A8 THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2022
Sports+Outdoors
PREP FOOTBALL
Mountain View’s Ben Cockrum (21) stops
Redmond’s Nathan Wachs (16) in the backfield
Thursday night during the second half of the
Intermountain Conference matchup. The
Cougars won 45-6.
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
STOPPED
SHORT
Redmond falls again in loss to Mountain View
BY BRIAN RATHBONE • CO Media Group
D
espite being in control for nearly the
entire first half against Redmond
Thursday evening, there was a brief
moment when the Mountain View foot-
ball team started to lose its grip on the
game.
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
Redmond’s John Brabb (1) pulls in reception
during the first half against Mountain View in
Bend Thursday night.
The Panthers scored on the opening drive of
the second half to trim a 17-point lead to single
digits, then forced a turnover on downs on the
ensuring Cougar possession to steal a bit of mo-
mentum.
Mountain View appeared to be on the verge of
being in yet another close game. The Cougars ended
up on the wrong end of two other close matchups.
But on Thursday evening against Redmond
(2-4, 0-2 IMC), it would be a different result
than the losses to Canby and Southridge. Moun-
tain View (4-2, 2-0) would seize momentum
and score 28 unanswered points after giving up
the Panther touchdown, to win 45-6 and remain
unbeaten in Intermountain Conference play.
“That was the biggest thing I took away from
this game — the kids are starting to learn and
they are getting better,” said Mountain View
head coach Brian Crum. “They took that mo-
mentum and shifted it right back.”
In both three-point losses to Canby and
Southridge — two top 10 teams in both the
OSAA rankings and OSAA coaches poll — the
Cougars had to dig themselves out of holes early.
“You want to play in those close games,” Brian
Crum said. “You learn about yourselves in those
types of games. The more pressure situations
you are in, the better football player and better
athlete you are going to be.”
There was no slow start for Mountain View
against Redmond. Junior Connor Calvert
kicked a 22-yard field goal, junior tight end
Jackson Hersch hauled in a four-yard touch-
down and sophomore wideout Jack Foley
caught a 23-yard touchdown from junior quar-
terback Connor Crum to give the Cougars a
17-0 lead at halftime.
“Those two games (Canby and Southridge), we
did not come out right,” said Connor Crum, who
threw for three touchdowns and ran for another
in the win. “The biggest thing for us this week is to
come out and play with maturity. And we did that
in the first half by jumping out to a 17-0 lead.”
In the opening drive of the second half,
Panthers’ senior running back Kyle Littlejohn
scored on a one-yard run. Redmond’s scoring
play was set up by big plays from senior wideout
Nathan Wachs and senior running back Dashel
Ferguson. It would be the Panthers only scoring
drive of the game.
After the Redmond touchdown, Connor
Crum had a four-yard rushing touchdown
for Mountain View. Senior running back Max
Paskewich scored on an 18-yard run and junior
Sam Creech caught a 14-yard touchdown pass.
To cap off the night, Hersch returned an inter-
cepted pass for a short touchdown.
Connor Crum finished with 205 yards pass-
ing and three touchdown passes, while senior
running back Ben Yundt carried the ball 12
times for 172 yards.
“We saw a lot of man coverage, my O-line
gave me a lot of time, receivers got open,’’ Con-
nor Crum said. “It made my job really easy.”
On defense, the Cougars forced two turn-
overs and blocked three punts.
Now Mountain View is on the verge of secur-
ing one of the three IMC automatic qualifying
playoff spots. A victory on the road next week
against Ridgeview would help the Cougars, al-
ready with wins over Caldera and Redmond,
clinch a playoff spot even before matchups
against Summit and Bend High.
“Our kids are going to be motivated,” coach
Brian Crum said. “Our thought process is that
we have to go 1-0 against Ridgeview. Our kids
know that next week is about getting into the
playoffs.”
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Reporter: 541-383-0307, brathbone@bendbulletin.com
PREP SOCCER
Ridgeview girls drop Mountain View
PREP
SCOREBOARD
Football
Friday’s results
Caldera 13, Ridgeview 12
Thursday’s results
Mountain View 45, Redmond 6
Volleyball
Photo courtesy Heather Cassaro
Payton Fiero of Ridgeview shields off an attacker Oct.
3 while playing Mountain View.
Wednesday’s results
Bend 3, Redmond 0 (25-12, 25-8,
25-10)
Bend 3, Ridgeview 0 (25-12, 25-17,
25-16)
Ridgeview 3, Redmond 0 (25-6,
25-11, 25-15)
Thursday’s results
Sisters 3, Harrisburg 0 (25-12,
25-19, 25-11)
Girls soccer
Thursday’s results
Redmond 2, Mountain View 1
Boys soccer
Photo courtesy Heather Cassaro
Photo courtesy Heather Cassaro
Gabby Nakamura dribbles the ball for Ridgview during a 1-0 win over Mountain View on Oct. 3.
Ravens senior goalie Lacy Lewis works to keep the
shutout during a 1-0 win for Ridgeview Oct. 3.
Thursday’s results
Redmond 4, Mountain View 0
Summit 7, Ridgeview 0