1A Trico League football: Columbia-White Salmon 50, Stevenson 7

Led by a stalwart defense, the host Bruins scored the game’s first 50 points to win the annual Gorge Bowl rivalry game against Stevenson.

Columbia led 37-0 at halftime and 50-0 after three quarters to cruise to victory, holding the visiting Bulldogs to minus-7 yards rushing.

Columbia rushed for 335 yards and finished with a 359-74 total yards advantage over Stevenson.

Zavier Smith led the Bruins with two interceptions on defense and added a 51 yard touchdown run in the second quarter to give Columbia a 30-0 lead.

Smith was also 6 for 7 on extra point kicks, and had 114 total yards. Bowen Durkee added 114 yards rushing, including a 9 yard touchdown run.

Columbia (4-5, 2-3) finishes their season fourth in the 1A Trico League

Stevenson’s Garret Mathany connected on a 5 yard pass to Georgi Scheratski with 17 seconds left in the game to avoid the shutout. Stevenson ends their season 2-7 overall, 1-4 league.

COLUMBIA-WS 50, STEVENSON 7

Stevenson 0 0 0 7–7

Columbia 16 21 13 0–50

First quarter

CWS — Safety; Stevenson Punter tackled in end zone

CWS — Alarick Blankenship 4 run (Zavier Smith kick)

CWS — Austin Charters 1 run (Smith kick)

Second quarter

CWS — Bowen Durkee 9 run (Smith kick)

CWS — Zavier Smith 51 run (Smith kick)

CWS — Ryan Howard 21 run (Smith kick)

Third quarter

CWS — Durkee 51 run (Smith kick)

CWS — Cody Eckman 1 run (Kick failed)

Fourth quarter

S — Georgi Scheratski 5 pass from Garret Mathany (Manning Smith kick)

Individual statistics

RUSHING –Stevenson: Garret Mathany 3-34, Ty Hildenbrand 6-32, Joseph Jenkins 1-11, Landon Pearson 1- (-1), Jackson Krog 3- (-3), Nick Nissen 6- (-34), Team 3-(-46). Columbia: Bowen Durkee 10-114, Zavier Smith 3-94, Austin Charters 5-74, Jace Greenwood 3-25, Ryan Howard 1-21, Cody Colloton 1-7, Alarick Blankenship 1-4, Cody Eckman 3-2, Garrett Clark 1-2, Avery Schalk 1- (-3), Moses Henning 1-(-5).

PASSING — Stevenson: Jackson Krog 5-14-2-40, Garret Mathany 2-5-1-30, Nick Nissen 3-7-0-11. Columbia: Austin Charters 2-8-1-20, Jace Greenwood 1-1-0-4

RECEIVING — Stevenson: Georgi Scheratski 5-51, Ty Hildenbrand 2-8, Garret Mathany 1-14, Landon Pearson 1-5, Jackson Krog 1-3. Columbia: Zavier Smith 2-20, Garrett Clark 1-4.