Dalton Garrett hardly had time to celebrate his pick-six on the Columbia River sideline before he watched W.F. West block the extra-point kick.
No big deal, he thought.
“Based on what our defense was doing all game, stopping them, I thought that our offense was going to be able to drive it down,” Garrett said.
Except the big play the Chieftains kept waiting for from their offense never came, and their season ended with a 7-6 loss to the Bearcats in a Class 2A regional playoff game Friday night at Kiggins Bowl.
For the first time since 2011, Columbia River’s season ends short of the state playoffs.