NEAH BAY — Neah Bay came out fired up and popped Lyle-Wishram in the mouth to open their nonleague 8-man football matchup.
“It was our first home game, and [we] came out excited to play,” Neah Bay coach Tony McCaulley said.
“I was hoping for a little tougher game. They played us physical at first, but we jumped on them pretty early with a blocked punt and an interception.”
The Red Devils led 30-0 after one quarter.
Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. recovered a fumble on the Lyle-Wishram 1-yard line on the opening drive, and Cole Svec ran in a touchdown to make it 8-0.
Jericho McGimpsey then blocked a punt that Munyagi recovered and returned to the 4-yard line. Svec again ran it in from there.
Cameron Buzzell intercepted a pass and returned it 48 yards for a score, and a Munyagi-to-Buzzell 25-yard TD pass capped the first-quarter scoring for the second-ranked Red Devils.
“We played our starters until the end of the first quarter, for the most part,” McCaulley said.
“They got more series than last week. And that was the plan, to play them at least a full quarter.”
McCaulley liked what he saw in the short time his starters were on the field.
“I was super happy with our defense,” McCaulley said.
“And our offense executed really well, better than we have all year, and I like to see that.
“[Lyle-Wishram is] better than some of the teams that we have played, so that was a good step.”
The Cougars followed Neah Bay’s lead and swapped its starters as well, so McCaulley said much of the remainder of the game was a youth-filled scrimmage.
Backup quarterback Josey Tyree found Kenrick Doherty Jr. for an 11-yard scoring strike in the second quarter, and Levi Swan recovered a bad snap in the end zone to give Neah Bay a 44-0 halftime lead.
Munyagi found Doherty for a 14-yard score in the third quarter.
Michael McGee also scored in the third, a 22-yard run, and gained 133 yards on the ground for the Red Devils.
In the fourth, Anthony Bitegeko caught a 35-yard TD pass from Tyree that made Neah Bay’s lead 64-8.
Munyagi, who completed 11 of 12 passes for 130 yards, finished the scoring with a 70-yard kickoff return with three minutes remaining in the game.
The Red Devils (3-0) couldn’t fill an open date in their schedule next weekend, so they will be off until opening Northwest Football League play at Tulalip Heritage (0-1) on Saturday, Oct. 10.
“We will probably have a really tough week of practice for the next five days, then give them the next Monday off and get back into the regular game-type practices before Tulalip,” McCaulley said.
Neah Bay 70, Lyle-Wishram 16
Lyle-Wishram 0 0 8 8— 16
Neah Bay 30 14 14 12— 70
First Quarter
NB—Svec 1 run (Buzzell pass from Munyagi)
NB—Svec 4 run (Doherty pass from Munyagi)
NB—Buzzell 48 interception return (Buzzell pass from Munyagi)
NB—Buzzell 25 pass from Munyagi (pass failed)
Second Quarter
NB—Doherty 11 pass from Tyree (McGee run)
NB—Swan recovers fumble in the end zone (run failed)
Third Quarter
NB—Doherty 14 pass from Munyagi (Munyagi pass from Svec)
LW—Goolsby 1 run (Ostrander run)
NB—McGee 22 run (pass failed)
Fourth Quarter
NB—Bitegeko 35 pass from Tyree (run fails)
LW—McCullough 43 pass from Ostrander (Ostrander run)
NB—Munyagi 70 kickoff return (run failed)
Individual Stats
Rushing—NB: McGee 19-133, Munyagi 1-23, Svec 3-22, Yallup 2-11, N. Tyler 1-2, Knaus 2-(-1).
Passing—NB: Munyagi 11-12-0, 130; Tyree 3-5-0, 60; Svec 1-1-0, 3.
Receiving—NB: Buzzell 6-73, Doherty 4-44, Bitegeko 1-34, Svec 1-15, N. Tyler 1-9, Munyagi 1-3.
Rochester 49, Forks 7
FORKS — The Spartans’ defense couldn’t stop the Warriors’ run game in an Evergreen League loss on Forks’ homecoming game.
Rochester racked up 290 yards rushing Friday, led by 149 from Joseph Foley and 129 from Kage Thayer.
The Spartans, meanwhile, only managed 223 total yards.
Quarterback Cole Baysinger completed 17 of 25 passes for 144 yards.
Keishaun Ramsey caught six of those passes for 36 yards, and Austin Whiting and Kenny Gale had three receptions apiece.
Gale led the ground attack with 9 carries for 55 yards. He scored the Spartans’ only touchdown on a 2-yard run in the second quarter.
That cut the lead to 21-7 and sent Forks into halftime with some confidence and high hopes.
The Warriors, though, erased any doubt with a 28-point third quarter.
“We felt like we could put something things together [in the second half], and it just didn’t work out,” Forks coach Craig Shetterly said.
Gale also had a 61-yard kick return. Shetterly said that earlier in the game, Gale had a return that was even more wide open, but he was tripped up by a player who had been blocked.
For Forks’ defense, Jack Dahlgren had five tackles, a sack and a forced fumble, Garrison Shumack had a fumble recovery and Ramsey had an interception in the end zone that led to the Spartans only scoring drive.
Shetterly said the offense moved the ball at times but was unable to finish its drives.
“We’re putting things together, and getting it settled out, we just have to get over the hump,” Shetterly said.
Forks (0-2, 1-3) travels to face Tenino (1-1, 3-1) this Friday.
Rochester 49, Forks 7
Rochester 14 7 28 0— 49
Forks 0 7 0 0— 7
First Quarter
R—Foley 10 run (kick no good)
R—Thayer 10 run (Taylor run)
Second Quarter
R—Thayer 35 run (Taylor kick)
F—Gale 2 run (Silva kick)
Third Quarter
R—Foley 8 run (Taylor kick)
R—Fortner 1 run (Taylor kick)
R—Fortner 5 run (Taylor kick)
R—Hickle 80 fumble recovery (Taylor kick)
Individual Stats
Rushing—R: Thayer 22-149, Foley 15-129. F: Gale 9-55, Schumack 4-13, Baysinger 2-11
Passing—R: Taylor 6-11, 77. F: Baysinger 17-25-0, 144.
Receiving—R: Filmore 4-61. F: Ramsey 6-36, Gale 3-31, Whiting 3-28, Prose 2-21, B. Moody 1-10, Schumack 1-10, R. Moody 1-8.
Port Townsend 52, Coupeville 0
PORT TOWNSEND — For the fourth time in four games, the eighth-ranked Redhawks had a 21-point quarter in the first half.
Against the Wolves on Friday at Memorial Field, Port Townsend had two 21-point quarters in the first half to lead 42-0 at halftime.
Redhawks running backs Wesley Wealer and Ezra Easley each scored three touchdowns.
Port Townsend improves to 2-0 in league play and 4-0 overall.
The Redhawks face rival Chimacum (0-2, 0-4) this Friday at Memorial Field.
Klahowya 55, Chimacum 18
BREMERTON — The Cowboys dropped to 0-4 on the season and 0-2 in Olympic League 1A.
They next face undefeated rival Port Townsend (2-0, 4-0) this Friday.
