Homecoming celebration

Moses Lake no match for struggling Davis

The good news was a romping of winless Davis Friday night.

The bad news, Pasco is next. After defending homecoming night with a sure 56-7 victory over the Davis Pirates, Moses Lake was back at work in preparation for the undefeated Pasco Bulldogs next Friday.

The Chiefs will try to slow the Bulldogs' duo of running backs, Leon Jackson and Tony Coburn, to keep postseason hopes alive.

"We will enjoy this one for about five more minutes, then wake up tomorrow and go right at it again," Moses Lake head coach Greg Kittrell said.

The enjoyment was worth it as Davis pushed and prodded the Chiefs, but could never break the wall. Leaving the Pirates with another loss as Moses Lake put up its first winning record of the season.

Thanks in part to a near perfect passing game from Robbie Waites (3-4-0 132), and a secondary that finished the game with five interceptions, including a 28-yard touchdown reception from Jon Edwards to start off the scoring drive for Moses Lake.

"Everybody was ready to get in there and everybody made plays, it was good for us," Waites said.

After the Edwards touchdown, the Moses Lake defense was challenged partially as Davis drove 59 yards on nine plays, before handing the ball back to the Chiefs on downs.

Of course, the Chiefs took advantage of the defensive stop as Jeff Warner carried the ball 51 yards for a touchdown. Moses Lake continued its scoring drive four minutes into the second quarter on a 33-yard touchdown run from Waites.

Waites scored again on a 61-yard run to put the Chiefs up 28-0, before Davis got its only score of the game on a 4-yard run from Laron Corprue.

After the score, Corbin Earl traveled 97 yards for a touchdown, only to have it called back on a holding call. Moses Lake was never hurt by the call, as the Chiefs opened the field on a 44-yard touchdown pass from Waites to Daunta Powell, handing the Chiefs a 35-7 lead heading into halftime.

"They were over committed to the run, ridiculously so," Kittrell said. "We could have done anything with the pass."

Waites scored his final touchdown of the game on a 46-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter, then took a break for backup quarterback Josh McDougall, who scored a touchdown of his own from 10 yards out.

Chris Andrews put up the final score for the Chiefs at the bottom of the third with a nine yard run to the rightside of the field, ending the scoring frenzy by Moses Lake at 56-7.

Waites said the win and the three-game winning streak "feels pretty good," but, against a team that was 0-5 coming into the game, it shouldn't be a game to gauge the Chiefs' performance against.

"We can't let ourselves down because we have Pasco coming up as the biggest game of the year," Waites said.

Facing Pasco next Friday will be a feat Moses Lake hopes comes will come out on top. Containing the Bulldogs' top rushing duo will be the task.

Jackson and Coburn have rushed for 1,266 yards and 23 touchdowns. Containing the two will be Moses Lake's challenge, but more importantly, the Chiefs will need to find a way around a defense that has only allowed 107 yards on the ground and 12 points per game.

"They are an incredible group and no one has stopped them yet," Kittrell said. "Our goal is to execute our game plan and put pads on the kids."