It might not be a forever fix, but for the class of 2024 it’s going to be four quarters for the rest of their life when the State championship football games are played at Husky Stadium in Seattle.
The high school football All-Area team from The Daily News coverage area.
It was an early morning for Conner Noah and company, Wednesday at Kelso High School, but that was the unusual part. This time the Hilander senior was up bright and early along with a consortium of his supporters in order to put his name on the dotted line to play Division 1 football for the …
The 2B South Division All-League football team including Offensive MVP Geoffrey Glass (Toledo), Defensive MVP Dylan Jones (Kalama), and Coach of the Year Mike Christensen (Toledo).
The 2B North Division All-League football team including Ilwaco honorable mentions Dominic Bautista, Robert Saunders, Boston Caron, and Kaemon Sawa.
The 2B East/West All-League football team including first teamers Dominic Rivera, Caleb Webber, Hunter Lindquist and Rueben Wynn of Toutle Lake.
The District 1-4 South 1B All-League football team including co-Offensive MVP Kolten Lindstrom of Naselle.
The 1A TriCo All-League football team including League MVP Stephen Ibsen from Castle Rock, along with fellow Rockets Lane Partridge, David Garcia and Owen Langdon on the first team.
In the midst of his first season working as a freelance sports reporter Dacota Haynes made the time to become a football official. Now he says fans, coaches, and media could benefit from a change in perspective.
Toledo suffers 36-0 shutout defeat to Jenkins in the 2B state quarterfinal showdown on Saturday in Moses Lake.
Naselle suffered a heart-breaking loss to Odessa in its 1B State quarterfinal matchup Saturday, 76-74 when it had a two-point conversion attempt called back for a holding penalty with less than a minute to play in regulation.
Unsolicited opinions and grievances on high school football, life, the universe and everything from a vagabond they call the Gridiron Grump.
The 2A GSHL All-League football team including Mark Morris first team members Zack Ziegler, Dossen Morrow, Justus McCann, and Kobe Parlin.
The 3A GSHL All-League football team including Kelso's Conner Noah (co-Offensive Player of the Year), Brady Phillips (co-Defensive Player of the Year), Steve Amrine (Coach of the Year) and Darin Gardner (Assistant Coach of the Year).
SOUTH BEND — The Comets wasted little time establishing their dominance Saturday, putting up 52 points in the first half on the way to a 64-6 win over Almira-Coulee-Hartline in the first round of the 1B State football playoffs.
Ferndale dominated the line of scrimmage in its 3A State playoff opener against Kelso en route to a 44-14 victory eliminating the Hilanders from the tournament and ending their season. Tucker Amrine passed for 114 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Hilanders' offense.
KELSO — Toledo advanced to the quarterfinal round of the 2B State playoffs with a 48-21 win over Kittitas, Friday at Ed Laulainen Stadium.
Official complaints and general kibitzing from the Gridiron Grump on topics ranging from the merits of real grass to the prospects of local high school football teams in the state playoffs.
NASELLE — Naselle advanced to the 1B state playoffs with a 68-0 romp over an overmatched Tulalip Heritage squad, Saturday.
WOODLAND — In a game that not only seemed to be a tale of two halves but also a tale of the fourth quarter, the playoff atmosphere lived up to the hype on Saturday. Unfortunately, for the Mark Morris faithful that dramatic ending left the Monarchs on the wrong side of the story as Black Hill…
Kelso overcame a 24-point first-half deficit to defeat Gig Harbor 45-34 in a 3A district playoff game to advance to the State playoffs. Conner Noah ran for 203 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries and added an interception on defense to help the Hilanders advance.
CENTRALIA — The Beavers had all the trappings of an upset and a State berth at their fingertips Friday at Tiger Stadium but wound up unable to finish the deal in a 34-7 loss to W.F. West in their 2A District IV football crossover playoff game.
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Despite the efforts of sophomore quarterback Aiden Brown, Kalama fell to Raymond-South Bend 48-42 in overtime in its 2B district playoff game, Friday night. Brown finished with 325 yards rushing and five touchdowns on the ground but he and the Chinooks failed to score on their lone possession of overtime which sent the Ravens to the 2B State tournament.
In a late switch, the Castle Rock and Eatonville district crossover football game was moved to Kelso on Friday The reason is that the Rockets’ field looked more like a pool than a football field.
Updated high school football scores from The Daily News coverage area including teams from Woodland, Castle Rock, Kalama, Winlock, Clatskanie, Wahkiakum, Toledo and Ilwaco.
Mark Morris and Castle Rock playoff football games moved due to rain and field conditions.
NAPAVINE — Wahkiakum came to Lewis County hoping that the weather might be the great equalizer in a matchup that did not look to be in its favor on paper. Turns out there wasn’t much that could have helped the Mules against the No. 1 ranked team in the state, not even 40 mile per hour winds …
High school football predictions, unsourced insight and outright conjecture from the one and only Gridiron Grump.
The final Associated Press high school football polls for the 2022 season including Toledo at No. 4 and Naselle at No. 6 from The Daily News coverage area.
A Kansas tiebreaker in Tumwater on Monday night finally cleared up the rest of the playoff football picture for Mark Morris football fans. The Monarchs will host Black Hills on Saturday at 3 p.m. on the natural grass at Longview Memorial Stadium.