Washington's Rainier Highlanders recorded a nicely-taken win over Camas, one of the top teams from Oregon.
Both teams came out looking for a physical edge in the match, but Rainier were able to score two tries at the 11th and 14th minutes to grab early control of the match.
The first came from some good phase play in close, ending with hooker La'au Maka going over. The second try came out wide as center Sio Hefa used his elusiveness to weave through a slowly shifting defense.
Down 12-0 Camas responded, showing a bit more confidence in their pattern and going in under the posts.
That made it 12-7 at halftime.
Rainier started the second half ramping up their defensive effort. That allowed Highlanders center Ikuna Muasika to burst through and intercept a pass to take in under the sticks. That made it 19-7 just two minutes into the second period.
