Bennett powers BF
Matt Bennett was a load.
The senior running back piled up 110 yards on 18 carries as Bonners Ferry rolled past Lethbridge, Alberta, 48-13 in a non-league football game Friday at Bonners Ferry.
Bennett opened the scoring on a 1-yard plunge in the first quarter, then dashed 17 yards for his second score before quarter’s end.
Not only that, Bennett booted four extra points for the Badgers. Junior Wes Nieman carried 11 times for 126 yards and a touchdown.
In other games Timberlake rolled past Chewelah 26-10 behind Nathan Anderson’s 118 yards on 23 carries. Matt Douglass had 133 yards on 19 carries. … Lakeside, from Nine Mile Falls, crushed Kellogg, 52-2. … Lakeland edged Colville 20-14 as quarterback Kam Kiefer scored three touchdowns – two on quarterback sneaks and a third on a keeper. The Hawks scored with three minutes remaining in the game to break a 14-14 tie. … Casey Lohman scored three touchdowns to lead Kendrick to a 48-38 win over Garfield-Palouse. Lohman pulled down a 54-yard pass from quarterback Rex Ireland and bulled in from 12- and 3-yards out. Ireland threw three touchdown passes and engineered a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown drives that gave Kendrick a come-from-behind win.
Washington football
In the end, it was the final 2 yards of a point-after-touchdown that tripped up St. John-Endicott.
The Eagles dropped a 20-18 decision at Prescott in a non-league football game.
St. John-Endicott piled up 225 yards rushing, led by Brent Leifer‘s 114 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. Andrew Wolf threw for another 159 yards and a touchdown.
Prescott, meanwhile, had under 200 yards total offense, and the Vikings initial touchdown came on a 27-yard return of a St. John-Endicott fumble.
The Eagles scored in the fourth quarter, cutting the Prescott lead to two points, but PAT attempt failed.
In other games, the Washington State Class B-8 football player of the year, junior running back Kevin Dainty, carried the football three times, scoring three touchdowns and romping 152 yards as LaCrosse-Washtucna crushed Liberty Christian, 66-20 in a game called at halftime because the Tigercats had more than a 45-point lead. Dainty had scoring runs of 67, 60 and 20 yards, as LaCrosse-Washtucna scored 52 points in the first quarter. … Republic held Almire/Coulee-Hartline to just 17 yards rushing and 140 yards of total offense in a 30-6 non-league win. Junior Jesse Eich had 121 yards rushing on 19 carries and found the end zone three times. Sophomore John Palmier added 113 yards on 17 carries and scored a touchdown. … Nick Ashley rolled for 200 yards on just 10 carries and scored a trio of touchdowns to lead Lind-Ritzville past Davenport 51-12.