Mountain View’s Glen Perry returned the opening kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown that took just 12 seconds off the clock at Schroeder Field.
Mountain View pulled out to a three-score lead at the break over the next 24 minutes. The Thunder then held off a late charge from the Hilanders to seal a 27-14 victory Friday and gain the edge to the Greater St. Helens 3A League title.
A 20-0 deficit to Mountain View (3-3, 2-0 league) just 14 minutes into the game proved insurmountable, despite Kelso’s best efforts.
For Mountain View, quarterback Andre Scheer rushed for 82 yards and threw for 118 while Darien Chase had six catches for 81 yards and Perry had 66 yards on nine carries.
MOUNTAIN VIEW 27, KELSO 14
Mt View 7 13 0 7–27
Kelso 0 0 7 7–14
First quarter
MV — Glen Perry 88 kickoff return (Bryan Valdez kick)
Second quarter
MV — Darien Chase 49 pass from Andre Scheer (Valdez kick)
MV — Elijah Brennan 14 fumble return (kick failed)
Fourth quarter
K — A.J. Hoggatt 2 run (Vicente Solo kick)
K — Riley Noah 60 pass from Hoggatt (Solo kick)
MV — Perry 7 run (Valdez)
Individual statistics
RUSHING — Mountain View: Perry 9-66, Nile Jones 4-19, Jack Mertens 4-8, Scheer 15-82.Kelso: Max McDaniel 26-129, AJ Hoggatt 15-30, Jordan Miller 2-(-5), John Roberts 2-(-6).
PASSING — Mountain View: Scheer 10-17-0-118.Kelso: Hoggatt 5-16-1-75.
RECEIVING — Mountain View: Perry 1-8, Chase 6-81, Mertens 2-29. Kelso: Riley Noah 1-60, Peyton Noah 1-7, Caden Silva 1-6, McDaniel 1-1, Bryce Miller 1-1.
