High school football roundup: White River watches lead disappear, but rallies for Thursday win
WHITE RIVER 35, FIFE 24
White River watched a three-touchdown lead disappear to Fife, but the Hornets rallied for a pair of late scores to beat the Trojans by a score of 35-24 on Thursday night.
Fife trailed 21-0 in the second quarter, but a one-yard rushing touchdown from Tino Asoau put the Trojans on the board. They’d force a safety less than a minute later, closing the deficit to twelve.
37 seconds after receiving the safety kick, quarterback Dylan Goldstrom kept the ball for a 19-yard rushing score, and Fife converted the two-point try. They were within five.
Midway through the third quarter, Fife took a 24-21 lead. This time, it was Jairo Ramirez who scampered for an 11-yard rushing score.
From that point on, the Trojan offense fell silent. White River jumped back in front after a late third-quarter touchdown, and sealed it with another score in the final period.
Goldstrom completed six of twelve passes for 128 yards in the loss.
BOX SCORE
WR: 13-8-7-7—35
F: 0-16-8-0—24
FEDERAL WAY 26, KENTRIDGE 19
Federal Way scored a touchdown in every quarter, and held off a surging fourth-quarter Kentridge offense for a 26-19 victory on Thursday night.
Once down 16 points, Kentridge rallied for two touchdowns and converted both two-point tries that tied the game in the final period. Federal Way’s final blow, a 25-yard touchdown catch by Dre Jordan, sealed the game for the Eagles.
Federal Way’s Tavita Takai drew first blood, breaking free for a 13-yard touchdown in the first quarter. He’d punch the ball in for another two-yard score, extending the Eagles’ lead to 13.
A Kentridge field goal brought their deficit to 10 at halftime, but Federal Way padded their lead with a scoop-and-score defensive touchdown by linebacker Roman Hutchinson in the third.
With Federal Way leading by 16, Kentridge returned a pick-six and converted a two-point try in the fourth quarter. They’d score again -- and convert for two again — to tie the game.
Jordan’s touchdown was the game-winner for the Eagles. He’d finish the night with 103 yards on seven catches, and quarterback Anthony Tucker added 216 yards through the air.
Takai gained 82 total yards on the ground, and added five tackles on defense.
BOX SCORE
FW: 7-6-6-7—26
KR: 0-3-0-16—19
TUMWATER 34, W.F. WEST 0
Tumwater’s trio of second-quarter touchdowns carried the Thunderbirds to a 34-0 victory over W.F. West on Friday night.
The game belonged to Payton Hoyt, who rushed for four touchdowns and racked up 101 yards on 13 carries for the T-Birds.
Hoyt scored his first of four touchdowns in the first quarter. He’d find the end zone twice in the second quarter, and a six-yard rushing score in the fourth extended Tumwater’s lead to 34-0.
Karson Schreiner broke free and added a 74-yard rushing touchdown for Tumwater, fueling a 20-point second quarter.
W.F. West’s offense mustered only 122 total yards of offense. Meanwhile, the T-Birds’ Hoyt (101) and Schreiner (103) both gained over 100 yards on the ground, including a 65-yard rushing performance from Carlos Matheney.
BOX SCORE
T: 7-20-0-7—34
WF: 0-0-0-0—0
LAKES 52, BONNEY LAKE 7
There was no stopping the Lancers as they jumped out to a 12-0 lead after the first quarter and did not look back against the Panthers.
Junior running back Leo Pulalasi did a lot of heavy lifting on the ground for the Lancers with three rushing touchdowns on the night; one of which went for 72 yards on Lakes’ opening drive of the second half.
Not to be outdone, junior running back Ki’maree Washington also ripped off long runs in the game; one for 47 yards in the first half and another for 59 yards in the second half.
The win gives the Lancers a share of first place in the 3A Pierce County League along with Lincoln.
BOX SCORE
L: 12-13-14-13—52
BL: 0-7-0-0—7
PENINSULA 35, TIMBERLINE 33
Another week, another halftime comeback for the Seahawks as once again, the defense came up with a clutch stop and forced the Blazers to cough up costly turnovers.
Down 21-14 at the half, the Seahawks’ senior running back Ethan Hogan kept pounding the ball for positive gains on the offense. Midway through the third quarter, Hogan ripped off a 77-yard touchdown run that would break a 21-21 tie, giving the Seahawks the permanent lead change and give them the momentum for the rest of the game.
Junior defensive back Ethan Fias had another clutch play for the Seahawks as early in the fourth quarter, he blocked the point after touchdown attempt after a Blazer touchdown. That kept the score 35-27 in favor of Peninsula and would force Timberline to go for a two-point conversion to tie the game if it came down to it.
The Blazers did score again, but the Seahawk defense once again prevailed as they prevented the 2-point conversion Timberline needed to tie the game late in the fourth quarter.
A gutsy completion from senior quarterback Jake Bice to senior running back Josh Hinkel sealed their second straight dramatic win.
BOX SCORE
P: 0-14-14-7—35
T: 14-7-0-12—33
EMERALD RIDGE 40, CURTIS 22
After a close and contentious first half of football, the Jaguars took the game over from the Vikings and cruised to the win behind their sophomore quarterback.
Much like his teammates on offense, sophomore Jake Schakel found his rhythm in the second half to really tear apart the Viking defense. He went 17-21 for over 300 yards on the night, tossing three touchdown passes to the Jaguar wide receivers.
The biggest contribution for the Jaguar win was their defense that forced five turnovers. Senior defensive back Ben Hunter came away from the night with three interceptions against the Vikings’ sophomore quarterback Rocco Koch, including a pick-6 for 40 yards.
Koch still gave the Jaguars fits though as he was a tough and elusive player to bring down.
BOX SCORE
ER: 13-0-8-19—40
C: 8-0-0-14—22
AUBURN MOUNTAINVIEW 41, AUBURN 26
By the start of the fourth quarter, Kayde Bodine already had four touchdowns.
Auburn Mountainview’s junior quarterback finished with 177 passing yards, and the Lions took down rival Auburn 41-26 on Friday night.
Bodine dueled Auburn quarterback Amari Goodfellow, who rushed for two touchdowns and added another through the air. The Trojan offense rallied for a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns, but Auburn Mountainview’s offense continued to pile on the points as their lead became insurmountable.
The Lions led 14-8 at halftime, thanks to a Bodine touchdown pass in each of the first two quarters. Auburn’s Clayton Bell broke free in the second quarter for an 82-yard rushing score, and for a brief moment, the Trojans held an 8-7 lead after a two-point conversion run from Eddie Carter.
Auburn Mountainview’s four second-half touchdowns — two passing, two rushing — propelled the Lions to victory. Bodine added two touchdowns in the third, and the Lions’ rushing attack rushed for two more scores in the fourth.
Goodfellow threw for 181 yards in the loss.
BOX SCORE
AMV: 7-7-13-14—41
A: 0-8-6-12—26
STEILACOOM 21, ORTING 20
A fourth-quarter Orting rally fell short, and Steilacoom held on to beat the Cardinals 21-20 on Friday night.
Orting’s offense took a circuitous fourth-quarter route to close the gap. Down 11, Elijah Burbridge punched in a four-yard run for a score, but the Cardinals failed to convert for two.
Now down five, Orting forced safeties on a pair of Steilacoom possessions, and the Sentinel lead was cut to one.
With the ball in Orting quarterback Mason McCall’s hands in the final minutes, he rifled a 52-yard touchdown pass that would have completed a Cardinals comeback win.
Then, the flags flew.
A blindside block nullified Orting’s potential game-winning score, and Steilacoom’s defense protected their one-point advantage from that point on.
The Cardinals’ Aidan Herd took 13 carries for 82 yards and a score, and Burbridge finished the evening with 40 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries.
McCall completed nine of his 10 passes for 85 yards in the loss.
BOX SCORE
S: 7-7-7-0—21
O: 7-3-0-10—20
MOUNT TAHOMA 12, SILAS 6
If there is one thing that the T-Birds can take away from their win over the Rams, it is the growth that they are seeing as a team.
Striking first and not looking back in the first quarter, the T-Birds were reliant on senior Damian Laffitte II making plays from his linebacker position. Several of the Rams’ drives were stopped because the defense did not allow them to score from the red zone.
And when they needed to run out the clock, the T-Birds handed the ball off to sophomore Brison Bailey. Bailey has been something of the workhorse running back for the T-Birds, helping run off the last four minutes of the game to secure the win.
BOX SCORE
MT: 6-0-6-0--12
S: 0-0-6-0--6
This story was originally published September 23, 2021 at 10:54 PM.