(Poulsbo) - Senior running back Dax Solis accounted for 278 all-function yards too 3 touchdowns Friday dark every bit the North Kitsap Vikings shutout the Sequim Wolves 42-0 on Homecoming night.
Solis rushed 24 times for 204 hashes alongside two scores together with caught a pass for a 74-one thousand touchdown.
The Vikings improved to 5-0 overall in addition to three-0 inward Olympic League 2A Division play, awaiting side by side calendar week's showdown inward Bremerton with the unbeaten Knights.
Sequim vicious to 2-3 overall and 0-two inwards league play afterwards facing the superlative 2 contenders for the league crown in consecutive weeks.
The Wolves kept things close in the beginning half together with opened the competition alongside a time consuming, 14-play crusade to the North Kitsap ii.
On fourth-together with-finish, quarterback Riley Cowan'sec pop off to Gavin Velarde in the correct corner of the cease zone was batted downwardly past Blake Wetzsteon, giving the hosts the ball at their own two alongside eight:02 left inward the opening quarter.
The teams exchanged three-together with-out possessions earlier North's offensive machine started to warm upwards on a 9-play march that culminated amongst an xi-M touchdown pop off from Andrew Blackmore to Tyler Sloman amongst less than a instant remaining in the get-go quarter.
Tainui Elkington made the beginning of his vi successful PATs to reach North Kitsap a seven-0 Pb.
Sequim was x plays into some other drive before beingness forced to punt as well as the Vikings took over on their ain seven alongside eight:01 left before the Homecoming halftime.
Penalties backed North Kitsap into a 2nd-as well as-21 at its own 8 earlier an onetime Sequim nemesis - the Vikings' waggle pop off - clicked for xix yards from Blackmore to Aidan Allsop to go the hosts out of problem.
Five plays afterwards, the six-1, 220 pound Solis took a brusque kick the bucket as well as broke a tackle into the Sequim secondary, galloping similar a Clydesdale upwards the left sideline through defenders for 74 yards too a xiv-0 North Kitsap atomic number 82 alongside ii:59 to get inwards the one-half.
Blackmore completed 7 of his 12 passes for 174 yards as well as three scores.
The Wolves had some other promising cause going in the terminal minute of the one-half, reaching the North 34, earlier a Cowan choke to Velarde was tipped together with intercepted by Josh Stackhouse.
Cowan completed 16 of his 38 passes for 160 yards with i interception.
Velarde caught 5 passes for 53 yards too had 1 rush for xxx.
North churns for four second half touchdowns
In the instant half, North focused on the ground game, attempting simply 4 passes too racking upwards 360 rushing yards for the game.
In their opening 11-play campaign, Solis ran for 42 yards on half-dozen consecutive plays.
North broke the game open on a quaternary-in addition to-2 from the Wolves 22, when Blackmore constitute Allsop alone on the correct side for the touchdown that made it 21-0 alongside viii:04 left inward the third.
Allsop had 3 catches for 49 hashes.
Sequim drove into Vikings territory too attempted a thirty-M Byron Rice champaign finish that was blocked.
Speedy Clayton Williams traversed right end for 54 yards to the Sequim 2 on the fifth play of the side by side series in addition to Solis scored on the adjacent snap for a 28-0 North atomic number 82 alongside iii:27 to go inwards the tertiary.
Sequim had some other champaign goal blocked on its side by side crusade, this fourth dimension from 24 yards.
Solis toured right cease for 65 yards amongst ten:41 left inward the game to make it 35-0.
North Kitsap reserves scored when Taylor Jackson dove inwards from the 8 on a quaternary-together with-finish to boost the advantage to 42-0, triggering the mercy rule with 4:52 remaining.
Other Olympic League Scores:
Bremerton 37, Cedar Park Christian 0
Port Angeles 35, Kingston 14
Olympic 35, North Mason 21
Next Week: Sequim at North Mason
(Sequim leads series 27-nine-one)
(Wolves are 12-v all-fourth dimension inward Belfair)
The dark the losing string ended - 1963
Longtime Sequim fans volition call back the Homecoming football game of Oct 18, 1963 every bit the night the Wolves broke a 23-game losing streak in their showtime-e'er contest against the North Mason Bulldogs.
Coach Bill Harriman's 11 scored on the first play from scrimmage as the Wolves ripped the Boys from Belfair 33-7, Sequim's showtime victory since a huge 12-half dozen upset against 5th-ranked Lakeside inwards the 1960 flavour, that broke the Seattle social club's 32 game winning streak.
Ron Herman took a Steve Callis snuff it in addition to went 48 yards for the opening touchdown. Herman, who was named return king at halftime, went on to grade 2 more touchdowns every bit the Wolves picked upwardly 411 yards rushing together with 155 yards passing against the Bulldogs.
Sequim's defence, led by Robin Lynch, Al Grall, Larry Livingston, Mike Millet, Gary Gizinski, Charlie Robinson and Dave Blake held North Mason to a full of twoscore yards rushing.
In the instant quarter, a mixup inwards the backfield produced a mark. Sequim drove lx yards inwards eight plays, with Callis going the final xx yards next a missed handoff.
An interception fix the third Sequim jibe in the minute quarter amongst eighteen seconds left when Herman crossed the destination line from iii yards out.
In the 3rd menstruation, Sequim took to the air together with North Mason picked upward its solely grade when Gary Miller passed to Larry Foster on a play that covered 56 yards.
Sequim position together a sustained movement as well as Herman scored for the 3rd fourth dimension, this ane on a 25-chiliad pitchout play.
Cliff Echternkamp picked off a North Mason snuff it to fix the concluding grade inwards the 4th quarter.
Mike Schade, the big fullback, went off tackle for 80 yards together with the touchdown.
Sequim has 27-nine-ane record against North Mason
The Wolves played North Mason in ten consecutive seasons starting time inwards 1963, winning the outset ix contests before the squads deadlocked in a scoreless necktie on the Sequim gridiron in 1972.
The Sequim - North Mason rivalry took a interruption inward the mid-1970s before two more than wins by the Wolves in 1977 (six-0) in addition to 1978 (33-0).
The rivalry resumed afterwards a fifteen-twelvemonth hiatus inwards 1993 and North Mason won seven of the offset viii games, including four directly from 1997 through 2000.
A 19-half-dozen habitation win past Coach Kevin McNulty'second 1996 team was the lonely Sequim victory against the Bulldogs in the 1990s.
Wolves take dominated Bulldogs alongside 15-2 tape since 2001
Sequim won 12 directly contests against North Mason betwixt 2001 as well as 2011 (the teams met twice in 2006).
The Bulldogs bounced back to take a distich of victories inwards 2012 and 2013, the latter a 69-46 pounding of the Wolves inward Sequim.
Current Sequim Coach Erik Wiker has a 12-2 record against North Mason, winning the terminal 3 meetings, including a 26-20 overtime determination in 2014.
The Wolves bask a 12-five all-time tape against North Mason inward Belfair, outscoring the Bulldogs 377-217.
2017 Sequim - North Kitsap Game Statistics
Scoring by Quarters
Seq - 00 00 00 00 - 00
NK -- 07 07 fourteen xiv - 42
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
NK - Tyler Sloman eleven choke from Andrew Blackmore (Tainui Elkington kick) 0.1
2d Quarter
NK - Dax Solis 74 die from Andrew Blackmore (Elkington kick) ii:59
3rd Quarter
NK - Aiden Allsop 22 pass from Andrew Blackmore (Elkington kicking) viii:04
NK - Dax Solis ii run (Elkington kick) 3:27
quaternary Quarter
NK - Dax Solis 65 work (Elkington kick) ten:41
NK - Taylor Jackson 8 work (Elkington kicking) four:52
Individual Statistics
Rushing
Seq - Riley Cowan 4-(-12), Gavin Velarde 1-30, Hayden Gresli ten-26, Chris Puksta ane-v.
NK -- Dax Solis 24-204-2TD, Joel Ingram 1-0, Clayton Williams 7-106, Tyler Sloman two-10, Keenan Kakuda ane-3, Noah North 6-29, Taylor Jackson ii-eight-1TD.
Passing
Seq - Riley Cowan 16-38-160-0TD-1INT.
NK -- Andrew Blackmore 7-12-174-3TD-0INT, Dax Solis 0-1-0.
Receiving
Seq - Gavin Velarde 5-53, Nathan Despain three-17, Kyler Rollness iii-43, Michael Young ii-thirty, Hayden Gresli 1-two, Chris Puksta 1-seven, Ben Cowan 1-eight.
NK -- Dax Solis ane-74-1TD, Tyler Sloman 1-xi-one, Hunter Wells two-twoscore, Aiden Allsop iii-49-1TD.
Team Statistics
Rushing
Seq - 16-49
NK -- 43-360-3TD
Passing
Seq - sixteen-38-160-0TD-1INT
NK -- seven-13-174-3TD-0INT
Total Yards
Seq - 54 plays, 209 yards (iii.nine ypp)
NK -- 56 plays, 534 yards (9.5 ypp)
Penalties
Seq - three-25
NK -- 8-65
Had Intercepted
Seq - one
NK -- 0
Fumbles
Seq - 0
NK -- 0
Turnovers
Seq - ane
NK -- 0