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| Gavin Velarde played inwards his concluding game for Sequim Fri nighttime. He scored 339 career points, including 55 touchdowns - 28 scoring receptions, fourteen TD rushes, seven start returns, five interception returns, five extra bespeak kicks, a couple of ii-point conversions in addition to i punt render. Velarde had 135 catches for two,331 yards and 125 carries for 778 yards. |
(Fife) - The season is over for the Sequim Wolves football game squad as well as the Fife Trojans become to the country playoffs for an opening circular matchup adjacent week with the Liberty Patriots.
Fife 62, Sequim 26.
Yet the scoreboard never tells the full storey.
It took an avalanche of 4 Trojan touchdowns inwards the terminal 12:17 to brand the grade lopsided, only Sequim stood toe-to-toe with their land-ranked hosts on a dry out, cold 36-degree night inwards Pierce County.
Sequim (half-dozen-iv) tallied off the opening beginning inward 3 plays, all 67 yards on the ground by senior running back Hayden Gresli, who bounced around correct end to pay dirt from fourteen yards merely ane:09 into the game, making it vii-0 later on Byron Rice kicked the PAT.
It took Fife six minutes and 37 seconds to knot it upward, rallied past a imitation punt within operate on a fourth-in addition to-five from the Sequim 48 that Nic Teddy carried for viii yards.
On the 13th play from the Wolves 8, Day'Jon Brooks carried over the left side, simply was blasted by Sequim senior Gavin Velarde at the ane, causing a fumble into the cease zone that was recovered past the Trojans' half-dozen'6, 330-pound tackle MJ Ale for the tying touchdown at seven-all amongst 4:04 to go in the opening menstruation.
Sequim continued to act the ball on an 8-play, 65-1000 series, boosted by a twenty-yard die to Taig Wiker too a 24-grand Riley Cowan quarterback keeper that advanced the ball to the Fife eleven.
Two snaps afterwards, Velarde took a quick flare on the right side, pivoted on a dime to driblet two defenders at the 9 too jaunted into the stop zone.
Velarde was stopped brusk on the ii-point endeavour, leaving it 13-7 Wolves alongside i:twenty left inwards the opening frame.
Fife was back ahead inwards 2 plays afterward Lavelle Alexander got liberate for a 48-G touchdown scamper and the Trojans were ahead fourteen-thirteen amongst 46 seconds left.
The hosts seized the initiative later on iv consecutive Sequim 3-as well as-out possessions inwards the instant quarter that led to 3 Trojan touchdowns.
Gannon Ginnis ripped off a forty-thousand make on a power sweep to the Wolves 25 together with Alexander tallied the moment of his three TDs from the 8 amongst ix:26 left inward the half, putting Fife upward 21-13.
In a one-play drive, Ginnis went 66 yards for some other grade, cut dorsum inside from a sweep right that extended the Fife reward to 28-xiii amongst 4:02 remaining.
Ginnis returned a punt twoscore yards to the Sequim 21, setting upward his xix-one thousand touchdown reception from Falani Jennings amongst ane:39 earlier interruption that increased the Fife Pb to 36-thirteen.
Ginnis had 108 yards on merely half dozen carries.
It was Jennings' only completion of the game out of 4 attempts.
Sequim answered amongst a 5-play, 63-one thousand serial, a fourteen-M keeper past quarterback Riley Cowan, a v-thou pass to Taig Wiker, a xv-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on the Trojans, a 16-one thousand go to Velarde, a 10-1000 expire to Michael Young and a 12-1000 TD cash in one's chips to Kyler Rollness with 15 seconds left, chopping the Fife lead to 36-xix.
The Wolves managed to avoid giving upwards some other TD later on allowing Ginnis to return the ensuing outset 48 yards to the Sequim 25.
With merely 3 seconds left on the clock, Sequim's Austin Newton sacked Jennings to end the half.
Sequim stopped Fife's commencement drive of the instant half on a turnover on downs at the Wolves 24.
A ten-play, 76-grand Sequim serial was highlighted by a 35-K Cowan cover perish to Kyler Rollness to the Fife 4.
The Wolves pulled inside x at 36-26 with two:30 left in the tertiary quarter on a rainbow Cowan TD drop dead to Velarde off a post-corner on the correct side of the stop zone.
Cowan, a junior, completed sixteen of his 32 passes for 149 yards and 3TDs alongside ii interceptions.
Velarde finished his outstanding prep football career with 4 catches for 38 yards together with two scores.
Fife'sec Alexander got his 3rd TD, an eight-yarder amongst 17 seconds left inwards the 3rd stanza, pushing the Trojans ahead 43-26.
Alexander carried fourteen times for 165 yards.
Things spiraled apace out of command too Fife blew the game open up inwards the following minutes.
On the adjacent snap, a Cowan kick the bucket glanced out of Taig Wiker'second hands in addition to was intercepted past Fife's Gavin Knapp in addition to returned 23 yards to the Sequim nine.
Jennings scored ii plays later on from the eight as well as the Trojans forged ahead 49-26 later on a blocked PAT boot at the eleven:07 score of the fourth catamenia.
It went from bad to worse for the Wolves on the adjacent snap after Fife's Eli Graham jumped in forepart of Michael Young on a curl design too made an diving interception of Cowan at the Sequim 43 alongside x:fifty to become.
Four plays after, the bulge increased to 55-26 later Day'Jon Brooks v-yard TD with 8:49 left.
The terminal Trojans grade was a nineteen-K slalom by Kacey Kuehn alongside iv:10 remaining.
Fife (nine-1) volition run into the Liberty Patriots in the beginning round of the state playoffs side by side calendar week.
Sequim finished the flavor alongside a half dozen-iv record inward passenger vehicle Erik Wiker'sec 14th flavour.
Game Notes
The game marked the last prep football appearances for Sequim senior football game players Cody Bell, Tyler Conn, Adam DeFillippo, Nick Ellison, Hayden Gresli, Julian Hernandez, Mason Larsen, Ben Newell, Chris Puksta, Byron Rice, Gavin Velarde in addition to Cameron Welcher. It was besides the last game for managers Breelyn Bennett, Miriel Cawyer, Jessica Dominquez in addition to cheerleaders Jessica Lato too Abby Norman.
Sequim got a lateral dorsum to Gavin Velarde on Fife'sec last start, a last risk for the senior to necktie the country record for career get-go return touchdowns. He was chopped downwardly about the l-M-business. Almost all opponents avoided kick to Velarde this flavor.
Kickoff Return Touchdowns—Career
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Todd, Interlake 2009-2011 viii TD 33 gms.
Gavin Velarde, Sequim 2014-2017 seven TD 33 gms.
Tom Craven, Cle Elum-Roslyn 1986-1989 7 TD 39 gms.
Ty Poole, Kittitas 2009-2012 seven TD xl gms.
Mark Hall, Elma 1980-1982 vi TD 31 gms.
Ted Craven, Cle Elum-Roslyn 1994-1997 6 TD 37 gms.
Cody Johnson, Newport 2000-2002 six TD 26 gms.
Mike Thompson, Adna 2010-2013 vi TD 47 gms.
Scoring by Quarters
Seq - xiii 06 07 00 -- 26
Fife - 14 22 07 xix -- 62
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
Seq - Hayden Gresli 14 function (Byron Rice boot) x:51 (Seq seven-0)
Fife - MJ Ale recovered fumble in terminate zone (Gabe Duenas kicking) four:04 (Tie 7-vii)
Seq - Gavin Velarde 9 perish from Riley Cowan (go failed) ane:20 (Seq xiii-7)
Fife - Lavelle Alexander 48 work (Duenas boot) :46 (Fife xiv-13)
2d Quarter
Fife - Lavelle Alexander eight work (Duenas kick) ix:26 (Fife 21-thirteen)
Fife - Gannon Ginnis 66 function (Duenas kicking) iii:48 (Fife 28-thirteen)
Fife - Gannon Ginnis nineteen decease from Falani Jennings (Jennings work) ane:39 (Fife 36-13)
Seq - Kyler Rollness 12 kick the bucket from Riley Cowan (go failed) :xv (Fife 36-xix)
tertiary Quarter
Seq - Gavin Velarde 10 kick the bucket from Riley Cowan (Rice boot) ii:30 (Fife 36-26)
Fife - Lavelle Alexander ii operate (Duenas boot) :17 (Fife 43-26)
quaternary Quarter
Fife - Falani Jennings viii operate (kicking blocked) eleven:07 (Fife 49-26)
Fife - Day'Jon Brooks five work (operate failed) 8:49 (Fife 55-26)
Fife - Kacey Kuehn nineteen work (Duenas boot) iv:10 (Fife 62-26)
Individual Statistics
Rushing
Seq -- Kyler Rollness ane-ane, Riley Cowan four-36, Hayden Gresli eleven-56-1TD.
Fife - Day'Jon Brooks 5-24-1TD, Lavelle Alexander xiv-165-3TD, Falani Jennings 6-fifteen, Dom Hernandez nine-62, Gannon Ginnis vi-108-1TD, Nic Teddy i-viii, Trey Brown ane-13, Matt Schwaerzler 2-0, Teigan Jansen 2-half dozen, Kacey Kuehn two-23-1TD, Junior Faualo ii-vi.
Passing
Seq - Riley Cowan xvi-32-149-3TD-2INT.
Fife - Falani Jennings ane-4-nineteen-1TD.
Receiving
Seq - Gavin Velarde four-38-2TD, Kyler Rollness five-63-1TD, Taig Wiker 3-29, Michael Young ii-xv, Hayden Gresli two-4.
Fife - Gannon Ginnis one-nineteen-1TD.
Team Statistics
Rushing
Seq - sixteen-93-1TD
Fife - 50-430-7TD
Passing
Seq - xvi-32-149-3TD-2INT
Fife - i-four-nineteen-1TD
Total Yards
Seq - 48-242
Fife - 54-449
Penalties
Seq -- 5-fifty
Fife - 8-lxxx
Had Intercepted
Seq -- two
Fife - 0
Fumbles Lost
Seq -- 0
Fife - 0
Turnovers
Seq -- four (two INT, two TOD)
Fife - one (TOD)
