CAMAS VALLEY, ORE. – Camas Valley junior Bryson Wolfe scored five rushing touchdowns to lead the No. 3 Hornets to a 42-6 win over No. 13 Cove in the first round of the 1A state football playoffs Friday.
Wolfe scored a 63-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage to give Camas Valley an early lead. Back-up quarterback Ozi Browne found Seth Maliglig for a 16-yard touchdown pass about four minutes later to put the Hornets up 14-0.
Cove found the end zone on their ensuing drive for its only score of the afternoon. The Leopards started at the Camas Valley 13, but got back up with two penalties and a tackle for loss. Facing second down and long from their own 42-yard line, Cove quarterback Bryson Stitzel scrambled for a 58-yard touchdown.
The Hornets responded with their third touchdown of the first quarter. Once again it was Wolfe that drove the ball across the goal line, this time scoring from 2-yards out. Camas Valley failed to convert the 2-point attempt at the score was 20-6 heading to the second quarter.
Neither team managed to score in the second. Cove turned the ball over on downs on each of its three possessions. Camas Valley punted twice in the quarter. The score remained 20-6 at the break.
Cove was supposed to get the ball to start the second half, and the Leopards did for a moment. Cameron Dillman returned the the kickoff to the 30 yard line, but was stripped of the ball and Camas Valley recover at the 35. Only five plays later, Wolfe was in the end zone again and the route was on.
Wolfe scored touchdowns on runs of 14, 14, and 23 yards in the second half. He finished the game with 216 yards on 18 carries.
The Hornets move on to the quarterfinal round for the first time since 2014. Camas Valley will face the winner of No. 11 Echo and No. 6 Falls City. The quarterfinal game could get moved to either Roseburg or Sutherlin High School if the field at Camas Valley is unplayable.
SCORES BY QUARTER
COVE 6; 0; 0; 0 – 6
C. V. 20; 0; 16; 6 – 42
SCORING PLAYS
1st Quarter:
CV – Wolfe 63 run (House pass from O. Brown)
CV – Maliglig 16 pass from O. Brown (2pt fail)
C – Stitzel 58 run (2pt fail)
CV – Wolfe 2 run (2pt fail)
3rd Quarter:
CV – Wolfe 14 run (Standley pass from O. Brown)
CV – Wolfe 14 run (Wolfe run)
4th Quarter:
CV – Wolfe 23 run (2pt fail)
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