Heppner, Oregon to arrive for homecoming

Another new non-league chapter for Colfax football will hit the turn Friday night when a team from Heppner, Ore., arrives to face the Bulldogs in the homecoming game. Heppner is the seat of Morrow County which is in the middle of Oregon southwest of Pendleton.

Colfax will host the Oregonians after posting a 2-1 record on the new season with an early comeback home win Friday over the Davenport Gorillas. The Bulldogs took the win after Coach Justin Young's Gorillas look like they were about to blitz the Bulldogs in the first quarter.

Davenport scored two quick touchdowns to stake a 14-0 early lead, but the Bulldogs scored the next four times to take a 26-14 lead on the way to a 54-26 win.

That's a total of 80 points for a game which was predicted to be a yards burner.

Colfax rolled up a total of 415 yards Friday, and the Gorillas stacked 341 yards in the high-scoring game.

The Bulldogs finished with 303 yards rushing with senior Cameron Hiatt booking 127 yards on 13 carries, and Jacob Brown getting 96 yards on 15 carries. Hiatt, a senior, made a lot of his gains in the first half, and Brown, a sophomore, stacked up a lot of his yards in the second half.

Sophomore QB Layne Gingerich hit five for five passes for 104 yards, and Hiatt hit one pass for nine yards.

Davenport's Alex Plasensia packed the ball 27 times for 234 individual yards. He scored on the second play of the game on a 60-yard escape.

Colfax offense sputtered in their first possession, and Davenport came right back to score on a 19-yard run by Gavin Boggs.

Colfax defense then put the brakes on the Gorillas, and the offense rolled off three TDs for a 20-14 lead at the break.

Gingerich scored on a keeper to break the ice for Colfax, and Hiatt on a 30-yard run. Brown scored a two-point conversion to tie it up at 14-14.

Gingerich then hit Hiatt on pass play that went for 48 yards and put Colfax on top 20-14 at the break.

Hiatt rolled out a 33-yard score with three minutes off the clock in the score half to put Colfax up 26-14.

Colfax scored again when Davenport's Marci Delafield was sacked on the 15-yard line by Brown, and Mason Miller recovered the ball. That put the Bulldogs ahead by 33-20.

Davenport closed to within 14 points, 26-40, before the Bulldogs scored twice in the last two minutes of the game. Caden Noha scored both of those TDs, on on a four-yard plunge and one on a 41 year escape with three seconds left of the clock.

Colfax Statistics: 416 yard on 51 plays, 42 for 303 yards rushing, 6-6 passing for 113 yards, penalties 8-55, fumbles 1- lost; turnovers 1, possession 22:44, first down 22 with 17 rushing, 4 passing. Individual stats: Passing: Gingerich, 5-104, Hiatt 1-9; Rushing: Hiatt 13-127, Brown 15-96, Noha 4-71 ,. Gingerrich 8-38. Receiving: Hiatt 1-48, Gabe Ahmann 2-46, Mason Miller 2-16. Brown 1-3; Tackles: Brown 7.5 with 5 solo; Hiatt 7.0 with 5, Augie Allenbaugh 4.5 with 1, Klaveano 4 with 3, Dakota Hall 3.5 with 2, James Gilchrist 2.5 2, Gavin Hammer 2.5 with 1.

Davenport Statistics: 341 yards on 51 plays, 0-0 passing. 51-341 rushing, penalties 6-40, fumbles 4-2 lost, first downs 20 with 18 rushing, possession 25:16.