PREP FOOTBALL: Lake City finishes off Gig Harbor
GIG HARBOR, Wash. — Lake City took advantage of couple of kicking game miscues by Gig Harbor to build a cushion, and the Timberwolves went on to post a 35-16 victory over the Tides on Friday night at Roy Anderson Field.
Avrey Cherry threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for one for Lake City (2-2), and the Timberwolves intercepted three passes in the fourth quarter.
“We finished a game,” second-year Lake City coach Byron Hout said, noting his team was ahead at halftime in each of its two losses. “Guys stepped up and made plays in critical situations.”
Gig Harbor is 1-2.
Late in the first half, with the score tied at 7, a Gig Harbor punt snap caromed off one of the up-backs, and Lake City recovered at the Tides 11.
On fourth-and-4 at the Gig Harbor 5, Cherry hit a wide-open Caden Tony in the end zone for a 14-7 Timberwolf lead.
On the next possession, Lake City junior Dayton Fletcher blocked a Gig Harbor punt, and the T-Wolves took over at the Tides 10.
On third down, Cherry connected with Jacob Hill for an 18-yard score and a 21-7 halftime lead.
Gig Harbor scored on the first drive of the third quarter, then kicked a field goal late in the quarter to pull within 21-16.
But Lake City responded, Cherry scrambled for 15 yards on fourth and 7, and sophomore Brayden Van Leuven ran 14 yards for a TD on the next play for a 28-16 lead.
Braden Meredith and Garrett Leonard of Lake City ended Gig Harbor’s next two drives with interceptions, and Cade Fledderman had a pick-6 for the T-Wolves in the waning seconds.
Gig Harbor struck first when freshman Sawyer Hayes connected with DJ Darling on a slant route, and Darling zipped through and past the Lake City defense for a 93-yard scoring play.
Helped by a kickoff return by Caden Tony near midfield, Lake City answered with Cherry’s 29-yard keeper down the left sideline.
“Great job by Cherry making the reads, and the wide receivers ran great routes all night long,” Hout said. “It wasn’t the cleanest game, but when it counted the most, they made the throws and catches needed to score and get first downs.”
Lake City makes another road trip to Washington next week, traveling to Eisenhower of Yakima next Friday.
Lake City 0 21 0 14 — 35
Gig Harbor 7 0 9 0 — 16
First quarter
GH — DJ Darling 93 pass from Sawyer Hayes (Boone Leverett kick), 1:53
Second quarter
LC — Avrey Cherry 29 run (Jacob Bell kick), 10:13
LC — Caden Tony 5 pass from Cherry (Bell kick), 2:02
LC — Jacob Hill 18 pass from Cherry (Bell kick)
Third quarter
GH — Liam Green 5 pass from Hayes (kick failed), 9:24
GH — FG 30 Leverett, :21
Fourth quarter
LC — Brayden Van Leuven 14 run (Bell kick), 7:38
LC — Cade Fledderman interception return (Bell kick)
Timberlake 61
Kellogg 14
KELLOGG — Jonathan Hansen rushed for 129 yards and a touchdown, and the Tigers churned out 444 yards on the ground in the nonleague win over the Wildcats at Teeters Field.
Cayden Knight ran for 88 yards and three touchdowns, and Hansen also returned a kickoff 80 yards for a score for Timberlake (1-4).
“Our offensive line ... the way we block stuff is not easy,” Timberlake coach Kelly Amos said. “They have progressed so far; they’re the reason why we had over 400 yards rushing.”
Jeremy Hurlbert had four sacks for Timberlake, Ryker Brennan two interceptions and two rushing touchdowns, Westin Herbert one pick.
“Pretty tough four-game stretch for us,” Amos said. “What is nice is we were 0-4 and we did not waver; we got better this week. We were able to run the ball and eliminate a lot of errors.”
Next Friday, Timberlake plays host to St. Maries, and Kellogg travels to Orofino for a Central Idaho League game.
Timberlake 7 27 13 14 — 61
Kellogg 0 6 8 0 — 14
First quarter
TL — Caydan Knight 20 run (Archer Higgins kick)
Second quarter
TL — Jonathan Hansen 5 run (Hansen run)
TL — Ryker Brennan 5 run (Higgins kick)
TL — Knight 20 run (kick failed)
Kell — 6-yd pass (two-point conversion failed)
TL — Hansen 80 kickoff return (kick failed)
Third quarter
TL — Knight 8 run (kick good)
TL — Westin Herbert 1 run (kick failed)
Kell — Coleman Blalack 7 pass (Wyatt Storey run)
Fourth quarter
TL — Herbert 7 run (Higgins kick)
TL — Brennan 16 run (Higgins kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — TL, Hansen 14-129, Herbert 12-94, Knight 12-88, Shively 4-37, Brennan 4-32, Vallieres 2-22, VanGundy 4-22, Hendren 2-20. Kell, A Lewis 11-39, McDonald 1-8.
PASSING — TL, Vallieres 5-9-0-53, Brennan 2-2-0-28. Kell, P. Lewis 15-26-3-162.
RECEIVING — TL, Brennan 1-30, Knight 1-20, Simmons 2-14, Shively 1-8, Herbert 1-6, Dykeman 1-3. Kell, McDonald 3-53, Blalack 5-53, Taylor 5-47, Storey 1-14, A. Lewis 1-(minus 5).
Moscow 49
St. Maries 13
ST. MARIES — Noah Velasco threw four touchdown passes, all in the first half, and the visiting Bears (5-0) jumped out to a 36-0 halftime lead over the Lumberjacks.
Julien Ceja-Grimaldo and Gerard Dittman scored second-half TDs for St. Maries (0-4), which travels to Timberlake next Friday.
Moscow 15 21 6 7 — 49
St. Maries 0 0 6 7 — 13
First quarter
Mos — Butch Kiblen 9 pass from Noah Velasco (two-point conversion good)
Mos — 14-yd run (kick good)
Second quarter
Mos — Kiblen 34 pass from Velasco (kick good)
Mos — 5-yd pass from Velasco (kick good)
Mos — 14-yd pass from Velasco (kick good)
Third quarter
SM — Julien Ceja-Grimaldo 9 run (two-point conversion failed)
Mos — 12-yd run (kick failed)
Fourth quarter
Mos — Aidan Prakash 2 run (kick good)
SM — Gerard Dittman 2 run (Ceja-Grimaldo kick)
Coeur du Christ 54
Clark Fork 26
CLARK FORK — Sophomore John Denke rushed for five touchdowns and caught a TD pass, and the visiting first-year Saints notched their first victory in program history, beating the Wampus Cats in a North Star League game.
Greg Hayes ran for two scores and passed to Denke for one for Coeur du Christ (1-3, 1-2 NSL), which travels to Deary next Friday.
Clark Fork is 0-3, 0-3.
Wallace 82
SJ-E/L 14
SILVERTON — Freshman quarterback Cooper Miller ran for four touchdowns and junior Alex Grubbs accounted for three touchdowns for the Miners in a nonleague win over the Eagles at Sather Field.
Senior Julian Davis had two touchdowns, one rushing and one receiving for Wallace (4-1), which travels to Genesee on Oct. 4.
St. John-Endicott/Lacrosse of southeast Washington is 0-3.