Joey Ianello caught a 6-yard touchdown pass on fourth down and Aeden Pena made the critical PAT kick, sending Columbia River to a 7-6 win over Aberdeen in a Week 10 play-in game Tuesday night in Aberdeen.
Columbia River (3-6) advances to play Franklin Pierce (9-0) at 2 p.m. Saturday at Franklin Pierce High School in Tacoma.
The play-in game was an abbreviated two-period game — or half of a traditional game.
According to a report by the Aberdeen Daily World, Aberdeen’s running game dominated early as the Bobcats had an 18-play drive that ate up nearly nine minutes of clock.
The drive culminated with a 6-yard touchdown run by Micah Schroeder that put Aberdeen up 6-0 with 1:39 left in the first period. But the Bobcats missed the PAT kick.