Here’s how each Basin football team fared Friday.
*Note: Tulelake reported the score of its game as 78-6 Friday and issued a correction Saturday
Henley 19, Marist Catholic 16
Perhaps the only downside to Henley’s (2-0) dominance last season–the Hornets outscored their opponents 566-187 and trailed on just two occasions–was that its players didn’t get much experience in clutch situations.
That certainly wasn’t apparent in its state championship rematch at Marist Catholic (2-1), though. Trailing 16-13 with 1:50 left in the game and facing a third-and-9 on the Spartans’ 40-yard line, junior quarterback Joe Janney lofted a pass under pressure to classmate Conner Shively, who reeled in a spectacular one-handed catch at the 10-yard line after beating his defender and stayed on his feet for the go-ahead touchdown. Marist Catholic advanced to the Hornets’ 15-yard line with 25 seconds remaining, but Henley forced back-to-back incompletions to bring up fourth down, including a game-saving pass breakup at the 3-yard line by Janney.
With 14.3 seconds on the clock, the Spartans’ game-tying field goal sailed wide right from 32 yards out.
Henley head coach Matt Green said “being able to play three really tough quarters against Lakeview” in the Hornets’ season opener Sept. 6 combined with a “really intense” week of practice leading up to Friday’s game helped prepare the team for a tightly contested matchup.
“That’s a great team over there [at Marist Catholic],” Green said. “They played well [and] we played well…but we pulled it out.”
Unlike the state title game, which Henley won 42-28, Friday’s game was mostly a defensive slugfest with only occasional offensive flashes. One of those came on the third play of the game, when senior quarterback Nick Hudson–who led 4A with 3,762 passing yards and 47 touchdowns in 2023–found classmate Aaron Bidwell open down the middle of the field for a 66-yard score, giving the Spartans a 6-0 lead (the PAT failed) 1:04 into the first quarter.
Henley went three-and-out on its opening drive but got the ball back when junior Trapper Cundall intercepted a Hudson pass at the Hornets’ 45-yard line. On third-and-12, Janney uncorked a 57-yard touchdown pass to senior Mark Carpenter to tie the game at 6-6 (the PAT failed) with 7:36 to go in the period.
Neither team entered the red zone until almost halfway through the second quarter, when a horse collar penalty against Marist Catholic moved Henley to the Spartans’ 16-yard line. Two plays later, Janney ran in a 5-yard touchdown to put the Hornets ahead 13-6 with 5:22 left in the half.
Marist Catholic had a chance to tie the game back up with 1:59 left when a bad snap on a punt gave it the ball at the Henley 18-yard line, but the Hornets defense held, with Shively breaking up a pass on fourth down.
The only points of the third quarter came with 8:39 remaining, when senior Christian Guerrero made a 41-yard field goal to cut Henley’s lead to 13-9. The Hornets advanced as far as the Spartans’ 10-yard line on the ensuing possession but ended up turning it over on downs. Marist Catholic then launched a 17-play drive that lasted more than seven minutes and included three third-down conversions and one fourth-down conversion. Although it bore a resemblance to the 20-play, 86-yard touchdown drive Henley allowed against Lakeview, this one ended differently; the Hornets forced an incompletion on fourth-and-16 from their own 39-yard line after senior Jason Kern sacked Hudson to end the third quarter.
What could have been a backbreaking sequence for Henley began with 6:17 left in the game. Facing a third-and-12 from his own 42-yard line, Janney threw a short pass under pressure that was intercepted and returned to the 11-yard line by senior lineman Jackson Christian. Sophomore Conner Harvey ran for a touchdown on the next play.
Getting the ball back at the 20-yard line, Janney was sacked for a 9-yard loss by senior Dawson Relling (a Division III recruit who was named first team all-state at both offensive and defensive line in 2023). On second-and-19, Janney threw to junior running back Jeremiah Brunick for a 7-yard gain, then moved the chains himself on a designed run on third-and-12. Three plays later, he hit Carpenter for a 25-yard gain on third-and-8 to help set the stage for the game-winning touchdown.
Janney completed 9-of-24 passes for 218 yards and two touchdowns with one interception while rushing for 40 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries. Carpenter had four receptions for 139 yards and one touchdown, while Shively finished with two receptions for 62 yards and one touchdown.
Defensively, Kern led the Hornets with eight tackles and posted 1 ½ sacks. Junior Luis Venegas also recorded 1 ½ sacks, and senior Nolan Sieben had one.
For Marist Catholic, Hudson completed 15-of-31 passes for 227 yards and one touchdown with one interception. He had thrown for 734 yards and 10 touchdowns with a 64.5% completion rate through the Spartans’ first two games. Bidwell, who holds Division III and NAIA offers, finished with four receptions for 106 yards and one touchdown, and Guerrero had five receptions for 64 yards. Harvey ran for 21 yards and one touchdown on nine carries.
Marist Catholic outgained Henley 255-245 and ran 67 plays to the Hornets’ 53. Henley is now 5-0 all-time against the Spartans.
Both teams play at 7 p.m. Sept. 20; Henley travels to 2023 5A semifinalist Summit (0-3), while Marist Catholic travels to Seaside (2-1) for a rematch of the 2023 4A semifinals.
Mountain View 41, Mazama 14
Mazama (1-1) managed 317 yards of offense but had trouble keeping up with a Mountain View (3-0) team that made the 5A championship game last year.
“We moved the ball well at times but had too many mental mistakes,” Mazama head coach Orlyn Culp said. “A team can’t do that against a quality opponent.”
The visiting Vikings trailed 20-0 at halftime and 34-0 entering the fourth quarter as an eight-game winning streak against 5A opponents came to an end. The streak began in 2013.
Senior running back Kris Baldwin put up 149 yards and one touchdown on 26 carries. Junior quarterback Brody Van Gastel completed 9-of-19 passes for 98 yards and one touchdown while rushing for 47 yards on 10 carries. Senior Kai Hunt had five receptions for 63 yards, and senior Gabe Nanni had two receptions for 35 yards and one touchdown.
For the Cougars, senior quarterback Mason Chambers completed 12-of-20 passes for 163 yards and four touchdowns. Senior receiver Jordan Best had four receptions for 82 yards and three touchdowns. Sophomore Ryder Carpenter led the Mountain View ground game with 115 yards on eight carries, followed closely by junior Angel Valenzuela, who had 113 yards on 16 carries.
Both teams play at 7 p.m. Sept. 20; Mazama hosts 5A Bend (3-0), while Mountain View travels to Canby (1-2).
Klamath Union 27, La Pine 26
Klamath Union (1-1) overcame a 20-0 deficit on the road to snap a nine-game losing streak dating back to last season, taking its first lead with 2:40 left in the fourth quarter.
“I was very proud of our overall toughness,” Klamath Union head coach Josh Overstreet said. “We faced adversity from the very first play, but we persevered to keep it close going into halftime, made a few adjustments that the guys executed, and won the second half.”
La Pine (0-2) took a 7-0 lead before its offense saw the field when senior receiver Landyn Philpott returned the opening kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown. The Hawks doubled their lead with 1:46 to go in the first quarter when junior quarterback Davey Taylor threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to senior Kanoa Machin, then completed the three-phase scoring trifecta when Philpott came up with a 33-yard fumble return 24 seconds into the second.
The Pelicans got on the board with a 4-yard strike from sophomore quarterback Reese Johnson to senior running back Levi Hicks with 6:19 left in the half. Hicks got the Pelicans back within 20-19 in the third quarter, scoring on a 3-yard run with 8:45 to go and a 4-yard run with 3:47 to go. The PAT was no good on the first touchdown, and a 2-point conversion attempt failed on the second, keeping La Pine in front.
The Hawks pushed the lead back to seven points in the fourth quarter when Philpott logged his own three-phase scoring trifecta on a 1-yard run with 9:25 remaining. La Pine went for two in an effort to make it a two-possession game, but the pass failed.
With less than five minutes to go and the Hawks with possession in their own territory, junior linebacker Gavin Coe forced a fumble that was recovered by senior defensive tackle Ben Gour. Four plays later, Johnson found senior receiver Octavio Ortega for a 25-yard touchdown.
Ortega wasn’t done making plays; he intercepted Taylor on the ensuing La Pine possession. The Hawks would have one more chance after that, but it ended with another interception, this time by freshman linebacker Waukeen Saluskin.
The win was the first of Overstreet’s high school head coaching career.
“These guys believe in one another and their staff and it showed,” Overstreet said.
Johnson completed 20-of-29 passes for 213 yards and two touchdowns with one interception, while Ortega had nine receptions for 92 yards and one touchdown. Hicks finished with 64 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries with four receptions for 57 yards and one touchdown. He also had a team-high eight tackles on defense, including one sack. Coe, Saluskin and Gour registered a respective 1 ½, one, and ½ sacks.
For La Pine, Taylor completed 6-of-16 passes for 121 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions. Junior Elijah Sparrow was the Hawks’ leading receiver, catching one pass for 45 yards. Philpott finished with 31 rushing yards and one touchdown on five carries and had three receptions for 41 yards. Machin’s touchdown was his only reception of the night. Taylor had one interception at defensive back, and senior defensive lineman Dylan Newton recorded one sack.
Klamath Union outgained La Pine 315-181 and held the Hawks to eight first downs.
Klamath Union hosts South Umpqua (2-0), which made the 3A semifinals last year, at 7 p.m. Sept. 20. La Pine begins 3A Special District 3 play at home against Madras (0-2), which has been outscored 61-0 in its first two games, at 7 p.m. Sept. 19.
Lost River 38, Gold Beach 6
Lost River (2-0) continued its dominant return to 2A with a road win at Gold Beach (0-3), which is coming off its second straight state quarterfinal appearance.
The Raiders led 32-0 at halftime and outgained the Panthers 364-94, allowing five first downs.
“I thought we started well and played better than we did a couple weeks ago,” Lost River head coach Dennis Dunlea said. “Still a lot of room for improvement, but we are making progress.”
All five of Lost River’s touchdowns were on the ground; senior Christian Sanchez opened the scoring with a 5-yard run in the first quarter, followed by a 6-yard run by classmate Kayden Hartman. In the second quarter, senior Noah O’Neill broke off a 57-yard scoring run, and sophomore Gage Mortensen found the end zone on a 6-yard carry for his first varsity touchdown. Junior Kyle Diaz scored on a 19-yard rush in the third quarter to put the running clock on, and Gold Beach got on the board with a 40-yard rush by junior Nolan Timeus.
Hartman completed 1-of-6 passes for 11 yards and ran for 85 yards and one touchdown on seven carries. O’Neill finished with 71 yards and one touchdown on seven carries; Diaz had 69 yards and one touchdown on nine carries; Sanchez finished with 56 yards and one touchdown on nine carries and had the reception; and Mortensen had 45 yards and one touchdown on five carries. Senior Doug Jenkins had one interception on defense.
For Gold Beach, junior Patrick Fields completed 3-of-7 passes for 22 yards with one interception. Timeus finished with 66 yards and one touchdown on 16 carries with two receptions for 19 yards.
Both teams play at 2 p.m. Sept. 21; Lost River hosts St. Paul (2-0) in a rematch of the 2023 1A[8] semifinals, while Gold Beach travels to Summit High School to face Weston-McEwen/Griswold (0-2), which made last year’s 2A championship game.
Gaston 40, Bonanza 8
Bonanza’s (0-2) offense once again struggled to put points on the board as the Antlers lost to Gaston (2-0), which made the 2023 2A playoffs, in a neutral site game at Sutherlin High School.
“We played well, just couldn’t finish drives,” Bonanza head coach Kelly Greif said.
Sophomore receiver Isaac Noble led the Antlers in rushing (125 yards on 21 carries) and receiving (four receptions for 35 yards and one touchdown), while sophomore quarterback Colby Medeiros completed 5-of-9 passes for 40 yards and one touchdown.
Both teams play at 7 p.m. Sept. 20; Bonanza opens 2A Special District 5 play with a trip to defending state champion Lowell (1-0), while Gaston hosts Knappa (1-1) to begin its own league slate.
Crosspoint Christian 28, Camas Valley 18
In a game where both teams combined for seven turnovers, Crosspoint Christian’s (2-0, 1-0) defense ultimately made enough plays to secure its first win over Camas Valley (1-2, 1-1) in program history and likely give itself the inside track to the 1A[8] Special District 1 title.
The result was a massive turnaround from when the teams met last season in Klamath Falls and the Warriors took a 64-14 loss, and it’s even more notable when the youth of this year’s Crosspoint Christian team is taken into account. With only two seniors on the roster, the Warriors went into what head coach Jim Johnston described as “traditionally one of the toughest places in the state to play” and shut down a Hornets offense coming off a 46-point outing at Prospect Charter/Butte Falls Sept. 6.
“We don’t have that one star,” Johnston said. “Every one of our wins so far has been a total team effort. Everyone is just playing really well together.
“We’re finding our way, and they’re really playing hard for each other, which is really awesome.”
Crosspoint Christian came out firing on all cylinders, with senior quarterback Kody Sparks rushing for a 7-yard touchdown on the eighth play of the opening drive. Up 8-0, the Warriors forced a three-and-out, then got the ball back at the Camas Valley 15-yard line when junior lineman Brock Throne blocked the Hornets’ punt (classmate and fellow lineman Collin Kleinjan had the recovery). Four plays later, Sparks threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to junior tight end Clayton Turnage, and the Warriors doubled their lead.
Throne recovered a Camas Valley fumble on the first play of the ensuing drive, but junior defensive back Joziah Swift intercepted a Sparks pass four snaps later and returned it to the Hornets’ 48-yard line. In the first two plays of the second quarter, Camas Valley advanced to the Warriors’ 17-yard line before fumbling again, with Turnage recovering the loose ball. After forcing a punt, the Hornets put together an 11-play, 65-yard drive that ended with a 5-yard touchdown run by Swift, cutting Crosspoint Christian’s lead to 16-6 at halftime.
Camas Valley got the ball to start the third quarter, but Swift threw an interception to junior linebacker Chris Kelly on the second play. The Warriors capitalized, pushing the lead back to 16 points on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Sparks to sophomore receiver Trey Johnston.
The momentum soon began to swing back in the other direction, however. First, Swift scored on a 1-yard run to bring the Hornets within 22-12. Then, sophomore linebacker Kaden Williams recovered a Crosspoint Christian fumble on the fifth play of the ensuing drive. The Warriors forced a three-and-out to start the fourth quarter, but an encroachment penalty on fourth-and-5 gave Camas Valley a first down. On the very next play, senior quarterback Riley Wolfe ran for a 55-yard touchdown.
Now with its slimmest lead of the game at 22-18, Crosspoint Christian seemed to be on its way to imploding when it muffed the ensuing kickoff and Williams recovered on the 28-yard line. Three plays later, though, Sparks turned everything on its head, picking off a Wolfe pass that had been juggled twice and returning it 65 yards for a touchdown.
The Warriors forced a turnover on downs on each of the Hornets’ last two possessions, with Trey Johnston breaking up a fourth-down pass at his own 38-yard line to seal the game.
Sparks completed 4-of-8 passes for 25 yards and two touchdowns with one interception. Trey Johnston had two receptions for 20 yards and one touchdown, and Turnage had two receptions for five yards and one touchdown. Kelly led Crosspoint Christian with 117 rushing yards on 17 carries, while sophomore Junior Gonzalez added 62 yards on 11 carries.
Leaning heavily on the ground game was part of the game plan going in, Jim Johnston said.
“We believed that we needed to slow the game down because their offense could be high tempo and they could score quickly,” Johnston said.
Defensively, Kelly had a team-high eight tackles. Junior defensive back Kayson Holmes had six tackles, all of them solo.
“Kayson Holmes played absolutely outstanding in the second half,” Johnston said. “He made some really key tackles.”
For Camas Valley, Swift completed 6-of-10 passes for 43 yards with one interception, and Wolfe completed 4-of-9 passes for 23 yards with one interception. Wolfe also ran for 131 yards and two touchdowns on 15 attempts, and Swift ran for 44 yards and one touchdown on 10 attempts. To top it all off, Wolfe had five receptions for 41 yards and a game-high 19 tackles on defense. Williams recorded the only sack of the game for either team.
The Hornets outgained the Warriors 260-210.
Both teams play at 7 p.m. Sept. 20; Crosspoint Christian hosts Riddle (2-0, 2-0), while Camas Valley travels to North Douglas (2-0, 1-0).
Glendale 34, Chiloquin 28 (3 OT)
Chiloquin (0-2, 0-2 Special District 1) was a 2-point conversion away from its first win since 2022, but the Panthers couldn’t capitalize and went on to lose in triple overtime.
It was the first 8-player win for Glendale (1-1, 1-1) in its second game back after spending the past two seasons playing 6-player football.
“We needed a game like this,” Chiloquin head coach Brandon Hoaglen said. “[A] knockdown, drag-out, pads-popping defensive showcase in regulation.”
The visiting Panthers took an 8-0 lead in the first quarter on a 32-yard touchdown run by sophomore quarterback Lalan Wilder and headed to the locker room up 14-0 following an 8-yard touchdown pass from freshman tight end Denver Bravo to sophomore receiver Dilen Black. The Pirates flipped the script in the second half, cutting the lead to 14-8 in the third quarter with a 3-yard touchdown run by senior running back Howard Lewelling, then tying the game in the fourth when Lewelling struck again from 4 yards out.
Glendale won first possession in overtime and took its first lead at 22-14 on a 6-yard carry by freshman running back Keegan Seibert. Chiloquin answered with a 1-yard scoring run by Wilder and made the 2-point conversion to force a second overtime, where freshman quarterback Huntyr Rocha ran it in from 5 yards out to put the Pirates up 28-22. This time, the Panthers stopped the 2-point conversion, giving them a chance to end the game after Wilder scored on another 1-yard run.
Chiloquin put the ball in Wilder’s hands again, but the Glendale defense brought him down short of the end zone. In the third overtime, the Pirates scored on a 5-yard Seibert run, then stopped the Panthers on downs.
The loss was the 11th straight for Chiloquin but saw its most points scored and fewest points allowed since its last win, a 36-12 victory over Prospect Charter/Butte Falls.
“We’d love to have come away with the win, but a loss like this shapes us as a football team,” Hoaglen said. “It shows us what we’re capable of.”
Dilen Black led Chiloquin in rushing (93 yards) and receiving (43 yards and one touchdown) while recording two interceptions on defense. Wilder finished with 82 rushing yards and three touchdowns, and Bravo had a team-high 68 passing yards and one touchdown. Junior linebacker Takota Jackson had one interception, and junior defensive end Danny Black forced and recovered a fumble.
For Glendale, freshman receiver Cesar Nauta had a team-high 64 rushing yards. Lewelling had 49 yards and two touchdowns, Rocha had 28 yards and one touchdown, and Seibert had 21 yards and two touchdowns. Rocha finished with 39 passing yards.
Chiloquin hosts Dufur (2-1) in a non-league matchup at 6 p.m. Sept. 19. Glendale travels to Yoncalla (0-2, 0-2) at 7 p.m. Sept. 20.
Tulelake 73, Butte Valley 6
Facing Butte Valley (0-3) for the second week in a row, Tulelake (2-0) beat the Bulldogs by an even wider margin and broke 70 points for the third time in the past two seasons.
“We had better execution by our O-line this week”, Tulelake head coach Matt Andrade said. “We also had way fewer penalties…On defense, our gap assignment integrity improved from last week.”
While the Honkers poured it on early at home with a 41-point first quarter in the Fair Bowl Sept. 5, it took them until the second to blow the game open on the road Friday; they held a 16-6 lead after the opening frame and a 46-6 lead at halftime.
Senior quarterback Xavier Silva had a perfect passing game, completing 9-of-9 for 157 yards and five touchdowns. Senior Angel Sandoval had five receptions for 63 yards and three touchdowns, while senior Tony Loza and sophomore running back Geo Alvaraez caught scoring passes of 32 and 10 yards. Senior receiver Danny Garcia led the Tulelake ground game with 113 yards and one touchdown on seven carries, and junior running back Miguel Alcala rushed for 27 yards and two touchdowns on five carries.
The Honkers got two punt return touchdowns from freshman Alex Garcia, who also scored both goals for the Tulelake soccer team in its 3-2 loss at Mount Shasta Thursday.
Sandoval–a defensive back–and senior linemen Adrian Garcia and Erik Salazar tied for the team lead with seven tackles each. Sandoval and Garcia each had two sacks and Salazar and Silva had one, with Silva’s going for a safety. Danny Garcia and junior Ivan Jaime both recorded interceptions at defensive back.
Tulelake travels to Branson (1-1), which is about 19 miles northwest of San Francisco, at 2 p.m. Sept. 21. Butte Valley hosts Burney (0-3) at 6 p.m. Sept. 20.
