2A GSHL Soccer: Columbia River beats Hudson’s Bay 17-3 to clinch Tuesday’s playoff berth

Savion McCoy had a 41-yard touchdown run as he and Joey Ianello combined for more than 100 yards rushing to lead Columbia River to a 17-3 victory over Hudson Bay in a St. Helens Greater League 2A football game Thursday night at Kiggins- Bowl.

River’s win, along with Mark Morris’ 51-7 rout of RA Long, will send the Rapids into Tuesday’s play-in game against Aberdeen for the last outing in the 2A GSHL Week 10 playoffs. Columbia River (3-6) plays Aberdeen at 6 p.m., Tuesday.

After Columbia River missed a field goal, it looked like the Rapids and Eagles might play a scoreless first half Thursday.

But after Bay’s punt, McCoy broke free for a 29-yard run and then a 41-yard touchdown run to give River a 7-0 lead with 3:02 left in the second quarter.

Bay then drove to the River 5-yard line before scoring on a 21-yard field goal by Brant McLaren as time expired in the first half.

River marched 74 yards in 11 carries on its first possession of the third quarter to take a 14-3 lead on Cole Pearson’s 2-yard touchdown run.

Ayden Pena’s 31-yard field goal with 6:01 left in the game capped the scoring.

McCoy finished with 103 yards on 11 carries, while Ianello added 102 yards on 15 carries. Greg Blau caught three passes for 84 yards.

Ty Telea rushed for 83 yards on 17 carries for the Bay, which finished the regular season 0-9 for the first time since 2012.

MARK MORRIS 51, RA LONG 7 — Nate Stevens threw for three touchdowns and the Monarchs used their ground attack to beat the Lumberjacks and secure the 2A GSHL’s fourth seed in the Week 10 playoffs.

Stevens had touchdown runs of 14, 9 and 2 yards. Kenny Mullen Jr. added two touchdowns, as did Kevin Hernandez Ruiz as all eight of the Monarchs’ touchdowns came on the ground.

TraMain Jenkins added an 83-yard touchdown run to RA Long, who ended the season with five straight losses.