KENNEWICK – For weeks now, Matt Johnson and his staff have been looking for their Southridge Suns football team to put together a full game.

Looks like it happened on Friday night at Kennewick’s Lampson Stadium.

The Suns, using their Wing-T offense to perfection, rolled up 551 yards of total offense en route to beating the University Titans 44-0 in a Class 3A round-of-32 playoff game.

It means Southridge, No. 9 for the play-ins, has qualified for the state playoffs, and the Suns will have to wait until Sunday to know their particulars — their seeding, their opponent, is it a road game or home game; location, date and start time — when the WIAA state seeding committee announces the pairings.

Meanwhile, the Suns (9-1) rarely made a mistake on either side of the ball on Friday against a No. 24 University team (7-3) that was better than it showed.

“I think this was our best half of football we’ve played this year,” said Johnson.

Every time Southridge’s offense came out on the field in the first 24 minutes, it put up points on the board — starting with Ethan Meek’s 43-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead.

Over the next six series, either Toa Haertling of Tayton Jackman scored a touchdown on a run. In fact, they each scored three TDs.

Jackman had six runs of 19 yards or better. His touchdown runs were 40, 44 and 68 yards long.

He finished the game with 226 yards on just 8 carries.

Haertling had just before carries all night, and all three were scores of 64, 8 and 40 yards. That’s 112 yards.

Altogether, Southridge had 13 rushes of at least 13 yards or better.

Meanwhile, the defense did its job too. Stockton Parrish stopped two Titans drives with interceptions. Korotkov also snared an interception. Jackman recovered a forced fumble.

And Paz Barraza — the Suns’ outstanding two-way lineman — ended another Titans drive by tackling a running back on fourth down and just short of a first down.

By halftime, the score was 44-0.

That left the Suns a running clock in the second half.

“I’m proud of them,” said Johnson. “At halftime, they were happy with what they accomplished, but they’re not satisfied yet. That puts us all on the same page.”

CLASS 4A

CURTIS 10, CHIAWANA 7: At Pasco, the host Riverhawks and visiting Vikings were involved in a tough defensive battle all night long. The Riverhawks saw their season end with an 8-2 record.

NO. 14 EASTMONT 29, NO. 19 KAMIAKIN 27: At East Wenatchee, a back-and-forth contest, the visiting Braves just fell short as their Hail Mary pass at the end of the game fell incomplete. Kamiakin ends the season with a 6-4 record, while the Wildcats (9-1) advance to the state playoffs for the first time since 2021.

NO. 7 BOTHELL 55, NO. 26 WEST VALLEY 10: At Bothell, the Rams’ last-season surge ended at Pop Kenney Stadium. West Valley had won three straight and four of five to cap the regular season, including a victory against Wenatchee to nab the conference’s third spot to the play-in.

NO. 10 MEAD 43, NO. 23 WENATCHEE 3: At Spokane, Wenatchee’s season ended in a battle of Panthers. The CBBN version completed the season 6-4. Wenatchee was making its second consecutive appearance in the play-in round.