Quilcene 52, Oakville 0
PORT TOWNSEND — The Rangers found the Acorns to be a relatively easy nut to crack in a Class 1B Quad-District winner-to-state shutout Friday night at Memorial Field.
Coach Trey Beathard said his squad played one of its cleanest games of the season.
“Our kids played well on both sides of the ball, we had a good night,” Beathard said. “Like a lot of teams we can be a little mistake-prone: pre-snap penalties, fumbled exchanges and missed assignments, but last night we made very few mistakes and had a lot of great effort.”
Oakville came into the contest with the most passing yardage of any team in Class 1B and the Rangers were ready.
“They had the best passing offense and the No. 1 receiver, over 1,400 yards, and they caught some passes on us, but our secondary, Andrew Perez, Robert Evans and Tyler Beukes, they kept them in front of them all night,” Beathard said.
And the Rangers were able to get a push up front.
“We had 15 QB pressures, 15 times their QB had to throw on the run,” Beathard said. “Mason Iverson, he had eight tackles, four sacks and eight quarterback pressures.”
Beathard said Taylor Boling also was involved in the pass rush and Tyler Wills forced two fumbles, both recovered by Perez and which led to Quilcene scores.
Evans found the end zone on three of his four carries (for 52 yards), caught a 55-yard TD from Perez and punched in two 2-point tries.
Every player on the Quilcene roster saw the field, including the team’s set of twins, Brinnon’s Tristan and Jason Naputi.
The Naputi brothers, natives of Guam, are valued on the team for their ability to lighten the mood. But Beathard said the pair also put in plenty of hard work.
“They were both so excited to play at Memorial Field in Port Townsend,” Beathard said. “They said ‘This is the first stadium we get to play in’. They both made tackles against Oakville’s starters and the biggest cheer from our crowd was when the twins made tackles and made plays. It meant a lot for them to get some cheers.”
Quilcene should find out its first-round state opponent at some time Sunday.
