3A GSHL football: Prairie 41, Fort Vancouver 8

In his first start at quarterback Zackery Brown passed for 259 yards and four touchdowns as Prairie remained on pace to secure a postseason berth.

Prairie will secure the No. 3 seed to the Week 10 playoffs with a win over Evergreen next week.

Brown, who was starting in place of injured A.J. Dixson, got the Falcons going with touchdown passes for Bret McGuire and Bryce Cordon as the Falcons built and 25-0 lead after one quarter.

Brown also rushed for 51 yards and McGuire rushed for 52, scoring two touchdowns — one rushing and one receiving.

Zeke Dixson had four catches for 81 yards and one touchdown.

Tyler Runkle led Fort with 76 yards rushing and one touchown.

PRAIRIE 41, FORT VANCOUVER 8

Fort 0 0 8 0– 8

Prairie 25 14 2 0–41

First Quarter

P — Bret McGuire 45 pass from Zackery Brown (kick failed)

P — Bryce Cordon 9 pass from Brown (kick good)

P — McGuire 25 run (kick failed)

P — Devante Clayton 2 run (kick blocked)

Second Quarter

P — Nolan Mickenham 36 pass from Brown (kick good)

P — Zeke Dixson 39 pass from Brown (kick good)

Third Quarter

FV — Tyler Runkle 5 yard run (pass good)

P — Safety, QB tackled in end zone

INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING — Prairie: Brown 9-51, McGuire 5-52, Clayton 4-26, Ethan Hill 1-7, Taylor Lawhead 2-(-1), Simon Strickland 3-12, Logan Kimball 1-9, Isaiah Braker 1-(-2), Jason Wilcox 1-2. Fort Vancouver: Runkle 19-76, Niko Liufau 4-14, Austin Real-James 1-(-7), Isaac Martinez 4-(-16), Anthony Wilhite 1-(-10)

PASSING — Prairie: Brown 14-18-0-259. Fort Vancouver: Real-James 5-14-4-18, Martinez 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING – Prairie: Z. Dixson 4-81, McGuire 1-45, Mickenham 4-70, Cordon 2-32, Ian Davis 1-13. Fort Vancouver: Wilhite 2-16, #4 (not on roster) 2-7, Martinez 1-(-5).