Prep football: Toledo 50, La Center 14

Toledo built a 35-14 halftime lead and coasted to victory in the league opener for both teams.

“It was a lot of mistakes on our part,” La Center coach John Lambert said. “The numbers were pretty close. But it was mistakes on our part, and Toledo did a really good job of taking advantage. Those are mistakes we’ll have to correct if we want to beat Ridgefield next week.”

Mike Polyakov rushed 122 yards on 12 carries and a touchdown. Gunnar Lowery added 75 yards rushing for La Center.

Toledo’s Cody Meier opened the scoring with a 24-yard touchdown run, and Mack Gaul made it 14-0 with a 3-yard TD rush later in the first quarter. When Gaul scored on a 2-yard run in the second quarter, it was 21-0 in favor of the Indians.

Polyakov got La Center on the board with a 45-yard run in the second quarter.

Next up: La Center (1-2, 0-1) at Ridgefield; Toledo vs. White Salmon

La Center 0 14 0 0-14

Toledo 14 21 8 7–50

First quarter

T — Cody Meier 27 run (kick failed)

T — Mack Gaul 3 run (Gaul run)

Second quarter

T — Gaul 2 run (pass converted)

L — Mike Polyakov 45 run (Connor Wonderly kick)

T — Teran Gregson 45 run (kick good)

L — Patrick Mayolo 2 run (Wonderly kick)

T — Gaul 15 pass from Jesse Wallace (kick failed)

Third quarter

T — Wallace 2 run (Gaul run)

Fourth quarter

T — Gregson 1 run (kick good)

Leaders

Rushing — La Center — Mike Polyakov 12-122, Gunnar Lowery 13-75, Patrick Mayolo 8-13; Toledo — Gregson 13-166.

Passing — La — Jake Johnson 4-12-3-31, Dylan King 1-1-0-15; Toledo — Wallace 7-8-0-67.

Receiving — La Center — Dylan King 2-21, Matt Braaten 1-15; Toledo — Gregson 3-29.