2017 Swamp Cup

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Battle of the Swamp: Where the Bearcats and Tigers Are at in Week 8

“It seems like they’re competitive every haven’t been to these (the last few years), but in the old days it meant a lot. We play week,” Wollan said. “Throw out Tumsoftball now with old W.F. West guys and water, because they do that to everybody.

It goes without saying that the Battle we sit around and talk crap to each other.” They had Kelso tough at halftime, and of the Swamp is more than just another they just look really competitive. The rosgame. ter looks full, and they’ve got a lot more The Tigers The annual Centralia-Chehalis gridkids playings.”

Yes, Centralia’s 2-5 record leaves iron matchup, kicking off at 7 p.m. Friday night at Bearcat Stadium, is a legacy something to be desired. That’s not to say The Bearcats builder. The crowd’s always big, the pag- first-year head coach Jeremy Thibault — eantry clicks up a notch, and the alumni a proud Tiger alum — is disappointed.

W.F. West has been on the other side “I wish our wins and losses matched of the spectrum. The Bearcats (6-1) are all seem to have a story about their own our growth. We’ve come a long way,” he shooting for their fifth-straight state rivalry experience.

It’s a big deal, even if at this point in said, “but we’re still a long ways away. playoff berth, and have missed state just time the rivalry’s been a bit one-sided. The ground to gain is in the offseason twice since Wollan took over the proW.F. West is riding an eight-game win- — weightlifting, dedication, and being at gram in 2006. ning streak over the crosstown Tigers camps.”

This year their only loss came to 3A Inexperience, coupled with injuries Lake Washington (6-1), on the road, in a that started in 2009. The Bearcats have outscored Centralia 261-76 in that span and players joining the team later than tight 28-23 battle that could have gone eiand haven’t given up a point since 2014. expected, have slowed the growth a bit. ther way. The offense has been more dy“We’re slowly getting there, but they’ve namic than in the past few years, thanks Not that they’re taking this installgrown a lot,” he said. “If we had a 20- to both senior quarterback Nole Wollan’s ment of the Swamp Cup lightly.

“I think it just puts more responsibil- week season, we’d probably be pretty efficiency and a host of talented skill ity on each senior class, to make sure good about Week 20.” players.

Still, a wild win over Rochester last they get the job done,” W.F. West coach “We just try to take advantage of what Bob Wollan said. “There’s a lot of things week was a step in the right direction. we have, and so far it’s really been a posi“I know the coaching staff has a sys- tive,” Bob Wollan said. “I’ve just been that go into a legacy, but this is one of them, for sure. There’s a responsibility tem they believe in,” Bearcat coach Bob happy with the progress of some of our and I think there’s a sense of urgency that Wollan said. “You know they’re there for younger kids. (Depth) has usually been goes into that. They don’t want to let that the long haul, and it sounds like the kids an Achilles’ heel for us, not being a big are excited to be playing for these guys.” 2A school, and it’s just about hanging in whole thing down.”

The Tigers started the season with there with the players you have.”

Tiger coach Jeremy Thibault is aware of the current streak. Around the time he a rough loss at R.A. Long, but bounced The defense has also exceeded expecwas hired, back in the spring, he saw an back with a win over Mark Morris. They tations after graduating a handful of big “8 Years and Counting” shirt at a fund- played Sequim to the wire, played Kelso linemen from last year’s club. tough for a half and lost to Black Hills in raising auction.

“We hoped we’d be a fast defense that “I would like to break that,” said overtime before being blown out at Tum- could get to the football and create some Thibault, a Centralia grad who spent the water, but bounced back with a 42-35 win please see SWAMP, page 15 past five seasons coaching at Toledo. “I at Rochester.

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The BEARCAT Offense 35 Points Per Game • 169 Passing Yards/Game • 212 Rushing Yards/Game

Quarterback: Nole Wollan

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A Plethora of Offensive Options Nole Wollan’s been more than solid at quarterback for the Bearcats this year, completing 64 of 118 passes for 844 yards and 11 touchdowns.

“It all goes through him. That’s one kid we have to get after,” Tiger coach Jeremy Thibault said. “I’m pretty impressed with him this year, and he just doesn’t make a lot of mistakes.”

W.F. West’s offense, though, has been nothing if not multi-faceted. Ka’imi Henry’s been a steady starting running back; Zach Sloan and Lafe Johnson have both been viable goal-line options; and speedy sophomore Jaiyden Camoza has been a highlight waiting to happen.

And that’s only in the run game. Senior inside receiver Tyson Guerrero has been reliable; 6-foot-8 Brandon White can go over almost any defender for a jump ball; Wyatt Deskins and Leandre Gaines are both threats at tight end; and Jordan Thomas, 6-foot-3 and athletic, is working his way into more targets.

“We do have the ability to really spread the ball around and utilize guys,” Bearcat coach Bob Wollan said. “We’ve been able to throw the ball effectively when we’ve really wanted to, and it’s been effective.”

Big plays have also been more frequent this year than in the recent past, he added.

“It’s been hard to go 10 or 12 plays all the time without a mistake,” Wollan said, “so it’s been fun to have the ability to score on some big plays and have some quick drives.”

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The W.F. West Offense: Projected Swamp Cup Starters

WR

5 White

WR

6 Guerrero

LT

LG

C

RB

QB

73 Wilson 57 Wylam 63 Mallonee

7 Henry

10 Wollan

RG RT

51 Bull

LT LG C RG RT TE RB WR WR WR QB

TE

WR

59 Peters 11 Deskins

17 Thomas

Bearcat Offense: Projected Starters

#73 #57 #63 #51 #59 #11 #7 #5 #6 #17 #10

Mike Wilson Joe Wylam Jack Mallonee Camden Bull Trent Peters Wyatt Deskins Ka’imi Henry Brandon White Tyson Guerrero Jordan Thomas Nole Wollan

6-1 6-0 6-0 5-11 6-1 6-1 5-10 6-8 5-11 6-3 6-0

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The TIGER Offense

By The Numbers Carrying the Mail: Running • 19.7 points/game Back Jose Pineda • 65.1 passing yards/game The numbers paint a nice picture of the • 220.4 rushing yards/game load Jose Pineda (at right, running against Quarterback: Kolby Baird

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Passing 18-65 / 456 yds 7 touchdowns, 2 INTs

Receiving Leaders Rec Yd Jose Pineda 8 183 Tristan Dickey 3 97 Mason Titus 2 90 Rushing Leaders Jose Pineda Dylan Purkey Jerod Frias

TD 3 1 1

Att. Yd. TD 113 724 7 76 430 2 23 102

Mark Morris) has carried for the Tigers this season. The senior has piled up over 900 yards with 10 touchdowns.

“He’s quick and really low to the ground, and he lifts weights — obviously he’s a pretty strong kid,” Thibault said. “He just makes a lot of kids miss. He’s able to stop and go pretty quickly, and he’s tough, too.”

He’s been all over the field for Centralia.

“We moved him to fullback, and then wing, and some receiver — we just try to get him the ball,” Thibault said. “I’m not the smartest guy in the world, but he’s our best player and I’m gonna try to have him carry it.”

Bearcat coach Bob Wollan agreed.

“Your goal every week is to take away their best player,” Wollan said. “You don’t normally easily take them away, but you know where they’re at, and I’m sure that’s certainly going to be the case this game (with Pineda).”

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The Centralia Offense: Projected Swamp Cup Starters

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W

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T

C

G

T

64 Almontes 51 Dixon 54 Kuykendall 60 McCann 70 Aguirre

QB

21 Pineda

W

SE

80 Titus

1 Sobolseky

10 Baird

FB

25 Purkey

Tiger Offense: Projected Starters Tackle Guard Center Guard Tackle Tight End Split End Fullback Quarterback Wing Wing

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Isaias Almontes Josh Dixon Justus Kuykendall Colby McCann Dominick Aguirre Broc Selstrom Mason Titus Dylan Purkey Kolby Baird Jose Pineda Colby Sobolesky

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2017 CENTRALIA TIGERS

Head Coach: Jeremy Thibault Assistant Coaches: Duane Bailey, Scott Phillips, Ryker Gronseth, Mark Holmberg, Jacoby Gronseth, Joey Tivnan, Mike McDonald, Jon Meyer, Darrin Canfield # Name 1 Colby Sobolesky-Reynolds 2 Jason Baum 4 Darrin Waller 5 Cody Keene 6 Jesse Weeks 7 Tanner DeMonbrun 8 Tristan Dickey 9 David Merrill 10 Kolby Baird 11 Arturo Peralta-Morales 12 Derek Beairsto 13 Nolan Miller 14 Broc Selstrom 16 Chris Kirner 20 Eduardo Matias 21 Jose Pineda 22 Shiloh GrayGundo 23 Manuel Aguilar

Ht 5’ 11” 5’ 11” 5’ 6” 5’ 6” 6’ 0” 6’ 0” 6’ 0” 6’ 0” 6’ 3” 5’ 8” 6’ 2” 6’ 2” 6’ 3” 5’ 8” 5’ 4” 5’ 9” 5’ 8” 5’ 8”

Wt 175 165 155 160 165 180 175 150 185 150 175 165 100 150 145 170 175 185

Gr 11 10 10 11 11 11 12 10 12 10 10 12 12 10 10 12 11 12

25 26 27 28 29 31 32 33 34 43 44 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57

Dylan Purkey Adrienne Martinez Caleb Simpson Tyler Milton Blaine Wass Brandon Peck Michael Newman Jerod Frias Cameron Erickson Kaden Harrington Aaron Adamo Aaron Radach Josh Dixon Colby Steele Jonathan Ayala Justus Kuykendall Ryan Jensen Paris Chavez Ramiro Garcia-Ramirez

5’ 10” 5’ 10” 5’ 9” 5’ 10” 5’ 9” 5’ 11” 5’ 0” 5’ 9” 5’ 10” 5’ 10” 6’ 3” 6’ 0” 6’ 0” 6’ 3” 5’ 10” 5’ 10” 5’ 10” 5’ 10” 5’ 10”

180 181 150 165 165 165 175 175 155 155 205 220 205 205 185 185 195 185 185

12 11 10 11 10 11 12 12 9 10 12 12 12 11 11 10 12 9 9

60 61 63 64 65 66 67 70 72 73 74 80 81 82 85 87 90

Colby McCann Aiden Goodrich Joseph Gutschmidt Isaias Almontes Riley Register Ethan Perez Austin Lucht Dominick Aquirre Zack Prue Logan Magill Brock Seymour Mason Titus Davey Baker-Mendez Jacob Fink Ty Grey-Gundo Bradley Gentry-Anderson Alejandro Valencia

6’ 0” 5’ 11” 5’ 9” 6’ 2” 6’ 0” 5’ 10” 5’ 10” 5’ 10” 6’ 2” 5’ 10” 5’ 10” 6’ 2” 6’ 0” 5’ 8” 5’ 8” 6’ 0” 6’ 3”

185 185 230 225 225 255 225 205 205 205 205 185 170 150 175 165 220

11 10 11 12 12 10 10 11 10 10 10 12 10 11 11 10 9

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2017 W.F. WEST BEARCATS

Head Coach: Bob Wollan Assistant Coaches: Dick Boesiger, Tom Grunenfelder, Jamie Rakevich, MikePallas, John Bull, Chris Johnson, Kyle Karnofski, Marty Marquez, Dan Hill # Name 1 Kayden Kelly 2 Max Miller 3 Josiah Johnson 4 Bennett Bull 5 Brandon White 6 Tyson Guerrero 7 Ka’Imi Henry 8 Joshua Torreon 9 Cory Davis 10 Nole Wollan 11 Wyatt Deskins 12 Tyler Hampson 13 Jacob McCarthy 14 Cesar Morales 15 Troy Yarter 16 Tate Tornow 17 Jordan Thomas 18 Chris Beatty 19 Tyler Speck 20 Lafe Johnson 21 Jaiyden Camoza 22 Jett Bowers 23 Dakota Hawkins 24 Gabe O’Neil

Ht 5’ 8” 5’ 9” 5’ 10” 6’ 3” 6’ 8” 5’ 11” 5’ 10” 5’ 10” 5’ 11” 6’ 0” 6’ 1” 6’ 1” 5’ 8” 5’ 7” 6’ 0” 5’ 9” 6’ 3” 5’ 10” 6’ 3” 5’ 10” 5’ 10” 5’ 9” 6’ 0” 5’ 11”

Wt 135 160 160 180 190 170 175 180 160 190 180 145 145 155 160 115 183 185 150 170 167 160 180 160

Gr 10 12 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 10 12 11 10 11 10 11 12 12

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 44 50 51 52 54 55 56

Ivan Mendez Lane Douglass Aaron Fuller Carver Brennan Matt Rocha Luke Bennett Colby Breckel Tyler Laufenberg Kaelin Hazen Damien Lopez Ashton Lopez Janko Weyers Zach Sloan Ken Parnell Jake Zylstra Mike James Christian Swinehart Kaelan Hinton Anthony Mora Garrett VonMoos Camden Bull Cooper McCoy Ashton Lannoye Isaac Reavis Kevin Clevenger

5’ 8” 5’ 7” 5’ 8” 5’ 10” 5’ 7” 5’ 10” 5’ 11” 5’ 11” 6’ 2” 6’ 1” 5’ 10” 5’ 11” 5’ 9” 5’ 7” 5’ 7” 5’ 9” 5’ 7” 6’ 0” 5’ 6” 5’ 10” 5’ 11” 6’ 1” 6’ 2” 6’ 1” 6’ 2”

160 150 135 155 150 175 165 172 177 180 155 150 200 145 145 155 140 158 151 180 185 202 168 215 245

12 11 10 11 10 10 10 11 10 12 10 11 11 11 10 12 10 11 10 10 12 10 10 10 12

57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 79 84 87 88 89

Joe Wylam Chris Powe Trent Peters Trent Mason Caleb Sellers Jadon Hoff Jack Mallonee McGuire Bull Ryley Hall William Albert Jacob Prigmore Josiah Sellers Joe Powe Robbie SanSouci Chase Conaway Mike Wilson Edilberto Hernandez Zach Evans Morgan Heck Carsen Hojem William Lienhard Leandre Gaines Sean Bagley Bailey Cooper Kyle Gray

6’ 0” 6’ 3” 6’ 1” 6’ 1” 5’ 11” 6’ 5” 6’ 0” 5’ 6” 6’ 4” 5’ 8” 5’ 8” 6’ 3” 6’ 4” 6’ 1” 5’ 11” 6’ 1” 6’ 0” 5’ 4” 6’ 1” 6’ 3” 6’ 4” 6’ 2” 5’ 9” 6’ 3” 5’ 11”

205 190 205 180 270 240 190 163 267 180 185 200 210 290 241 185 200 134 225 255 250 225 140 190 130

12 11 10 11 10 11 12 10 12 12 12 12 12 10 11 12 12 10 11 10 11 10 10 12 11

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The BEARCAT Defense Star of the Show: Linebacker Camden Bull

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Camden Bull’s the latest in a line of relatively undersized, but hard-hitting, star inside linebackers heading up the Bearcat defense.

“Camden’s just been a consummate leader for our Camden defense, not only for his effort, but his study habits, Bull his attention to detail — he just kind of encompasses all of it,” Wollan said. “When he walks into the room, he’s not the guy you look at and say ‘He’s the guy,’ but you put him on the football field and he just continues to make plays.”

Bull plays bigger and hits harder than his listed 5-foot-11 and 185 pounds.

“It’s almost a lost art; he’s a great tackler,” Wollan said. “He gets guys on the ground. It’s refreshing, it’s productive, and it’s a big reason our defense has been as successful as it has been at this point.”

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W.F. West’s Camden Bull (51) brings down Rochester’s Enrique Sanchez during an EvCo game on Oct. 6 in Chehalis.

By The Numbers: W.F. West’s Defense

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CB

65 Hall

6 Guerrero

OLB

DL

57 Wylam

10 Wollan

S

S

2 Miller

DL DL DL OLB ILB ILB OLB CB CB S S

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Bearcat Defense Projected Starters

Ryley Hall Wyatt Deskins Joe Wylam Nole Wollan Camden Bull Zach Sloan Ka’imi Henry Tyson Guerrero Jordan Thomas Max Miller Troy Yarter

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51 Bull

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The TIGER Defense

BY THE NUMBERS Points Allowed: 235 • 33.6 per game Rushing Yards: 1,405 • 200.7 per game Passing Yards: 760 • 108.6 per game FROM THE OTHER SIDE BOB WOLLAN ON CENTRALIA DEFENSIVE END BROC SELSTROM: “Selstrom, on the

defensive line, he’s a big physical presence,” Wollan said. “He’s a guy you’re going to have to account for.”

STANDOUTS IN THE MIDDLE Middle linebackers Jerod Frias and Michael Newman have been the backbone of the Tigers’ defense.

“They’re just getting it,” Centralia coach Jeremy Thibault said. “They kind of lead the defense.”

Frias, a student of the game with his study habits and penchant for film, was the team’s Tiger of the Week after the Tumwater loss.

“He’s been our guy,” Thibault said.

Newman, a senior who hasn’t played since his freshman year, has been something of a diamond in the rough, Thibault said.

“Newman’s just a wrecking ball, like Mongo. He just goes and hits people,” he said. “I don’t know what we would do if he didn’t turn out.”

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The Centralia Defense: Projected Swamp Cup Starters

CB

21 Pineda

DL

OLB

44 Adamo

7 DeMonbrun

DL

14 Selstrom

ILB

52 Steele

ILB

32 Newman

33 Frias

CB

DL

8 Dickey

OLB

10 Baird Tiger Defense: Projected Starters

S

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In Review: 2016 Swamp Cup

Emery, Bearcats Run Past Rival Tigers in Swampy Win

By The Chronicle

W.F. West’s offense isn’t particularly dynamic, flashy or explosive.

It is, however, nearly weather-proof — not to mention accompanied by a stout defense and solid special-teams play — all of which comes in handy, especially in circumstances like Friday night, when the Battle of the Swamp lives up to its name.

The Bearcats piled up 291 yards on the ground behind a steady offensive line and the defense pitched its third-straight shutout, all of which was more than enough to dispatch rival Centralia, 27-0, at Tiger Stadium.

“It’s pretty big, you know,” Bearcat senior fullback Kolby Steen said. “It’s always fun to shut Centralia out.”

Austin Emery ran for 198 yards and two touchdowns, and W.F. West won the Twin Cities rivalry match for the eighthstraight season, improving to 8-0 on the year and setting up a senior night showdown with No. 2-ranked Tumwater on Friday in Chehalis for the Evergreen 2A Conference championship.

On Friday, though, the game was still too close to call until a key special teams play at the end of a sloppy third quarter that featured three fumbles, an interception and three turnovers.

After a quick three-and-out from deep in Centralia territory, Tiger punter Kolby Baird delivered a punt to midfield, where return man Drew Forgione took advantage of a big block by Dakota Hawkins to pack the rock back to the 6-yard line. On the next play Steen

2016 BOX SCORE At Centralia BEARCATS 27, TIGERS 0 W.F. West 6 7 7 7 —27 Centralia 0 0 0 0 —0 Scoring Summary WFW — Austin Emery 37-yard run; pass failed WFW — Emery 33-yard run; Corey Davis kick WFW — Kolby Steen 6-yard run; Davis kick WFW — Ka’imi Henry 5-yard run; Davis kick

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W.F. West’s Austin Emery runs in a touchdown during the 2016 Battle of the Swamp Evergreen 2A Conference football game at Tiger Stadium. Emery ran for 198 yards and two touchdowns in the Bearcats’ 27-0 win.

pushed his way into the end zone.

“It’s not an easy night to catch punts, and their punter’s really good,” Bearcat coach Bob Wollan said. “But that’s one of those big plays that you never know what can happen, and special teams created that touchdown, so that was great.”

Steen’s touchdown gave the Bearcats a 20-0 cushion with 3.2 seconds left in the third quarter, and Ka’imi Henry’s

5-yard scoring scamper in the fourth — set up by his own 30-yard run — was the icing on the cake.

The 27-point margin of victory, though, betrayed what was a touch-andgo first half.

“The Centralia/Chehalis game has always got its little twists and turns,” Wollan said. “It was 13-0 at halftime, and we didn’t feel like this game was over at all.”

Team Stats First Downs Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Comp-Att-Int Fumbles/Lost Penalties/Yards

WFW 14 291 36 327 4-5-1 4/2 3/15

CEN 10 98 52 150 6-16-1 1/1 5/40

Individual Stats Rushing: WFW — Emery 19/198, Steen 6/30, Henry 2/35; CEN — Jose Pineda 19/90, Nat Lopez 16/31 Passing: WFW — Nole Wollan 4-5/36; CEN — Joey Aliff 6-16/51 Receiving: WFW — Drew Forgione 1/12, Tyson Guerrero 1/9, Dakota Hawkins 1/8, Emery 1/7; CEN — Jordan Thomas 3/33, Pineda 2/7, Derek VanDeLaarschot 1/11

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turnovers,” Wollan said. “We completely changed what we do, schematically, even a little more so than we’ve done before. Just with some things nobody really cares about.”

The Bearcats have been a steady presence in the state’s top 10 rankings, and their Week 9 game at Tumwater could be for the Evergreen 2A Conference title — just like last season.

“They’re just always around, and always play the league champ in a meaningful game,” Thibault said of W.F. West. “That’s where we want to be. We want to make that last Friday night mean something.”

Playoff Implications Through seven weeks of action, W.F. West (3-0 league) is tied for first place in the Evergreen 2A Conference with Tumwater (2-0 league), meaning a Swamp Cup win secures a top-two finish and the right to host a District 4 winner-to-state crossover game. The

Bearcats play at Tumwater next week to close out the regular season in what could be the de facto EvCo championship game.

Centralia, meanwhile, is still fighting for a playoff berth. The Tigers haven’t been to the postseason since 2015, when they lost to Hockinson in a crossover game. Last week’s win over Rochester, combined with Aberdeen’s 0-3 league record, means that even with a loss against W.F. West the Tigers should have a crossover spot on the line in their Week 9 home regularseason finale with the Bobcats.

CROSSOVER NOTES: The Greater St. Helens 2A League champ hosts the EvCo fourth-place team, with the winner taking the top seed into the state playoffs. The EvCo champ hosts the GSHL runner-up; the EvCo runner-up hosts the GSHL’s third-place team; and the GSHL runner-up hosts the EvCo’s third-place team.

Hockinson (7-0, 5-0 league) is the frontrunner down south, with Washougal (5-2, 3-2) in second place. R.A. Long, Columbia River and Woodland are currently in a three-way tie for third.

SWAMP CUP HISTORY: A LOOK BACK 10 Years Ago 2007: The 100th anniversary of the Twin Cities’ football rivalry brought out some 4,500 fans in Chehalis, only to see Centralia survive with a 3523 win. Teigen Goodeill ran for 186 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries to lead Centralia, while quarterback Griffin Squires ran for 168 yards on 22 carries with 142 passing yards on 9 of 17 attempts. Levi Dean added a touchdown pass to Craig O’Brien on a halfback pass for W.F. West, and Devon Hughes ran in a TD for Centralia.

downs and kicked a 39-yard field goal, while Wilson ran 22 times for 142 yards for Chehalis.

30 Years Ago 1987: W.F. West beat Centralia, 35-6, to land in a three-way tie for first in the Black Hills League.

Quarterback Eric Ferrier ran for 71 yards and a touchdown, and Ray Asher, John Olson, Shawn Reynolds and Marty Marquez also scored rushing touchdowns for the Bearcats. Frank Homan ran in Centralia’s only score.

20 Years Ago 1997: The Twin Cities rivals played twice in 1997,

and Centralia both games. In Week 2, Centralia quarterback Jason Stumm kicked a 23-yard field goal with 2:14 left to give the Tigers a 28-27 win.

Stumm was 9 of 16 passing for 266 yards, with Kyle Donahue catching five passes for 206 yards and a touchdown. Guillermo Young ran 24 times for 109 yards and a score to lead Centralia, while Lann Olson had 22 carries for 130 yards and two TDs for Chehalis. Leonard Wilson added 20 carries for 114 yards for the Bearcats. … The teams met again in Week 10, with Centralia’s 15-7 win securing the 3A Rivers League South Division title.

Stumm was 7 of 19 for 191 yards, ran in two touch-

40 Years Ago 1977: The rivalry game had two installments, with Centralia winning 53-12 on Sept. 17 and 20-0 on Nov. 3. In the first game, Lee Neumann ran 13 times for 178 yards and a touchdown, with Randy McNurlin and Randy Harris each adding rushing TDs for the Tigers. Quarterback Jeff Spencer threw a pair of touchdown passes to junior end Bob Wollan. For Chehalis, Robert Morris ran in a touchdown, and quarterback Don Blaser hit Steve Aselton for a TD. In the second game, Neumann threw an option TD pass to Syd Hampson, and Spencer ran in one score and added a TD pass to Wollan.

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