FORKS — The Forks football team got off to a fast start Friday, roaring out to a quick 21-0 lead in the first quarter and going on to beat Raymond-South Bend 35-8 in a Central 2B League West matchup.
The victory snapped a three-game losing streak and gets the Spartans to 2-2 in the Central 2B League West.
The defense, which had a goal-line stand, didn’t allow a score all game as Raymond-South Bend’s only touchdown came on a fumble in the end zone.
Forks (2-2, 3-5) has a tough final game, playing perennial powerhouse Napavine (4-0, 6-2) on the road Friday.
Bainbridge 48, Sequim 7
SEQUIM — The first-place Bainbridge football team got up 27-0 on Sequim in the first quarter and the Wolves were never able to recover in a 48-7 loss.
The loss makes Thursday’s game against North Mason important for the Wolves. Win and the Wolves finish 3-3 in the Olympic League and likely qualify for postseason. Lose, and they could end up in a four-way tie for fourth and may have to depend on tiebreakers.
Bremerton and Sequim are both at 2-3 in league and the Wolves have an edge with a 7-6 win over the Knights earlier this year. Bremerton has a tough game this week against a strong North Kitsap team.
Zeke Schmadeke had the Wolves’ touchdown on a 5-yard run up the middle on a fake handoff. Other than that one play, Bainbridge’s defense kept Schmadeke under wraps as he tallied just 6yards on 15 carries.
Schmadeke did have a pair of 31-yard passes, one to Liam Wiker and the other to Solomon Sheppard. Wiker ran 14 times for 70 yards.
Sequim (2-3, 4-4) plays at North Mason (1-4, 4-4) at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Bremerton 26, Port Angeles 6
BREMERTON — The Port Angeles football team’s defense played tough all night, but too many bad snaps and turnovers cost the Roughriders again in a 26-6 road loss Friday against Bremerton.
The Riders’ defense held Bremerton scoreless in the first and third quarters and most of the fourth quarter.
What hurt the Riders was the second quarter. Bremerton got 19 points in the quarter, helped out by a Port Angeles turnover and another bad snap to give the Knights great field position.
The Riders got off to a great start, taking a 6-0 lead thanks to big plays from Hunter Flores and Kaiden Point.
Flores intercepted a Bremerton pass on the Knights’ opening drive, then moments later, Blake Sohlberg hit Point with a 60-yard catch and run to set up the Riders with a first-and-goal. Brayden Wopperer then punched it in from the 3-yard line.
Port Angeles (0-5, 0-8) has a tough home finale Friday night against Olympic (4-1, 6-2), which is red-hot and gunning for an Olympic League championship.
Neah Bay 82, Tulalip Heritage 20
NEAH BAY — Neah Bay showed the upstart Tulalip Heritage football team that the Red Devils are still the big boys of the Northwest 1B League with an 82-20 rout.
The Red Devils gained a staggering 476 yards rushing on 47 carries. Jodell Wimberly had 268 yards on 22 carries while Tyler Swan had 95 yards on 13 carries and recovered two fumbles on defense. Swan scored three touchdowns and six point-after touchdowns.
Tulalip Heritage came in to Friday night’s game 7-0 and looking to knock off Neah Bay for the Northwest 1B championship. The Hawks actually managed to keep the game close through much of the first half as Neah Bay held just a 22-14 lead midway through the second quarter.
But the Red Devils scored the final 14 points of the half and then erupted for 30 points in the third quarter with Wimberly romping for three long touchdowns to take complete control of the game.
Neah Bay (8-1, No. 3 in Ratings Percentage Index) finishes the regular season by hosting Concrete (2-5, 3-5) at 5 p.m. Friday. After that game comes postseason.
Kingston 26, East Jefferson 14
PORT TOWNSEND — The East Jefferson football team keeps getting closer to a win and will have one more chance at home next against Vashon.
The Rivals played Kingston tough most of the night Friday, with some turnovers helping out the Bucs in the second quarter in a 26-14 Bucs victory.
Tyler Martin against had a big game on defense, leading the team with 10 tackles.
Silas Morford hit Jameson Henery with a 15-yard pass for one of the Rivals’ touchdowns. The other came on a 4-yard Morford quarterback sneak.
Luke O’Hara had a good game rushing, carrying the ball 14 times for 75 yards. He also caught three passes for 37 yards. Henery caught four passes for 56 yards, while Morford had an interception on defense and Jackson Dupuy caused a fumble and recovered a fumble.
The Rivals (0-5, 0-8) wrap up their season with a home game Friday night at Port Townsend Memorial Field against Vashon (1-3).
Quilcene 60, Crescent 32
JOYCE — The Quilcene Rangers football team put themselves in position to finish second in the Northwest 1B League by getting off to a fast start against Crescent, going on to win 60-32.
It was yet another high-scoring affair for the Loggers. They have been in five games this year with 80 or more points. Two of these games had more than 100 points. The game featured 725 yards of total offense by the two teams combined.
The Rangers racked up 390 yards rushing. The Loggers struggled to run against Quilcene’s defense, but counteracted with a great game from quarterback Henry Bourm, who passed 17-for-21 (80.9 percent) for 169 yards.
Robert Evans had touchdown runs of 62 and 66 yards for the Rangers. Crescent had a 52-yard touchdown and a short pass from Bourm to Josh Berson, who ran half the length of the field for a TD. Quilcene’s Andrew Perez-Lopez had touchdown runs of 33 and 65 yards and added a 78-yard kickoff return on the game’s final play.
The Loggers were able to score 24 points in the second half. Bourm threw a touchdown pass to Mikah Love and the Loggers got another touchdown on a 5-yard run by Jeremy Charles. Bourm finished the scoring with a 20-yard run.
Perez-Lopez ended up having a fantastic game, rushing 15 times for 177 yards and passing for another 47 yards as Quilcene only passed six times. Including his kick return, he had more than 300 all-purpose yards.
Evans rushed three times for 128 yards.
For the Loggers, Dom Sprague ran 12 times for 68 yards. Berson caught four passes for 75 yards, while Mikah Love had six catches for 39.
Quilcene (6-1, 7-1) has a big game at home at 1 p.m. Saturday against Tulalip Heritage (6-1, 7-1). Tulalip Heritage and Quilcene are tied for second place in the Northwest 1B League and whoever wins will grab second in the league as Neah Bay has won the title.
Crescent (2-5, 3-5) hosts Lummi (0-7, 0-7), looking to end the season on a high note. Head coach Brian Shimko said the Loggers will not make one of the four allocations out of the Northwest 1B League for postseason so he is looking at scheduling a 10th game after the Lummi game.
In another Saturday game, Clallam Bay beat Wishkah Valley 58-26 in six-man football, improving to 6-0 on the season. It was the first game all year Clallam Bay allowed any points.
