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| Gavin Velarde |
Velarde had half-dozen catches for 229 yards, including a moving-picture show-perfect 85-yard bomb inward the instant quarter that matched the instant longest TD pop off in Sequim football history.
Cowan was razor-precipitous, completing 10 of fifteen passes for 267 yards together with three scores, alongside 27 yards rushing together with a TD.
Sequim (half-dozen-iii) opens the playoffs Friday at Fife (viii-one), later the Trojans suffered their outset loss of the flavour against Steilacoom 52-27 Fri inwards a matchup of South Puget Sound League 2A partitioning winners.
The Fife - Sequim competition will be played Friday at seven p.k. in the stadium at Fife High School.
One play = six points
After the Kingston law-breaking started the competition amongst a 3-and-out possession, the Wolves took over at their ain 35.
On the starting time snap, Velarde went deep and Cowan cashed inward for a 65-grand touchdown merely a infinitesimal as well as a half into the game.
Hayden Gresli got the 2-indicate go together with Sequim was ahead eight-0.
The Buccaneers drove into Sequim territory together with faced quaternary-and-ten from the Wolves xix. Velarde intercepted quarterback Kanikki Hale'second kick the bucket to end the visitor'sec threat.
After a deliberate, fourth dimension-consuming earth assault final week against Port Angeles, Sequim took to the air Friday nighttime, throwing on its showtime 12 scrimmage plays.
A 33-K Cowan screen snuff it to Hayden Gresli got the Wolves down to the Kingston 25, simply the campaign fizzled as well as a fourth downwardly perish to the end zone barbarous incomplete, turning the ball dorsum to the Bucs at their ain 34 amongst 2:34 left inwards the start quarter.
Kingston'sec best offensive effort of the game, a xv-play endeavour that was aided by 20 yards of Sequim penalties, including a 15-1000 personal foul for a horse-neckband tackle, took seven:41 off the game clock.
A x-one thousand perish from Hale to Nick Waxon gave Kingston a outset-together with-finish at the Sequim 1.
But the Buccaneers went backwards, instead forrad to the end zone.
Fullback Leif Whalen was held for no attain on second downward too was stuffed for a four-thousand loss on the 3rd down.
On 4th-as well as-goal from the iv, Hale's pop off into the forepart of the finish zone to William Dixon was broken upwardly past Cody Bell with vi:53 to go in the offset half.
Three snaps later on from the Sequim fifteen, Velarde had single coverage on a vertical pattern upwardly the left side of the Wolves one past three receiver formation.
Cowan fired the ball from his ain 7, hit Velarde inward footstep at total speed on the 50 as well as the senior loped in for the 85-G touchdown that made it 16-0 after Taig Wiker'second conversion operate with 5:43 to become until suspension.
Both squads turned the ball over on their terminal possession of the first half.
Sequim'second miscue came on a Velarde fumble after a 21-M take hold of at the Kingston eighteen.
The Bucs vicious victim to a Taig Wiker interception of Hale at the Kingston 24 equally the one-half ended.
Hale completed vi of ten passes for 46 yards, just was intercepted iii times.
Sequim blows game open up with 22 3rd quarter points
The Wolves took the ball kickoff to open the final 24 minutes and drove 65 yards in 4 plays.
From the Wolves 35, Gresli, who carried 6 times for a game-high lxx yards, got 12 hashes earlier Sequim open the pocketbook of tricks.
At the Sequim 47, Velarde took a jet sweep handoff from Cowan from left to correct, pitching the ball to Taig Wiker, who was trailing the play laterally in the pistol backfield.
Wiker and so fired the ball frontwards to Velarde, who rambled into Kingston territory before being pushed out of bounds at the Bucs 25 on a 28-K hit.
A play afterward, Velarde got half dozen more than on a bubble screen from the left side, putting Sequim ahead 24-0 subsequently scoring the conversion himself alongside 10:44 left in the 3rd menstruum.
Kingston punted back to the Wolves subsequently another 3-in addition to-out together with Velarde got an excellent 41-K return to the Buccaneers 23.
Gresli carried for 22 to the Bucs viii too Riley Cowan got the TD on a left side scramble off the side by side snap.
Wiker threw to Cowan for the ii-pointer too Sequim was upwards 32-cipher at the 7:43 score of the 3rd.
A penalisation marred serial resulted in a Kingston punt that gave the hosts another short field at the Kingston 42.
Gresli carried for 25 yards to the Bucs 17, setting upward Kingston's entirely mark of the competition.
Cowan pivoted to his right from the shotgun snap as well as threw a bubble covert kick the bucket that hitting Velarde in the hands and bounced to the ground.
Kingston'sec William Dixon scooped the ball upwardly as well as returned it 77 yards for a grade that chopped Sequim'sec Pb to 32-half dozen at the 4:xi score of the 3rd quarter.
The Wolves didn't young lady a crush though in addition to moved 55 yards inward half dozen plays to the end zone on Velarde's 12-grand operate on a jet sweep from left to correct.
The ii-point go failed leaving the mark at 38-half dozen alongside 2:46 to go in the 3rd menses.
On the first play of the 4th quarter, Hale threw back across the grain for a double-covered Dixon in addition to Velarde leaped inwards forepart of the receiver, sprinting 76 yards to the home.
Byron Rice kicked the PAT to increment the Sequim margin to 45-6 with xi:41 remaining.
Wolves reserves took the plain for the residue of the competition. Freshman quarterback Taig Wiker was 3 for five for 48 yards.
Rice connected on a 34-chiliad champaign destination to complete the scoring amongst half dozen:05 to get, triggering the mercy rule.
Sequim had a huge advantage in full yards, outgaining Kingston 453-120, including 315-74 on the ground.
Kingston volition visit Evergreen in Seattle next Friday at 6 p.one thousand. for a non-league season finale.
Game Notes
Sequim honored "those who protect, serve as well as defend" at Friday'second game. The football squad wore majestic as well as golden camouflage jerseys with the names of the various branches of the Armed Forces on the dorsum advert panel.
The Sequim senior football game players entered the stadium for the pregame ceremonies riding on a engine from Clallam County Fire District iii as law enforcement from the Washington State Patrol, the Clallam County Sheriff'second Office too the Sequim Police Department parked their vehicles on the northward terminate of the rail alongside strobe lights activated.
An HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Group/Air Station Port Angeles conducted a flyover earlier the National Anthem together with officers stood at attending along the sidelines amongst players from both schools.
All Armed Forces veterans in attendance were invited to the running rail to be honored at halftime.
The Cowan-to-Velarde 85-grand scoring smash matches a Cody Manzer expire to Jesse Marunde from a 9-vii loss at Bremerton in 1997.
The longest TD buy the farm in Sequim history is a 92-thousand fade from Dustin Beus to Ricky Johnson inwards a 24-12 abode win against Bainbridge inwards 1999.
It's the 3rd time Velarde has caught iii TD passes inwards a game inwards his career. He besides accomplished the feat against North Mason before this flavor and inwards 2016 against Port Angeles.
Velarde's 229-1000 try through the air Friday ranks third on Sequim'sec list of all-fourth dimension almost receiving yards inward a game. Velarde had 238 against Port Angeles inward 2016. Ryan Rutherford is the tape holder amongst 246 yards on five catches against Port Townsend inward 2004.
Velarde's Pick-Six interception return was his tertiary of the flavour and the fifth of his career.
Sequim (six-three) is the issue iii squad into district from the Olympic League too volition visit Fife (viii-i), the number 2 squad from the South Puget Sound League.
The Wolves won the last meeting betwixt the teams 33-fourteen on a stormy nighttime at Fife back inwards 2009, when both teams were members of the 2A Nisqually League.
Fife leads the all-fourth dimension serial against Sequim 9-four.
More details on the Sequim - Fife football game serial afterwards the pictures together with statistics.
Olympic 2A Final Standings 2017
Conf. Overall
westward L due west L
North Kitsap half-dozen 0 viii 0
Bremerton five one vii ane
Sequim 4 two 6 iii
Olympic three 3 four five
Port Angeles two four iii half dozen
North Mason 1 v 4 5
Kingston 0 6 0 9
Thursday, Oct 26th grade
Friday, Oct 27th scores
Sequim 48, Kingston vi
Scoring by Quarters
King - 00 00 06 00 -- 06
Seq -- 08 08 22 10 -- 48
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
Seq - Gavin Velarde 65 pop off from Riley Cowan (Hayden Gresli go) 10:17
2nd Quarter
Seq - Gavin Velarde 85 drop dead from Riley Cowan (Taig Wiker work) 5:43
tertiary Quarter
Seq - Gavin Velarde 25 exit from Riley Cowan (Velarde go) 10:44
Seq - Riley Cowan viii function (Cowan expire from Wiker) vii:43
Kin - William Dixon 77 fumble render (work failed) iv:06
Seq - Gavin Velarde 12 work (conk failed) ii:46
4th Quarter
Seq - Gavin Velarde 76 pass interception render (Byron Rice kick) eleven:41
Seq - Byron Rice 34 field finish half-dozen:05
Individual Statistics
Rushing
King - Nick Waxon xi-(-three), Kanikki Hale ten-21, Leif Whalen xix-65, William Dixon ii-0, Hunter Collins 3-vi, Nathan Wright iii-(-fifteen).
Seq -- Riley Cowan ii-27-1TD, Gavin Velarde ane-12-1TD, Tyler Conn 4-24, Hayden Gresli vi-seventy, Walker Ward 4-(-iii), Taig Wiker 3-8.
Passing
King - Kanikki Hale 6-10-46-3INT.
Seq -- Riley Cowan ten-fifteen-267-3TD-0INT, Taig Wiker iii-5-48.
Receiving
King - Nick Waxon iii-31, Leif Whalen 2-11, Hunter Zook 1-four.
Seq -- Gavin Velarde vi-229-3TD, Taig Wiker i-nineteen, Michael Young 3-fourteen, Hayden Gresli i-33, Ben Newell 2-twenty.
Team Statistics
Rushing
King - 48-74-0TD
Seq -- xx-138-2TD
Passing
King - 6-x-46-0TD-3INT
Seq -- 13-20-315-3TD-0INT
Total Yards
King - 58-120-0TD (two.ane ypp)
Seq -- 40-453-5TD (eleven.three ypp)
Penalties
King - three-25
Seq -- vii-65
Had Intercepted
King - 3
Seq -- 0
Fumbles Lost
King - 0
Seq -- 2
Turnovers
King - 3 (three INTs)
Seq -- 3 (ii FUM, 1 TOD)
Sequim Seniors!
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| Jessica Lato, Julian Hernandez in addition to Nick Ellison |
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| Mason Larsen, Hayden Gresli too Gavin Velarde |
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| Adam DiFillippo, Miriel Cawyer and Breelyn Bennett |
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| Jessica Dominquez, Chris Puksta and Tyler Conn |
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| Ben Newell, Cameron Welcher and Cody Bell |
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| Cody Bell, Byron Rice and Abby Norman |
Next calendar week - Sequim (half dozen-three) at Fife (viii-ane)
Trojans Pb all-time serial ix-iv
1980 H seven 41 L
1991 H 0 23 L
1992 A 21 40 L
1993 A six 28 L
1994 H 14 ten W
1995 A vii 35 L
1996 H 0 21 L
1997 H 0 14 L
1998 A nineteen 33 L
1999 H forty 0 westward
2000 A 13 xx L
2008 H 35 22 W
2009 A 33 xiv west
195 301
fifteen.0 23.two
First coming together: 1980
Last meeting: 2009
Longest Sequim Win Streak: 2
2008-09
Longest Fife Win Streak: four
1980, 1991-93 too 1995-98
Sequim victories against Fife Trojans
1994
Coach Mark Textor'second Wolves improved to iv-3 on the flavor amongst a 14-x squeaker against Fife.
Sequim opened the game amongst a fumble, only held the Trojans to a 28-grand field goal later a practiced defensive
play by senior defensive terminate Roy Shick.
The Wolves fumbled again in addition to Fife scored a TD on a half-dozen-thou operate past Matt Query, giving the visitors a x-0 Pb with ii:35 to go inwards the first quarter.
Sequim came right back, scoring on a lxx-M slant choke from junior quarterback Craig Knapp to Roy Shick amongst 1:thirteen left inwards the opening menses, leaving the Wolves downward 10-seven.
Shick had iii catches for 145 yards. Knapp completed 6 of 11 attempts for 202 yards.
Powell Jones was simply broad on a 32-chiliad field finish for Sequim alongside seven minutes left in the one-half.
The Wolves scored the get-ahead touchdown on another Knapp to Shick choke for 36 yards alongside vi:09 left inwards the third quarter.
Fife drove towards a potential game-winning mark inwards the concluding catamenia, just junior linebacker Scott Headrick burst through the business on a blitz every bit the Trojans quarterback was attempting a handoff.
The ball bounced complimentary as well as Sequim recovered.
1999
After a scoreless get-go menstruum, Sequim turned a Pierce County League opener into a 40-0 blowout over Fife.
Ricky Johnson scored 3 touchdowns, a 40-thousand operate, a 41-yard interception return and a vii-yard reception.
Sequim recovered iii fumbles as well as Zach White scored the game'second last touchdown on a 71-1000 interception render.
Shane Neal carries 17 times for 139 yards.
The Wolves led 28-0 at halftime.
2008
(Sequim) -- Sequim came from behind inwards the second one-half to beat Fife 35-22 inward a fog-shrouded contest at Sequim High School.
The Wolves (8-ii) will face Centralia (viii-ii) inwards a State 2A playoff game Fri nighttime at vii on the gridiron at Tumwater Stadium.
A combination of fog together with a muddied, slippery plain left the game scoreless after the get-go 22 minutes.
Sequim cashed in get-go, wrapping up a 64-grand drive over most four minutes on an 8-thou touchdown kick the bucket from Drew Rickerson to Bryan Little.
Clancy Catelli ran for the ii-bespeak conversion, giving the hosts an 8-0 Pb amongst two:35 left until break.
Fife quarterback Jeremy Nalder moved the Trojans 67 yards to the tying points, striking mercurial wide receiver Dustin Yarrington with a 10-1000 scoring drop dead alongside ane:04 left inwards minute quarter.
Fife'sec Mike Mulvaney carried the ball on the end-around for the tying 2-pointer, tying the fray at 8.
The Trojans were bolstered on their opening possession of the second half amongst 35 yards from running back Alex Rohrer, who gave Fife a xv-eight lead on a 12-thousand work amongst ix:sixteen left in the 3rd menstruation.
Sequim responded by driving 75 yards in less than a minute, culminated by Issac Yamamoto'second 31-yard trap play go for a touchdown too Erik Huston's P-A-T for a xv-all necktie.
Yamamoto replaced senior Brad Woolf at fullback inward Fri's competition.
Woolf suffered a severe laceration to his upper left arm in a P.due east. class Friday afternoon, afterward he crashed through a window inward a Sequim gymnasium door.
Woolf is expected to have surgery Saturday at a Seattle hospital.
After forcing a Fife punt, Sequim pounded downward the gridiron for the become-ahead points, grinding out 50 yards over five minutes in addition to 50 seconds, finishing with a 10-chiliad pass away from Rickerson to tight end Jeremy Oliver.
The P-A-T boot failed, leaving Sequim ahead 21-15 amongst 34 seconds left inwards the tertiary quarter.
Disaster struck for Fife on the ensuing kickoff when Huston's squib boot was tipped past a Trojan in addition to recovered by Sequim'second Preston McFarlan at the Fife 25.
One play after, Rickerson rolled left to perish, and so scrambled to the center together with sprinted to the right pylon 25 yards to paydirt.
Chris Pruden hit Bryan Little for the two-signal expire, giving Sequim a 29-fifteen Pb with fifteen ticks left inwards the third menstruation.
The opportunitic Wolves intercepted Fife'second Nalder 3 seconds into the fourth quarter when John Textor came upward amongst a pick at the Sequim 47.
Textor finished the Wolves' ensuing effort with 7:55 to get when he caught a ball tipped by a Fife defensive back inward the finish zone for a 12-G touchdown from Rickerson as well as a 35-xv Wolves reward.
Fife'second side by side 2 drives were stymied by an interception by Reed Omdal as well as a turnover on downs alongside two:thirteen remaining in the competition.
The Trojans scored a last touchdown amongst one second remaining on a 1-K perish from Nalder to Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan McDaniel.
Overcoming a 15-one thousand un-sportsman-like conduct penalty subsequently a McDaniel spike, Yarrington hit the 35-thousand P-A-T for the concluding 35-22 margin.
Sequim'second Rickerson completed ix of 17 passes for 98 yards in addition to two touchdowns, along alongside his rushing TD.
(Rickerson suffered a concussion during the game as well as was unavailable for Sequim'sec playoff contest against Centralia)
Fife's Nalder connected on ten of 21 throws for 154 yards and two scores.
The Wolves' Travis Decker was the game'sec leading rusher alongside 110 yards on 25 carries.
2009
(Fife) -- Travis Decker scored 5 touchdowns, including a lx-thou run on the first play from scrimmage, equally the Sequim Wolves dominated the Fife Trojans 33-14.
Decker finished amongst 189 yards on 24 carries, despite a swamp-like field as well as torrential rains at Fife High School.
The Wolves (9-i, vii-0) complete the regular flavour equally Nisqually Olympic League football champions.
Sequim volition play the Burlington-Edison Tigers at North Kitsap High School's Viking Stadium in the opening round of the State 2A playoffs side by side Sabbatum nighttime at seven.
Decker scored his second TD alongside 2:38 to go in the opening quarter on a iv-thousand run, putting the visitors upwardly xiv-0.
Drew Rickerson'sec quarterback scramble of 21 yards to the Trojans six-thou line was the fundamental inwards a x play, 47 thou march.
Sequim'second John Textor stopped the Trojans with an interception of Fife quarterback Devan Bennion at the Wolves 45.
Sequim'sec movement to a third score included a 27-yard Rickerson pop off to Textor together with a 17-yarder to Clancy Catelli.
Decker struck paydirt from the 12 on the start play of the moment quarter, outrunning the Fife cornerback to the pylon on a sweep from the T-formation. Sequim 21, Fife 0.
Bennion was intercepted once again, this time by Alex Gillis, giving Sequim possession at the Fife 47.
Decker scored on the seventh play from three yards as Sequim led 27-0 at halftime.
Opening the second one-half, Rickerson fumbled to Fife'sec Forrest Hazen at the Sequim 10.
Alex Rohrer scored from the 3 on the third play, cutting the atomic number 82 to 27-seven.
The Sequim regulars finished their work for the dark on Decker'sec nine-K dash amongst 8:xviii left, upwards 33-vii.
Bennion scored the last Fife TD on a i-yard operate amongst 1:02 remaining.
Sequim'second Rickerson completed 15 of 30 passes for 156 yards.
Fife'sec Bennion connected on merely one of 17 passing for v yards with 3 interceptions.
The Wolves defence force held Fife to goose egg internet yards in addition to no kickoff downs inwards the opening half, every bit Sequim had a 383 to 75 reward inward full yards.