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| Gavin Velarde played in his concluding game for Sequim Friday nighttime. He scored 339 career points, including 55 touchdowns - 28 scoring receptions, 14 TD rushes, vii showtime returns, five interception returns, five extra betoken kicks, a distich of 2-bespeak conversions in addition to one punt render. Velarde had 135 catches for ii,331 yards together with 125 carries for 778 yards. |
(Fife) - The season is over for the Sequim Wolves football game squad and the Fife Trojans get to the land playoffs for an opening round matchup side by side calendar week amongst the Liberty Patriots.
Fife 62, Sequim 26.
Yet the scoreboard never tells the full storey.
It took an avalanche of iv Trojan touchdowns in the final 12:17 to make the mark lopsided, but Sequim stood toe-to-toe with their land-ranked hosts on a dry out, common cold 36-level night inwards Pierce County.
Sequim (six-four) tallied off the opening offset in three plays, all 67 yards on the earth past senior running dorsum Hayden Gresli, who bounced about correct stop to pay dirt from 14 yards but one:09 into the game, making it seven-0 afterwards Byron Rice kicked the PAT.
It took Fife vi minutes too 37 seconds to knot it up, rallied past a false punt within go on a fourth-in addition to-5 from the Sequim 48 that Nic Teddy carried for eight yards.
On the 13th play from the Wolves eight, Day'Jon Brooks carried over the left side, only was blasted past Sequim senior Gavin Velarde at the one, causing a fumble into the cease zone that was recovered past the Trojans' half dozen'half dozen, 330-pound tackle MJ Ale for the tying touchdown at 7-all alongside iv:04 to get in the opening menstruum.
Sequim continued to act the ball on an viii-play, 65-grand serial, boosted by a twenty-grand cash in one's chips to Taig Wiker in addition to a 24-M Riley Cowan quarterback keeper that advanced the ball to the Fife xi.
Two snaps after, Velarde took a quick flare on the correct side, pivoted on a dime to drop 2 defenders at the 9 too jaunted into the finish zone.
Velarde was stopped curt on the two-indicate endeavour, leaving it thirteen-seven Wolves amongst ane:20 left inwards the opening frame.
Fife was dorsum ahead in 2 plays later on Lavelle Alexander got free for a 48-chiliad touchdown scamper and the Trojans were ahead xiv-xiii alongside 46 seconds left.
The hosts seized the initiative afterward four consecutive Sequim iii-as well as-out possessions inwards the minute quarter that led to three Trojan touchdowns.
Gannon Ginnis ripped off a 40-K reach on a ability sweep to the Wolves 25 as well as Alexander tallied the minute of his 3 TDs from the viii with 9:26 left inwards the half, putting Fife upward 21-13.
In a i-play cause, Ginnis went 66 yards for some other mark, cutting dorsum within from a sweep right that extended the Fife advantage to 28-xiii amongst iv:02 remaining.
Ginnis returned a punt forty yards to the Sequim 21, setting upwardly his nineteen-grand touchdown reception from Falani Jennings amongst i:39 before intermission that increased the Fife Pb to 36-xiii.
Ginnis had 108 yards on just half dozen carries.
It was Jennings' entirely completion of the game out of four attempts.
Sequim answered amongst a five-play, 63-grand series, a fourteen-M keeper past quarterback Riley Cowan, a five-thou decease to Taig Wiker, a xv-yard roughing-the-passer penalisation on the Trojans, a 16-K drop dead to Velarde, a 10-one thousand kick the bucket to Michael Young in addition to a 12-one thousand TD kick the bucket to Kyler Rollness with fifteen seconds left, chopping the Fife atomic number 82 to 36-xix.
The Wolves managed to avoid giving upwardly another TD later on allowing Ginnis to return the ensuing kickoff 48 yards to the Sequim 25.
With merely three seconds left on the clock, Sequim'sec Austin Newton sacked Jennings to stop the half.
Sequim stopped Fife's outset movement of the moment one-half on a turnover on downs at the Wolves 24.
A ten-play, 76-one thousand Sequim series was highlighted past a 35-chiliad Cowan concealment pass away to Kyler Rollness to the Fife iv.
The Wolves pulled within 10 at 36-26 amongst two:30 left in the third quarter on a rainbow Cowan TD exit to Velarde off a postal service-corner on the right side of the stop zone.
Cowan, a junior, completed 16 of his 32 passes for 149 yards in addition to 3TDs alongside two interceptions.
Velarde finished his outstanding prep football career with iv catches for 38 yards and two scores.
Fife's Alexander got his tertiary TD, an viii-yarder amongst 17 seconds left in the third stanza, pushing the Trojans ahead 43-26.
Alexander carried xiv times for 165 yards.
Things spiraled rapidly out of command as well as Fife blew the game open in the next minutes.
On the adjacent snap, a Cowan exit glanced out of Taig Wiker'second hands as well as was intercepted past Fife's Gavin Knapp in addition to returned 23 yards to the Sequim nine.
Jennings scored two plays afterwards from the 8 in addition to the Trojans forged ahead 49-26 after a blocked PAT kicking at the eleven:07 mark of the 4th flow.
It went from bad to worse for the Wolves on the side by side snap after Fife'second Eli Graham jumped in forepart of Michael Young on a curlicue pattern too made an diving interception of Cowan at the Sequim 43 alongside ten:l to go.
Four plays later, the bulge increased to 55-26 afterward Day'Jon Brooks five-thou TD alongside viii:49 left.
The terminal Trojans mark was a xix-thousand slalom past Kacey Kuehn with 4:10 remaining.
Fife (9-one) will encounter the Liberty Patriots inward the outset round of the country playoffs next week.
Sequim finished the flavor alongside a 6-4 record inward double-decker Erik Wiker'second 14th flavor.
Game Notes
The game marked the terminal 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 and Cameron Welcher. It was as well the last game for managers Breelyn Bennett, Miriel Cawyer, Jessica Dominquez as well as cheerleaders Jessica Lato and Abby Norman.
Sequim got a lateral back to Gavin Velarde on Fife's terminal offset, a final hazard for the senior to necktie the country tape for career get-go return touchdowns. He was chopped downwards nearly the fifty-thousand-occupation. Almost all opponents avoided kicking to Velarde this flavor.
Kickoff Return Touchdowns—Career
Jordan Todd, Interlake 2009-2011 8 TD 33 gms.
Gavin Velarde, Sequim 2014-2017 7 TD 33 gms.
Tom Craven, Cle Elum-Roslyn 1986-1989 vii TD 39 gms.
Ty Poole, Kittitas 2009-2012 seven TD xl gms.
Mark Hall, Elma 1980-1982 6 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 vi TD 47 gms.
Scoring past Quarters
Seq - xiii 06 07 00 -- 26
Fife - 14 22 07 xix -- 62
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
Seq - Hayden Gresli 14 work (Byron Rice kicking) 10:51 (Seq 7-0)
Fife - MJ Ale recovered fumble inwards end zone (Gabe Duenas kicking) iv:04 (Tie 7-7)
Seq - Gavin Velarde 9 conk from Riley Cowan (function failed) ane:xx (Seq thirteen-vii)
Fife - Lavelle Alexander 48 work (Duenas boot) :46 (Fife 14-xiii)
2d Quarter
Fife - Lavelle Alexander viii run (Duenas kick) 9:26 (Fife 21-xiii)
Fife - Gannon Ginnis 66 go (Duenas kick) 3:48 (Fife 28-xiii)
Fife - Gannon Ginnis xix choke from Falani Jennings (Jennings go) 1:39 (Fife 36-thirteen)
Seq - Kyler Rollness 12 give-up the ghost from Riley Cowan (buy the farm failed) :15 (Fife 36-19)
3rd Quarter
Seq - Gavin Velarde 10 choke from Riley Cowan (Rice kick) 2:xxx (Fife 36-26)
Fife - Lavelle Alexander 2 operate (Duenas kicking) :17 (Fife 43-26)
4th Quarter
Fife - Falani Jennings viii operate (kick blocked) 11:07 (Fife 49-26)
Fife - Day'Jon Brooks v operate (function failed) 8:49 (Fife 55-26)
Fife - Kacey Kuehn nineteen go (Duenas kick) iv:x (Fife 62-26)
Individual Statistics
Rushing
Seq -- Kyler Rollness one-i, Riley Cowan iv-36, Hayden Gresli xi-56-1TD.
Fife - Day'Jon Brooks five-24-1TD, Lavelle Alexander xiv-165-3TD, Falani Jennings half dozen-15, Dom Hernandez nine-62, Gannon Ginnis half-dozen-108-1TD, Nic Teddy one-eight, Trey Brown 1-xiii, Matt Schwaerzler ii-0, Teigan Jansen 2-vi, Kacey Kuehn two-23-1TD, Junior Faualo 2-half-dozen.
Passing
Seq - Riley Cowan 16-32-149-3TD-2INT.
Fife - Falani Jennings i-4-19-1TD.
Receiving
Seq - Gavin Velarde 4-38-2TD, Kyler Rollness v-63-1TD, Taig Wiker iii-29, Michael Young two-fifteen, Hayden Gresli 2-iv.
Fife - Gannon Ginnis one-19-1TD.
Team Statistics
Rushing
Seq - 16-93-1TD
Fife - l-430-7TD
Passing
Seq - 16-32-149-3TD-2INT
Fife - i-four-nineteen-1TD
Total Yards
Seq - 48-242
Fife - 54-449
Penalties
Seq -- v-fifty
Fife - eight-lxxx
Had Intercepted
Seq -- ii
Fife - 0
Fumbles Lost
Seq -- 0
Fife - 0
Turnovers
Seq -- four (two INT, 2 TOD)
Fife - i (TOD)
