BELLINGHAM — Quilcene had a run-in with the Lummi offensive machine Friday night and came away with an 80-26 loss.
Lummi’s point total comes a week after it tied a national 8-man record with 128 points against Tulalip Heritage, giving the Blackhawks’ 208 points in their last eight quarters.
Quilcene will now face Mary M. Knight next week in a challenge game for the Tri-District’s third state playoff seed.
Mary M. Knight lost to Taholah 34-26 Saturday in the Pacific Coast Football League’s championship game.
Devin Cooper scored three first-half touchdowns as the Blackhawks took a 68-6 lead into halftime.
Devon Greenwood was responsible for the Rangers’ only points of the half, a 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.
Quilcene didn’t score again until the fourth quarter, but by then Lummi already had 74 points.
Jacob Pleines played a roll in all three scores of the final period.
He had a 20-yard touchdown run, a 10-yard scoring pass to Lucas Murphy and a 17-yard hookup with Jason Smith.
Lummi 80, Quilcene 26
Quilcene 0 6 0 20— 26
Lummi 28 40 6 6— 80
First Quarter
L—Jared Tom 2 run (Deion Hoskins run)
L—Hoskins 7 run (Dino Williams pass from Austin Brockie)
L—Dimitri Sampson 24 pass from Tom (pass failed)
L—Devin Cooper 6 punt return (pass failed)
Second Quarter
L—Brockie 20 pass from Tom (pass failed)
Q—Devon Greenwood 1 run (run failed)
L—Williams 1 pass from Logan Toby (Brockie pass from Toby)
L—Cooper 40 pass from Tom (Sampson pass from Tom)
L—Cooper 45 fumble return (run failed)
L—Sampson 8 run (kick failed)
L—Deion Hoskins 8 run (no attempt)
Third Quarter
L—Hank Hoskins 4 run (no attempt)
Fourth Quarter
Q—Jacob Pleines 20 run (run failed)
Q—Lucas Murphy 10 pass from Pleines (Pleines run)
L—Kyle Jefferson 1 run (no attempt)
Q—Jason Smith 17 pass from Pleines (run failed)
Individual Stats
Rushing— Q: Murphy 7-49, Pleines 6-37, Josh King 10-21, Josh Steele 7-16. L: Toby 3-82, Deion Hoskins 5-61, Sampson 4-25, Tom 3-9, Cooper 1-7, Hank Hoskins 3-48, Jefferson 2-10.
Passing—Q: Pleines 3-10, 44; King 1-1, 37; Steele 0-1. L: Tom 8-9, 185; Toby 1-2, 1.
Receiving—Q: Pleines 1-37, Murphy 2-27, Smith 1-17. L: Brockie 2-40, Cooper 2-67, Sampson 2-52, Jordan Deardorff 2-26, Dino Williams 1-1.
Crescent 50,
Muckleshoot 30
AUBURN — The Loggers used a 36-0 scoring spurt to earn a come-from-behind win over Muckleshoot Tribal on Friday night.
Crescent’s outburst, which began in the final minute of the first half and extended into the fouth quarter, turned a 22-8 deficit into a 44-22 advantage.
Eric Larson started the onslaught with less than a minute remaining in the second quarters when he sprinted 58 yards to paydirt on an off-tackle run.
After that, the floodgates were open.
Crescent scored four more touchdowns before the Kings finally reached the end zone again with 2:16 remaining in the game.
“This was a very talented Muckleshoot football team,” Loggers coach Darrell Yount said.
“A big, fast, athletic backfield with a great scheme. But our defense finally kind of figured them out, and we were able to get some key stops.
“Our Seniors really kind of took over on defense. Gene Peppard, big Mike Zapien, Beau Bamer and Larson just really stepped up when we needed them to; just great inspired play defensively.
“That allowed our offense to spend some more time on the field, and when we can do that, we can be a little explosive.”
Bamer and Larson added long touchdown runs in the third quarter.
The final quarter was dominated by Zapien.
First, he ran for a 19-yard score to give Crescent a 36-22 lead.
Later in the quarter, Zapien settled back in punt formation with the option to punt or pass
He chose the latter, hooking up with fleet-footed Derek Findley down the sideline for a 65-yard back-breaking touchdown that made it 44-22.
Following a quick Muckleshoot score, Zapien put the finishing touch on the win with a 72-yard rumble on a sweep down the right sideline, running over three King defenders and breaking four tackles along the way.
By the time he found the end zone, Zapien had left three defenders behind him laying on the turf, two of whom had to be assisted off the field.
“Well, what do you say about a run like that?” Yount said. “It was kind of scary.
“You know he’s a big guy, 6-4 and 265, and when he gets rolling it’s just all this momentum and guys are bouncing off him and he just keeps his knees pounding and pushing defenders off with straight-arms.
“Kind of takes your breath away and your happy he’s on your team.”
Yount praised the manner in which his team conducted themselves throughout the game.
“I’m proud of our kids and their great effort and resolve to play this game the right way,” he said.
“Muckleshoot players were struggling with their tempers, due to frustration, resulting in six unsportsmanlike personal foul penalties and two ejections.
“We were able to stay out of that whole mess and that’s no easy task as emotions get amped up pretty high under those kind of circumstances.
“So I did like the poise we showed. It was a nice win against some great athletes.”
With the win, the Loggers moved to 7-3 and had a nice finish to a fine season as they compiled their best record in years.
But it wasn’t quite enough to make the playoffs in the Northwest Football League North Division, while a couple of South Division teams — Quilcene and Evergreen Lutheran — that the Loggers defeated earlier this season remain in the playoff picture.
Crescent 50,
Muckleshoot Tribal 30
Crescent 8 6 14 22— 50
Muckleshoot 22 0 0 8— 30
First Quarter
C—Beau Bamer 22 run (Mike Zapien run)
MT—#24 44 run (run failed)
MT—#2 8 run (#24 run)
MT—#12 18 pass from #2 (#2 run)
Second Quarter
C—Eric Larson 58 run (run failed)
Third Quarter
C—Beau Bamer 55 run (run failed)
C—Larson 38 run (Zapien run)
Fourth Quarter
C—Zapien 19 run (Derek Findley run)
C—Findley 65 pass from Zapien (Findley pass from Zapien)
MT—#34 75 run (#2 run)
C—Zapien 72 run (run failed)
Individual Stats
Rushing— C: Larson 15-162, Zapien 12-152, Bamer 5-88, Findley 5-60. Runner Att-Yards. XX: Runner Att-Yards, Runner Att-Yards.
Passing—C: Zapien 2-2, 68; Bamer 0-2-1, 0.
Receiving—C: Findley 2-68.
Tackles—C: Bamer 17, Larson 11, Peppard 12, Zapien 7, Findley 5, Josh Sowders 5, Wolfer 10, Sage Fadness 3, Walker 3, West 2, Kjerulf 2, Baker 3, Hutto 1.
Fumble recoveries—C: Zapien 1, Fadness 1.
Clallam Bay 42,
Rainier Christ. 32
CLALLAM BAY — The Bruins ended their season on a positive note thanks to contributions from seniors playing their last game and players who will be the future of the program.
Seniors Ryan Willis and Drew Goplen-Dean had dominant defensive performances.
Willis had 12 tackles from his defensive back position. On offense, he ran for 19 yards and completed 2 of 3 passes as the quarterback.
“He played his best game on defense in his last game,” Clallam Bay coach Cal Ritter said.
“He also led us emotionally.”
Goplen-Dean tallied 11 tackles and two sacks.
The Bruins’ other two seniors, Austin Ritter and Jeremy Rock, both missed the game due to injuries.
On offense, Clallam Bay racked up 658 rushing yards, with juniors Matt Mohr and Calvin Ritter gaining 588 of those yards.
Mohr ran 35 times for 385 yards and Calvin Ritter picked up 203 yards on 24 carriers.
Cal Ritter is excited to have those two returning next year.
“They work well together and complement each other,” Cal Ritter said.
“Either player can block and catch. Basically, I have two big, fast fullbacks.”
Calvin Ritter, who is Cal Ritter’s son, has been an especially nice discovery the late season. He had never played running back until injuries to Mohr, Rock and Austin Ritter forced him there last month.
“Sometimes you don’t know the best place for a player until somebody else gets injured,” Cal Ritter said.
Cal Ritter said the offensive line, led by Goplen-Dean, Kelly Gregory and Joe Maneval, opened up big holes for the running backs.
After leading 22-12 at the half, the Bruins pulled away with a 20-point third quarter.
“They came out after halftime and said, ‘let’s just do this,” Cal Ritter said.
“I didn’t even need to say anything to them. They talked each other up. I’m really proud of how we finished the season up.”
Mohr also had 18 tackles and Calvin Ritter had eight tackles and two sacks.
Casey Randall contributed 14 tackles.
“The defense was swarming,” Cal Ritter said.
“There weren’t a lot of solo tackles, which is what I like to see.”
Clallam Bay 42,
Rainier Christian 32
Rainier Christian 6 6 14 6— 32
Clallam Bay 16 6 20 0— 42
First Quarter
CB—Ryan Willis 6 run (Kelly Gregory pass from Willis)
CB—Casey Randall 32 run (Joe Maneval pass from Willis)
Second Quarter
CB—Calvin Ritter 25 run (pass failed)
Third Quarter
CB—Matt Mohr 64 run (run failed)
CB—Calvin Ritter 3 run (Mohr run)
CB—Calvin Ritter 23 run (pass failed)
Individual Stats
Rushing— CB: Mohr 35-385, Calvin Ritter 24-203, Randall 4-51, Willis 3-19.
Passing—CB: Willis 2-3, 6.
Receiving—CB: Maneval 1-3, Gregory 1-3.