Wednesday, October 13, 2021
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SPORTS
1A FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
Imbler Panthers end Cougar win streak, 30-16
Weber
■ By For Mike
Columbia Gorge News
had interceptions.
The Lyle/Wishram/Klickitat High
Cougars were seeking a fifth straight
win in Special District 2 eight-man
football versus the No. 15 ranked
Imbler Panthers (2-2 SD2, 3-3
overall), but their win streak ended
Friday in a 30-16 road loss.
The No. 12-ranked Cougars (3-2,
SD2, 4-2 overall), guided by Coach
Antoine Montoya, will be hoping
to bounce back and get a win in
their next game versus the Union
Bobcats (0-5 SD2, 0-6 overall) at
home Friday at 6 p.m. at Lyle High
School.
“If anything could’ve happened
wrong today, it did,” said Montoya.
“It just seemed like every drive we
had was either stopped by a fumble
or an interception, so it was just a
bad game for us. They (Imbler) were
just the better team today.”
Imbler jumped in front 16-0 after
one quarter and led 24-8 at half-
time. Both teams scored a touch-
down in the second half for the final
margin.
The Cougars had another strong
game by workhorse senior running
back/defensive back Aaron Smith,
who had 20 carries for 198 yards
rushing and scored two touch-
downs. Smith, his younger brother,
Riley, and junior defensive back
Chance Bernier each had standout
defensive efforts with 13 tackles
each. Aaron Smith and Bernier both
Cardinals win close one over
Huskies
The Sherman/Condon High
Huskies came ever so close to
almost getting their first win in
Special District 2 eight-man football
but fell short in a 30-26 loss to the
Ione/Arlington Cardinals Friday at
Arlington High School.
The Huskies (0-4 SD2, 0-5 over-
all), guided by Coach Kyle Blagg,
led 12-0 after one quarter and were
up 18-8 at halftime. The Cardinals
(3-2 SD2, 3-3 overall) responded
by outscoring the Huskies 16-0 in
the third to take a 24-18 lead after
three. Sherman scored early in the
fourth to take a 26-24 advantage.
The Cardinals answered with a
game-winning scoring drive to go
ahead 30-26 with 6:12 remaining in
the contest.
“The boys played hard and well
enough to win and we almost beat
them,” said Blagg. “In the end, the
ball just didn’t bounce our way.
Luke Fritts, Logan Barret, and
Henry Poirer played with a lot of
heart against a big and aggressive
front line of Ione/Arlington. Talon
Dark, Eddie Rubio and Casey
Nelson all ran the ball well. Kole
Martin had an amazing game on
both sides of the ball.”
Sherman/Condon will face the
No. 11-ranked Enterprise Outlaws
(2-3) at 7 p.m. Friday at Condon
High School.
Sherman sophomore Talon Dark (24) is dragged down by Dufur seniors Jerald Hernandez (31) and Jacob Jones (99) at a
game in Dufur earlier this season.
Mark B. Gibson photo/file
Redsides lose close game to
Cougars
The South Wasco County High
Redsides (2-4) lost 32-29 to the
Echo High Cougars (4-2) in Special
District 4 six-man football Oct. 8 at
Echo High School. The Redsides
will try to turn things around in
their final game of the season Friday
at 2 p.m. versus the Huntington
Locomotives (1-4) at Huntington
High School.
Columbia has few answers for Castle Rock defense
Petshow
■ By For Joe
Columbia Gorge News
Columbia’s defensive was
on its heels most of the game,
although it was a one-score
contest after one quarter.
Castle Rock shut down
Columbia’s improved offense The Rockets broke things
Friday in White Salmon, and open before halftime with
two second-period scores;
the Rockets were effective
Columbia’s lone touchdown
when they had football.
— from Wesley White — pro-
The result was a 40-6 Trico
League football win for the
vided the game’s final points.
road team and the continu-
“We definitely did not
have the offensive output
ation of Columbia’s search
for its first conference victory against Castle Rock that we
did against Seton,” Columbia
this fall.
Coach Dan Smith said,
referring to the Bruins’
30-point scoring night two
weeks ago. “We had some
dropped balls; (Quarterback
Jace Greenwood) actually hit
a few receivers in the hands,
but we dropped ‘em.”
Smith said Castle Rock (3-2
overall, 2-0 Trico) was “phys-
ical and fast and we were just
unable to match them.”
“Jace didn’t have the time
in the pocket that he had a
week ago,” Smith said of the
Rockets’ pass rush. “That
was, I would say, the biggest
factor; Jace had to go with the
first read and he had to make
that read rather quickly.”
Smith said the Rockets and
Columbia were in similar po-
sition after last season. “They
graduated some good ones,
and we did too. But they had
some guys come in that were
able to fill those spots.”
Smith said he notes small
improvements each week,
but against quality competi-
tion, those improvements are
sometimes difficult to notice.
“I thought defensively we
played really well early on,”
Smith said. “We just couldn’t get
it going on the offensive side.”
White continued his steady
play in the backfield. The
Bruin back raised his career
high in rushing yards for the
second successive game. He
carried the ball 13 times for
96 yards and — as noted —
scored the lone Bruin touch-
down in the fourth quarter.
“He’s been pretty consis-
tent, and I think part of that
is that we’re able to get him
pitches when we’re running
our veer,” Smith said. On the
TD run, White had a great
lead block from his younger
brother, Seth, who helped
clear a path into the end
zone.
Columbia is at perenni-
al Trico League power La
Center (3-2, 1-0 Trico) for a
7 p.m. contest Friday. “Until
someone can dethrone them,
they’re the team to beat in
the Trico League,” Smith said.
“The kids who play for him
(Coach John Lambert) know
their responsibilities and
their assignments. It’s one of
those deals, in order for us to
steal one, we’re going to have
to play a perfect game. I think
we’re capable, but we haven’t
yet this year.”
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Rory Donica (63), Liam Cox (68), and Luke LaBryer (57) rally against Castle Rock. Contributed photo
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