NEAH BAY — Neah Bay scored 32 points in the first half behind three Meric Soeneke touchdowns and then hung on in the second half to beat the Darrington Loggers.
Soeneke had runs of 4, 4 and 14 yards, while Billy Parkin III had a 5-yard touchdown run and forced a fumble that set up a short TD drive.
Jay Brunk also scored three point after touchdowns and caught five passes for 70 yards.
Joe Bain also rushed for 70 yards on six carries, while Parkin ran the ball 21 times for 56 yards. Soeneke only ran for 29 yards on seven carries, but three of those carries were for TDs.
On defense, Parkin had a whopping 21 tackles, 13 of them solo, while Brunk and Soeneke had 12 tackles each.
The Red Devils (3-2, 4-4) JV next plays a 6-man game at 5:30 p.m. Monday against Clallam Bay. The Red Devils varsity returns to 8-man at 6 p.m. Friday, hosting powerhouse Naselle (5-0, 7-1), the fourth-ranked team in Class 1B.
Neah Bay 32, Darrington 20
NB 16 16 0 0 — 32
D’ton 0 0 6 14 — 20
First Quarter
NB—Soeneke 4 run (Parkin run)
NB—Parkin 5 run (Jay Brunk pass from Soeneke)
Second Quarter
NB—Soeneke 4 run (Jay Brunk from Soeneke)
NB—Soeneke 14 run (Jay Brunk from Soeneke)
Third Quarter
D—Weidman pass from Lind (PAT failed)
Fourth Quarter
D—Reuwsaat 6 run (PAT failed)
D—Lind 14 pass from Reuwsaat (Lind run)
Individual Stats
Rushing—NB: Soeneke 7-29, Bain 6-70, J. Brunk 2-10, Parkin 21-56, Tyler 2-9, Johnston-Vargas 1-4.
Passing—NB: Soeneke 5-9-70
Receiving—NB: J. Brunk 5-70.
Hoquiam 42, Sequim 35
HOQUIAM — The fourth-ranked Class 1A Grizzlies outlasted the Wolves in a matchup of unbeaten teams Friday at Olympic Stadium.
Sequim was balanced offensively, rushing for 245 yards, 180 of them from sophomore Taig Wiker while senior quarterback Riley Cowan threw for 235 yards, two TDs and three interceptions.
The Grizzlies returned one interception for a touchdown, that coming early in the third quarter as Hoquiam erased Sequim’s 21-14 halftime lead and took a 35-28 lead into the fourth quarter.
The Wolves had one last possession in the final minute, but Cowan was intercepted inside the Grizzlies 10-yard line.
Sequim (5-0, 7-1) will wrap the regular season at Bremerton next week.
Hoquiam 42, Sequim 35
Sequim 13 8 7 7— 35
Hoquiam 6 8 21 7— 42
First Quarter
S— Cowan 1 run (Cowan kick)
S—Rollness 22 pass from Cowan (run failed)
H—Bumstead 18 pass from Quintanilla (kick failed)
Second Quarter
S—Wiker 3 run (Wiker run)
H—Brown 18 run (Brown run)
Third Quarter
H—Garcia 64 run (Brydon kick)
H—Estes 25 interception return (Brydon kick)
S—Wiker 5 pass from Cowan (Cowan kick)
H—Brown 5 run (Brydon kick)
Fourth Quarter
S— Cowan 1 run (Cowan kick)
H— Quintanilla 9 run (Brydon kick)
Individual Stats
Rushing—S: Wiker 29-180, TD; Cowan 16-55, 2TDs; Allen 2-10. PT: Hill 13-82, Kelsall 23-74, Boucher 3-7, Blankenship 1-1.
Passing—S: Cowan 17-30-235, 2TDs, 3INT.
Receiving—S: Rollness 5-72, Oliver 5-61, Wiker 4-52, Langston 2-33, Young 1-17.
Elma 35, Forks 10
ELMA — With a district playoff spot on the line, the Spartans were knocked out of contention in a road loss to the Eagles (2-1, 7-1).
“They shut our run down and we just couldn’t get the passing game going for a variety of reasons,” Forks coach Emil West said. “The game plan didn’t come to fruition.”
Tristen Pisani had 26 carries for 96 yards for Forks and Brett Moody led the team with an 18-yard reception.
“Tristen still had a heck of a game,” West said. “He ran hard.
“Luke Dahlgren was making plays for us and our defense played dynamite. We just couldn’t get the offense going.”
West credited Elma for turning the tables on Forks after the Spartans beat the Eagles two years in a row in games that decided the Evergreen League’s third playoff seed.
“They committed and they got way better than the last two years we played them,” West said.
Forks (1-2, 5-3) will host league champion and No. 4 Hoquiam (3-0, 8-0) on senior night at Spartan Stadium on Friday.
“We will try to get our effort level to 100 percent and knock off the league champs and enjoy one last night with this senior class,” West said. “We didn’t reach our goal as far as making the playoffs, but this is a really talented group that got the program back on track.”
Vashon 22, Chimacum 13
VASHON — The Cowboys fell to the Pirates 22-13, though they had chances to pull the game out.
Issac Purser scored one touchdown on a 30-yard pass from Cole Dotson and Logan Storm scored another on a two-yard run (which was set up by a 40-yard Storm run.).
Coach Chris Storm thought a big play was when the Cowboys were setting up to kick a field goal to take a lead. They fumbled the snap and weren’t able to score.
“That hurt us,” coach Storm said.
“We’re just a young team late in the season,” he said. “I didn’t think we played up to our potential. We’ll get better.”
Chimacum (0-5, 1-7) will host Port Townsend in the Quimper Quarrel at 7 p.m. Friday at Memorial Field.
North Kitsap’s Isaiah Kahana fends off the defense of Port Angeles’ Nolan Hughes in the second quarter on Friday at Port Angeles Civic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
