Oct. 24—Roundup of Friday’s high school football action from the Greater Spokane League and Eastern Washington. All league games unless otherwise noted.The Ridgeline High School football team, in its sixth year of existence, picked up an elusive win over a traditional Greater Spokane League powerhouse.For the first time in program history, the Falcons have beaten Gonzaga Prep. Junior Jaxin Fieser, the top rusher in the GSL, recorded 92 yards and two touchdowns on the ground for visiting Ridgeline, which powered past the Bullpups 35-17 on Friday night.Ridgeline (7-1) won its seventh straight game and dropped the Bullpups to 2-6.Falcons quarterback Marcus Mitrovich rushed for 85 yards and a score — a 50-yard burst in the first quarter — and passed for 164 yards and two TDs. Ridgeline was in control throughout the night, going up 35-3 in the fourth quarter on Fieser’s second TD run.Z’Khari Burgess (103 rushing yards) and Andrew Yarno (72 rushing yards, TD) led G-Prep.4A/3AMead (6-1, 1-0) at Lewis and Clark (2-5, 1-0): Lee Columb returned the game’s opening kickoff for a touchdown and hauled in three TD passes and the Panthers (7-1, 2-0) clinched the GSL 4A title, topping the Tigers (2-6, 1-1) at ONE Spokane Stadium.Columb finished with 10 catches for 232 yards. He made TD catches of 71, 81 and 20 yards. Mead QB Evan Drew finished 15-of-23 passing for 292 yards and four TD passes. Drew also picked up 62 yards and a score on the ground. Tyce Tuggle carried 14 times for 142 yards and two TDs.Sully Sandusky threw for 152 yards and two touchdowns for LC.University 48, Ferris 17: Grant Petersen caught seven passes for 101 yards and two touchdowns, adding a punt return TD and an interception for the Titans (6-2), who won for the fifth time in their past six games, beating the Saxons (2-6) in a nonleague game at ONE Spokane Stadium.Hunter Jorgenson rushed for 119 yards and a TD for U-Hi, which built a 24-0 lead in the first half and kept its momentum rolling ahead of a critical league matchup next week against Mt. Spokane.Ferris running back Holden Dicus recorded 115 yards from scrimmage.2AEast Valley 19, Pullman 14: Brogan Larsen caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Gideon Raczek on a fourth-and-2 with 45 seconds remaining, lifting the visiting Knights (5-3, 3-2) to a GSL 2A win over the Greyhounds (6-2, 3-2).East Valley kept its playoff hopes alive and denied Pullman a postseason-clinching win.Larsen scored all three of the Knights’ touchdowns, punching in a short rushing TD early in the second quarter and breaking off a 45-yard TD run late in the third. EV’s extra-point attempt was blocked after that score, and Pullman took a 14-13 lead early in the fourth quarter on QB Griffen Engle’s 2-yard rushing TD. But the Knights responded on their final possession for a dramatic win.Clarkston 30, Deer Park 14: Kendry Gimlin threw three touchdown passes to Niko AhHi and the Bantams (3-5, 2-3) ran away with a GSL 2A win over the visiting Stags (2-6, 1-4).Giml
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