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| Gavin Velarde played inward his last game for Sequim Friday night. He scored 339 career points, including 55 touchdowns - 28 scoring receptions, xiv TD rushes, seven start returns, 5 interception returns, 5 extra point kicks, a pair of 2-bespeak conversions as well as ane punt render. Velarde had 135 catches for ii,331 yards and 125 carries for 778 yards. |
(Fife) - The flavour is over for the Sequim Wolves football game squad too the Fife Trojans become to the country playoffs for an opening round matchup adjacent calendar week alongside the Liberty Patriots.
Fife 62, Sequim 26.
Yet the scoreboard never tells the total story.
It took an avalanche of 4 Trojan touchdowns inwards the terminal 12:17 to make the score lopsided, merely Sequim stood toe-to-toe alongside their country-ranked hosts on a dry, cold 36-grade night inward Pierce County.
Sequim (6-four) tallied off the opening first inward 3 plays, all 67 yards on the earth past senior running back Hayden Gresli, who bounced about right cease to pay dirt from 14 yards merely 1:09 into the game, making it seven-0 after Byron Rice kicked the PAT.
It took Fife vi minutes as well as 37 seconds to knot it upwards, rallied past a faux punt inside go on a 4th-in addition to-5 from the Sequim 48 that Nic Teddy carried for viii yards.
On the 13th play from the Wolves eight, Day'Jon Brooks carried over the left side, but was blasted past Sequim senior Gavin Velarde at the ane, causing a fumble into the finish zone that was recovered by the Trojans' half-dozen'half-dozen, 330-pound tackle MJ Ale for the tying touchdown at vii-all alongside 4:04 to go inward the opening menses.
Sequim continued to act the ball on an eight-play, 65-grand serial, boosted by a xx-G decease to Taig Wiker as well as a 24-yard Riley Cowan quarterback keeper that advanced the ball to the Fife xi.
Two snaps later on, Velarde took a quick flare on the correct side, pivoted on a dime to drib two defenders at the 9 in addition to jaunted into the stop zone.
Velarde was stopped short on the 2-betoken endeavour, leaving it xiii-vii Wolves amongst one:twenty left inwards the opening frame.
Fife was back ahead inwards two plays after Lavelle Alexander got unloosen for a 48-chiliad touchdown scamper and the Trojans were ahead fourteen-xiii amongst 46 seconds left.
The hosts seized the initiatory after four consecutive Sequim three-in addition to-out possessions inward the moment quarter that led to 3 Trojan touchdowns.
Gannon Ginnis ripped off a forty-chiliad arrive at on a ability sweep to the Wolves 25 in addition to Alexander tallied the moment of his 3 TDs from the eight with ix:26 left in the half, putting Fife upward 21-xiii.
In a i-play campaign, Ginnis went 66 yards for another score, cutting dorsum inside from a sweep right that extended the Fife advantage to 28-xiii amongst iv:02 remaining.
Ginnis returned a punt twoscore yards to the Sequim 21, setting up his 19-1000 touchdown reception from Falani Jennings alongside ane:39 before suspension that increased the Fife atomic number 82 to 36-13.
Ginnis had 108 yards on only half dozen carries.
It was Jennings' only completion of the game out of iv attempts.
Sequim answered alongside a 5-play, 63-G serial, a xiv-thousand keeper by quarterback Riley Cowan, a 5-one thousand die to Taig Wiker, a fifteen-chiliad roughing-the-passer penalisation on the Trojans, a sixteen-1000 pass to Velarde, a ten-thou pop off to Michael Young together with a 12-1000 TD expire to Kyler Rollness with 15 seconds left, chopping the Fife atomic number 82 to 36-nineteen.
The Wolves managed to avoid giving upwardly some other TD subsequently allowing Ginnis to return the ensuing outset 48 yards to the Sequim 25.
With simply iii seconds left on the clock, Sequim's Austin Newton sacked Jennings to terminate the half.
Sequim stopped Fife'second offset effort of the second half on a turnover on downs at the Wolves 24.
A 10-play, 76-thousand Sequim serial was highlighted by a 35-G Cowan screen drop dead to Kyler Rollness to the Fife iv.
The Wolves pulled within 10 at 36-26 with ii:thirty left inward the tertiary quarter on a rainbow Cowan TD cash in one's chips to Velarde off a mail-corner on the right side of the terminate zone.
Cowan, a junior, completed sixteen of his 32 passes for 149 yards in addition to 3TDs amongst two interceptions.
Velarde finished his outstanding prep football game career amongst 4 catches for 38 yards and 2 scores.
Fife'sec Alexander got his 3rd TD, an eight-yarder with 17 seconds left in the tertiary stanza, pushing the Trojans ahead 43-26.
Alexander carried xiv times for 165 yards.
Things spiraled rapidly out of command in addition to Fife blew the game open in the following minutes.
On the side by side snap, a Cowan kick the bucket glanced out of Taig Wiker'sec hands in addition to was intercepted past Fife's Gavin Knapp and returned 23 yards to the Sequim ix.
Jennings scored two plays later on from the 8 as well as the Trojans forged ahead 49-26 afterwards a blocked PAT kick at the eleven:07 score of the quaternary catamenia.
It went from bad to worse for the Wolves on the adjacent snap later on Fife'second Eli Graham jumped in front of Michael Young on a coil pattern in addition to made an diving interception of Cowan at the Sequim 43 amongst x:50 to get.
Four plays afterward, the bulge increased to 55-26 afterward Day'Jon Brooks five-thou TD with viii:49 left.
The last Trojans mark was a nineteen-thou slalom past Kacey Kuehn with four:10 remaining.
Fife (ix-i) will run across the Liberty Patriots inward the outset circular of the land playoffs side by side week.
Sequim finished the flavour amongst a 6-4 tape in autobus Erik Wiker'second 14th season.
Game Notes
The game marked the final 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 too Cameron Welcher. It was also the last game for managers Breelyn Bennett, Miriel Cawyer, Jessica Dominquez and cheerleaders Jessica Lato in addition to Abby Norman.
Sequim got a lateral dorsum to Gavin Velarde on Fife'sec concluding commencement, a last gamble for the senior to tie the country record for career starting time render touchdowns. He was chopped downwards almost the fifty-G-line of work. Almost all opponents avoided kick to Velarde this flavour.
Kickoff Return Touchdowns—Career
Jordan Todd, Interlake 2009-2011 8 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 half dozen TD 31 gms.
Ted Craven, Cle Elum-Roslyn 1994-1997 vi TD 37 gms.
Cody Johnson, Newport 2000-2002 half-dozen TD 26 gms.
Mike Thompson, Adna 2010-2013 six TD 47 gms.
Scoring by Quarters
Seq - xiii 06 07 00 -- 26
Fife - fourteen 22 07 xix -- 62
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
Seq - Hayden Gresli 14 run (Byron Rice kick) 10:51 (Seq vii-0)
Fife - MJ Ale recovered fumble in stop zone (Gabe Duenas boot) 4:04 (Tie seven-7)
Seq - Gavin Velarde nine go from Riley Cowan (run failed) ane:twenty (Seq xiii-seven)
Fife - Lavelle Alexander 48 run (Duenas kicking) :46 (Fife fourteen-13)
2nd Quarter
Fife - Lavelle Alexander viii work (Duenas boot) 9:26 (Fife 21-thirteen)
Fife - Gannon Ginnis 66 work (Duenas boot) three:48 (Fife 28-13)
Fife - Gannon Ginnis 19 die from Falani Jennings (Jennings go) 1:39 (Fife 36-xiii)
Seq - Kyler Rollness 12 go from Riley Cowan (choke failed) :xv (Fife 36-19)
tertiary Quarter
Seq - Gavin Velarde x give-up the ghost from Riley Cowan (Rice kick) ii:30 (Fife 36-26)
Fife - Lavelle Alexander ii operate (Duenas kicking) :17 (Fife 43-26)
4th Quarter
Fife - Falani Jennings eight go (boot blocked) xi:07 (Fife 49-26)
Fife - Day'Jon Brooks five operate (work failed) eight:49 (Fife 55-26)
Fife - Kacey Kuehn nineteen go (Duenas kick) four:x (Fife 62-26)
Individual Statistics
Rushing
Seq -- Kyler Rollness 1-ane, Riley Cowan iv-36, Hayden Gresli eleven-56-1TD.
Fife - Day'Jon Brooks five-24-1TD, Lavelle Alexander 14-165-3TD, Falani Jennings 6-15, Dom Hernandez nine-62, Gannon Ginnis six-108-1TD, Nic Teddy one-8, Trey Brown i-xiii, Matt Schwaerzler ii-0, Teigan Jansen 2-six, Kacey Kuehn 2-23-1TD, Junior Faualo 2-vi.
Passing
Seq - Riley Cowan sixteen-32-149-3TD-2INT.
Fife - Falani Jennings ane-iv-xix-1TD.
Receiving
Seq - Gavin Velarde four-38-2TD, Kyler Rollness 5-63-1TD, Taig Wiker iii-29, Michael Young 2-fifteen, Hayden Gresli ii-four.
Fife - Gannon Ginnis one-19-1TD.
Team Statistics
Rushing
Seq - sixteen-93-1TD
Fife - 50-430-7TD
Passing
Seq - sixteen-32-149-3TD-2INT
Fife - ane-four-19-1TD
Total Yards
Seq - 48-242
Fife - 54-449
Penalties
Seq -- v-50
Fife - viii-fourscore
Had Intercepted
Seq -- 2
Fife - 0
Fumbles Lost
Seq -- 0
Fife - 0
Turnovers
Seq -- 4 (two INT, 2 TOD)
Fife - ane (TOD)
