Elijah Franco scores four touchdowns as Washougal beat Hockinson 35-20

WASHOUGAL—Elijah Franco ran for three touchdowns and had an interception return for a touchdown on defense as Washougal pulled away from Hockinson 35-20 at a rainy Fishback Stadium Friday.

Franco’s second touchdown run of the game tied the game 14-14 at the end of the first half after the rain caused a Hockinson snap in punt formation to go awry and be downed at the Hawk 23-yard line.

The Panthers scored 21 straight points in the second half to take control, highlighted by Franco’s 19-yard pick-6 that gave Washougal a 28-14 lead.

Hunter Miller added 109 all-purpose yards for Washougal.

Leniel Sutton had 109 all-purpose yards and a rushing touchdown to lead Hockinson.

Washougal (6-3, 5-2) finished in third place in the Greater St. Helens 2A league and will learn its Week 10 playoff seeding matchup Sunday. Hockinson (1-8, 1-6) saw its season come to an end.

WASHOUGAL 35, HOCKINSON 20

Hockinson 7 7 0 6—20

Washougal 7 7 21 0—35

First quarter

Hock—Leniel Sutton 5 run (Owen Donowitz kick)

Wash—Elijah Franco 1 run (Brandon Austenfeld kick)

Second quarter

Hock—Aiden Donowitz 2 run (Owen Donowitz kick)

Wash—Franco 4 run (Austenfeld kick)

Third quarter

Wash—Franco 7 run (conversion failed)

Wash—Franco 19 interception return (Franco run)

Wash—Kaden Fautt 4 run (Austenfeld kick)

Fourth quarter

Hock—Noah Tadema 20 pass from Aiden Donowitz (kick failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Washougal: Ben Kellar 4-25, Elijah Franco 13-74, Hunter Miller 13-92, Royce Jones 2-8, Kaden Fautt 2-4. Hockinson: Aiden Donowitz 9-17, Madsen Richardson 2-2, Jasper Armstrong 1-1, Leniel Sutton 14-77, Noah Tadema 1-4, Easton Weber 1-2, Zachary Chung 2-14

PASSING—Washougal: Fautt 8-11-0-109. Hockinson: Donowitz 12-27-1-160.

RECEIVING—Washougal: Parker Cherry 1-21, Brandon Austenfeld 1-5, Kellar 2-27, Miller 1-17, Jones 1-30, Logan Lynch 1-7, Travis Lundberg 1-2. Hockinson: Richardson 2-50, Ryder Stenersen 1-(-3), Chung 2-42, Sutton 3-32, Jake McKee 1-2, Mark Hogan Jr. 1-12, Tadema 2-25.