Hood River Valley football improves to 7-1 with 53-6 win over David Douglas

HOOD RIVER - Host Hood River Valley rolled to 325 yards of offense in the first half, building a 27-point lead enroute to a 53-6 District 1 football win Oct. 24 over visiting David Douglas at Henderson Stadium.

The Eagles (7-1 overall, 5-1 district) picked off three passes and scored four times in the second period after David Douglas had pulled to within 7-6. HRV finished with four interceptions, including two by Talon-Quinn Britt. The game went to a running clock early in the fourth quarter after Bam Layna scored on an 18-yard run – his fifth TD of the game. Layna benefitted from fellow senior Josh McLaughlin’s downfield block near the goal line.

Hood River quarterback Bodie Stuben completed three first-half passes, two for touchdowns – a 30 yarder to Gunner Morris-Reade and a 61 yarder to Davin Snyder. The pass to Snyder was a perfect throw on a wheel route into the left flat and gave HRV a 21-6 lead early in the second period.

Layna scored three TD runs before intermission. Two of the runs – of 30 and 53 yards - came on similar plays and featured junior left guard Milo Bielen pulling to the right and springing Layna with downfield blocks.

Layna had 151 rushing yards on 13 carries in the first half and finished with 242 yards on 17 carries. He now has 975 yards rushing this season, on 81 carries, and 18 touchdowns.

Hood River’s defense limited the Scots (2-6) to five first downs before halftime and 122 yards of offense – but 60 of those yards came on one play. David Douglas receiver Jaxon Ketel got open on a simple post route down the right sideline and quarterback ZaShawn Perez hit him in stride him for a touchdown.

Hood River’s defense limited burly running back Malakai Fong – all 230 pounds of him – to 58 yards on 17 carries. David Douglas finished with a net 145 yards from scrimmage while HRV’s offense churned out 471.

Hood River’s final score came from freshman Landon Krizman, who benefitted from running behind the starting Eagle offensive front. He took a handoff at the Scot 34, broke outside to the right, aided by fellow freshman Kase Sietstra’s kickout block. Bielen delivered a pancake block in the secondary and Krizman did the rest for his first varsity TD.