Top ranked Huskies shut out Ellensburg

OTHELLO - Josiah Petersen rushed for 83 yards and scored two touchdowns to help lead No. 1 ranked Othello to a 34-0 home win over Ellensburg Friday.

The game was close at the onset as the Huskies put seven points on the board on a 17-yard run by quarterback David Garza (Miguel Gonzalez kick) to go up 7-0 in the first quarter.

But Othello got two scores in the second 12 minutes of play on a 62-yard touchdown run by Eric Garza and a 1-yard dash by Petersen (both kicks good) to race out to a 21-0 halftime lead.

The Bulldogs and Huskies failed to score in the third quarter of action. But a 5-yard pass from David Garza to Justin Lind and a 1-yard run by Petersen, his second score of the game and two successful PAT's in the final 12 minutes of action pushed the score to 34-0 in favor of Othello.

Petersen lead the ground attack for the Huskies as he carried the rock 22 times for 83 yards. Eric Garza finished with 73 yards on four carries. David Garza tallied 54 yards on eight attempts and completed 11 of 16 passes for 172 yards. Lind led all Othello receivers with six receptions for 105 yards.

The Huskies hard-nosed defense limited the Bulldogs to 157 total yards for the game.

The win for Othello improves the Huskies to 5-0 in CWAC league play and 6-0 overall. The loss drops Ellensburg to 3-2 and 4-2 overall.

Othello is back on the gridiron Friday when the Huskies host Selah at 7 p.m.