MURPHY — Hidden Valley used an effective running game and an opportunistic defense to defeat Marist 31-21 in the second round of the Class 4A state football playoffs Friday.
The Skyline Conference champion Mustangs (9-2) advance to the state quarterfinals next Friday or Saturday against the winner of today's Yamhill-Carlton at Ontario matchup.
Hidden Valley forced three turnovers in the game played in muddy conditions at Mustangs Field. The first two led to a 14-0 Hidden Valley lead and the final turnover ended any chance of a Spartan comeback.
"We dominated the football game," Hidden Valley coach Jim Figoni said. "We actually played better than I thought we were going to because the field conditions were absolutely horrendous."
On the third play of the game, Jeremy Carter recovered a fumble by Colton Thomas at the Spartan 23. Junior running back Jules DeVos scored from 9 yards out five plays later to give the Mustangs a 7-0 lead.
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VanCleave caught an 11-yard TD pass from quarterback L.B Draper with 47 seconds remaining before halftime to put the Mustangs up 20-7, but Marist answered with a 41-yard touchdown play from Ryan Bell to Thomas with just 18 seconds to go to cut the Mustangs' lead to six points at halftime.
"That kept them in the game," said Figoni.
In the second half, Dustin Fox's third-quarter, 17-yard TD run upped the Mustangs' lead to 28-14, but Marist answered with a 2-yard touchdown run by Jerran Johnston with 7:49 left in the game.
A 25-yard field goal by Jordan Nielsen with 3:43 remaining put the Mustangs up by two scores, 31-21.
But again Marist came storming back. The Spartans, who won the Class 3A state title last year, drove deep into Mustang territory until Brandon Henson's interception at the Hidden Valley 1 ended the last Marist opportunity.
"They're a dangerous team," said Figoni. "Except for a couple of plays we played great defensively. We physically controlled the game."
DeVos was responsible for the bulk of Hidden Valley's 184 rushing yards with 147 yards on 26 carries. Draper passed for 64 more yards.
For Marist, Bell completed 10 of 17 passes for 216 yards with two interceptions. The Spartans were limited to 102 yards on the ground.
Marist (8-4) played without star running back Brandon Jackson, who is headed to the University of California on a football scholarship, and lost junior starting quarterback Tommy Stewart to a broken arm in the Sky Em finale two weeks ago.
If Hidden Valley is victorious in its quarterfinal game next week, Figoni said it will be the first 10-win season in school history.
Marist 0 14 0 7 --21
Hidden Valley 7 13 8 3 --31
HV — DeVos 9 run (Nielsen kick)
HV — DeVos 4 run (Nielsen kick)
M — Bedbury 60 pass from Bell (Schepergerdes kick)
HV — VanCleave 11 pass from Draper (pass failed)
M — Thomas 41 pass from Bell (Schepergerdes kick)
HV — Fox 17 run (Fox run)
M — Johnston 2 run (Schepergerdes kick)
HV — FG Nielsen 25
- SISTERS 43, HENLEY 12 — At Sisters, Cory McCaffrey rushed for 257 yards and a touchdown to lead top-ranked Sisters over Henley in the second round of the Class 4A state playoffs.
McCaffrey now has 2,741 yards on the season, just 123 shy of the state all-time single-season rushing record set by Jacob Krizman of Hood River Valley in 2002.
Jeff Sampson scored on runs of 4 and 6 yards to give Sisters (11-0) an early lead, and Nathan Jackson tacked on a 15-yard scoring run and TD receptions of 35 and 21 yards from Jarred Hasskamp to pull away from Henley (7-4).
Jackson caught nine passes for 138 yards, while Hasskamp was 11-for-14 passing for 198 yards. Sampson finished with 98 yards rushing.
The Hornets trailed 23-0 until Jesse Brewster returned a kickoff 80 yards for a score to put Henley on the board in the second quarter. Parker Pratt added a 28-yard touchdown reception from Colin Stock for the only other Hornet points.
Henley 0 6 6 0 --12
Sisters 13 10 13 7 --43
Sis — Sampson 4 run (kick failed)
Sis — Sampson 6 run (Marr kick)
Sis — Jackson 15 run (Marr kick)
Sis — FG 30 Marr
Hen — Brewster 80 kickoff return (kick blocked)
Sis — Jackson 35 pass from Hasskamp (Marr kick)
Hen — Pratt 28 pass from Stock (kick blocked)
Sis — Jackson 21 pass from Hasskamp (kick failed)
Sis — McCaffrey 22 run (Marr kick)
Class 5A
- CORVALLIS 48, KLAMATH UNION 9 — At Corvallis, quarterback Drew Hubel accounted for four touchdowns — two running and two passing — for Mid-Willamette Conference runner-up Corvallis (10-1).
Klamath Union's only touchdown came in the third quarter on a 57-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tory Snyder to Aaron Foster.
Southern Sky second-place Klamath Union (6-4) was making its first state playoff appearance since 1989.
Klamath Union 3 0 6 0 --9
Corvallis 14 20 14 0 --48
KU — FG Foster 31
C — Hubel 1 run (Wade Penner kick)
C — Badege 13 pass from Hubel (Penner kick)
C — Hubel 1 run (Penner kick)
C — Kelly 5 run (Penner kick)
C — Fred 55 pass from Hubel (kick failed)
C — Kelly 67 run (Penner kick)
K — Foster 57 pass from Snyder (pass failed)
C — Henry 5 run (Penner kick)
