Prep Football: Woodland’s Graham not your average kicker

Side Hustle: Josiah Graham’s game-winning field goal caps ‘game of his life’

Woodland junior Josiah Graham hauls in a touchdown during a 34-31 win over Hockinson, Friday, Oct. 4, in Hockinson. Graham also kicked two field goals, including the game-winner late in the game. — Photo courtesy of Sabot Images

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Touchdowns are cool and all, but have you ever tried kicking a game-winning field goal in front of a hostile crowd? Well, last week Woodland’s Josiah Graham decided to make a name for himself by doing both, in the same game.

Graham, a five-foot eight-inch junior who tips the scales at 145 pounds and typically hangs his hat on his defensive credentials, was a Swiss Army knife on the field for the Beavers last week in a 34-31 league win at Hockinson. Not only did he send the game-winning field goal through the uprights from 32 yards out and about a minute left on the clock, he also drilled another field goal earlier in the contest and went 4 for 4 on extra point kicks following Woodland touchdowns, one of which was his own.

“He had the game of his life,” Woodland coach Glen Flanagan said.