Non-league football: Washougal 28, Fort Vancouver 27

Daniel Davis forced two second-half fumbles that played a key role in Washougal’s nonleague victory at Kiggins Bowl.

The first came after the Panthers (3-5) were forced to punt early in the third quarter. Davis ripped the ball away from Fort return man Thomas Shields and dragged him to the Trappers 9. One play later, Kade Coons scored the go-ahead touchdown.

Then, with 45 seconds to play and Fort having one last chance to pull out the win, Davis stripped Fort’s Kyron Lowe-Ash on a first-down reception. Jake Klackner’s recovery sealed the victory.

“They just left the ball out there, so every time I’d go in for a tackle, I was strafing at it,” Davis said. “I felt the momentum turn (on the first fumble). It was a tie game then, and that gave us the score to take the lead.”

Zack Neketuk ran for a game-high 115 yards and a touchdown for Washougal, which takes on Mark Morris next week with a GSHL 2A playoff spot on the line.

Sophomore T.J. Willingham ran for 96 yards and three touchdowns for Fort (1-7), including a 1-yarder with 45 seconds left, but he was stopped just short on the ensuing 2-point conversion try.

WASHOUGAL 28, FORT VANCOUVER 27

Washougal 7 7 14 0–28

Fort Vancouver 0 14 0 13–27

First Quarter

W — Kade Coons 41 pass from Grant Lewis (Kyle Hoesly kick)

Second Quarter

FV — T.J. Willingham 22 run (Kai Campbell kick)

W — Grayden Economides 39 pass from Lewis (Hoesly kick)

FV — Willingham 5 run (Campbell kick)

Third Quarter

W — Coons 9 run (Hoesly kick)

W — Zack Neketuk 2 run (Hoesly kick)

Fourth Quarter

FV — Kyron Lowe-Ash 27 pass from Erik Coppinger (Campbell kick)

FV — Willingham 1 run (run failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — W, Neketuk 19-115, Coons 10-12, Lewis 2-8, Daniel Davis 1-(minus 1), Tyler Bowlin 1-7, team 2-(minus 4). FV, Willingham 21-96, Mitchell Cooper 11-59, Coppinger 3-(minus 15), Thomas Shields 2-(minus 4), Campbell 2-(minus 11).

PASSING — W, Lewis 3-5-0-80, Bowlin 1-1-0-30. FV, Coppinger 13-24-0-109, Shields 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING — W, Coons 3-71, Economides 1-39. FV, Lowe-Ash 6-75, Cody Loyer-Hiebert 5-30, Campbell 1-0, Cesar Bonilla 1-4.