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Rain showers early will evolve into a more steady rain overnight. Low 46F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall near a half an inch.
GRESHAM – Hood River Valley returned to its winning football ways Oct. 17 with a methodical, 36-6, road win at Centennial High School.
Hood River, coming off its first loss of the season the previous week, dominated the game at the line of scrimmage enroute to a 21-0 halftime lead. HRV improved to 6-1 this season and 5-1 in Special District 1 play. Milwaukie, the team which beat Hood River on Oct. 10, lost, 27-21, five miles away at Gresham High. That leaves HRV and the Mustangs tied for first place with two weeks remaining in the regular season.
Centennial (3-4, 2-3 league) scored on the game’s final play from scrimmage to prevent the shutout.
Hood River built its 21-point lead on a first-quarter, 16-yard touchdown run by Nick Tuttle, a second quarter Bam Layna three-yard run, and Jose Betancourt-Valle’s scoop and score, 60-yard fumble recovery.
Coach Caleb Sperry’s team had another touchdown called back late in the first half. Davin Synder caught an inside screen and raced 90 yards for the apparent score, but most of the HRV offensive line was downfield on the play.
That line – on both sides of the ball – was aggressive the entire contest. Hood River scored twice in the third period for a 36-0 lead, necessitating a running clock the entire fourth period. Quarterback Bodie Stuben and Snyder connected on a down-and-out pass from the 5-yard line and Stuben’s point-after kick made it 28-0. The scored was set up by Tuttle’s 31 run on a fly sweep fueled by Miguel Arriola’s block on the edge.
Layna scored on a three-yard run and Josh McLaughlin’s heads-up play on a low snap from center on the point-after attempt led to the senior running in for a two-point conversion instead. The score was set up by two big plays: a 29-yard run by Layna, with a spring block from Milo Bielen and a key downfield block from Talon-Quinn Britt. The senior was rewarded on the next play, when he caught a Stuben pass and rambled 28 yards to the 2-yard line.
Layna finished with 112 yards rushing on 17 carries. Snyder caught four Stuben passes for 30 yards.
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