Seton Catholic beats Columbia-White Salmon 45-14

Seton Catholic scored early and often, demolishing Columbia-White Salmon, 45-14, in a 1A Trico League game on Friday night.

The Cougars (3-2) scored five seconds into the game when Columbia (0-5) fumbled the opening kickoff near its goal line and Seton junior Mason Sullivan recovered for a touchdown.

Seton quarterback Kolten Gesser threw for 382 yards and five touchdowns in the win, getting plenty of help on the ground from sophomore Joe Callerame, who rushed for 156 yards before leaving the game with an injury in the third quarter.

Columbia-White Salmon made a game of it early, with speedy back Petey Schlegel cutting loose for 30 yards on a screen pass to cut the Cougars lead to 13-7 early in the second quarter, but couldn’t keep pace with the high-powered Seton offense.

Schlegel finished with 100 yards rushing. Wesley White had 110 yards rushing for the Bruins and passed for 40 yards and a touchdown.

Seton Catholic 45, Columbia-White Salmon 14

Columbia-WS 0 7 7 0—14

Seton 13 14 12 6—45

First Quarter

SC — Mason Sullivan fumble recovery (Zachary Nieda kick)

SC — Ryker Ruelas 11 pass from Kolten Gesser (kick miss)

Second Quarter

CWS — Petey Schlegel 30 pass from Wesley White (Wyatt Stelma kick)

SC — Ryan Stuck 10 pass from Gesser (Nieda kick)

SC — Joe Callerame 38 run (Nieda kick)

Third Quarter

SC — Ruelas 29 pass from Gesser (kick miss)

CWS — Bryce Wang 98 interception return (Stelma kick)

SC — Ruelas 10 pass from Gesser (kick blocked)

Fourth Quarter

SC — Stuck 20 pass from Gesser (run fail)

INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING — Columbia-White Salmon, Wesley White 16-110, Petey Schlegel 16-100, Landon Castilla 10-36, Bryce Wang 2-7, Wyatt Stelma 1-2, Deegan Bryan 1-2. Seton Catholic, Joe Callerame 14-156, Joshua Perez 5-25, Ryker Ruelas 2-7, Caden Sullivan 1-(minus 3), Xavier Crank 3-(minus 7), Brady Milam 2-(minus 12).

PASSING — Columbia-White Salmon, Wesley White 2-9-1-40, Wyatt Stelma 3-9-2-28. Seton Catholic, Kolten Gesser 26-46-2-382, Brady Milam 3-3-0-(minus 1).

RECEIVING — Columbia-White Salmon, Petey Schlegel 1-30, Kai Brusuell 1-15, Landon Castilla 1-10, Wesley White 1-7, Jaden Wang 1-6. Seton Catholic, Ryker Ruelas 9-159, Max Ackerman 5-93, Ryan Stuck 4-50, Teddy Wieczorek 5-35, Joe Callerame 3-23, Nathan Beave 1-13, Lance Lee 1-10, Dalton Woods 1-(minus 2).