Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
It was Willy Wolterings first game back as head coach
PALOUSE — The Garfield-Palouse Vikings lost the first game of the season under (somewhat) new Head Coach Willy Woltering.
Woltering is back as headman of the Vikings after a number of years away from the gridiron.
The Vikings struck first as Lane Collier punched in a 3-yard run in the first quarter, but Liberty Christian answered back with a 3-yard run by Perry Pottle and a 30-yard run by Charlie Branning.
Each team scored twice in the second quarter with Ryker Wageman scoring on a 37-yard pass and Joey Esley getting a 19-yard touchdown pass, each from Pottle. Gar-Pal’s Kaleb Kelnhofer scored on a 1-yard run and Coller got a 49-yard touchdown run.
At halftime, Liberty Christian led 30-20.
Liberty Christian began to run away with the game as the team scored 22 points to Gar-Pal’s 8 in the third quarter. Paff scored on a 17-yard run for Gar-Pal.
In the fourth quarter, Paff scored again on a 68-yard run, but it would be the final score for the Vikings. Liberty Christian scored 12 points in the last quarter, giving it the 64-36 win.
Gar-Pal’s Collier rushed for 240 yards on 32 carries and scored two touchdowns. Paff went 8-for-15 passing for 164 yards and scored two rushing touchdowns.
Next up for the Vikings is an away game against Almira-Coulee-Hartline at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14 in Coulee City, Wash.
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