3A GSHL football: Prairie 27, Hudson’s Bay 21

In a game that featured few big offensive plays, one perfect pass separated the Falcons from the Eagles at Kiggins Bowl.

Prairie quarterback Coleman Weisenborn hit Tyler Vea in stride up the seam for a 50-yard scoring play that broke a fourth-quarter tie. That pass with 4:15 remaining stood up when the Falcon defense made stops on two Hudson’s Bay possessions that moved inside the Falcon 30 in the closing seconds.

The Eagles ran for close to 300 yards, but the Falcons’ defense made most of the big plays.

Jesse Zalk intercepted two passes, including the win-clincher in the final seconds, and the Prairie defense had five takeaways.

The big stand for the Falcons came early in the fourth quarter. The Falcons had a first down at the Prairie 3, but couldn’t score on three running plays then had a field goal blocked.

Richard Carter ran for 132 yards including a 58-yard first-quarter touchdown for Bay. Kimothy King scored on runs of 25 and 26 yards for the Eagles.

Weisenborn, who replaced injured starter Colin Seitz in the first half, completed 13 of 20 passes for 144 yards. He was intercepted twice, but didn’t miss Vea open in the middle of the field for the go-ahead touchdown.

Next up: Prairie (3-4, 2-3) at Kelso; Hudson’s Bay (1-6, 0-4) at Mountain View

Prairie 0 21 0 6—27

Hudson’s Bay 7 7 7 0—21

First quarter

HB — Richard Carter 58 run (Daniel Bombers kick)

Second quarter

Pra — Nolen Spires 3 run (Max Riemer kick)

HB — Kimothy King 26 run (Bombers kick)

Pra — Coleman Weisenborn 1 run (Riemer kick)

Pra — Jesse Zalk 3 run (Riemer kick)

Third quarter

HB — King 25 run (Bombers kick)

Fourth quarter

Pra — Tyler Vea 50 pass from Weisenborn (kick failed)

Leaders

Rushing — Prairie: Spires 13-61, Jode deKlerk 7-21, Zalk 7-22, Weeeisenborn 5-14, Seitz 3-(minus 4). Hudson’s Bay: Ingo Arrozal 12-62, King 11-60, Carter 9-132, Travis Roberts 3-2, Emilio Alcantar 1-15, Musa Bah 4-10, Cody Torgrimson 5-21.

Passing — Prairie: Weisenborn 13-20-2-144; Colin Seitz 3-6-0-37. Hudson’s Bay: Roberts 2-9-3-21, Alcantar 0-1-0-0.

Receiving — Prairie: Avi Slifer 3-26, Ansel Cecil 2-18, Zalk 2-25, de Klerk 2-19, Tyler Vea 5-70, Jake Ripley 1-21. Hudson’s Bay: Carter 1-17, Arrozal 1-4.