Oregon high school football Round 2 recap: Top stars, best games, biggest wins

The Oregon high school football playoffs continued Friday with second-round action across the state.

The Oregon high school football playoffs continued Friday with second-round action across the state.

Here’s a look at some of the best games, top stars and memorable performances.

Note: Entries are based on information provided by coaches, statisticians and high school football fans. Don’t see any details for your team’s game? Email some notes and/or stats to jd@scorebooklive.com. We will be updating this post throughout the weekend.

Photo by Dan Brood

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Our Round 2 predictions:

How did we do?

Regular-season statistical leaders:

Class 6A | Class 5A | Class 4A

Our complete high school football preview:

Breaking down every 6A, 5A, 4A team in the state

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CLASS 6A| Bracket

No. 1 Lake Oswego 35, No. 16 McNary 14 

Gabe Olvera caught three touchdown passes from Jack Layne — including scores of 50 and 80 yards — and the Lakers’ defense held firm late in the victory over the Celtics (7-4) of Keizer at Cobb Field in Lake Oswego. 

Layne had a short touchdown run late in the first quarter to stake the Lakers (10-1) to a 7-0 lead, which grew to 21-0 before the Celtics got on the scoreboard with Tyler Copeland’s 30-yard pass to Braiden Copeland soon after halftime. 

The 80-yard scoring connection between Olvera and Layne made it 28-7, and after the Celtics closed to 28-14, Justius Lowe returned the kickoff to midfield, from where Layne hit Olvera for his 50-yard scoring catch. 

When McNary tried to catch up in the fourth quarter, the Lakers answered. Gavin McGuire and Zach Jarrett combined on a sack for a turnover on downs on one drive, and Owen West made an interception to thwart another Celtics possession. 

Olvera’s three touchdown catches ties for the most in an OSAA Class 6A playoff game in the past four seasons. 

Layne passed for four touchdowns for the fifth time in 11 games this season and ran his season total to 32 touchdown passes. 

No. 9 Jesuit 19, No. 8 Clackamas 7 

The Crusaders of Southwest Portland scored two touchdowns in the final 5:11 for the comeback victory over the host Cavaliers (10-2). 

With Jesuit down 7-6, Jacob Hutchinson connected with Spencer McKelligon for a 54-yard pass play, setting up a three-yard run by Lonnie Burt that pushed the Crusaders to a 12-7 lead. 

With less than two minutes left, Tyree Blake intercepted a pass and returned it for an insurance touchdown that gave the Crusaders (10-1) a 19-7 lead. It was Blake’s third interception return for a touchdown this season. 

The two fourth-quarter scores were the only points after halftime. Late in the first quarter, the Crusaders struck first on an eight-yard touchdown run by Michael Rincon. The Cavaliers jumped in front on Mateo Maehara’s six-yard pass to Ben Moffett — followed by Brandt Maiden’s point-after kick — for a 7-6 lead 5:26 before halftime. 

The Cavaliers held the Crusaders to their second-lowest point total during Jesuit’s current nine-game (on-field) winning streak. Clackamas found scoring just as tough, as it was held to a season low.

No. 21 Sherwood 35, No. 5 West Salem 27 

The Bowmen exploited early turnovers by the Titans to take a 28-7 lead in the second quarter and repelled a late drive that reached the red zone to get the win in Salem. 

Cody Hall finished with seven catches for 148 yards and three touchdowns for Sherwood. Bjorn Bergstrom threw all three touchdown passes, and Seth Glenn ran for a game-high 155 yards and a touchdown and made a game-high 13 tackles.

The Titans (9-2) got touchdowns runs from Brooks Ferguson and Johnny Withers, and Ferguson had an 80-yard touchdown completion to Brody McMullen.

Late in the fourth quarter, trailing by eight, the Titans had a fourth-and-five situation in the red zone, but the Bowmen (7-4) made the stop. From there, they ran out the clock for their seventh consecutive win.

No. 4 Central Catholic 48, No. 20 Mountainside 17 

The Rams allowed the first three points but turned it on from there, rolling to a 48-3 lead in defeating the visiting Mavericks of Beaverton at Hillsboro Stadium. 

Ellis Bynum carried seven times for 120 yards, scoring three first-half touchdowns for the Rams (12-0) of Southeast Portland. 

Brian Mannion threw a touchdown pass to Matthew Pimentel and Aaron Simpson ran 14 yards for a touchdown to give the Mavericks (6-5) two fourth-quarter scores. Holden Phillips kicked a 32-yard field goal to give the Mavericks the lead and was successful on both point-after kicks. 

Rams quarterback Cru Newman completed 12 of 15 passes for 237 yards, including a touchdown to Jordan King, and he ran for a score. Friday marked the fifth time in his past seven games Newman has completed at least 80 percent of his passes. 

King had five receptions for 110 yards. 

Mannion was 10 of 23 for 74 yards with the touchdown and two interceptions. Caleb Paler rushed for 100 yards on 27 carries for the Mavericks. 

Central Catholic is the only undefeated team in Class 6A and is the reigning OSAA champion, having won the title in 2019 — the last time playoffs were held. 

No. 3 Tualatin 58, No. 14 Westview 25 

Malik Ross scored five touchdowns in the second quarter for the Timberwolves, who led 15-12 before pulling away for the win over the visiting Wildcats (9-2) of Northwest Portland in a game stuffed with big plays. 

Ross scored four touchdowns on the ground and returned a kickoff 88 yards for another score in the pivotal second quarter. He also reached the end zone in the first quarter for the first of what turned out to be five touchdown runs. 

The Timberwolves made six interceptions. Cole Prusia returned one 36 yards for the Timberwolves’ first score and an 8-0 lead. The Wildcats answered with a 75-yard catch-and-run touchdown play between quarterback Sam Leavitt and Darrius Clemons to make it 8-6. 

The Timberwolves led 15-12 after the first quarter, and Ross accounted for 32 points (five touchdowns and a two-point conversion run) in the second quarter. The Wildcats got a 62-yard touchdown pass from Leavitt to Jordan Fisher and a 29-yard touchdown run by Leavitt but trailed 51-25 at halftime. 

The only score after halftime was a fumble recovery returned for a touchdown by the Timberwolves’ Jack Wagner. 

Fisher finished with 82 yards and one touchdown rushing and 84 yards and another touchdown receiving. Clemons had three catches for 110 yards. 

Ross carried 19 times for 172 yards. The kickoff-return touchdown was his second of the season. Timberwolves quarterback Jackson Jones was 15 of 19 for 116 yards.

Prusia, Wagner, AJ Noland and Noah Ogoli had interceptions for the Timberwolves, who were led in tackles by Will Wilson, Richie Anderson and Kellen Hale with seven apiece. 

Malik Ross (Tualatin) photo by Ken Waz

No. 6 Summit 37, No. 11 Roseburg 19 

A 90-yard touchdown connection between Hogan Carmichael and Lucas Steffen on the Storm’s first possession produced a lead they never relinquished in the victory over visiting Roseburg (9-2). 

After not receiving a vote in any of the SBLive weekly media top-10 polls, the Storm (9-2) of northwest Bend are among the eight teams still alive in the OSAA Class 6A playoffs after they avenged a 23-7 Week 1 loss to Roseburg. 

After Roseburg took a 6-0 lead on its first possession on quarterback Colton Marsters’ 50-yard run, the Storm reeled off 24 points in succession to take the upper hand and keep Roseburg in catch-up mode the rest of the way. 

The Storm’s go-ahead touchdown was followed by a Roseburg punt, and that led to a 22-yard field goal by Soren McKee and a 10-6 Storm lead early in the second quarter. 

Summit took the second-half kickoff and drove 65 yards, the final 18 coming on Carmichael’s touchdown pass to Tadhg Brown, for a 17-6 lead 2½ minutes into the third quarter. Carmichael increased the lead on the Storm’s next possession, bursting 60 yards for a touchdown that gave his team a 24-6 lead. 

Roseburg broke the Storm’s scoring streak when Marsters ran 23 yards for his second touchdown, drawing Roseburg within 24-12 with 4½ minutes left in the third. Roseburg forced a punt and made it a one-possession game, 24-19, with a touchdown pass from Marsters to Landyn Dupper on the final play of the third quarter. 

That was as close as Roseburg came. The Storm responded and made it 30-19 on Grant Smith’s 6-yard run. Chip Allers’ 6-yard run with 2:18 left accounted for the final margin. 

The Storm have nine wins for the first time since 2016, when they finished 9-2 with a second-round appearance in the OSAA Class 5A playoffs.

No. 10 Lakeridge 40, No. 7 Sheldon 7 

After the Irish struck first, the Pacers of Lake Oswego scored 40 unanswered points in the victory at Dennis Ludwig Stadium in Eugene. 

Jake Reichle gained 295 yards and scored five touchdowns on 39 carries — setting season highs in all three categories. His five rushing touchdowns are tied for the second-most in an OSAA Class 6A playoff game over the past four seasons. 

Ryan Oliver completed 10 of 16 passes for 104 yards, with a touchdown to Lucas Burkeen (five catches, 70 yards). Oliver picked up 105 yards on four carries, including an 85-yard gain. 

Zachary Larson and Baylor Corbin made interceptions for the Pacers’ defense, which held the Irish (9-2) to a season scoring low (by 10 points) and helped Lakeridge (8-3) match its second-biggest margin of victory this season. 

No. 2 West Linn 55, No. 18 South Salem 9 

Four touchdown plays of more than 40 yards were more than enough for the Lions to defeat the visiting Saxons (6-5) at Pioneer Memorial Stadium in Oregon City. 

The Lions (10-1) set a season high for scoring margin on the strength of three touchdown runs by Mark Hamper, two touchdown passes from Chase Harmon to Lucas Reininga and two touchdown passes from Nick Sakys. 

Hamper’s first scoring run went for 55 yards. After Harmon’s touchdown passes to Reininga made it 21-0, Hamper scored on a 59-yard run and from two yards for a 34-2 lead. 

Sakys’ first touchdown pass went for 55 yards to Zach Stefanich, and after Hudson Staats returned an interception for a touchdown, the Lions led 48-2 after three quarters. 

Sakys’ other touchdown pass covered 21 yards and went to Jordan Tawa. 

Javier Ramirez-Perez scored on a nine-yard run late in the fourth quarter for the Saxons. 

Staats finished with two interceptions, and sophomore teammate Ryan VandenBrink had three sacks. 

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CLASS 5A| Bracket

No. 1 Wilsonville 42, No. 8 Hood River Valley 14 

The Wildcats bolted to a 28-0 lead in the home-field victory over the Eagles (9-2). 

Chase Hix had another productive night at quarterback, passing for four touchdowns to lead the Wildcats (11-0) to their 15th consecutive on-field win dating to the start of their 6-0 spring season. 

Kellen Hartford, Cooper Hiday, Jack Johnson and Rochne Beecham caught touchdown passes from Hix, who last week passed for 502 yards — the most in any Oregon Class 5A game in the past four seasons. 

Johnson returned an interception more than 70 yards for a score, and Jacob Ogden found the end zone on the ground for the Wildcats, who hit the 40-point threshold for the seventh time this season. 

The Eagles’ Trenton Hughes passed to Ryles Buckley for a score and ran for one himself. Hood River Valley’s defense got an interception from Joey Frazier. 

For the Wildcats, Nick Cooper recovered a fumble, and Nick Colyer and Hiday had interceptions. 

Chase Hix (Wilsonville) photo by Leon Neuschwander

No. 5 Thurston 20, No. 4 Canby 0 

Gavin Levesque kicked two field goals and provided a lift with his punting as the Colts (8-0) of Springfield held on to defeat the Cougars (8-3) in Canby. 

Levesque kicked a 33-yard field goal for a 3-0 first-quarter lead. The score didn’t change until the fourth quarter, when Alex Boring passed to Jacob Newell for a 49-yard touchdown and ran for a score of his own for a 17-0 lead with 6:37 left. Levesque, who averaged 35.2 yards on six punts, made a 41-yard field goal with 3:23 left for the final points.

The Colts had 199 yards of total offense to the Cougars’ 138, even though the Cougars controlled time of possession by a margin of more than 10 minutes. 

Canby’s Tyler Konold carried 25 times for 136 yards. The Cougars committed 10 penalties, including two that coach Jimmy Joyce said negated plays that would have set their offense up inside the Colts’ 20-yard line. 

Thurston’s Easton Miller had 9½ tackles, including two tackles for loss, Vaun Halstead made 7½, and Kellen Humphries had five tackles. 

Boring completed 12 of 18 passes for 106 yards.

No. 3 West Albany 28, No. 11 Dallas 9 

Tyler Hart-McNally had two touchdown runs of 50-plus yards and Michael Cale passed to DeMarcus Houston for two touchdowns to power the Bulldogs (10-1) past the visiting Dragons (6-5). 

Dallas, trailing 7-0 at halftime after Houston’s first touchdown catch, went ahead 9-7 on a field goal and a touchdown run by Logan Person. 

From there, the Bulldogs did all of the scoring, getting the long touchdowns from Hart-McNally in the third quarter and Houston’s second scoring catch in the fourth. 

Person finished with 98 rushing yards for the Dragons, who lost to the Bulldogs 21-9 in their Week 3 meeting as part of their Mid-Willamette Conference schedule. 

No. 2 Silverton 22, No. 7 North Salem 0 

The Foxes (10-1) posted their second shutout in their past three games in the victory over the Vikings (7-4), who held Silverton to its second-lowest point total of the season. 

North Salem’s Kip Afonin and Jerrik Wangler recorded two sacks each and Dominic Hughes and Vance Lund had one apiece. Nevin Zeller made an interception for the Vikings. 

After the Vikings got past midfield on the first possession, the Foxes recovered a fumble and converted the opportunity into a touchdown run by Alejandro Briseno for a 7-0 lead. 

The Foxes added to their advantage with a safety on an attempted punt by the Vikings. Jordan McCarty passed to Vandon Fessler for a 24-yard touchdown in the third quarter, and Keegan Walter had a 13-yard scoring run for the final touchdown. 

McCarty was 10 of 20 for 132 yards.

The Vikings’ Josiah Davis carried 20 times for 75 yards, and quarterback TC Manumaleuna II was 4 of 14 for 50 yards and an interception. 

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CLASS 4A| Bracket

No. 1 Marshfield 42, No. 9 Henley 7 

The Pirates (13-0) of Coos Bay rolled to a 42-0 lead in defeating the visiting Hornets (9-2) of Klamath Falls at Pete Susick Stadium. 

Dom Montiel competed 16 of 21 passes for 234 yards and four touchdowns, giving him 44 touchdown passes in 11 contested games this season. Montiel also ran for a score. 

DJ Daugherty caught two touchdown passes and rushed for another score, and Maddux Mateski and Mason Pedersen had touchdown catches. 

Mateski, Daugherty and Ben Mahaffy had interceptions, and Sebastian Gabriel-Kutsch recovered a fumble for the Pirates, who held their opponent to eight or fewer points for the sixth time this season. 

Alberto Castillo was 7 of 7 on point-after kicks and, as the punter, had a 53-yard kick and put another punt inside the Hornets’ 20-yard line.

Garrett Northcutt had a two-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter for the Hornets.

No. 5 Mazama 21, No. 4 Banks 14

Brandon Gailey, Trevor Anderson and Tyson Van Gastel each had a touchdown run, and the visiting Vikings (9-2) of Klamath Falls stopped Banks on a late drive to secure the victory at Beaverton High School.

Banks (9-2) scored on a 95-yard connection between quarterback Cooper Gobel and Charlie White and on a 6-yard run by Jamar Flippen.

Gailey finished with 128 yards on 14 carries and Anderson had 82 yards on 15 attempts for Mazama, which rushed for 330 yards and attempted just five passes.

Banks was held to 26 yards rushing. Gobel completed 20 of 36 pass attempts for 341 yards.

Van Gastel led the Vikings' defense with seven tackles (six solo). He and Aidan Kindt each had an interception.

No. 3 Estacada 44, No. 6 La Grande 22 

Cory James led the Rangers (11-0) with 132 yards rushing and 95 yards passing in the victory over the visiting Tigers (7-2) at Sandy High School. 

James scored on a 51-yard run to stake the Rangers to a 16-point lead with nine minutes remaining.

The Rangers piled up 472 yards of total offense. 

No. 7 Marist Catholic 62, No. 2 Cascade 35 

The Spartans of Eugene trailed after the first quarter but used a 36-0 scoring run to seize control in the win over the host Cougars at Scio High School. 

Lucas Tuski ran for five touchdowns for the Spartans (9-2), who avenged a 38-33 loss to the Cougars in Week 6. 

Touchdown runs by Jacob Hage and Blake Lewis helped the Cougars (10-1) of Turner take a 14-6 lead at the end of the first quarter. 

Tuski’s first touchdown, a 12-yard run, made it 14-12. Less than a minute later, Tuski scored again to push the Spartans in front, 20-14. 

The Cougars responded with Hage’s second touchdown run, which made it 21-20, and they led 28-26 after a touchdown pass from Hage to Shawn Kuenzi. 

The Spartans took over from there and built a 62-28 lead. The Cougars’ only score after halftime was a touchdown run by Lance Van Hoose with seconds left. 

Tuski ran for 217 yards after halftime and 287 yards in all. Kaiden Ayoma ran for two touchdowns, and Carter Greene passed for two touchdowns. 

Hage and Lewis gained more than 100 yards each for the Cougars. 

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Our second-round predictions: How'd we do?

First-round recap | What we learned in Round 1

6A final regular-season statistical leaders

5A final regular-season statistical leaders

4A final regular-season statistical leaders

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