Crater senior running back Valentin Rodriguez unofficially carried 46 times for 216 yards but the Comets were held out of the end zone by Churchill and suffered a second straight Midwestern League loss in a 34-0 setback Friday night in Eugene.

Crater (3-2, 2-2 MWL), which was looking to rebound from a tough 34-8 loss to Roseburg a week ago, outgained Churchill in total offense but bogged down whenever the Comets got near the red zone.

Crater suffered its first shutout loss since a 35-0 defeat against Henley on Sept. 9, 2022. Friday’s margin of defeat was the largest for the Comets against Churchill since a 58-20 loss in 2018.

Ceville Pasi carried 20 times for 131 yards and two touchdowns and Lucas Gansen passed for two TDs to lead the Lancers (3-1, 3-0), who also got a 39-yard interception return for a score by Aidan Pangelinan to help build a 22-0 lead in the second quarter.

Ben Higginson recorded 67 of his 72 passing yards in the second half for Crater, with Jaxson Godley making five catches for 47 yards.

The Comets will face a bye week before returning at home Oct. 10 against MWL-leading Thurston (5-0, 4-0).

Crater 0 0 0 0 — 0

Churchill 8 14 6 6 — 34

CH — Wright 17 pass from Gansen (Pasi run)

CH — Pasi 14 run (pass failed)

CH — Pangelinan 39 interception return (Pasi run)

CH — Babbitt 10 pass from Gansen (pass failed)

CH — Pasi 2 run (pass failed)

GRANTS PASS 55, SOUTH SALEM 54: At Grants Pass, one play after a pivotal fourth-down conversion on a quarterback sneak by Jordan Rossetta, Grants Pass got a 13-yard touchdown pass from Rossetta to Isaac Johnson with 44 seconds remaining and Parker Roberts’ ensuing extra-point kick broke a tie at Mel Ingram Field.

South Salem had previously scored in the fourth quarter of what was a back-and-forth South/Central Football Conference affair, but a holding penalty negated an extra-point kick by Nathan Segura-Coley and an ensuing 30-yard attempt sailed wide right to create an opening for the Cavemen (3-1 SCFC). Segura-Coley had previously connected on six PAT efforts.

Rossetta completed 15 of 28 passes for 197 yards with five TDs and two interceptions, and Treyton Powers rushed 25 times for 137 yards and one score.

Tim Hart helped turn the tide for GP in the fourth quarter after the Cavemen turned the ball over on downs at the South Salem 8-yard line by stepping in front of a pass on the next play from scrimmage for a 5-yard interception return that created a 48-41 edge.

South Salem 14 21 6 13 — 54

Grants Pass 21 19 0 15 — 55

SS — Luster 3 run (Segura-Coley kick)

SS — Scharer 1 run (Segura-Coley kick)

GP — Johnson 15 pass from Rossetta (Roberts kick)

GP — Hill 8 pass from Rossetta (Roberts kick)

GP — Powers 39 run (Roberts kick)

SS — Luster 3 pass from Hennan (Segura-Coley kick)

GP — Powers 89 kickoff return (Roberts kick)

SS — Scharer 5 run (Segura-Coley kick)

GP — Johnson 24 pass from Rossetta (kick failed)

SS — Raddle 13 run (Segura-Coley kick)

GP — Hill 23 pass from Rossetta (pass failed)

SS — Luster 48 pass from Bowman (pass failed)

GP — Hart 5 interception return (Hill pass from Rossetta)

SS — Luster 2 run (Segura-Coley kick)

SS — Luster 16 pass from Bowman (kick failed)

GP — Johnson 13 pass from Rossetta (Roberts kick)

WILLAMETTE 14, EAGLE POINT 7: At Eagle Point, Camden Murray returned an interception 25 yards for a touchdown to give Eagle Point an early advantage but Willamette responded with two touchdowns in the second quarter in the Midwestern League matchup.

Maveryck Akers tied the game against the Eagles (0-5, 0-4 MWL) with a touchdown run early in the second quarter, and Willamette (4-0, 3-0) took the lead for good when quarterback Tre People found Tyson Rather in the end zone with about 50 seconds left in the first half.

The Wolverines entered the contest averaging 34 points per game but were held scoreless thereafter.

Thomas Wippel also had an interception for Eagle Point, and Peyton Smith rushed 25 times for 150 yards.

Willamette 0 14 0 0 — 14

Eagle Point 7 0 0 0 — 7

COQUILLE 42, PHOENIX 21: At Coquille, Phoenix quarterback Payton Turner completed 18 of 31 passes for 182 yards with two TDs and one interception but the Pirates came up short in a second straight road defeat.

Wyatt Dean supplied seven catches for 130 yards, including a 24-yard TD reception in the third quarter for the Pirates (2-2).

Waylon Messerle’s fourth TD run gave Coquille a 35-7 lead in the third quarter. Messerle scored on runs of 15, 6, 59 and 52 yards to compile 267 yards on 21 carries as the Red Devils (2-2) ran for 444 yards overall.

Phoenix 0 7 7 7 — 21

Coquille 14 14 7 7 — 42

C — Messerle 15 run (run failed)

C — Messerle 6 run (Messerle run)

P — Hudson 8 pass from Turner (Alcantar-Ochoa kick)

C — Messerle 59 run (Fisher kick)

C — Houston 5 run (Fisher kick)

C — Messerle 52 run (Fisher kick)

P — Dean 24 pass from Turner (Alcantar-Ochoa kick)

C — Beaudry 4 run (Fisher kick)

P — Casteel 15 run (Alcantar-Ochoa kick)

BROOKINGS-HARBOR 34, ST. MARY’S 14: St. Mary’s quarterback Joel Kiene found Peter Kemmeling for a 61-yard touchdown pass to open the third quarter and highlight the night for the Crusaders at Wheeler Field.

Brookings-Harbor took command with 20 unanswered points in the second quarter, scoring three times on plays of 34 yards or more to put St. Mary’s (0-4) in an early hole.

Kiene nearly had an answer to the Bruins’ first score but a penalty negated a 41-yard TD pass to Jax North in the second quarter.

Kiene later added a 48-yard TD pass to Dominic Hiratzka with 33 seconds remaining in the game to unofficially finish 6-for-22 for 165 yards. Hiratzka rushed 17 times for 83 yards to go with his TD reception.

St. Mary’s finished with 231 yards of total offense, while Brookings-Harbor ran 31 times for 362 yards and added another 112 through the air on the passing by Grady Maylin, who also ran for two fourth-quarter scores but was intercepted by Mason James.

Brookings-Harbor 0 20 0 14 — 34

St. Mary’s 0 0 7 7 — 14

BH — Varitek 34 run (run failed)

BH — Austin 71 run (Devereaux pass from Maylin)

BH — Devereaux 60 pass from Maylin (kick failed)

SM — Kemmeling 61 pass from Kiene (Jones kick)

BH — Maylin 7 run (Rosenberg kick)

BH — Maylin 24 run (Rosenberg kick)

SM — Hiratzka 48 pass from Kiene (Jones kick)