Prep football roundup: Big second half carries Toppenish to third straight win

A scoreless second quarter left Toppenish locked in a tight game at halftime against Quincy, the other 1A team that joined the Wildcats in the 2A CWAC this season.

The Wildcats pulled away in the second half, scoring 28 straight points to stay perfect and keep the Jackrabbits winless. Toppenish's offense continues to thrive thanks largely to its two leaders in the backfield, quarterback Jason Sanchez and running back Kiyanno Zuniga.

Sanchez contributed to all six Wildcat touchdowns, passing for four and running for two others. He finished the night with 218 passing yards on just nine completions and carried the ball five times for seven yards.

A 19-yard completion to CJ Torres put Toppenish in front early and a 31-yard throw to Jack Davila extended the lead to 14-3. The Wildcats connected for two more long touchdowns after halftime, first to Anthony Cisneros for 32 yards on his only catch of the game and then to Alek Zapien for 51 yards as part of his team-high 108 receiving yards on five catches.

Zuniga rushed 13 times for 91 yards and came away with an interception for the Wildcats, who opened their season by beating Grandview and Prosser. Toppenish (3-0) will host winless Ellensburg next Friday.

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— CJ Torres 19 pass from Jason Sanchez (Sebastian Yepez kick)

— FG Erick Zepeda 41

— Jack Davila 31 pass from Sanchez (Yepez kick)

— Keegan Nelson 23 pass from Pierce Bierlink (Zepeda kick)

Top— Sanchez 7 run (Yepez kick)

— Anthony Cisneros 32 pass from Sanchez (Yepez kick)

— Alek Zapien 51 pass from Sanchez (Yepez kick)

— Sanchez 6 run (Yepez kick)

— Zepeda 3 pass from Bierlink (Zepeda kick)

— Toppenish, Kiyanno Zuniga 13-91, Zapien 4-51, Sanchez 5-7. Quincy, Bierlink 13-38, Jaxon Ferguson 14-33, Maximo Serrano 8-26, Brian Lira 1-4, Nelson 1-(minus-4).

— Toppenish, Sanchez 9-17-2-218. Quincy, Bierlink 14-26-1-160.

— Toppenish, Zapien 5-108, Davila 2-37, Torres 2-32, Cisneros 1-32. Quincy, Jace Reyes 13-77, DJ Frerks 4-39, Nelson 2-24, Zepeda 2-12, Lira 1-8.

At Davis, the Pirates nearly upset the defending CBBN champions in their second loss by fewer than three points this season. Davis (0-1 CBBN, 0-3 overall) will travel to West Valley next Friday.

At Wenatchee, the Cadets dropped their league opener. Eisenhower (0-1, 1-2) will host Lake City in a nonleague matchup next Friday.

At Sunnyside, the Grizzlies lost their third straight game to open CBBN play. Sunnyside (0-1, 0-3) will go to Eastmont next Friday.

At Ellensburg, a four play, 31-yard drive in the last minute capped off by Caleb Moberg's 38-yard field goal with five seconds left denied the Bulldogs a chance at overtime and their first win of the season. Colton Magruder's four-yard touchdown run gave Ellensburg a 6-0 first-quarter lead that lasted nearly nine minutes into the second half, and the Bulldogs blocked the extra point to keep the score tied.

Carlos Patino led another strong defensive performance with a team-high 10 tackles and an interception for Ellensburg, which has given up just 16 points in two games following a 28-9 season-opening loss to Othello. The Bulldogs (0-3, 0-3) will face an unbeaten team for the fourth straight week next Friday at Toppenish.

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— Colton Magruder 4 run (kick failed)

— Calvin Lybbert 8 pass from Brady Hendrick (kick blocked)

— FG Caleb Moberg 38

— Ephrata, Hendrick 16-73, Elijah Chavez-Mabry 11-58, Llandon Ahmann 1-2, Tavone Mantese 3-2, TEAM 1-(minus-11). Ellensburg, Magruder 29-166, Wyatt Winston 6-28, Gabe Anderson 1-5, John Nelson 1-3.

— Ephrata, Hendrick 9-26-1-145. Ellensburg, Dylan Gulezian 2-8-1-23, Nelson 0-6-2-0.

— Ephrata, Coltyn Klingenberg 4-88, Ahmann 1-25, Lybbert 2-16, Hunter Mills 1-8, Mantese 1-8. Ellensburg, Kage Miller 1-13, Easton Armstrong 1-10.

At Grandview, the defending CWAC champions stayed unbeaten by handing the Greyhounds their third straight loss. Grandview (0-3) will host Prosser next Friday.

ZILLAH 41, WAPATO 0: At Wapato, Jayden Salme threw for 208 yards and three touchdowns while Alex Martinez rushed for 142 yards and scored twice to lead the Leopards to their third straight win. Dekker Van De Graaf added a touchdown reception and Brayden Russell capped off the scoring when he took a fumble recovery two yards to the end zone.

Zillah's Gavin Cardey caught three passes for a team-high 56 yards and Tyson Bass went 21 yards for a Leopards' touchdown on his only catch of the game.

Zillah (3-0 SCAC, 3-0 overall) will travel to face four-time defending 1A champion Royal and Wapato (0-3) will play a nonleague game at Quincy.

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Zil — Alex Martinez 2 run (Nash Wong from Jayden Salme)

Zil — Martinez 6 pass from Salme (Adam Perez kick)

Zil — Dekker Van De Graaf 14 pass from Salme (Brayden Johnson kick)

Zil — Tyson Bass 21 pass from Salme (kick failed)

Zil — Gio Cisneros 6 run (Johnson kick)

Zil — Brayden Russell 2 fumble recovery (kick recovery)

RUSHING — Zillah, Martinez 17-142, Cisneros 9-63, Salme 2-(minus-7).

PASSING — Zillah, Salme 16-23-0-208.

RECEIVING — Zillah, Gavin Cardey 3-56, Martinez 4-47, Van De Graaf 2-33, Bass 1-21, Perez 3-35, RJ Curfman 2-12, Cisneros 1-3.

At West Valley, the Rams rolled to a nonleague win.

At Leavenworth, the Rangers couldn't keep up with the Kodiaks, who ended a 15-game losing streak. Naches Valley (0-3) will return to SCAC play at home against Kiona-Benton next Friday.

At Granite Falls, the Warriors held on to get within one game of their win total for all of last season. Cle Elum (2-1) will host Highland next Friday.

At Goldendale, the Timberwolves (1-1) rolled to their first win of the season. They'll begin their EWAC West schedule next week against visiting Kittitas.

At Highland, The Vikings earned their first win of the season to improve to 1-1. They will play a nonleague game at Touchet next Friday while Highland (0-3) will host La Salle.

At White Swan, the Cougars couldn't stay with a 2B state qualifier from a year ago. White Swan (0-3) will host Cle Elum in an EWAC matchup next Friday.

At Sunnyside, the Knights suffered their first loss at the hands of the unbeaten Pirates. Sunnyside Christian (2-1) will host Libert Christian next Friday.

Liberty-Spangle at Granger, 1 p.m. Saturday

Forks at Kittitas, 2 p.m. Saturday