Oct. 17—Roundup of Friday's high school football action from the Greater Spokane League and Eastern Washington.
Northeast A
Riverside 45, Lakeside 36: Riverside's Cade Koesel returned three kickoffs for touchdowns and had a long receiving TD, leading the visiting Rams (2-4, 1-0) to an upset win over the Eagles (5-2, 1-1), whose five-game winning streak was snapped.
Koesel returned a first-quarter kickoff 83 yards for a score, then took back a kick 78 yards for a TD in the third quarter and returned the next kickoff 77 yards for a TD. He also had a 60-yard receiving TD in the second quarter.
Tanner Cummings ran fro three TDs and threw two more for Lakeside.
GSL 4A/3A
Mt. Spokane 21, Cheney 19: The visiting Wildcats (5-2, 2-1) bounced back from their rivalry loss last weekend, holding on to beat the Blackhawks (2-5, 2-1) in a GSL 3A league game.
It was Cheney's fourth loss this season by one possession. Mt. Spokane took a 21-6 lead early in the second half on Cruz Bradeen's short passing TD to Draven Butler and narrowly preserved its lead for a crucial win in the 3A playoff hunt.
Ridgeline 55, Shadle Park 18: Jaxin Fieser rushed 17 times for 186 yards with four touchdowns and the visiting Falcons (6-1, 4-0) beat the Highlanders (0-7, 0-3) in a GSL 3A league game at ONE Spokane Stadium.
Shadle recovered an onside kick on the game's opening kickoff and finished a 5 1/2 minute drive with Titan Rucker's 2-yard TD run for an early 6-0 lead. Ridgeline marched right down the field on the ensuing possession to tie it up on Fieser's 10-yard run.
But the Falcons scored twice more in the second, with Fieser plunging from the 1 and Marcus Mitrovich's 5-yard TD pass to Jameson Murphy. They made good on two-point conversions following both TDs and led 22-6 at intermission.
Fieser added touchdown runs of 59 and 6 yards in the third, and younger brother Dublin added a 31-yard TD catch and two-point conversion to make it 42-12 after three quarters.
Mitrovich finished 12-of-14 passing for 142 yards with a pair of TD passes.
Central Valley 39, Ferris 19: Hunter Teuscher completed 23 of 29 passes for 246 yards and three touchdowns, and the Central Valley defense snagged three interceptions to lift the Bears (2-5) to a nonleague victory over the visiting Saxons (2-5).
CV led 16-13 at the half, then pulled away with a 16-point third quarter. Wyatt Harken had 105 receiving yards for the Bears, and Mason Harken caught two TD passes in the second half.
University 40, Lewis and Clark 30: Nick Ariza threw a 66-yard touchdown pass to Grant Petersen in the fourth quarter and the Titans (5-2) erased a deficit late to beat the visiting Tigers (2-5) in a nonleague game.
U-Hi trailed 30-26 early in the fourth quarter, but reclaimed the lead with a short rushing TD by Hunter Jorgenson before separating on Ariza's long TD pass, then forced a turnover on downs to seal the win.
GSL 2A
West Valley 49, Clarkston 27: West Valley's Nathan Zettle threw three long touchdown passes in the second quarter and the visiting Eagles (6-1, 4-0) pulled away from the Bantams (2-5, 1-3) in a GSL 2A league game.
Zettle finished 10 of 12 for 227 yards and three TDs. He threw scoring passes of 36, 55 and 48 yards to Hewson Spencer, David Baker and Robert Avery, respectively, during a breakaway second quarter for WV, the No. 9-ranked team in the state 2A coaches poll.
Elijah Newman rushed for two TDs and 69 of WV's 248 yards on the ground. Avery rushed for a 67-yard TD in the first quarter.
Clarkston was led by Niko AhHi, who totaled 260 yards from scrimmage and four TDs.
Deer Park 48, North Central 0: Eoin Bogle ran for a 57-yard touchdown on the first play of the game and Carter Criss scored two 20-yard rushing TDs for the Stags (2-5, 1-3), who piled up 28 points in the second quarter and rolled past the visiting Wolfpack (0-6, 0-5) in a GSL 2A league game.
East Valley 41, Colville 27: The visiting Knights (4-3) built a 34-0 halftime lead and cruised to a nonleague win over the Crimson Hawks (1-6).
Northeast 2B
Northwest Christian 42, Reardan 26: The visiting Crusaders (7-0, 6-0), the top-ranked team in the state 2B coaches poll, beat the Screaming Eagles (2-5, 2-4).
Freeman 35, Kettle Falls 0: Clay Van Gemert threw three touchdown passes in the first half, including an 84-yarder to Jaetyn Cole, and the Scotties (4-3, 4-2) handled the visiting Bulldogs (1-6, 0-5).
Colfax 48, Asotin 0: The visiting Bulldogs (5-2, 3-2) breezed to a league win over the Panthers (1-6, 1-6).
Northeast 1B
Almira/Coulee-Hartline 58, Wilbur-Creston-Keller 6: Max Grindy completed 8 of 10 passes for 241 yards and five touchdowns and the Warriors (7-0), ranked No. 1 in the state 1B coaches poll, beat the visiting Wildcats (5-1), ranked No. 4.
Nolan Grindy had 118 receiving yards and two TDs for ACH.