MOUNT VERNON – Dominating both lines of scrimmage, the Burlington-Edison Youth Football League Seniors overpowered Lakewood 24-7 Saturday night at Mount Vernon High School.

With the offensive line of center Jaime Upham, guards Patrick Milstead and Robert Summers, tackles Dakota Villegas and Isiah Muffenbeier, and tight end Logan Martinson opening huge holes, running backs Tyler Morrison, Eli Aguilar and Hunter Weber ran wild as the young (ages 13 & 14) Tigers accomplished the rare and phenomenal feat of exceeding more than 300-yards rushing, finishing with 305-yards on 45 carries.

Morrison powered his way to a game high 119-yards and scored the first two Tigers touchdowns, Weber’s 84-yards included a 36-yard third quarter touchdown run, and Aguilar scored Burlington-Edison’s final TD on his way to 94 yards.  As a benefit of their running game, Tigers’ quarterback Drew Lomsdalen threw just two passes, completing a 14-yarder to Martinson.

Both teams scored on their first possessions of the game, with Morrison scoring on a three yard run to put the Tigers on top 6-0, and Lakewood answering with an impressive drive capped by Keana Jackson’s 8-yard touchdown run.   A conversion pass from Cougars quarterback Eric Murray to Flanker Mike Raz gave Lakewood a 7-6 lead that stood until Morrison’s five-yard scoring run wth 1:28 remaining in the first half put Burlington-Edison ahead 12-6.

The Tigers defense preserved the lead with a goal line stand on the final play of the first half, and shut down the Lakewood offense in the second half, holding the Cougars to minus-12 yards rushing in the final two quarters.

With the victory, Burlington-Edison earned a berth into the Youth League Super Bowl next weekend against Friday Harbor, which upset number one seed Sedro-Woolley 48-26 in the other semi final game.  The site and date of the Youth League Super Bowl is still to be determined, and we’ll post details here on SkagitRadio.com as soon as the information is available.

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BELLINGHAM -  The Ferndale Golden Eagles overcame a wet field and the speedy and determined West Seattle Wildcats to advance to the round of 16 in the WIAA 3A Football Tournament with a 28-21 win in high school football action Saturday night at Civic Field.

With the game tied at 21-21 Ferndale’s Brandon Maarhuis broke through the line on a fourth-and-inches play early in the fourth quarter, found daylight in the West Seattle defensive backfield, and rumbled 31-yards for his third touchdown of the game, giving the Golden-Eagles the 28-21 lead they held for the victory.

Willy Scott contributed heavily for Ferndale with 154 yards on 19 rushing attempts, and added a 38 yard touchdown catch from quarterback Jake Frost early in the first quarter.

For more details, please check out David Rasbach’s story in the online edition of the Bellingham Herald.

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BURLINGTON – The Burlington-Edison Tigers capitalized on fumbles by South Whidbey on the Falcon’s first two possessions to take an early 14-0 lead enroute to a 45-0 blowout victory in the District One 2A high school football conference cross-overs Friday night at Kirkby Field.

Junior halfback Cody Larson’s spectacular 20-yard touchdown run just 85-seconds into the game gave the Tigers a 7-0 lead, and senior halfbacks Mikey Sanchez and Damon Acoba each added short scoring runs to give the Blue and Gold a 21-0 advantage before the first quarter was complete.

Led by the inspired performance of nose guard Jack Nevitt, the Burlington-Edison defense played one of its best games of the season in forcing five Falcon turnovers. The Tiger starters held South Whidbey star running back Henry Mead to just 18 yards on 18 carries.  Mead, who entered the game with more than 1400 yards, finished the night with 52 yards on 24 rushes, with nearly two-thirds of those yards coming against the Burlington-Edison junior varsity and third-string defense.

Safety Jeff Hayton returned an interception for a second quarter touchdown, dragging a pair of tacklers with him into the end zone, and sophomore fullback Andy Agen plunged across the goal-line from three yards out to put the Tigers up 35-0 at halftime. Acoba added his second touchdown run of the game late in the third quarter and kicker Andrew Furney drilled a 43-yard fourth quarter field goal to cap the scoring.

With the victory, Burlington-Edison raised its season record to 8-2, while South Whidbey’s season ended with a 4-6 mark. The Tigers will travel across Puget Sound to play Sequim in the state 2A playoffs next Saturday, November 14, and we’ll webcast the game live on SkagitRadio.com with John Fasso and Scot Buchanan calling the action.

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DUVALL – Quarterback Jordan McCarty threw three touchdown passes to lead Blaine to a 28-0 win over Cedarcrest in District One 2A prep football conference cross-over action Friday night in Duvall.

Trevor Chau caught scoring passes of 27 and 29 yards, while Todd Bird hauled in a 6-yarder for the Borderties’ third touchdown.

Caleb Statham broke loose for a 65-yard run up the middle for the Borderites’ second score.

Blaine will head into the 2A state football playoffs with a first-round game next weekend against an opponent still to be determined.

We offer our sincere apology for technical issues that prevented us from webcasting the Blaine vs. Cedarcrest game and we’ll do everything possible to make sure those issues are resolved prior to Blaine’s next game.

BURLINGTON – Still stinging from their loss last Friday to Lynden in the Northwest Conference championship game, the Burlington-Edison Tigers are preparing for their District One playoff game at home tonight against South Whidbey.  The Falcons will bring a 5-4 record into Kirkby Field, and are the No. 3 seed from the Cascade Conference.

With a victory this evening, the Tigers will advance into the state tournament’s opening round with a game against Sequim.  With no district playoffs in their league, the Wolves will finish their regular season tonight at Fife before hosting the state playoff game Saturday, November 14 against the winner of the Burlington-Edison vs. South Whidbey game.

While Sequim will be the host school in that contest, the game will likely be played in either Poulsbo or Silverdale, with the location still to be determined.  We’ll update as soon as new information is available.

Looking further ahead, the most likely scenario, should Burlington-Edison advance to the quarter-finals of the 2A State Football Playoffs, would have the Tigers getting a rematch with Lynden at Civic Field in Bellingham Saturday, November 21.

The NWC champion Lions will open at home this Saturday against Squalicum, and with a win would host the District 4 (Olympia area) No. 3 seed in Whatcom County in the first round of the state playoffs.

The only “upset” necessary to allow for a Burlington-Edison vs. Lynden rematch in two weeks would be the  Tigers defeating Sequim – a feat not unheard-of if you remember Burlington-Edison’s win over the unbeaten champion from that same conference (Steilacoom) last year in Tacoma.

We’ll webcast every Burlington-Edison Tigers football playoff game live here on SkagitRadio.com, with John Fasso providing play-by-play and Scot Buchanan adding commentary.  Airtime tonight for the Jerry Smith Kia pre game show is set for 6:20 p.m., with kickoff at 7 pm when the Tigers open the post season hosting South Whidbey.

DARRINGTON – Using a balanced ground attack that accumulated over 300 yards of rushing, the Concrete Lions secured a playoff spot by defeating the Darrington Loggers for the second time this year by a score of 35-0 in Northwest B League action Thursday night.

Kyler Howell ran for over 140 yards and scored three touchdowns as the Lions controlled both sides of the line of scrimmage throughout the game.

Darrington was limited to under 150 yards of total offense, as they had only one first down up until the midway point of the 3rd quarter.

Concrete moves on to a 2B playoff game next weekend – we’ll have that game right here on SkagitRadio.com. We will annouce the date, time and opponent as the WIAA determines the playoff brackets.

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LA CONNER – The heavy gusts of wind barely outweighed the scoring of the Orcas Island Vikings as they blew away the La Conner Braves 51-0 in their final Northwest B League match-up Thursday afternoon in La Conner.

The Vikings utilized the wind at their backs as they exploded for a pair of short-yardage touchdowns by Jacob Hansen and Tyler Nigretto.

Sophomore Viking quarterback Robby Padbury barged in with a keeper in the second quarter and Hansen swept one in just at the tail end of the third quarter.

The fourth quarter saw the Vikings loitering in the end zone with a pair of touchdowns by Michael Langworthy and one by Henri Bredouw.

1Q 6:21 Jacob Hansen 5yd run (2-pt. Conv. run failed)
1Q 3:44 Tyler Nigretto 8yd run (2-pt. Conv. Nigretto good)
2Q 6:53 Robby Padbury 1yd run (2-pt. Conv. Nigretto good)
3Q 0:01 Jacob Hansen 10yd run (2-pt. Conv. pass to Langworthy good)
4Q 11:00 Michael Langworthy 22yd interception return (Diepenbrock kick)
4Q 5:06 Michael Langworthy 6yd run (Diepenbrock kick)
4Q 2:19 Henri Bredouw 2yd run (Diepenbrock kick)

The Orcas Island Vikings (5-0 in NWB League, 7-1 overall) will host the Napavine Tigers November 14th, 2:30 p.m. at Mount Vernon High for their opening round state 2B football playoffs.

Cole Sager

BURLINGTON -  2009 Burlington-Edison High School graduate Cole Sager has been getting plenty of action on Special Teams for the University of Washington this fall.   Scot Buchanan sat down with Cole during the Huskies bye-week last weekend and chatted about his Tiger experience and how the year has gone so far playing for the University of Washington Huskies.

EVERETT – Taking advantage of turnovers in high school football is what coaches dream of. This must have been a dream game for Everett head coach Will Soren as his Gulls trounced the Sedro-Woolley Cubs Tuesday night in a play-in game 41-6 at Everett Stadium to advance into the 3A playoff bracket.

The Gulls first scored as Chase Herrick came in from his linebacker position and picked off Cub quarterback Joe Janicki’s pass, intended for Kellen Engberg, and returned the interception 25 yards, just five minutes into the game. Herrick repeated finding the endzone, this time on offense, with a one-yard keeper in the second quarter. A third touchdown, a two-yard touchdown plunge by fullback George Posadas in the second quarter looked to put the game out of reach for the Cubs playoff hopes.

The second half demonstrated more of the same pounding by Everett’s offense as Herrick connected with tight end Luke Frauenholtz on a perfectly-timed 14-yard lob to the back right corner of the end zone, followed by a 34-yard scamper by running back Garrick Koehler.

Sedro-Woolley scored their final touchdown of the season when Ian O’Bryan found a gap in the line and darted through for a 14-yard run.

Everett wrapped up the scoring with a 51-yard run by Ty Sissel, who ripped around the left corner on a sweep and outran the defense in garbage time.

Everett now has the unenviable task of facing the #1 ranked Lakes Lancers in the opening round of the 3A playoffs this weekend. The lose marks the end of a difficult season for the 4-5 Cubs, which saw starting quarterback Derek Garcia end his season on a leg injury that required surgery and the sudden loss of one of their assistant coaches, Denny Engberg.

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BURLINGTON – The Lynden Lions showed why they’re the defending state 2A football champions in handing the Tigers their first home loss since August of 2007 with a 20-0 shutout in Northwest Conference 2A high school football action Friday night at Kirkby Field.

The Lions’ offense controlled the ball for nearly twice as long as the Tigers, while Lynden’s defense forced nine Burlington-Edison punts and pressured quarterback Dylan Boe into completing just two of ten passes in his first game back from a broken bone in his throwing hand.  Boe was without his leading receiver, as tight end Jacob Schifferl missed the game with an illness.

Lopez Santaigo opened the scoring with 11 seconds left in the first quarter when he kicked a 22-yard field goal and Lions’ quarterback Jordan Hastings sandwiched a pair of short touchdown runs around a Santiago 24-yard field goal as Lynden (8-1 overall, 7-0 NWC) clinched its second consecutive Northwest Conference 2A championship.

Burlington-Edison (7-2, 5-2) finished second in the conference and will host the South Whidbey Falcons in the District One playoffs next Friday at 7 p.m., with the winner advancing to the round of 16 in the W.I.A.A. state playoffs.

SkagitRadio.com will webcast the South Whidbey at Burlington-Edison game Friday, November 6, with John Fasso providing play-by-play and Scot Buchanan adding commentary. Airtime for the Jerry Smith Kia pregame show is set for 6:20 p.m., with kickoff scheduled for 7 p.m.

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