Ross Lifts Lake City To Victory Over Ev

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The chant, “two and one” resonated across Central Valley’s Sig T. Hansen Field and Lake City High football coach Van Troxel received his obligatory water-bucket shower from his team.

The Timberwolves were, indeed, 2-1 following a 26-22 victory over East Valley that didn’t begin to explain their dominance.

Lake City ran up 374 yards of total offense, 198 of it on 24 rushes by Brian Ross, and punted just once, scoring five times on eight series.

The defense limited a team which had gained 462 yards in victory over Coeur d’Alene a week earlier to just 223, 150 of that through the air.

First-half mistakes were what kept the game close enough that it took a late third-quarter touchdown by Ross and fourth-quarter field goal for the T-Wolves to win.

“You play how you practice,” said Ross after his hard-charging performance. “Our practice last week before Cheney was horrible. We turned it up this week.”

Ross found clear sailing on sweeps and big holes on quick dives to average 10 yards a carry in the first half.

He capped a 10-play drive with an 8-yard score 4 minutes and 18 seconds into the game, but later fumbled a punt to set up EV’s game-tying touchdown at the end of the period.

“I knew the defense could handle it,” he said of his miscue, “but it was so far in our territory.”

Two dead-ball personal fouls following third downs enabled the Knights to take a 14-10 lead late in the second quarter.

But back came the Timberwolves, behind Ross and quarterback Chad Troxell, to grab a 16-14 halftime lead on Troxel’s 17-yard scoring scamper just 37 seconds prior to intermission.

EV regained the lead on its first series after the halftime break and held the Wolves for the only time in the game.

On its next series, Lake City marched 69 yards, with Ross ripping off a 38-yard run and scoring from the 5-yard line on the next play “I was really pleased with the way the receivers blocked the option on the outside,” said Van Troxel. “I can’t say enough about that. And our defense was tough. The seniors have worked three years for a chance to have success.”

EV’s Trevor Eastman caught six passes for 105 yards and scored his fourth and fifth touchdowns of the year.

Quarterback Brian Lamarche completed 10 of 25 passes for two scores and ran for the other for the 1-1 Knights.

Lake City 26, East Valley 22

Lake City 7 9 7 3 -26

East Valley 7 7 8 0 -22

L-Ross 8 run (Scott kick) E-Lamarsh 1 run (Pratt kick) L-Scott 35 field goal E-Eastman 36 pass from Lamarsh (Pratt kick) L-Proxel 17 run (kick failed) E-Eastman 31 pass from Lamarsh (Locklin run) L-Ross 5 run (Scott kick) L-Scott 28 field goal

Coeur d’Alene 47, Deer Park 0

Ben Ziegler rushed for 92 yards to lead the visiting Vikings (1-2) over the Stags (0-2) in a nonleaguer.

CdA’s Nick Rook connected on 4 of 5 passes for 84 yards.

Coeur d’Alene 13 20 14 0 -47

Deer Park 0 0 0 0 -0

C-Rook 15 run (kick failed) C-Scates 33 run (Davis kick) C-Ziegler 36 run (Davis kick) C-Davis 1 run (Davis kick) C-Dretke 43 pass from Rook (kick failed) C-Goodwin 74 kick off return (Davis kick) C-Williams 10 run (Davis kick)

Lewiston 44, Pullman 27

Brad Rice passed for 179 yards and Lucky Ahhi rushed for 105 as the Bengals (3-0) beat the visiting Greyhounds (1-1).

Rice connected on 15 of 22 passes, including seven to Mickey Hewitt for 88 yards. Aaron Linehan threw for 296 yards and Forest Hurlbert had 11 receptions for 160 yards for Pullman, which out-gained Lewiston 358-348.

Pullman 6 7 0 14 -27

Lewiston 19 13 6 6 -44

L-Rice 8 run (McCorkle kick) L-Rice fumble recovery in end zone (Kick failed) P-Sheridan 5 run from Foreman (kick failed) L-Squires 24 pass from Rice (pass failed) P-Dorvil 32 run (Hurlbert kick) L-Ahhi 22 run (pass failed) L-Frazier 2 pass from Rice (McCorkle kick) L-Ahhi 4 run (kick failed) L-Hardin 8 pass from Pierce (kick failed) P-Hurlbert 43 pass from Linehan (Linehan run) P-Brown 24 pass from Linehan (pass failed)

Reardan 33, Medical Lake 27

Travis Titchenal rushed for 192 yards on 15 carries as the Indians (2-0) held off the visiting Cardinals (1-1) in a non-leaguer.

Reardan’s Nate Graham hit 8 of 21 passes for 122 yards. Jason Delp of ML connected on 10 of 27 for 202 yards.

Medical Lake 0 7 7 13 -27

Reardan 14 7 6 6 -33

R-Titchenal 3 run (pass failed) R-Kiger 11 pass from Graham (Eller pass from Graham) ML-V.Moore 33 run (Johnson kick) R-Titchenal 90 kick off return (kick failed) ML-V.Moore 9 run (Johnson kick) R-Eller 7 pass from Graham (kick failed) ML-B.Moore 2 run (kick failed) ML-Johnson 19 pass from Delp (Johnson kick)

Riverside 51, Newport 0

Danny Leaf hit 8 of 12 for 141 yards as the visiting Rams (2-0) beat the Grizzlies (0-2) in a non-leaguer.

Ryan Baker rushed for 46 yards and backup QB Nick Vannatter connected on 3 of 6 for 69 yards for Riverside.

Riverside 28 10 0 13 -51

Newport 0 0 0 0 -0

R-Schaffer 1 run (Baker kick) R-Beckham 20 pass from Leaf (Baker kick) R-Schaffer 18 pass from Leaf (Baker kick) R-Ramsey 40 pass from Leaf (Baker kick) R-Beckham 48 punt return (Baker kick) R-Lee 13 pass from Vannatter (kick failed) R-Ng 63 pass from Vannatter (Baker kick)

Tekoa-Oakes. 21, Freeman 14

The Nighthawks (1-1) scored the winner with 2:33 left, then Donovan Chase had two late sacks to stop the visiting Scotties (0-2).

T-O’s Bill Graffis completed 12 of 24 passes for 114 yards. Stan Smith of Freeman passed for 92 yards and rushed for 79.

Freeman 0 7 7 0 -14

Tekoa-Oakesdale 0 14 0 7 -21

T-Teal 27 pass from Graffis (Fox kick) F-Beeler 7 pass from Smith (Miller kick) T-Graffis 21 run (Fox kick) F-Smith 2 run (Miller kick) T-Teal 19 pass from Graffis (Fox kick)

Colfax 41, Garfield-Palouse 20

Tyson Curtis completed 4 of 5 passes for 85 yards to lead the Bulldogs (1-1) over the visiting Vikings (1-1).

Garfield-Palouse 0 0 6 14 -20

Colfax 27 14 0 0 -41

(Box incomplete) C-Curtis 5 run (Jones kick) C-Robinson 12 run (kick failed) C-Warwick 47 pass from Curtis (Jones kick) C-Haynes 12 run (Jones kick) C-Roberts 6 run (Jones kick) C-Andrus 25 pass interception return (Jones kick)

Chewelah 14, Colville 8

Zeb Abrahamson’s tackle behind the line of scrimmage in the first OT and Josh Salina’s interception at the end of the second OT salvaged the Cougars’ non-league win over the visiting Indians (1-1).

Luke Sheppard scored the game-winner for Chewelah (2-0).

Colville 0 8 0 0 0 0 -8

Chewelah 0 0 8 0 0 6 -14

Co-Salina 18 pass from Day (Smith pass) Ch-Walters 22 pass from Macrae (Katzer run) Ch-Sheppard 6 run (run failed)

Moscow 48, Clarkston 20

Adam Miller passed for three TDs to lead the Bears (1-2) over the visiting Bantams (1-1).

Clarkston 6 0 14 0 -20

Moscow 14 21 7 6 -48

C-Burns 1 run (kick failed) M-Cosgrove 9 kickoff return (Miller kick) M-Curtis 7 pass from Miller (Miller kick) M-Yarno 32 pass from Miller (Miller kick) M-Cosgrove 2 run (Miller kick) M-Curtis 37 pass from Miller (Miller kick) C-Stiffarm 27 pass from Burns (pass failed) C-Burns 1 run (Jelinek pass)

Hanford 33, Lakeside 22

The visiting Eagles (0-2) lost to the Falcons at Richland. No details were reported.

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