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Video: No. 4 Canby dispels Tualatin, now eyes league title

Cougars take down Timberwolves, 41-26, on Friday night's Homecoming game

• By: Alex Tam  
• Published: 10/23/2009 11:59:36 PM
• Last Updated: 10/25/2009 3:16:00 AM

Photo By: Alex TamFootball: Canby 41, Tualatin 26
Canby senior Cody Smith (back) celebrates in the end zone with senior quarterback Josh Yoder (left) and senior Masson Meserve during the Cougars' 41-26 victory on Friday night over Tualatin on Homecoming night.

No. 4 Canby entered Friday's game hoping to beat Tualatin for the fourth consecutive time and put a stranglehold on its goal of a Pacific Conference championship.

And the Cougars came out firing, scoring touchdowns on their first five possessions of the game en route to a 41-26 victory over Tualatin at Canby High School.

Senior quarterback Josh Yoder was 18 of 23 for 275 yards and three touchdowns. Senior Ryan Wall had three catches for 105 yards and two touchdowns, and senior Cody Smith had five catches for 77 yards and a score.

The Cougars (6-1 overall, 3-0 Pacific) need two more wins to secure the outright conference title, which begins next week against Tigard at home on Friday at 7 p.m.

/> Canby senior linebacker Marco Zamora picked off Tualatin junior quarterback Matt Yarbrough with 18 seconds remaining in the game and raced back 42 yards for the game-clinching touchdown.

Junior Adam Bell scored the opening touchdown on a 13-yard run with 9:18 remaining in the first quarter for a 7-0 lead. Tualatin answered when Yarbrough snuck in for a 1-yard touchdown run to tie the game, 7-7, with 6:27 left.

Bell then scored on a 3-yard run with 2:14 to go in the first quarter for a 14-7 advantage.  Yarbrough replied with a 20-yard scoring run but a missed extra point still gave Canby a 14-13 lead.

The Cougars' passing attack then got going. Yoder first connected with Smith on a 32-yard touchdown pass for a 20-13 lead. Yoder then hooked up with Wall for a 30-yard touchdown pass and a 74-yard scoring completion to enter halftime with a 34-13 lead.

The Timberwolves cut Canby's deficit to 34-26 when Yarbrough scored on a 7-yard run and senior Sean Acosta scored on a 1-yard run.

Tualatin had a chance to tie the game when it got the ball back with 1:34 remaining in the game before Zamora's interception and first varsity touchdown of his career.

For the complete game story, read Saturday's edition of the Canby Herald. Check back at the Canby Herald Web site for more coverage of Friday's game.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Tualatin Timberwolves	7	6	0	13	26
Canby Cougars	14	20	0	7	41

Scoring summary
1st
09:18  C - Adam Bell 13 run (Kyle DeVos PAT)
06:27  T - Matt Yarbrough 1 run (Nathan Suyematsu PAT)
02:14  C - Bell 3 run (DeVos PAT)
2nd
11:39  T - Yarbrough 20 run (PAT blocked)
11:22  C - Cody Smith 32 pass from Josh Yoder (PAT blocked)
02:45  C - Ryan Wall 30 pass from Yoder (DeVos PAT)
01:36  C - Wall 74 pass from Yoder (DeVos PAT)
4th
10:39  T - Yarbrough 7 run (Suyematsu PAT)
09:08  T - Sean Acosta 1 run (Suyematsu PAT)
00:18  C - Marco Zamora 42 interception (DeVos PAT)

Game statistics
PASSING: Canby - Josh Yoder (18-23, 275, 2 TD); Tualatin - Matt Yarbrough (14-33, 204, 2 INT)
RUSHING: Canby - Adam Bell (11-56, 2 TD), Dustin Hagaman (3-45), Brandon Harms (3-40), Rodi Samoilov (8-34), Gavin Osterberg (5-23), Yoder (4-(-3)); Tualatin - Yarbrough (12-34, 3 TD), Sean Acosta (11-31, TD), Christian Pierson (8-60), Taylor Altringer (1-17), Nick Popma (1-10)
RECEIVING: Canby - Ryan Wall (3-105, 2 TD), Cody Smith (5-77, TD), Bell (4-40), Masson Meserve (2-30), Osterberg (1-18), Harms (2-4), Samoilov (1-1); Tualatin - Brian Balsiger (5-77), Acosta (3-40), Altringer (3-29), Pierson (2-29), Scott Zobrist (1-20)
PENALTIES: Canby (6-52), Tualatin (2-10)
TURNOVERS: Canby 1, Tualatin 2
INTERCEPTIONS: Canby (Harms, Marco Zamora)

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