Scoring 3 TDs and running 240 yards, this player led his Tri-Cities team to top of SE 1B
Charlie Branning continued his torrid pace of running the football, leading the host Liberty Christian Patriots to a 58-14 Southeast 1B victory over Garfield-Palouse on Saturday at Kamiakin High School.
Branning carried the ball 10 times for 239 yards of rushing and three touchdowns. He also had 2 catches for 22 yards.
Teammate Silas Bjur added 4 rushes for 62 yards.
Defensively, Levi Idler led the Patriots with 9 tackles (one for loss) and an interception; while Addison Lyle had 8 tackles and an interception that he returned 42 yards.=
SOUTHEAST 1B
Liberty Christian 5-0 SE 1B, 5-0 overall
DeSales 4-1, 4-1
Pomeroy 3-1, 4-1
Garfield-Palouse 3-2, 3-2
Dayton 2-2, 2-2
Waitsburg 2-2, 2-2
Sunnyside Christian 2-3, 2-3
Touchet 2-3, 2-3
Tekoa-Rosalia 0-2, 0-3
Yakama Nation Tribal 0-3, 0-3
St. John-Endicott/Lacrosse 0-4, 0-5
Friday, Sept. 29: Dayton 32, St. John-Endicott/Lacrosse 26; DeSales 48, Waitsburg 0; Moses Lake Christian/Covenant Christian 52, Tekoa-Rosalia 20; Pomeroy 46, Touchet 6; Sunnyside Christian 50, Yakama Nation Tribal 0.
Saturday, Sept. 30: Liberty Christian 58, Garfield-Palouse 14.
Friday, Oct. 6: Dayton at Pomeroy, 7 p.m.; Liberty Bell at DeSales, 7 p.m.; Tekoa-Rosalia at St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse, 7 p.m.; Touchet at Garfield-Palouse, 7 p.m.; Waitsburg at Sunnyside Christian, 7 p.m.; Yakama Nation Tribal at Liberty Christian, Fran Rish Stadium, 7 p.m.
1A SCAC
CONNELL 57, COLLEGE PLACE 14: The host Eagles rolled up the yardage and points in the 1A South Central Athletic Conference East Division opened for both schools on Friday night.
Jackson Forsyth rushed 14 times for 159 yards and three touchdowns for Connell.
Eagles quarterback Carson Lloyd was 8 for 11 passing for 200 yards and five touchdown passes.
Carson Riner caught three of those passes for 76 yards and two scores.
Forsyth led Connell’s defense with 8 tackles (1 for loss) and an interception.
ROYAL 45, WAHLUKE 0: The top-ranked Knights rolled to another victory — this one the 1A SCAC East opener — as Lance Allred again dominated.
Allred was 14 for 16 passing for 287 yards and four TD passes.
Case Christensen was his main target, as he caught 4 passes for 87 yards and three touchdowns.
Royal defensive end Juan Morales and linebacker Nathan Niebla spearheaded the Knights’ defensive effort.
Morales had 10 tackles (3 for loss) and a quarterback sack; Niebla added 10 tackles (1 for loss) and a QB sack.
1A SCAC EAST
Royal 1-0 SCAC, 5-0 overall
Connell 1-0, 2-3
Kiona-Benton 0-0, 1-4
College Place 0-1, 1-4
Wahluke 0-1, 1-4
Friday, Sept. 29: Connell 57, College Place 14; Naches Valley 42, Kiona-Benton 0; Royal 45, Wahluke 0.
Thursday, Oct. 5: Toppenish at Connell, 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 6: Kiona-Benton at Royal, 7 p.m.; Wahluke at College Place, 7 p.m.
2B EWAC
COLUMBIA BURBANK 59, MABTON 0: Elijah Kinsey scored seven touchdowns, all on runs, to lead the visiting Coyotes to a 2B Eastern Washington Athletic Conference victory on Saturday.
Kinsey finished the day with 11 carries for 246 yards of rushing.
Burbank quarterback Logan Beck tossed two touchdown passes, while Coyotes defensive back Brandon Leahy intercepted two passes.
2B EWAC EAST
River View 1-0 EWAC, 4-1 overall
Columbia Burbank 1-0, 3-2
Tri-Cities Prep 0-0, 3-2
Warden 0-1, 2-3
Mabton 0-1, 0-4
Friday, Sept. 29: River View 54, Warden 8; Tri-Cities Prep 35, Colfax 16.
Saturday, Sept. 30: Columbia-Burbank 59, Mabton 0
Thursday, Oct. 5: Warden at Columbia-Burbank, 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 6: Tri-Cities Prep at River View, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 7: Mabton at LaConner, 2 p.m.
2A CWAC
PROSSER 7, ELLENSBURG 0: In Ellensburg on Friday night, Isaac Reyna led the visiting Mustangs’ defensive unit with three interceptions.
Prosser held Ellensburg’s defense to just 157 yards of total offense. The Bulldogs D held Prosser to just 182 yards.
Prosser’s Jacob Rainer scored on a 1-yard run for the contest’s lone touchdown in the fourth quarter for the 2A Central Washington Athletic Conference victory.
Mustangs QB Kory McClure was 12 for 26 for 90 passing yards, and he also rushed 4 times for 35 yards.
OTHELLO 42, GRANDVIEW 0: Tucker Santeria had 91 yards passing and 31 more rushing, but it wasn’t enough as the Greyhounds lost to Othello in a 2A CWAC game.
Matthew Magana led Grandview defensively with 10 tackles (3 for loss) and three hurries.
2A CWAC
Ephrata 2-0 CWAC, 3-2 overall
Prosser 2-0, 3-2
Othello 2-1, 3-2
Ellensburg 2-1, 2-3
Selah 1-2, 1-4
East Valley-Yakima 0-2, 3-2
Grandview 0-3, 2-3
Friday, Sept. 29: Cashmere 41, Ephrata 6; Othello 42, Grandview 0; Prosser 7, Ellensburg 0; Selah 21, East Valley-Yakima 14.
Friday, Oct. 6: Ephrata at Selah, 7 p.m.; Othello at Prosser, Fiker Stadium, 7 p.m.; Wenatchee at Ellensburg, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 7: East Valley-Yakima at Grandview, 6 p.m.
COLUMBIA BASIN BIG NINE
Eastmont 3-0 CBBN, 5-0 overall
Moses Lake 2-0, 5-0
Sunnyside 1-1, 2-3
West Valley-Yakima 1-1, 4-1
Wenatchee 1-2, 2-3
Eisenhower 1-2, 1-4
Davis 0-3, 2-3
Friday, Sept. 29: Eastmont 28, Sunnyside 21; Eisenhower 20, Davis 11; Moses Lake 35, Wenatchee 14; West Valley-Yakima 14, Hermiston 12.
Friday, Oct. 6: Davis at Moses Lake, Lions Field, 7 p.m.; Sunnyside at Eisenhower, 7 p.m.; Wenatchee at Ellensburg, 7 p.m.; West Valley-Yakima at Eastmont, 7 p.m.
Jeff Morrow is former sports editor for the Tri-City Herald.
