PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: North Kitsap shuts out Port Angeles and other area recaps

PORT ANGELES — North Kitsap showed why it’s ranked 10th in Class 2A in a 55-0 shutout of Port Angeles on Friday.

“They don’t rebuild, they reload,” Roughriders coach Bret Curtis said of the Vikings.

“They ended up with like three or four big plays, three really long plays from scrimmage that killed us.”

Port Angeles trailed 6-0 after one quarter, and had a chance to score its first points of the season in the second quarter.

“We’re still not executing on offense like we need to,” Curtis said.

“We got some first downs, we got a longer pass down to Garrett Edwards, but we were not able to push it in. We just aren’t converting when we get those opportunities.

“It hurts us and that is deflating.”

Curtis is seeing some positives with his young team, a squad that starts four sophomores on offense and either six or seven depending on formation, on defense.

“It’s disappointing to lose resoundingly like we did, but we are seeing glimpses of good individual play, good team play at times, but we have to be more consistent,” Curtis said.

“We’ve been playing good assignment football defensively, for the most part.

“Offensively, we will have a play blocked real well, but the execution in the backfield isn’t there.

“Then we have a play where the backfield does its job, but we don’t have the blocking.

“The challenge is getting it all clicking, getting all 11 parts to mesh.”

The Riders (0-3) will host North Mason (0-3) for homecoming at Civic Field on Friday at 7 p.m.

“We feel like we match up pretty well with North Mason,” Curtis said.

“We feel like we can win. Somebody outside the program will see 55-0, but we are showing improvement. We just have to keep moving forward.”

Sequim 28, Centralia 14

CENTRALIA — A strong rushing attack and some timely defensive stops and turnovers led the Wolves to a nonleague victory over the Tigers.

Sequim racked up 243 rushing yards in Friday’s game, led by Tyler Conn’s 98 yards on 20 carries, including two second-half touchdowns.

Wolves’ junior Keeshawn Whitney rushed for first-half TDs of 8 and 30 yards, and had 11 carries for 61 yards before a twisted ankle forced him from the game.

Trailing 14-13 at halftime, the Wolves’ defense clamped down and pitched a second-half shutout.

The momentum swung to Sequim in the third quarter.

The Wolves forced a turnover on downs when Centralia threatened inside the Sequim 5-yard line early in the third quarter.

Conn’s 5-yard TD run capped a 12-play, 97-yard drive on the following Wolves’ possession.

The drive was extended by a 47-yard third-down connection from Riley Cowan to Kyler Rollness.

Conn added a second TD run in the fourth quarter to give Sequim a 28-14 lead.

The Wolves’ James Thayer and Payton Glasser had fourth-quarter interceptions to keep the Tigers out of the end zone.

Sequim (2-1) opens Olympic League 2A Division play at Bremerton (1-2) next Friday.

Sequim 28, Centralia 14

Sequim 7 6 8 7— 14

Centralia 6 8 0 0— 28

First Quarter

C— Pineda 55 pass from Aliff (kick failed)

S—Whitney 8 run (Cowan kick)

Second Quarter

S—Whitney 30 run (kick failed)

C—Pineda 3 run (Pineda pass from Aliff)

Third Quarter

S—Conn 5 run (Conn run)

Fourth Quarter

S—Conn 8 run (Cowan kick)

Individual Stats

Rushing—S: Conn 20-98, Whitney 11-61, Cowan 7-45, Velarde 6-34, Gresli 2-5.

Passing—S: Cowan 10-19-2, 98.

Receiving—S: Rollness 2-48, Velarde 6-32, Glasser 2-18.

No. 3 Neah Bay 70, Seattle Lutheran 34

SEATTLE — The Red Devils scored three defensive touchdowns on the Saints’ first three possessions and rolled for a blowout win on the road.

Neah Bay’s Cole Svec returned an interception 30 yards for a score, Kenrick Doherty scooped up a fumble and went 24 yards for a TD and Phillip Greene III added a 12-yard fumble return.

Cameron Buzzell went 56 yards for another TD as the Red Devils led 30-6 after one quarter.

After scoring on a 22-yard run, Neah Bay quarterback Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. added Neah Bay’s fourth defensive score, a 40-yard interception return.

Doherty added a 52-yard kick return TD in the second half.

The Red Devils (2-1) visit Forks (2-1) for an 11-man contest Friday.

Neah Bay 70, Seattle Lutheran 34

Neah Bay 30 20 8 12— 70

Sea Luth. 6 0 12 16— 34

First Quarter

NB— Svec 30 interception return (Svec run)

NB— Doherty 24 fumble return (Buzzell pass from Munyagi)

NB— Greene III 12 fumble return (Svec pass from Munyagi)

SL—Meyer 59 pass from Dowding-Albrecht (pass failed)

NB— Buzzell 56 run (pass failed)

Second Quarter

NB— Munyagi 22 run (pass failed)

NB— Munyagi 40 interception return (Buzzell pass from B. Greene)

NB— B. Greene 1 run (pass failed)

Third Quarter

SL—Smith 1 run (pass failed)

SL—Smith 28 run (run failed)

NB—Doherty 52 kickoff return (Munyagi run)

Fourth Quarter

NB— Buzzell 24 pass from B. Greene (pass failed)

SL—Dowding-Albrecht 22 run (Dowding-Albrecht run)

SL—Meyer pass from Dowding-Albrecht (Meyer pass from Dowding-Albrecht)

NB—Munyagi 49 run (end of game)

Individual Stats

Rushing—NB: Munyagi 4-74, Buzzell 1-56, Halttunen 8-54, L. Greene 1-8, Soeneke 1-7, Svec 1-3, B. Greene 4-(-22).

Passing—NB: Munyagi 2-3-0, 6; B. Greene 5-9-0, 29, TD.

Receiving—NB: Buzzell 3-30, Svec 1-3, Soeneke 1-2.

Mount Baker 56, Port Townsend 7

DEMING — The Mountaineers’ running game carved up the Redhawks defense, racking up 338 yards on the ground in a blowout victory.

Mount Baker, the No. 3 team in Class 1A, was led by 159 yards from senior Jed Schleimer.

The Redhawks snapped the shutout on a 6-yard TD run by quarterback Berkely Hill in the fourth quarter.

Port Townsend (1-2) visits Bellevue Christian (0-3) in the Nisqually/Olympic League opener for both teams on Saturday.

Mount Baker 56, Port Townsend 7

Port Townsend 0 0 0 7— 7

Mount Baker 21 14 21 0— 56

First Quarter

MB—Engholm 21 run (Jonathan Ehlers kick)

MB—Schleimer 1 run (Ehlers kick)

MB—Schleimer 10 run (Ehlers kick)

Second Quarter

MB—Schleimer 24 run (Ehlers kick)

MB—Barbo 6 pass from Bass (Ehlers kick)

Third Quarter

MB—Engholm 14 run (Ehlers kick)

MB—Schleimer 4 run (Ehlers kick)

MB—Allen 1 run (Ehlers kick)

Fourth Quarter

PT—Hill 6 run 8 run (Coker kick)

Individual Stats

Rushing—PT: Kesall 20-80, Hill 9-36, Blankenship 2-(-3). MB: Schleimer 17-159, Engholm 8-88, Allen 3-17, Brandland 2-33, Camacho 2-22, Bass 2-14, Barrett 2-7, Pilat 2-(-2) .

Passing — Port Townsend: Hill 5-9-0-65. Mount Baker: Bass 5-9-0-77.

Receiving—Port Townsend: Blackenship 3-18, Kelsall 1-28, Cole Crawford 1-19. Mount Baker: Thomas Barbo 3-28, Engholm 1-25, TJ Bass 1-24.

Crescent 50, School for the Deaf 18

JOYCE — Wyatt McNeece, a 6-foot-4, 270-pound senior, rushed nine times for 91 yards and three touchdowns, and had two sacks on defense as the Loggers ran away from the Terriers.

“Defensively, offensively, he was the stud of the game,” Crescent coach Brian Shimko said.

The School for the Deaf hung close with Crescent for a half — until some defensive adjustments helped the Loggers pitch a second-half shutout.

“They had a tank of a guy at running back, a 250-pounder,” Shimko said.

“We were just tackling too high. And they had an athletic quarterback we were having trouble containing.”

“So I talked to our seniors at halftime and told them we have to take the big guy’s legs out with our tackles and keep the QB contained and we’d be fine.”

Shimko also praised the play of eighth-grader Darren Lee.

“He really stepped up for us,” Shimko said. “He had two forced fumbles. One of them popped out right into McCabe’s [Story] hands and he took off with it.”

KC Spencer threw touchdown passes of 47 yards to Story, and 43 to Noah Leonard.

Spencer also had an interception on defense.

Shimko held Eric Emery, Caleb Anderson and Robert Cox out of the game to rest them for the Loggers game at Quilcene (2-0) on Saturday.

Crescent 50, School for Deaf 18

Deaf 6 12 0 0— 18

Crescent 6 22 16 6— 50

First Quarter

C—Spencer 31 run (run failed)

Second Quarter

C—Story 47 pass from Spencer (McNeece run)

C—Leonard 43 pass from Spencer (McNeece run)

C—McNeece 9 run (run failed)