Wildcats work overtime to beat West Valley

Kyle Redmond’s 13-yard touchdown pass in overtime lifted Mt. Spokane to a 28-21 non-league victory at West Valley during a Friday season opener.

The Eagles, looking to break into the win column after going 0-10 a year ago, tied the game late in the fourth quarter when 6-foot-6 wide receiver E.J. Richardson pulled in a 42-yard pass from Cam Weiber for his second touchdown of the game.

West Valley had two chances to take the lead in the final 90 seconds.

Mt. Spokane got three touchdowns from senior fullback Nick Ellis, who pulled in a 15-yard pass for one score, then reached the end zone on runs of 45 and two yards.

In other non-league games: Staked to a 16-0 lead in the first quarter, Ingraham rolled to a 53-34 victory over Rogers at Albi Stadium. Ingraham led 2-0 when Rogers’ Dirk Gaines was tackled in the end zone for a safety, and used a ground game that produced 264 rushing yards on 41 total carries to hold off the Pirates. … Shadle Park broke open a scoreless game in the second quarter en route to a 21-7 victory over Lakeside at Nine Mile Falls. The Highlanders led 21-0 before the Eagles scored on a 65-yard return of a Shadle fumble. … Pullman scored three times in the first quarter en route to a 40-7 victory over visiting Hazen. Justin Erwin ran 61 yards for the game’s first score, then pulled in a 24-yard pass for the second, staking the Greyhounds to a 13-0 lead. Senior Mike Thomas bulled in for a pair of second-quarter touchdowns for Pullman. … Matt Rice booted a 29-yard field goal with 56 seconds left to lift Bonners Ferry to an 8-6 victory over visiting Lakeland. The Badgers took a 5-0 lead at halftime on a safety and a 34-yard field goal by Rice. Josh Hawks led Bonners Ferry with 123 rushing yards on 20 carries. … Mullan erupted for four second-half touchdowns to score a 34-0 victory over Kootenai at Harrison. … Troy defeated visiting Clark Fork 50-0. … Luke Daniels fired a pair of touchdown passes in the second quarter to lift Kettle Falls to a 14-7 victory over visiting Chewelah. Daniels fired a 40-yard strike to Tanner Bircher for one score and followed it with a 16-yard toss to Casey McKern … Trevor Smith scored on runs of 20 and 30 yards to lead Odessa to a 26-14 victory over visiting Bridgeport. Smith’s first scoring romp lifted the Tigers to a 19-8 lead at halftime. … Leigh Talkington ran for two touchdowns and returned an intercepted pass 40 yards for a third to lead Sprague-Harrington to a 28-0 victory over visiting Post Falls Christian at Sprague. Talkington dashed 70 yards from scrimmage in the second quarter for his first score and added a 26-yard romp in the third. … Miles St. John lugged the ball 33 times for 232 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Columbia Lions past visiting St. John-Endicott 40-22 at Hunters. St. John plunged in from a yard out in the first quarter and added a 12-yard dash in the second for the Lions, the state Class B-8 runners up a year ago, then capped the day’s scoring with a 75-yard rumble in the fourth. … Three-time defending state Class B-8 champion LaCrosse-Washtucna wasted little time picking up where they left off a year ago, steamrolling visiting Wellpinit 56-6 in a game halted after the third quarter. Jared Ayers-Stamper completed 8 of 12 passes, with five aerials reaching the end zone for touchdowns – four of them to Matt Martin. … Jubilee Christian recovered an on-sides kick attempt by Almira/Coulee-Hartline with 30 seconds left to secure a 28-24 victory at Hartline. Cody Seely scored on a 70-yard run on the second play of the game for ACH, piling up 116 rushing yards. … Colton-Pullman Christian roared to a 28-0 lead after one quarter and cruised past visiting Timberline 64-14. Junior receiver Joe Smetana caught four passes for 171 yards and three touchdowns as CPC piled up 554 total yards. … Soap Lake staked itself to a 19-0 lead at Springdale and held on for a 19-7 victory. … Zach Clow passed for 139 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two more scores to lead Priest River to a 49-0 shutout of visiting Potlatch. The Spartans’ quarterback also kicked five PATs. … Kellogg took a 10-0 lead and held off visiting Wallace 10-6. Jon Crilly booted a 35-yard field goal in the third quarter for Kellogg. Heath Peterson of Wallace had a 13-yard TD run in the fourth quarter, but the PAT was blocked.