By TEREN KOWATSCH
GAZETTE REPORTER 

Colfax falls in nonleague game against Chelan

Bulldogs lose to Mountain Goats despite second half

 

October 13, 2022

TEREN KOWATSCH | THE GAZETTE

Colfax quarterback Seth Lustig fights through contact to the endzone in a game Oct. 7 against Chelan

COLFAX - Colfax hosted Chelan in its last non-league game of the season before closing out the season with exclusively league games. Despite a strong second half that saw the Bulldogs outscore the Mountain Goats 20-6, Colfax (1-5, 1-3) wasn't able to overcome a 28-8 first quarter by Chelan, losing 48-34.

"We woke up in the second half," Colfax coach Mike Morgan said. "And it was a talk we had at halftime. I just said 'why do we feel the need to spot people so many points before we wake up and start playing ball?' And we did. We finally started playing ball and it was a combination of that and (Chelan) subbed out a bit. When you're up 42 – he's protecting his guys like everyone else because this is a non-league game."

The first Bulldogs score of the second half started with a defensive touchdown, with Drew VanTine returning a fumble to the house for a touchdown. Quarterback Seth Lustig continued the scoring output for Colfax in the second half, adding two rushing touchdowns, the first from three yards out and the other from 32 yards out. These rushing totals added to Lustig's two passing touchdowns earlier in the game, giving Lustig a total of four touchdowns to go with his 107 yards through the air on 6-for-8 passing. Colfax has been following a trend this season that showed again against Chelan, where the team will face an early deficit, before having a standout second half and fourth quarter, only to come a little bit short due to the early points scored by the opposing team. As the team looks ahead to Davenport and the rest of the league schedule, Morgan is confident that his team will be able to put it all together and push for the league title..

"There's no quit in these guys," Morgan said. "They just continue to play, they continue to hit. Every coach has come off the field and talked to me and said how impressed he is with our guys and how tenacious they are and how hard they fight and they don't give up."

Morgan further explained how the non-league competition has sharpened the Bulldogs ahead of the final stretch of league competition.

"The non-league stuff has sharpened us a little bit," Morgan said. "Steel sharpens steel. So now we've really got to come to play against Davenport,

in a brand new offense. And then have two home games against Asotin for homecoming and Senior Night against Northwest Christian."

The Bulldogs will have to go into Davenport with almost no knowledge on what offense and defense the team will run.

Davenport's head coach resigned last week, leaving Colfax in the dark about who will replace Justin Young as the coach and what the team's formations will look like. Despite this, the team is still confident they'll be able to put a full game together against the Gorillas

at 4:25 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14 in Davenport.

Kowatsch can be reached at sports@wcgazette. com, by phone at 509-397-4333 EXT: 0004, by cell at 208-305-1814 or on Twitter @tkseahawk13

 

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