GRANGER — The biggest rivalry game of the season in the South Central Athletic Conference (SCAC) West division ended in a shutout victory for the visiting Zillah Leopards Friday night in Granger.

In what was the 78th meeting in the long history between the two schools, the Leopards recorded their second consecutive shutout victory over the Spartans in as many years with a 21-0 win.

Although things looked good early on for the home team, Zillah finally broke the game’s scoring drought midway through the second quarter with a 60-yard touchdown run by junior Cameron Bounds. Bounds would finish the night with 74 yards off 7 carried on the ground.

After heading into the halftime break with a 7-0 lead, Zillah added two more touchdowns in the third quarter…a 4-yard run by quarterback Tanner McCombs and a 19-yard pass from McCombs to Ryan Walker.

Both Zillah and Granger now stand at 2-1 for the season.

SCORING
Zillah — Cameron Bounds 60 run (Jose Rodriguez kick)
Zillah — Tanner McCombs 5 run (Rodriguez kick)
Zillah — Ryan Walker 19 pass from McCombs (Rodriguez kick)

STATISTICS
RUSHING — Zillah, Bounds 7-74, Chris Castillo 8-60, McCombs 9-33, Jacob Olivas 6-17, Jade Patterson 7-14, Logan Olney 2-11, Rodney Treece 3-4, Alex Gonzalez 2-4, Blake Dasso 1-(minus 1). Granger, Chase Carpenter 15-21, Mychal Lopez 7-(minus 1), Mitchell Zapien 1-(minus 1).
PASSING — Zillah, McCombs 1-5-1-19, Dasso 0-0-0-0. Granger, Lopez 8-22-2-95.
RECEIVING — Zillah, Walker 1-19. Granger, Julio Cortez 3-48, Zapien 3-22, Ben Jochen 2-25.