EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated to correct all mentions of Neah Bay’s winning streak from 31 to 32 games due to their forfeit win over Lummi from earlier this season.
JOYCE — Cole Svec reached the end zone each time he touched the ball on offense as Neah Bay routed Crescent 60-6 in Northwest Football League action.
Svec had touchdown runs of 36, 89 and 81 yards and ran in a 2-point conversion for the second-ranked Red Devils. He gained 209 yards on those four carries.
The junior is approaching the 1,000-yard mark for the season. He has 984 yards and 18 touchdowns on 64 carries, an average of 15.4 yards per carry.
Neah Bay (3-0, 6-0) officially clinched the league championship with Saturday’s win, and it earns the two-time defending state champs an automatic state berth and allows them to bypass the Quad-District playoffs Nov. 6-7.
The Red Devils wrap up their regular season slate this Friday at home against Clallam Bay (1-2, 3-4).
On Saturday, two touchdowns by Svec and another by Cameron Buzzell gave Neah Bay a 24-0 lead after one quarter.
As a team, the Red Devils racked up 417 yards rushing on 24 carries.
They only completed three passes, all of them on 2-point conversions.
Quarterback Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. ran three times for 73 yards, highlighted by a 70-yard TD run in the second quarter.
Buzzell took his only carry 44 yards for a score.
Isaiah Knaus added 62 yards on six carries, and Phillip Greene ran the ball eight times for a touchdown and 28 yards.
Crescent (0-4, 2-6) finally reached the scoreboard in the fourth quarter when KC Spencer hooked up with Eric Emery for a 55-yard touchdown pass.
Kyle Buchanan gained 66 yards on the ground for the Loggers. But overall the Neah Bay defense held Crescent to 28 yards on 36 carries.
Nose guard Jericho McGimpsey led the Red Devils with 12.5 tackles, including 10 solo, and Kenrick Doherty Jr. had two solo tackles, seven assisted tackles and one pass breakup.
Neah Bay scored two defensive touchdowns: Reggie Buttram returned a fumble 86 yards for a score in the third quarter, and Joseph Yallup recovered a bad snap by Crescent in the end zone in the fourth.
Neah Bay has now won 32 consecutive varsity games, dating back to the start of the 2013 season.
Neah Bay 60, Crescent 6
Neah Bay 24 8 14 14— 60
Crescent 0 0 0 6— 6
First Quarter
NB—Svec 36 run (Buzzell pass from Munyagi)
NB—Svec 89 run (Munyagi run)
NB—Buzzell 44 run (Doherty pass from Munyagi)
Second Quarter
NB—Munyagi 70 run (Svec run)
Third Quarter
NB—Buttram 86 fumble return (N. Tyler run)
NB—P. Greene 4 run (run failed)
Fourth Quarter
NB—Yallup recovered fumble in end zone (Tageant from P. Greene)
C—Emery 55 pass from Spencer (run failed)
NB—Svec 81 run (pass failed)
Individual Stats
Rushing—NB: Svec 4-209, Munyagi 3-73, Buzzell 1-44, Knaus 6-62, P. Greene 8-28, N. Tyler 2-1. C: Buchanan 24-66.
Passing—NB: Munyagi 2-5-0, 6; Greene 1-4-0, 3; Knaus 0-4-1, 0. C: Spencer 2-7-1, 81; Peppard 3-6-0, 27.
Receiving—NB: Doherty 1-3, Buzzell 1-3, Tageant 1-3. XX: Name catches-yards, Name catches-yards.
Seattle Lutheran 48, Quilcene 12
JOYCE — The Rangers fell to the Saints at West Seattle Stadium to fall into a third-place finish in the SeaTac League.
Quilcene (2-2, 5-2) will play its Quad-District game at Tulalip Heritage the weekend of Nov. 6-7.
The Rangers were again without starting quarterback and 2014 All-State defensive back Eli Harrison in Saturday’s game.
“We just didn’t have a good game,” Quilcene coach Byron Wilson said.
“They’re a good team, no question. We didn’t lose to a bad team, we lost to a very good team.”
The Rangers host Crescent (2-6) for both teams’ regular season finale this Saturday.
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Compiled using coaches’ and statistical reports.
