Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Team goes to 4-3 after winning 30-27
Colfax Bulldog Damian Demler sprints toward the endzone for the Bulldogs' second touchdown.
JD Peterson makes makes a catch.
COLFAX — Homecoming is a time for home teams to win and the Colfax Bulldogs football did just that.
Hoisting the Chewelah Cougars, Colfax won 30-27 on Oct. 15.
“It was a good game and we were very pleased,” said Coach Mike Morgan. “We were expecting it to come down to the wire.”
Colfax took the lead early and kept it.
The Cougars scored first on a 65-yard run and a successfully point-after kick. Colfax came back with a Damian Demler 36-yard pass to JD Peterson for a touchdown a 2-point conversion run by Trentin Ensley.
The Bulldogs scored a second time in the first quarter on a 26-yard touchdown run by Demler. The 2-point conversion by Wyatt Bodey came up short to add another 6 points.
The Cougars made a 5-yard run for their second touchdown but the point-after kick was blocked.
The score at the end of the first quarter was 14-13 for Colfax.
In the second quarter, Chewelah scored a touchdown on a 4-yard run and failed the point-after kick.
Colfax’s Mason Gilchrist ran a kickback 73 yards to score another touchdown. A 2-point conversion was made by Ensley.
At halftime, The Bulldogs were leading 22-19.
The third quarter was scoreless for both teams and both added to their scores in the fourth.
Gilchrist ran for 15 yards for a touchdown with Ensley running for the 2-point conversion.
Chewelah succeeded an 18-yard pass for their final touchdown and succeeded in a 2-point conversion.
The final score was 30-27.
Chewelah has 352 yards of offense on 65 plays compared to Colfax’s 248 yards on 42 plays. The Cougars threw for 164 yards and rushed for 188 yards. The Bulldogs threw for 106 yards and ran for 142 yards.
“They out rushed us and out passed us, but we found a way to win the ball game … I was just pleased that our kids won the war when we lost all of the battles,” said Morgan.
A key to the win for Colfax was solid defense and intercepting Cougar passes.
“We picked them off four different times. Those stopped big drives they were having,” said Morgan. “Our kids just found ways, all through the night, to win the ball game.”
Colfax is now 4-3 for the season and focused on improving their standing to make the playoffs. Morgan said they are hoping to get into the top four for the league. They still have to play Lind-Ritzville-Sprague and Davenport, the top two teams.
“I’m just trying to win the next game and everything else will sort itself out,” said Morgan. “My main focus is the Reardan team … They’re a solid ball club.”
The Bulldogs head to Reardan on Friday for their next game.
“We’re just trying to build off our last game,” Morgan said. “There are still things we need to go back and correct.”
Bill Stevenson is the former editor of the Whitman County Gazette, Colfax Daily Bulletin and Franklin Connection. He has nearly 30 years of journalism experience covering news in Eastern Washington.
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