It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Gooding can now relate to. They fell 34-21 to the Snake River Panthers on Friday. The Senators were down 34-14 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Eli Esterbrook
| 10/31/25 @ Snake River | 129 |
| 10/10/25 vs Filer | 124 |
| 09/19/25 vs Mountain Home | 122 |
| 09/05/25 vs Homedale | 122 |
| 10/03/25 vs Buhl | 101 |
Despite the defeat, Gooding had strong showings from Bridger Pope, who picked up 191 receiving yards and three touchdowns, and Cougar Stockham, who threw for 357 yards and three TDs while picking up 11.9 yards per attempt. Pope really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 72 yards. A healthy portion of Stockham's aerial production (129 yards to be exact) also went to Eli Esterbrook.
Snake River was led to victory by Preston Wheatley and Clancy Howell. Wheatley rushed for 60 yards and one score, while Howell rushed for 27 yards and one touchdown. That rushing touchdown was Howell's first of the season.
This is the second loss in a row for Gooding and nudges their season record down to 5-4. As for Snake River, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season.
Gooding does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Snake River, they will take on Sugar-Salem at 8:15 p.m. on Thursday. The Panthers will need to watch out since the Diggers have now posted at least 31 points in their last four contests.
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