PORT TOWNSEND — Noa Montoya tossed three touchdowns to Dylan Tracer and ran in two more scores as Port Townsend put a solid hurtin’ on Vashon in a 40-13 Nisqually/Olympic League contest at Memorial Field on Friday.
“Like I said before, it was all of our guys getting involved,” Redhawks coach Patrick Gaffney said.
“Noa played a really good game. He threw a couple of touchdowns, ran for a TD and he had another called back on a punt return.
“Dylan Tracer had a big night, he scored a couple of times on passes and ran for well over 100 yards. And Jerome Reaux Jr. had some big runs like he always does.”
Gaffney said Maxpreps.com showed Reaux entered the game leading the league in rushing (348 yards on an average of 15.1 yards per carry). The freshman speedster only added to those numbers in the big win as the Redhawks’ flexbone attack ran over and through the Pirates defense.
“We had much of our success running right at them,” Gaffney said.
“We got great blocking out of Murphy Klemann again. “He’s like a skinny guard out there playing wide receiver.”
Port Townsend only conceded one score defensively, that one coming late in the contest when Gaffney said he was playing as many reserves as his 19-player dressed roster would allow.
Vashon’s other score came when Port Townsend fumbled in the endzone on a punt attempt.
“Defensively we were steady and we didn’t allow any big plays,” Gaffney said. “We made them turn it over on downs a lot and got a lot of third and fourth down conversions offensively to keep it moving.”
Port Townsend picked off two Pirates’ passes, with Nico Winegar pulling one down and Finnish exchange student Emil Makkula grabbing the other.
And Gaffney had praise for defensive tackle Dalen Ufford.
“Vashon had a fullback that weighed about 240 pounds and Dalen stopped him multiple times up the middle,” Gaffney said.
The Redhawks (2-0, 2-3) will play against Bellevue Christian (1-0, 2-2) at Sammamish High School next Saturday.
Sequim 51, Kingston 14
KINGSTON — The Wolves cruised to a 37-0 halftime lead behind four first-half touchdown passes by senior quarterback Riley Cowan.
Cowan was 8 of 10 for 230 yards and the four TDs before being pulled early in the second quarter, according to Sequim assistant coach Dave Ditlefsen.
Kyler Rollness caught six passes for 124 yards and a 29-yard TD pass to lead the Wolves’ wideouts.
The win was the 100th at Sequim for Wolves coach Erik Wiker (100-51 in 15 seasons).
First-place Sequim (3-0, 5-0) controls its own destiny in the race for the Olympic League 2A Division title with a huge contest coming up Friday at Olympic (2-1, 2-3).
Sequim 51, Kingston 14
Sequim 24 13 14 0— 51
Kingston 0 0 6 8— 14
First Quarter
S—Allen 18 pass from Cowan (Wiker pass to Oliver)
S—Wiker 36 pass from Cowan (Young run)
S—Langston 38 pass from Cowan (Young pass to Oliver)
Second Quarter
S—Rollness 29 pass from Cowan (Cowan kick)
S—Hoesel 26 pass from Wiker (pass failed)
Third Quarter
K—46 pass (kick failed)
S—Young 8 pass from Wiker (Cowan kick)
S—Wiker 8 run (Cowan kick)
Fourth Quarter
K—Marquez 38 run (run good)
Individual Stats
Rushing—S: Wiker 7-64, Whitney 5-29, Cowan 1-15, Ward 5-10, Mote 1-4.
Passing—S: Cowan 8-10-0, 230, 4 TDs; Wiker 8-14-1, 104, 2 TDs.
Receiving—S: Rollness 6-124, Allen 3-49, Langston 1-38, Wiker 1-36, Nestor 2-34, Hoesel 1-26, Wells 1-14, Young 1-8.
Olympic 55, Port Angeles 6
PORT ANGELES — Let’s hope Saturday night’s dance goes better for the Port Angeles Roughriders than Friday’s homecoming football game.
The Riders again made things difficult for themselves by making it easy on their opponents in a 55-6 thrashing at the hands of the Olympic Trojans at Civic Field on Friday.
Olympic scored twice off Port Angeles turnovers — the Riders combined to throw four interceptions and fumbled once on the night.
Port Angeles head coach Troy Mann had few words for his team in the Riders’ traditional post-game meeting — beyond instructing his charges to quickly board the bus back to the high school.
And he declined to discuss the game with a Peninsula Daily News reporter after the game.
It was that difficult of an evening and that ugly of an outcome.
Olympic quickly took control of the game, chewing up big chunks of yardage through the air on the game’s opening drive. The Trojans moved the ball 93 yards on seven plays, capped by a Zeke Gillick’s 42-yard touchdown pass to Darrelle White.
Olympic forced a Port Angeles punt, but the Trojans muffed the catch, recovering the ball in their own endzone for what Riders’ players and coaches believed to be a safety.
But in high school football, a kicked ball remains a kick until a player gains possession of the ball, so the play was ruled a touchback and Port Angeles missed out on a potentially momentum-swinging turn of events early.
Olympic took advantage, moving the ball at will with running backs Malcom Dewalt (speed to the outside) and Cameron Bailey (runs up the middle), before Gillick hit Adam Johnson in stride up the right sideline for a 40-yard TD pass.
Gillick at that point was 5 for 5 for 115 yards passing and the two scores, exploiting a Riders’ secondary without ball-hawking defender Derek Bowechop due to an injury.
And that score effectively ended the competitive portion of the contest.
Dewalt added short TD runs to pad the Trojans’ lead to 28-0 with a minute to go before halftime.
And Olympic scored again on one of the strangest plays of the season just ahead of the break.
Port Angeles quarterback Brenden Roloson-Hines was chased and dumped a short pass to running back Trevor Shumway. Shumway ran with the ball behind the Riders’ line of scrimmage and pitched the ball forward — not allowed once the ball already has been thrown once — straight into the arms of an on-rushing White.
White collected the ball and raced in for an interception return touchdown — the Trojans choosing to decline the illegal forward pass penalty.
Things didn’t pick up after the break for the Riders.
Roloson-Hines was unable to gather a high snap and the ball bounced into the hands of Olympic’s Trent Feistner who returned the fumble for a 10-yard TD to trigger the 40-point running clock.
Shumway snapped the shutout for Port Angeles when he jumped a shorty pass and out ran the Trojans for an 80-yard interception return late in the fourth quarter.
The Riders (1-1, 1-4) visit Bremerton (1-1, 2-3) on Friday. The Knights edged North Mason 28-27 on Friday.
Montesano 40, Forks 0
Statewide Scores
Aberdeen 21, Centralia 14
Adna 50, Napavine 13
Bainbridge 50, Nathan Hale 14
Bellarmine Prep 48, South Kitsap 0
Bellevue 7, Lake Washington 0
Bellingham 14, Blaine 13
Bethel 48, Mount Tahoma 19
Black Hills 25, W. F. West 17
Blanchet 24, Rainier Beach 22
Bremerton 28, North Mason 27
Brewster 54, Liberty Bell 0
Burlington-Edison 21, Sedro-Woolley 0
Camas 65, Heritage 3
Cedar Park Christian (Bothell) 20, Granite Falls 8
Cedarcrest 14, Anacortes 0
Central Kitsap 50, Shelton 0
Central Valley 49, North Central 0
Cheney 20, Cascade (Leavenworth) 0
Chewelah 34, Wilbur-Creston 0
Chief Sealth 40, Ballard 24
Colfax 29, Lind-Ritzville/Sprague 13
College Place 16, River View 8
Columbia (Burbank) 30, Liberty Christian 6
Columbia (White Salmon) 19, Castle Rock 14
Columbia River 14, Mark Morris 13
Colville 34, Deer Park 0
Concrete 27, Friday Harbor 20
Connell 63, Naches Valley 3
Curlew 20, Cusick 18
Curtis 56, Emerald Ridge 0
Eastmont 37, West Valley (Yakima) 24
Eastside Catholic 50, Garfield 7
Eatonville 38, Orting 21
Edmonds-Woodway 33, Lynnwood 7
Ellensburg 30, East Valley (Yakima) 0
Ephrata 16, Othello 0
Evergreen (Vancouver) 45, Fort Vancouver 0
Fife 42, Foss 0
Garfield-Palouse 90, Colton 56
Gig Harbor 50, North Thurston 8
Glacier Peak 57, Cascade (Everett) 6
Graham-Kapowsin 35, Olympia 0
Hanford 34, Chiawana 21
Hazen 55, Auburn 15
Hermiston, Ore. 57, Southridge 0
Hockinson 42, Woodland 27
Hoquiam 48, Tenino 12
Ilwaco 49, North Beach 14
Inglemoor 21, North Creek 12
Issaquah 32, Newport-Bellevue 26
Kalama 62, Winlock 8
Kamiakin 31, Pasco 0
Kelso 34, Prairie 18
Kennewick 42, Davis 0
Kent Meridian 38, Auburn Mountainview 27
Kentridge 55, Mt. Rainier 0
King’s 20, Coupeville 14
La Center 41, King’s Way Christian School 12
La Salle 47, Granger 7
Lake Roosevelt 69, Kettle Falls 0
Lake Stevens 58, Kamiak 0
Lakes 41, Bonney Lake 0
Lakeside (Seattle) 36, Sammamish 6
Lewis and Clark 42, Rogers (Spokane) 10
Liberty (Spangle) 39, Davenport 14
Liberty 28, Juanita 14
Lincoln 53, Spanaway Lake 14
Lynden 31, Lakewood 14
Lynden Christian 38, Nooksack Valley 19
Manson 24, Tonasket 18
Mariner 25, Jackson 20
Marysville-Getchell 17, Arlington 14
Marysville-Pilchuck 34, Stanwood 24
Mead 47, University 28
Medical Lake 16, Freeman 14
Mercer Island 44, Interlake 14
Montesano 40, Forks 0
Mount Baker 41, Meridian 20
Mount Si 21, Eastlake 7
Mount Vernon 45, Monroe 34
Mountain View 62, Hudson’s Bay 3
Naselle 46, Lummi 12
Neah Bay 54, Darrington 14
North Kitsap 35, Clover Park 0
Northwest Christian (Colbert) 62, Oroville 45
O’Dea 49, Seattle Prep 20
Oak Harbor 28, Ferndale 13
Odessa-Harrington 82, Wellpinit 12
Okanogan 14, Chelan 12
Olympic 55, Port Angeles 6
Omak 28, Cashmere 14
Onalaska 46, Morton/White Pass 6
Pateros 44, Waterville/Mansfield 26
Pe Ell/Willapa Valley def. Chief Leschi, forfeit
Port Townsend 40, Vashon Island 13
Prosser 49, Grandview 0
Pullman 34, East Valley (Spokane) 13
Quincy 43, Wapato 17
Rainier 53, Life Christian Academy 12
Rainier Christian 62, Seattle Lutheran 18
Raymond 57, South Bend 14
Reardan 30, Asotin 26
Richland 34, Walla Walla 14
River Ridge 50, Evergreen (Seattle) 0
Riverside 56, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 24
Rogers (Puyallup) 14, Sumner 10
Roosevelt 42, Cleveland 26
Royal 56, Warden 0
Sequim 37, Kingston 0
Shorewood 30, Everett 13
Skyview 38, Battle Ground 12
Snohomish 21, Shorecrest 14
South Whidbey 21, Sultan 20, OT
Springdale 48, Columbia (Hunters) 22
Squalicum 45, Meadowdale 7
Steilacoom 64, Highline 14
Sunnyside 28, Eisenhower 26
Sunnyside Christian 60, Pomeroy 14
Thomas Jefferson 22, Decatur 15
Toledo 53, Toutle Lake 0
Toppenish 24, Selah 15
Tumwater 63, Rochester 0
Union 38, Puyallup 31
Wahkiakum 58, Mossyrock 21
Wahluke 50, Kiona-Benton 13
Washington 49, Lindbergh 0
Washougal 35, Ridgefield 19
Wenatchee 34, Moses Lake 0
West Valley (Spokane) 23, Clarkston 14
White River 42, Foster 22
Willapa Valley def. Chief Leschi, forfeit
Wilson 34, Stadium 14
Woodinville 46, Redmond 7
Yelm 41, Capital 27
Zillah 69, Highland 0
