Tumwater returned four interceptions for touchdowns to defeat Columbia River 56-6.
The Columbia River offense was held to just 5 first downs and 85 total yards.
Dylan Pain rushed for 101 yards and scored 3 touchdowns and Hunter Baker rushed 26 yards and a touchdown for the Thunderbird offense.
River’s defense yielded 312 yards on the ground to Tumwater while only giving up 16 passing yards.
River took advantage of a bad Thunderbird snap on a punt to lead to the Chieftains only successful drive halfway through the fourth quarter. Quarterback Julian Garcia tossed an 11-yard pass to Kenan Eaton for the score.
Tumwater 56, Columbia River 6
Tumwater 28 14 7 7 –56
Col. River 0 0 0 0– 6
First Quarter
T — Dylan Paine 50 run (Nathan Seaman kick)
T — Paine 1 run (Seaman kick)
T — Logan Hayes 31 interception return (Seaman kick)
T — Hunter Klingelhoffer 18 interception return (Seaman kick)
Second Quarter
T — Paine 4 rush (Seaman kick)
T — Connor Clark 20 interception return (Seaman kick)
Third Quarter
T — Aiden Slater interception 39 interception return (Seaman kick) Fourth Quarter
CR — Kenan Eaton 11 pass from Julian Garcia (Tristan Hoyer blocked)
Individual Statistics
RUSHING — Tumwater: Paine 9-101, Jakob Holbrook 7-66, Austin Faught 4-47, Baker 4-26, Jaylen Clay 4-19, Garrett Brown 2-14, Scott Thomas 1-13, Zane Murphy 7-12, Dylan Mooers 1-10, Elias Polito 1-4. Columbia River: Jarret Seelbinder 148, Garcia 3-7, Jamison 1-2.
