PORT TOWNSEND — A fourth-quarter touchdown kept the Port Townsend Redskins winless in football action Friday night at the Andy Palmer Memorial Game.
The Lakeside Lions of Seattle (1-3 overall) scored the late touchdown to win the nonleague game 14-6.
The game honored Palmer, a former Port Townsend football player who died while fighting a forest fire in 2008.
In Friday’s game, the two teams were tied 6-6 from the first quarter through the third.
“Our young kids are working hard,” Port Townsend coach Tom Webster said. “We just have to continue to work on our fundamentals in every aspect of the game to continue to improve.”
Senior defensive end Matt Juran kept the Redskins (0-2 in league, 0-4 overall) in the game by running a fumble recovery 29 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter.
The kick failed to make it 6-6 at halftime.
Juran led the defense with 11 tackles, seven solo, and he scooped up two fumble recoveries, one for a score.
Senior cornerback Robert Ristick had seven tackles, five solo.
Sophomore fullback Mel Thorton rushed for 70 yards in the game on 11 carries while sophomore quarterback Kyle Kelly threw for 65 yards, connecting on 6-of-16 passes.
Kelly also had an interception in the end zone to keep the Lions from scoring another touchdown.
Port Townsend will attempt to break into the win column this coming Friday night against Cedar Park Christian at Lake Washington High School in Redmond at 7 p.m. in a Nisqually League game.
The Cedar Park game has been changed twice now. The contest originally was scheduled for Thursday but was moved to Saturday night last week.
“We can’t play a Saturday game because a lot of our coaches coach youth football on Saturdays,” Webster said.
Cedar Park Christian was 2-1 going into a Saturday night game. Results weren’t available by press time.
LAKESIDE 14, PORT TOWNSEND 6
Lakeside 6 0 0 8– 14
Port Townsend 6 0 0 0– 6
First Quarter
PT–Juran 29 fumble recovery return (kick failed)
Lakeside stats unavailable
Individual Stats
Rushing– PT: Thorton 11-70, Kelly 3-14.
Passing–PT: Kelly 6-16-2, 65 yards.
Receiving–PT: Noeldechen 1-28.
ROCHESTER 28, FORKS 7
FORKS — The Spartans took a 7-0 lead into the locker room at halftime but couldn’t hold on in the SWL-Evergreen Division game Friday night.
“We played good defense in the first half, but we made too many mistakes in the second half,” Forks coach Andrew Peterson said.
Forks moved the ball at times before letting a crucial mistake kill a drive.
Once the Spartans were at the Rochester 10-yard line but a holding penalty stalled the drive, and later a second mistake killed it.
The Spartans had a strong running game with Luke Brown and Shane WhiteEagle.
“Luke and Shane ran the ball well,” Peterson said.
Brown scored the touchdown on a run while Alexis Ayala kicked the extra point.
No statistics were available for the game.
Forks next will host Onalaska in an Evergreen Division game this coming Friday night.
SEQUIM 48, BREMERTON 14
BREMERTON — Drew Rickerson threw three touchdown passes and Isaac Yamamoto rushed for three more as the Wolves demolished the Knights in Friday night’s Olympic League tilt.
“It was a good team effort,” Sequim (2-0, 3-1) coach Erik Wiker said.
Rickerson had touchdown passes of 59 yards to Joey Hall, 4 yards to Josh McElrath and 18 yards Tyler Forshaw.
Hall also hooked up with Rickerson on a two-point conversion while Forshaw also scored on a 71-yard kickoff return.
Yamamoto, who had 128 yards on the ground on 21 carries, scored on touchdown runs of 4, 4 and 3 yards, all in the third quarter to give the Wolves a 34-6 lead going into the final period.
Rickerson had stellar numbers on the night, passing for 324 yards. He completed 24 of 36 passes without an interceptions.
Forshaw and Hall both broke the century mark in receiving, with Hall earning 114 yards on three catches and Forshaw gaining 109 yards on eight catches.
Sequim also was strong on defense, containing Bremerton’s standout running back Kyle Kennedy to 30 yards on 17 carries.
Kennedy had three straight 200-yard games coming into Friday night.
“Our goal was to stop their offensive attack,” Wiker said. “Defensive coordinator Matt Ashley did a good job with the defensive plan, and our defense made good reads.”
The Knights had only 85 rushing yards on the night with Dedric Harris picking up 55 of them on five carries.
With the ground game bottled up, Bremerton quarterback Kaden Tomlinson went through the air, throwing the ball 32 times but having three of them intercepted.
Forshaw, Cody Fields and Preston McFarlen had the interceptions for Sequim.
Wiker was concerned about Sequim mistakes in the game, though.
“We had some big mistakes that kept us from scoring at times,” he said. “Holding, blocking in the back.
“They’re aggressive penalties, and aggressive is good, but we believe in controlled aggression.”
The Wolves next play at North Mason (2-0, 3-1) on Friday night.
SEQUIM 48, BREMERTON 14
Sequim 14 0 20 14– 48
Bremerton 0 0 6 8– 14
First Quarter
S–Hall 59 pass from Rickerson (run failed)
S–McElrath 4 pass from Rickerson (Hall pass from Rickerson)
Third Quarter
B–Kennedy 1 run (pass failed)
S–Yamamoto 4 run (Koonz kick)
S–Yamamoto 4 run (pass failed)
S–Yamamoto 3 run (Koonz kick)
Fourth Quarter
S–Forshaw 18 pass from Rickerson (Koonz kick)
B–Harris 46 run (Harris run)
S–Forshaw 71 kickoff return (Koonz kick)
Individual Stats
Rushing– S: Yamamoto 21-128, Catelli 4-22, Rickerson 8-22, Forshaw 1-3. B: Kennedy 17-30, Harris 5-55.
Passing–S: Rickerson 24-36-0, 324 yards. B: Tomlinson 17-32-3, 121 yards.
Receiving–S: Forshaw 8-109, Catelli 2-33, Hall 3-114. B: Kennedy 5-20, Stevens 3-16, Pierce 2-29, Jordan 3-12.
QUILCENE 76, CLALLAM BAY 0
QUILCENE — The youthful Bruins were overwhelmed by the Rangers in Northwest Football League action on Saturday.
Quilcene (3-0) scored seven times in the first quarter alone, leading 46-0, and scored another four times in the second period to lead 76-0 and end the game by way of mercy rule at halftime.
Edgar Perez led the Rangers with four touchdowns, three by runs — the longest was 30 yards — and the other a 33-yard interception return to conclude scoring just before the half.
C.J. Schreier scored three touchdown runs, the longest 40 yards.
The Rangers (3-0) have yet to give up a point this season.
Schreier led the ground game with 94 yards on six carries while Perez had 79 yards on seven carries.
Schreier led on defense with 12.5 tackles. Jake Murray had 8.5 tackles and three sacks.
QUILCENE 76, CLALLAM BAY 0
Clallam Bay 0 0 X X– 0
Quilcene 46 30 X X– 76
First Quarter
Q–Bancroft 35 run (Conversion good)
Q–Schreier 10 run (Conversion good)
Q–Perez 5 run (Conversion good)
Q–Schreier 34 run (Conversion good)
Q–Perez 27 run (Conversion good)
Q–Murray safety
Q–Svetich 45 pass from Pleines (Conversion good)
Second Quarter
Q–Schreier 40 run (Conversion good)
Q–Perez 30 run (Conversion good)
Q–King 36 run (Conversion good)
Q–Perez 33 interception return
Individual Stats
Rushing– Q: Schreier 6-94, Perez 7-79, King 6-46, Bancroft 3-44.
Passing–Q: Pleines 1-3-0, 45.
Receiving–Q: Svetich 1-45.
NEAH BAY 52, MUCKLESHOOT 6
MUCKLESHOOT — The Red Devils had this Northwest Football League game won in the third quarter thanks to the mercy rule Friday night despite having only 13 players suited up.
Neah Bay (3-0, 3-1) has a showdown against Quilcene this Friday at home.
“Quilcene is a pretty decent football team,” Neah Bay coach Tony McCaulley said.
Titus Pascua had a strong rushing game for the Red Devils against Muckleshoot with a couple of scores on the ground.
He also had a TD on a punt return.