Visiting Glencoe wore down Hood River Valley behind a potent running game, as the Crimson Tide rushed for more than 400 yards and clinched the 5A Special District 1 football championship with a 21-7 win at Henderson Stadium on Nov. 1.
Glencoe (7-2, 7-0 SD1) was led by junior running back Daniel Heninger, who rushed 31 times for 349 yards. He scored the Crimson Tide’s first touchdown on the game’s opening drive on a 12-yard run.
Hood River (7-2, 5-2) had two chances to score in the first half, advancing to the Glencoe 15-yard line in the first quarter and to the Crimson Tide 18 late in the first half. But mistakes halted both drives.
Glencoe took a two-score lead on a five-yard swing pass from Lucas Culbertson to Heninger early in the fourth quarter. Hood River answered on its ensuing possession, as Eagle quarterback Davis Parr found Davin Snyder in the deep right corner of the end zone from 26 yards out.
Glencoe clinched the win on its next possession, with a 10-play, 85-yard drive which took six minutes off the clock. Zane Bradley’s 1-yard run and Culbertson’s conversion run made the score final with four minutes remaining.
Both teams qualified for the state playoffs; their Nov. 8 first-round opponents will be announced on Nov. 2.
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