Wallace advances with wild victory over Salmon River

SILVERTON — Sophomore Cooper Miller accounted for seven touchdowns, and the Wallace Miners needed all of them to outlast the Salmon River Savages of Riggins 64-58 in a wild first-round game in the state 1A playoffs Friday at Sather Field. 

In a game which featured 17 touchdowns and 122 total points scored, Miller ran for four touchdowns and passed for three for Wallace (8-2). His final TD, a 17-yard run in the closing minutes, provided the winning points for the Miners.  

Riley Davis ran for six touchdowns for Salmon River (6-4) 

Henry Larson caught a pair of TD passes from Miller, and Koen Radford returned a kickoff for a score, and caught a TD pass. 

Wallace was playing at home in the playoffs for the first time since 2013. 

Wallace advances to the quarterfinals, against an opponent to be determined by MaxPreps rankings.

Salmon River    8     14     24    12    —    58 

Wallace     16     14     20     14    —    64 

First quarter 

SR — Riley Davis 1 run (2-point conversion good) 

Wall — Cooper Miller 59 run (2-point conversion good) 

Wall — Henry Larson 50 pass from Miller (2-point conversion good) 

Second quarter 

SR — Davis 34 run (conversion failed) 

Wall — Larson 85 pass from Miller (2-point conversion good) 

SR — Davis 11 run (2-point conversion good) 

Wall — Miller 9 run (conversion failed) 

Third quarter 

SR — Davis 29 run (2-point conversion good) 

SR — unknown 20 catch (2-point conversion good) 

Wall — Koen Radford 96 kickoff return (conversion failed) 

Wall — Miller 44 run (2-point conversion good) 

SR — unknown 60 catch (2-point conversion good) 

Wall — Radford 15 pass from Miller (conversion failed) 

Fourth quarter 

SR — Davis 29 run (conversion failed) 

Wall — Miller 11 run (conversion failed) 

SR — Davis 3 run (conversion failed) 

Wall — Miller 17 run (2-point conversion good)