Game Recap October 11, 2014
After a very rough 1-4 start against some of the best competition east of Snoqualmie Pass, the Richland Bombers were understandably a little fed up and took out a season's worth of frustration on the Kennewick Lions in a 44-7 blowout that was really not as close as the scoreboard indicated.
The Richland defense, save for one play, manhandled the Lion offense forcing numerous three and out drives, eight punts, and a safety. Kennewick only experienced two plays in Bomber territory in the first half and fourteeen total for the game, eight of which occurred on the very last drive as time ran out. Of the 135 total yards earned by the Lions, 58 were on the ground as the Bomber line swallowed up anything that came near, and the secondary only allowed 77 total, 50 of those yards occurring on one play in the first quarter that gave Kennewick a 7-7 tie.
As formidable as the Bomber defense was, the Richland offense was in almost perfect sync for the first time this season. Taylor O'Toole was 23 for 33 in the air for 310 yards and two touchdowns. O'Tooles main targets were Matthew Woodman with nine catches for 110 yards and a touchdown, and Griffey March who caught six passes for 80 yards and also contributed 87 return yards to put the Bombers in great field position on several occasions. The Bombers leading rusher was Jacob Heinan with 73 yards on 16 carries.
The only real hiccup on the night occurred before the game when I tried to get a game program and found out that none were printed! Besides that, the game was almost perfect and Richland crowd was pretty good considering the PAC-12 had the audacity to schedule a game on a Friday night involving the WSU Cougars.
Next week, the Bombers travel back to Edgar Brown Memorial Stadium to take on the Pasco Bulldogs. Pasco started off hot but has run into problems the last couple weeks so it should be a fun night of football next week at 7:00. We hope to see you there.
Tri-City Herald: Richland blows past Kennewick
Go Bombers!
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October 10, 20141234Final
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Kennewick Lions7
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Richland Bombers44
