Kamiakin eliminated from WA Royal Football Championships returns to the playoffs for fourth year

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Royal is the region’s survivor when it comes to the top state school football playoffs.

The Knights, who are set to win a fourth straight Class 1A championship, jumped out against Seton Catholic from the dominance of No. 12 Vancouver with a 28-0 lead after one quarter and never looked back with a 42-0 victory in Saturday’s semifinal.

The top-seeded Royal led quarterback Lance Allred, who rushed for 3 touchdowns.

Teammate Ethan Ellis added 153 yards and two touchdowns.

It’s the Knights’ third straight shutout of the tournament.

Royal now faces No. 2 seed Lakeside of Nine Mile Falls in the 1A state name match, scheduled for 3 p. m. on Friday, Dec. 1 at Husky Stadium.

▪ Kamiakin’s remarkable streak came to an end Saturday at the hands of No. 2 Lake Stevens, who beat the Braves 48-7 in the Class 4A semifinals.

Kamiakin finished the season with a 10–3 record.

The Vikings proved too strong, taking a 41-0 lead at halftime and never returning.

Lake Stevens, the 4A state champion, led through quarterback Kolten Matson, who finished 19 of 21 passes for 314 yards and four touchdowns.

The Braves simply couldn’t get an offense going in the first half, scoring just 84.

Kamiakin quarterback Trent Woodhouse finished with 121 passing yards, while Robert Julima had 2 passes for 37 yards.

Camden Schmidt rushed 11 times for 34 yards and scored the Braves’ game-winning touchdown on a 1-yard run.

Here are the final scores from all the games of the state semifinals:

Class 4A: (1) Graham-Kapowsin 27, (4) Eastlake 24; (2) Stevens Lake 48, (6) Kamiakin 7.

Class 3A: (6) Bellevue 21, (2) O’Dea 17; (1) Helmet 7, (4) East Side Catholic 0.

Class 2A: (2) Anacortes 34, (3) Enumclaw 20; (1) Tumwater 19, (4) Kitsap North 17.

Class 1A: (2) Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 24, (6) Nooksack Valley 23 (OT); (1) Real 42, (12) Seton Católica 0.

Class 2B: (1) Napavine 36, (4) Onalaska 26; (2) Okanogan 21, (3) Northwest Christian-Colbert 0.

Class 1B: (1) Liberty Bell 64, (5) Neah Bay 34; (2) Wilbur-Creston-Keller 66, (3) Mossyrock 22.

▪ For the first time in years, all six state championships will be played at the venue, this time at the University of Washington’s Husky Stadium in Seattle.

There will be 3 on Friday and 3 more on Saturday.

Here’s Friday’s schedule:

1B: (2) Wilbur-Creston-Keller vs. (1) Liberty Bell, a. m.

1A: (2) Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) vs. (1) Royal, p. m.

3A: (6) Bellevue vs. (1) Yelm, 7 p. m.

Here’s Saturday’s schedule: 2B: (2) Okanogan vs. Okanogan(1) Napavine, a. m. 2A: (2) Anacortes vs. (1) Tumwater, 3 p. m.

4A: (2) Lake Stevens vs. (1) Graham-Kapowsin, 7 p. m.

What it also tells me is that the national playoff qualification committees have done their homework correctly. Each number one seed made it to the final.

What’s even more impressive is that the top two seeds in five of the six rankings made it to the final.

Only No. 6 Bellevue made it past the complex and into the 3A final.

River View governed the Eastern Division of the Eastern Washington Athletic Conference 2B this fall before going 0-2 in the state tournament in Yakima.

But the EWAC coaches knew the Panthers had a lot and voted Marina Jimenez the conference’s player of the year.

River View’s Allyson Stanley named coach of the year, and Jimenez joins the first team via Panthers teammates Hailey Huston, senior and junior Aliyah Maloine.

Warden had two first-team votes, senior Lauryn Madsen and junior Genesis Ozuna. As did Walla Walla Valley Academy, with junior Kienna Stepper and senior Clara Scully.

Tri-Cities Prep junior Ava Douglas is also on the first team.

High school basketball is in full swing this week, and nearly every Mid-Columbia Conference attendee opens the season with non-conference competitions.

Here are the first games of the MCC team:

The children and women of Chiawana welcome to Mount Spokane on Tuesday, November 28. Girls are notified at 5:45 p. m. m. , while children do it at 7:30 p. m. m.

Hanford Boys and Girls are also open on Tuesdays, but kids head to Ridgeline in Spokane at 7 p. m. Falcon women open at home at 7 p. m.

The Hermiston Girls open Tuesday at 6 p. m. On Friday, Dec. 1, the Hermiston Boys will host Ellensburg at 7:30 p. m. (The Daughters of Hermiston will open at 5:45 p. m. m. )

The Kamiakin boys will open the season at home against Davis at 7:30 p. m. on Friday, December 1. The Braves girls will wait until 4:30 p. m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, with a highway through Yakima’s West Valley.

The Kennewick boys and women open the season on Thursday, Nov. 30 against Moses Lake. Only the Lions kids will be home against the Mavericks, while the Kennewick women will go to Moses Lake. Both games start at 7 p. m.

The Pasco boys head to Davis at 7 p. m. game. The season begins on Tuesday, November 28. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs women head to Sunnyside for a 5:30 p. m. game. game. Warning: Friday, Dec. 1 (Pasco boys stick to 7 p. m. m. ).

The Richland women will open at home against Mount Spokane on Saturday, December 2. The game will begin at 5:45 p. m. m. Meanwhile, the Bomber Boys will wait until next week to open their season with an MCC men’s and women’s doubleheader. in Pasco. Women play at 5:45 p. m. ; guys at 7:30 a. m.

The Southridge men and women will open at home on Tuesday, Nov. 28 in a men’s and women’s doubleheader against Yakima’s Eisenhower. Suns women will kick off at 5:45 p. m. ; The boys play at 7:30 p. m.

Walla Walla boys open season Friday, Dec. 1 at Lewis’ home

Jeff Morrow is a former editor of the Tri-City Herald.

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