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Lind-Ritzville hosts Freeman this Friday
ASOTIN — The Panthers football team outlasted the Broncos, 48-28, in a Northeast 2B matchup Friday, Oct. 25.
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys scored in every quarter, but it wasn’t enough to get past Asotin’s first-quarter 14-point lead.
Undefeated Asotin (8-0, 5-0 in league), currently ranked No. 3 in the state, jumped out to a first-quarter lead, 20-6. By the end of the game, the Panthers had expanded their lead to 48-28.
For the Broncos, Cameron Boness completed 7-of-11 passes for 81 yards and 2 touchdowns. His longest pass of the game was 28 yards.
Brother Brody Boness attempted a single pass, which fell incomplete.
Asotin quarterbacks completed 5-of-7 passes for 1 TD during the game.
On the ground, Brody Boness led the Broncos with 27 carries for 212 yards and a touchdown. His longest carry was 49 yards.
Cole Rouleau added 4 carries for 24 yards, the longest of which was 25 yards.
Cameron Boness had one carry for a single yard.
The Panthers offense ran the ball 30 times for 312 yards and 5 touchdowns.
Rouleau led the Broncos in receiving, catching 3 passes for 43 yards.
Meanwhile, Carson Kubik reeled in two passes for 35 yards and a touchdown, and Brody Boness added one catch for 3 yards and a TD.
The Broncos (3-5, 1-4 in league) ran 54 offensive plays for 323 total yards against Asotin, which had 40 plays for a total offense of 383 yards.
A big difference in the game was penalties, with the Broncos being called 8 times for 62 yards and Asotin only 3 times for 25 yards.
This Friday at 7 p.m., the Broncos host No. 5-ranked Freeman (7-1, 4-1 in league).
Freeman comes into the game off a 50-0 shellacking of the Jenkings (Chewelah) Cougars last Friday night.
Friday’s game at Jimmy Snider Field is the final one of the regular season. It’s also senior night.
However, the Broncos are expecting to hit the field one last time on Nov. 8 or 9 against.
Athletic Director Dustan Arlt said the game will likely be against Colfax, Liberty, Kettle Falls or Davenport, and take place in the Spokane area.
“We might not know until regular season games finish on Nov. 1,” he said.
In other sports this week, the Broncos girls volleyball team returned to action Tuesday night against Freeman on Senior Night.
The newspaper went to press before gametime.
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