahlstron kick)

SP-Reith 26 field goal ( )

LC-Coleman 45 run (Dahlstron kick)

SP LC First downs 14 16 Rushes-yards 40-143 42-329 Passing yards 100 34 Return yards 0 53 Passes 10-17-1 2-4-0 Punts-avg. 6-30.8 3-36.3 Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-1 Penalties-yards 6-54.5 3-31

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING - Lewis and Clark: Spurgetis 16-136, Coleman 5-87, Flatt 12-77, Ross 7-27, Lockridge 2-2, Shadle Park: Snell 21-102, Livingston 7-34, Ryan 8-4, Walker 4-3,

PASSING - Lewis and Clark: Lockridge 2-4-34, Shadle Park: Ryan 10-17-1-100,

RECEIVING - Lewis and Clark: Defour 2-34, Shadle Park: Johnson 8-77, Livingston 1-13, Bruck 1-10.

Ferris 21, Eisenhower 20

The Saxons (2-5) rallied behind quarterback Adam Oakley to edge the Cadets (0-7) of the Big Nine.

After taking a 7-0 lead, Ferris allowed Ike to score three straight touchdowns, but the PAT was missed on the final TD.

Oakley hit Garth Hamilton for 32 yards to set up Nick Bozo’s 5-yard touchdown run with 4:36 left and then connected with Jonathan Parker for a 32-yarder to tie the game before John Slack kicked the winning PAT.

Ty Williams opened the scoring for Ferris with a 63-yard run.

Ferris 0 7 0 14 - 21

Eisenhower 7 7 6 0 - 20

F-Williams 63 run (Slack kick)

E-Glenn 47 pass from Crowell (Ball kick)

E-Crowell 2 run (Ball kick)

E-Francis 16 run (kick failed)

F-Bozo 5 run (Slack kick)

F-Parker 32 pass from Oakley (Slack kick)

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