JOYCE — Dylen Heaward scored five touchdowns as Crescent stomped the Mary M. Knight Owl 54-7 in Saturday’s opening game.
“It’s a real good start and I’m glad to have a win under our belt, Crescent coach Tim Rooney said. “There are some things we definitely have to work on, but we played pretty well.”
The game ended with about five minutes to play in the fourth quarter due to the WIAA’s 45-point mercy rule.
“Heaward was all over the place,” Rooney said of the senior running back.
The senior finished with 225 yards and three rushing touchdowns on 12 carries.
He also caught a 28-yard touchdown pass from Joey Barnes and returned an interception 15 yards for his fifth score of the day.
The Loggers racked up 394 yards rushing on 39 carries against Mary M. Knight.
Dylen Christie carried the ball nine times for 125 yards and two scores.
Joel Williams was active on defense with eight tackles, three for losses, and a fumble recovery.
Spanish exchange student Gonzald Albenbea showed a strong leg for the Loggers, connecting on four of five point-after attempts and booting two kickoffs through the end zone for touchbacks.
Crescent visits Class 2B Quilcene next Saturday.
“I’m not too sure if it’s going to be a straight-up eight-man game or if we are going to go eight-man on offense and 11-man on defense,” Rooney said of the game against Quilcene.
Crescent 54, Mary M. Knight 7
MMK 0 7 0 0 — 19
Crescent 28 6 7 13 — 0
Individual Stats
Rushing–C: Heaward 12-225, Christie 9-125
Receiving–C: Heaward 1-28.
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North Mason 26, Port Angeles 12
BELFAIR — The Dick Abrams era started off on a sour note Friday night.
A youthful Port Angeles team showed glimpses of a promising future at times, but the final result resembled much of the recent past in a season-opening loss to the Bulldogs.
“In the first half we were just trying to get our feet wet and to get a feel for it,” Abrams said following the loss in his first game as head coach of the Riders.
“It’s too bad they don’t have the jamborees like they used to. It would have helped us out quite a bit.”
North Mason led 13-0 at halftime, and the Bulldogs’ Tevin Williams opened the second half with an 82-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to put North Mason up 19-0.
“That certainly hurt us as far as momentum and trying to get back into the game,” Abrams said.
North Mason tacked on one more touchdown in the fourth quarter before Port Angeles put some points on the board.
Cameron Moon scored two late rushing touchdowns for the Riders from three and seven yards out to account for the final score.
“He ran really well for us offensively and was solid on defense as well,” Abrams said.
Nathan Cristion led Port Angeles with 16 carries for 96 yards.
“He had a very good game for us at fullback and ran very hard,” Abrams said.
Port Angeles visits rival Sequim (1-0) next Friday.
North Mason 26, Port Angeles 12
Port Angeles 0 0 0 12 — 12
North Mason 7 6 6 7 — 26
First Quarter
NM–Lopez 13 run (Bielec kick)
Second Quarter
NM–Williams 2 run (missed kick)
Third Quarter
NM–Williams 82 kickoff return (run failed)
Fourth Quarter
NM–Winslow 13 run (Bielec kick)
PA–Moon 3 run (kick failed)
PA–Moon 7 run (run failed)
Individual Stats
Rushing–PA: Cristion 16-96, Moon 13-35, Sullivan 5-19, Sewell 1-3, Walker 3-(-19), Adamich 4-(-23); NM: Winslow 5-62, Renne 6-32, Crosswhite 4-18, Olivas 3-17, Lopez 6-12, Acosta 3-9, Williams 3-3, Becker 2-2, Johnson 1-1
Passing–PA: Adamich 7-12-0, 95; Walker 1-1-0, 39. NM: Lopez 2-9-1, 22
Receiving–PA: Moon 3-56, Martin 2-27, Ward 1-28, Sullivan 1-5, Wheeler 1-1 NM: Dillon 1-20, Williams 1-2.
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Chimacum 12, Kingston 6
PORT TOWNSEND — The Cowboys avenged last season’s season-opening loss to the Buccaneers while earning a win for Shawn Meacham in his first game as Chimacum coach on Friday.
“Both teams had some miscues, some fumbles and penalties that hurt both teams’ opportunities to score, but our defense just held up all game and was able to hold them out,” Meacham said.
“The kids’ hard work on conditioning really showed.”
Dillon Dukek scored twice for Chimacum: in the first quarter on a 20-yard pass from Mason Moug and early in the fourth on a two-yard run that put the Cowboys ahead for good.
Meacham praised Derek Toepper and Daryn Settlemire’s contributions against the pass on defense.
Chimacum travels to face Forks (0-1) next Friday at 7 p.m.
Chimacum 12, Kingston 6
Kingston 0 0 6 0 — 6
Chimacum 6 0 0 6 — 12
First Quarter
C–Dukek 20 pass from Moug (kick failed)
Third Quarter
K–Hecker one run (kick failed)
Fourth Quarter
C–Dukek 2 run (kick failed)
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Coupeville 22, Port Townsend 14
COUPEVILLE — Port Townsend stumbled out of the gate Friday night, losing to a Coupeville squad that went winless in 2008.
Coupeville’s Justin Adams accounted for all of the Wolves’ points, booting a 20-yard field goal to open the scoring and adding two rushing touchdowns and a 70-yard receiving score.
Port Townsend turned the ball over three times inside of the Coupeville 20-yard line.
“That really hurts,” coach Brian O’Hara said.
“We moved the ball, but we were kind of inconsistent at times. Turnovers and penalties really were a problem for us.”
The Redskins host Chelan, a team that showed up in many preseason previews as a state championship contender, at home next Friday.
“It doesn’t get easier,” O’Hara said. “But it’s really an opportunity for us to take a look at what we’re doing and what’s going to be successful for us.”
The game will be played at Blue Heron Middle School at 5 p.m. due to Memorial Field being used for Wooden Boat Festival parking.
Coupeville 22, PT 14
Port Townsend 0 14 0 0 — 14
Coupeville 3 13 0 6 — 22
First Quarter
C–Adams 20 FG
Second Quarter
PT–Plouse one run (Thomas kick)
C–Adams 70 pass from Bagby (Adams kick)
C–Adams 24 run (Adams kick failed)
PT–Mallory one pass from Thomas (Thomas kick)
Fourth Quarter
C–Adams 1 run (pass failed)
Individual Stats
Rushing–PT: Thomas 8-99, Johnson 8-62, Plouse 7-11; COUP: Bagby 6-8, Adams 23-178, Griffin 2-9, Engle 6-7.
Passing–PT: Thomas 13-35-3, 135; COUP: Bagby 9-14-1, 129.
Receiving–PT: Unbedacht 4-58, Mallory 3-29, Robinson 5-54, Plouse 1-15; COUP: Griffin 1-6, Smith 3-28, Adams 2-89, Brookhouse 3-9.
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Neah Bay 36, Taholah 14
TAHOLAH — The Red Devils toppled the Chitwins on the road Friday night in a rematch from last season’s Class 1B preliminary playoffs.
Neah Bay had an easier time this go-round, jumping out to a 16-0 lead after one quarter on a Drexler Doherty one-yard run and a 12-yard pass from Doherty to Evan Bowechop.
Neah Bay increased the lead to 28-0 early in the third quarter before Taholah scored twice on runs by Urijah Willis to pull within 28-14 early in the fourth quarter.
Doherty then iced the game with a three-yard touchdown rush with two minutes to play.
Neah Bay rushed 42 times for 209 yards as a team, with Titus Pascua leading the way with 11 carries for 60 yards and two touchdowns.
Bowechop had 10 carries for 57 yards on offense and nine tackles. He also forced and recovered a fumble on defense.
Doherty had four tackles and returned two interceptions for 45 yards for Neah Bay.
The Red Devils host Lake Quinault next Friday.
Neah Bay 36, Taholah 14
Neah Bay 16 6 6 8 — 36
Taholah 0 0 8 6 — 14
First Quarter
NB–D. Doherty 1 run (T. Pascua run good)
NB–D.Doherty 12 pass to Bowechop (Doherty run good)
Second Quarter
NB–T. Pascua 6 run (PAT Failed)
Third Quarter
NB–T. Pascua 8 run (run failed)
T–Willis 7 run (pass failed)
Fourth Quarter
T–Willis 6 run (pass failed)
NB–D. Doherty 3 run (Moss pass good)
Individual Stats
Rushing–NB: T. Pascua 11-60, Bowechop 10-57, Doherty 10-29, Greene 6-23, A. Pascua 2-7, L. Doherty 3-0; T: 51-218.
Passing–NB: Doherty 2-7-0, 12; J. Greene 0-1-0,0. T: 5-15-2, 34
Receiving–NB: Bowechop 2-12.