High school football roundup: Tristan Warner carries Bellarmine over Curtis
BELLARMINE 41, CURTIS 27
After the first quarter between the Lions and Vikings ended tied at seven, it seemed like the game would be a defensive stalemate.
However, senior Tristan Warner had other ideas. Normally the starting quarterback for the Lions, he stepped aside to play some running back and let junior Payton Faker handle the snaps against the Vikings. It was clearly the right call.
Warner was devastating running the ball for the Lions. Not only did he find the end zone four times during the game, but he also earned 223 yards on the ground on just 10 carries. He almost singlehandedly carried the team’s offense.
Almost, but not without Payton Faker going 9-for-15, throwing for 167 yards and two touchdowns himself. His favorite target on the night was his older brother senior wide receiver Ty Faker, who amassed 39 yards on four receptions and a touchdown.
BOX SCORE
BP: 7-14-20-0—41
C: 7-0-7-13—27
CENTRAL CATHOLIC (OR) 42, TUMWATER 35
For a Tumwater team that allowed six total points to their opening two opponents, Oregon’s reigning 6A champion gave the T-Birds a run for their money.
When Central Catholic scored on their overtime possession — and the reigning 2A state champion T-Birds came up empty — Tumwater’s 22-game winning streak ended after a 42-35 loss on Friday night.
The score was tied after the first quarter. It was tied at halftime, and it was tied at the end of regulation.
Tumwater scored the contest’s opening points less than two minutes into the game when Payton Hoyt scampered for a 39-yard score. Central Catholic answered with a touchdown pass, and the first quarter ended at a 7-7 tie.
In the second, Hoyt found the end zone twice. He broke out for a 32-yard run early in the quarter, and punched a one-yard rush over the goal line to tie the game before halftime at 21.
Tumwater scored again in the third when quarterback Brady Prothero connected with Ryan Otton for a 22-yard score. Central Catholic would score, but missed their extra point try, and Timberline held a one-point advantage with a quarter to play.
Prothero found Austin Terry for a ten-yard touchdown that extended Tumwater’s lead to eight. A late Central Catholic touchdown — and successful two-point conversion — pushed the game to overtime.
Central Catholic’s 15-yard touchdown pass in overtime — paired with an unsuccessful attempt from the T-Birds to match the score — handed Tumwater the loss. Hoyt finished the night with three scores on 134 yards on the ground, and Prothero completed nine of his 14 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns.
BOX SCORE
CC: 7-14-6-8-7—42
T: 7-14-7-7-0—35
SPANAWAY LAKE 47, SILAS 0
Spanaway Lake jogged to the locker room with a 40-point halftime lead, and coasted to a 47-0 shutout win over Silas on Friday night.
Silas started with the ball to open the game, but senior defensive end Trishion Sullivan scooped up a fumble and ran it back for a score on the first play of regulation.
Quarterback Dempsy James threw a touchdown to KeeKee McQueen, and rushed for three more. Jonathan Graver and Jermaine Broussard Jr. both added touchdowns on the ground for the Sentinels.
BOX SCORE
SL: 26-14-7-0—47
S: 0-0-0-0—0
YELM 38, TIMBERLINE 20
Yelm’s 22 second-half points — and a defensive shutdown of the opposing Timberline offense — propelled the Tornados to a 38-20 win on Friday night.
They may have led by just two at halftime, but a still-undefeated Yelm team turned on the jets in the third quarter, posting 16 and shutting out the Blazers for the 12-minute period.
Aden Schaler caught one of his two touchdowns in the third quarter as part of a 87-yard receiving performance. Quarterback Palaina Hooper added 139 yards through the air, and Brayden Platt amassed an eye-popping 225 rushing yards on just 22 carries.
Platt added a 40-yard pick-six in the third, and linebacker Ray Wright stifled the Timberline offense with three sacks and six tackles. Defensive end Cooper Cleveringa added two sacks and four tackles.
BOX SCORE
Y: 16-0-16-6—38
T: 8-6-0-6—20
AUBURN RIVERSIDE 42, AUBURN 38
Auburn put together a monster 32-point second quarter, but a late-game attempt at a comeback victory fell short in a 42-38 loss against Auburn Riverside on Friday night.
After Riverside scored a go-ahead fourth-quarter touchdown, it was up to Auburn QB Amari Goodfellow, who threw for 260 yards and a touchdown in the loss.
On a last-minute, fourth-and-goal play from the three yard line to win the game, Goodfellow fumbled, and Auburn Riverside recovered to cap off a monumental comeback win for the Ravens.
Before Auburn’s second-quarter outburst, Goodfellow found Semaj Brown for a 54-yard touchdown strike in the first. Riverside’s Thaddeus Umi-Tuato’o countered the Trojans with two rushing touchdowns.
Auburn took a 38-21 lead into halftime, but couldn’t muster a single point in the second half.
BOX SCORE
AR: 14-7-14-7—42
A: 6-32-0-0—38
ORTING 32, WHITE RIVER 20
Orting’s three-headed rushing attack combined for four rushing touchdowns, and the Cardinals used a big second half to outpace White River by a score of 32-20 on Friday night.
Aidan Herd rushed for a score and accounted for 183 of Orting’s 268 rushing yards, but Elijah Burbridge served as the goal-line back, scoring three touchdowns from within the five-yard line. Colby Lalone added 10 carries for 45 yards.
All three backs carried the ball at least ten times, though Herd’s 14 yards per carry paced the group. Quarterback Mason McCall added 83 yards through the air, and completed eight of his 16 passes.
Lalone never found the end zone as a rusher, but forced a White River safety in the first quarter that gave Orting a 2-0 lead. Burbridge added the first of his three touchdowns in the second quarter, and the Cardinals led 9-7 at halftime.
Orting’s 16-point third quarter extended their lead to 18. They scored twice — on runs from Burbridge and Herd — and forced their second safety of the game.
White River attempted a comeback, scoring 13 in the final period, but the lead was too great to overcome. Burbridge added his third and final score in the fourth.
BOX SCORE
O: 2-7-16-7—32
WR: 0-7-0-13—20
This story was originally published September 16, 2021 at 10:11 PM.