Cardinals Put the Hurt on Mabton

MABTON - The WP Cardinals extended their record to 4-1 with a domi­nating victory over Mabton Friday night on the road. The Cards built up a 26-6 halftime lead before cruis­ing to a 46-8 final score.

Quarterback Owen Lan­ning had a big night, scoring four rushing touchdowns and throwing for a fifth. In all, Lanning rushed for 76 yards on 14 carries. He com­pleted nine of 16 attempts, for 173 yards and had one pass intercepted.

Running back Chance Leroue had two touchdowns and rushed for a total of 118 yards on 12 carries. Wide receiver Devin Acevedo had five receptions for 86 yards.

Lanning and Leroue each scored in the first quarter, on runs of two and 14 yards. In the second quarter, lan­ning added two more short scoring runs. Leroue had a 22-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.

On defense, the Cardi­nals dominated Mabton, forcing four interceptions by quarterback Roy Za­vala. Three of those INT's came at the hands of Kobie Brown.

WP held Mabton to 45 rushing yards, and 143 pass­ing yards. They churned out 363 total offensive yards of their own.

Next week is homecom­ing and senior night week in Waitsburg, with the Car­dinals facing a tough Asotin team.

Waitsburg-Prescott 46, Mabton 8

W-P 14 12 20 0 - 46 Mabton6 0 02-8

W-P - Lanning 2 run (XP nogood)

W-P - Leroue 14 from Lanning(Dunn 2-pt pass to Acevedo)

Mab - Galarza 2 pass from Za­vala (XP blocked)

W-P - Lanning 5 run (XP failed)

W-P - Lanning 1 run (XP failed)

W-P - Lanning 5 run (XP failed)

W-P - Leroue 22 run (Acevedo2-pt run)

W-P - Larsen 4 run (XP blocked)

Mab - Alexenko tackled for safety

Mab W-P

First Downs 12 15

Rushes-Yards 20-45 32-164

Passing Yards 143 199

Passes (Att-Comp-Int) 25-11-419-10-1

Punts 2-43 1-36

Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-1

Penalties-Yards 7-60 11-80

Individual Statistics

RUSHING - W-P: Leroue 12-118. Lanning 14-76. Larsen 1-4. Brown 1-(-3). Dunn 1- (-6). Alexenko 3- (-1) Mab: Zavala 16-41. Sanchez 3- (-5). Sanchez 1-6. PASSING - W-P: Lanning 16-9- 1 173 yards 1 TD. Dunn 3-1 26 yards. Mab: Zavala 25-11 1 TD. RECEIVING - W-P: Acevedo 5-86. Leroue 1-14. Larsen 1-9. Brown 2-64. Alexenko 1-26; Mab: Sanchez 1-21. Ibarra 3-34. Gonza­lez 4-52. Espinoza 1-28. Galarza 1-2. Rodriguez 1-6.