CAMAS — For the third year in a row, no local football team’s season has gone farther than Seton Catholic’s.

The Cougars ensured that Saturday with a 14-7 win over Trico League rival La Center in the first round of the Class 1A state playoffs.

That win at Doc Harris Stadium means Seton Catholic (9-2) is the only team from Southwest Washington that will play in next weekend’s state quarterfinals.

The No. 8 seed Cougars will travel to top-seed Royal, which beat Seton in last year’s state title game and the 2023 state semifinals.

After dropping their season opener to Columbia River and a Week 4 loss to Banks (Ore.), the Cougars are now riding a seven-game winning streak.

“We’ve worked so hard for this,” senior Uriah Carlston said. “All offseason, everybody was writing us off. Everyone ha

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