West Linn gets revenge, beats Lake Oswego for Oregon football state championship: Live updates recap

Lions turn on the offense to win the Class 6A state title over the Lakers, avenging a regular-season loss

West Linn's Baron Naone was a terror on offense and defense in the Lions' state championship win over Lake Oswego. / Photo by Dan Brood

The rematch has arrived between Lake Oswego and West Linn, and it's for a Class 6A Oregon high school football state championship.

The Lakers' and Lions' meeting in the regular season was one of the games of the year, with Lake Oswego scoring a comeback 21-17 win.

Lake Oswego enters the 2024 title game undefeated, while West Linn has just that one loss.

OREGON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD

Follow along below for live updates from the 6A state championship game, which starts at 12:30 p.m. PT Friday, Nov. 29, at Hillsboro Stadium.

You can also watch this game live on the NFHS Network (subscription required).

Lake Oswego vs. West Linn state championship game live updates

1ST QUARTER

We're underway! Lake Oswego kicks to West Linn, which will start the game on offense on its own 20-yard line after a touchback.

Big play to start the game as QB Baird Gilroy runs for 37 yards to the LO 43.

TOUCHDOWN WEST LINN! Hudson Hardy powers in from 5 yards out to finish an impressive, quick opening drive. It's 7-0 Lions with 10:18 left.

TURNOVER ON DOWNS! After a questionable spot by the officials, Lake Oswego faces fourth and 1 on the 39 and gets stuffed for no gain. It looked like Lakers QB Hudson Kurland ran for the first down on third and 7. West Linn takes over on the LO 39 with 8:25 left, leading 7-0.

TOUCHDOWN WEST LINN! Gilroy hits Danny Wideman for a 12-yard TD and it's 14-0 West Linn with 6:21 left. Dream start for the Lions.

Incredible catch by Lakers RB LaMarcus Bell gets called back by offensive pass interference. Second and long for LO with 5:22 left.

West Linn DE Baron Naone (a future tight end for the Washington Huskies) has been in the LO backfield all game so far and forces a third-down incompletion. It's West Linn ball again on its own 49 with 4:15 left, leading 14-0.

FIELD GOAL WEST LINN! 32-yard kick is good and it's 17-0 Lions with 1:34 left.

END OF 1ST QUARTER: West Linn 17, Lake Oswego 0

2ND QUARTER

Quarter starts with an LO punt from deep in its own territory. West Linn ball on the LO 40, 11:59 left, leading 17-0.

TOUCHDOWN WEST LINN! Viggo Anderson gets the edge and runs in from 14 yards out after an amazing catch by Naone set it up. West Linn up 24-0 with 11:03 left.

TOUCHDOWN LAKE OSWEGO! LaMarcus Bell leans in for a 3-yard TD to put the Lakers on the board. Big throw from Hudson Kurland to his brother Baron Kurland got LO in the red zone. 24-7 West Linn with nine minutes left.

INTERCEPTION! Xzavier Harris grabs the pick on a deep ball from Kurland to Kurland. West Linn takes over on its own 20 leading 24-7 with 5:13 left.

West Linn would have been fourth and 10, but an LO personal foul penalty gives the Lions a first down threatening to score again. Less than four minutes left in the half.

TOUCHDOWN WEST LINN! Viggo Anderson runs in for another 13-yard touchdown and it's 31-7 Lions with 3:24 left. Back-breaking drive for the Lakers.

Fourth and goal from the 1 coming up for LO with four seconds left.

TOUCHDOWN LAKE OSWEGO! Bell takes the direct snap and smashes in for 6 from the 1. It's 31-14 with no time left on the clock.

HALFTIME: West Linn 31, Lake Oswego 14

3RD QUARTER

Lake Oswego starts with the ball on its own 35, trailing by 17 points.

INTERCEPTION! Cole Dickson gets the pick and West Linn has it on the LO 28, leading 31-14 early in the second half.

TOUCHDOWN WEST LINN! Gilroy drops a dime to Wideman for their second connection of the day, this time from 25 yards out. It's 38-14 West Linn with a lot of football left to play.

Big break for LO. Looked like a fumble by Justin Craigwell deep in Lakers territory, but the officials rule he was down.

James Johnstone absolutely swallowed Hudson Kurland on a sack, but Kurland fires a nice pass on the following play to set up fourth and inches with 4:56 left. And Bell gets the first down. LO ball on the WL 34-yard line, trailing 38-14.

TOUCHDOWN LAKE OSWEGO! Trick play gives Hudson Kurland a 34-yard TD grab from Liam Davis, and Bell runs it in for a two-point conversion to make it 38-22 West Linn with just over four minutes left.

TOUCHDOWN WEST LINN! Danny Wideman grabs his third TD of the game, this time from 6 yards out. A 36-yard grab by Baron Naone set it up. It's 44-22 in the waning seconds of the quarter after the kick is no good.

END OF 3RD QUARTER: West Linn 44, Lake Oswego 22

4TH QUARTER

Lake Oswego starts the final quarter with the ball nearing midfield, trailing by 22.

LaMarcus Bell gets called for offensive pass interference again on a great catch. This time it nullified a touchdown.

TOUCHDOWN LAKE OSWEGO! Bell catches a swing pass and steamrolls a defender to get in the end zone from 8 yards out, making it 44-30 after the two-point conversion is good. 8:48 left.

Sloan Baker recovers the onside kick attempt by LO, and West Linn takes over on its own 48.

Lake Oswego forces a punt and gets the ball back on its own 27 with 7:38 left, trailing by 14.

TURNOVER ON DOWNS! A prayer from Kurland to Kurland isn't answered, and West Linn takes over on its own 47 leading 44-30 with 5:55 left.

FINAL: West Linn 44, Lake Oswego 30

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