For the week of September 18 - 24, 2002

Friday's Wood 
River game

Wood River (0-2) at Glenns Ferry (2-1)

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Time—7:00 Friday, Sept. 20. Place—Glenns Ferry.

Last week—2A Glenns Ferry (2-1), last year’s state runner-up, bounced back from an upset 24-20 home loss to Filer with a solid 29-0 non-league triumph over 3A Gooding (0-2). Gooding has now been outscored 89-6.

Significance—Final non-league weekend. Unbeaten at home last year, Glenns Ferry is seeking its first home win behind the passing of senior Scot Uhl and the receiving of Zach Simons.

Coach Blackman’s comments about Glenns Ferry—"Our power running game is coming along, but we’ve got to get the other tools to loosen up the defense. Glenns Ferry will bring everyone to stop the run. We expect to see a 6-2, so we’ll have to get some passing. On offense, Glenns Ferry ran the shotgun and threw the ball 80% of the time against Filer. It will be a real test for our secondary. We’ll spend a lot of time in practice covering the pass."

Key for Wood River—Scoring in the first half and keeping the Pilots off the board. Wood River hasn’t scored before intermission, but has outscored its two opponents 40-27 after intermission.

Last year—On an emotional Homecoming Night, three days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Wood River outlasted previously unbeaten Glenns Ferry 42-34 in a wild game that featured 11 TDs and 1,196 yards in total offense. The difference was Wood River’s running game, which outrushed the Pilots 463 to 49 and controlled the ball 34 of 48 minutes. Wolverine senior RB Christian Ayala (3 TD) recorded 160 of his game-high 216 rushing yards after halftime. To be fair, Glenns Ferry was playing without some of its best players like eventual 2A "Player of the Year" Korey Hall, who were out with injuries. Glenns Ferry (8-4 last year, 14-6 two years) started getting its players back, regrouped, won five straight games and lost to Lapwai 12-7 in the State 2A championship game.

Two years ago—At Glenns Ferry, the Pilots erased an early 13-0 deficit and won 22-13 as 6-0, 222-pound Korey Hall rushed for 145 of his game-high 162 yards and 2 TD in the second half.

History—The last two varsity football meetings between the schools were the first times they have played since 1974. In 14 games played from 1960 to 1974, Hailey held a slim 7-6-1 advantage (5-2-1 home, 2-4 away).

Other games last week—Buhl won 42-7 at American Falls; Burley defeated Declo 21-14; Wendell shrugged off injuries to key players and outlasted Kimberly 38-18; and visiting Valley blanked Filer 20-0.

Games this week—This is the final week of non-league games for SCIC teams. Buhl (1-1) goes to Middleton; Declo (1-1) entertains American Falls; Kimberly (0-2) goes to Valley (2-0); Wendell (2-0) hosts Gooding (0-2); and Filer (1-1) entertains Payette.

 

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