Fired-up Bowmen slay Dragons
Sherwood picks up first win with 55-0 rout
DAN BROOD / The Times
BOWMEN TD — Sherwood junior running back Nathan Potter (right) grabs the ball for a 28-yard touchdown reception during the Bowmen's 55-0 win at Dallas on Friday.
DALLAS – After suffering a hard-fought loss to defending state champion West Albany to start the season, the Sherwood High School football team was determined to bounce back.
And, wow, the Bowmen bounced back in a big, impressive way.
The fired-up Sherwood squad picked up its first win of the season, rolling to a 55-0 victory over Dallas in a non-league game played Friday at Dallas High School.
“For sure, we were fired up for this one,” said Sherwood senior fullback Kevin Hausner, who scored a pair of touchdowns while rushing for 131 yards on eight carries, all coming in the first half. “Last week was upsetting, but we learned from our mistakes. It was such a big relief to get this first win. It’s going to start us off on a roll.”
Dallas dropped to 0-2 on the season with the setback while the Bowmen evened their record at 1-1.
“This was very important to us,” said Sherwood senior quarterback Brayde Gough, who completed five of nine first-half pass attempts for 129 yards and a pair of touchdowns. “It shows that we’re a team to be reckoned with.”
Sherwood likely made believers out of the Dragons.
The Bowmen set the tone for the game early. In their first possession of the game, they quickly moved 57 yards in four plays, getting a 32-yard touchdown run by Hausner to take a 7-0 lead just 1 minute and 25 seconds into the contest.
That would be just the start of things.
Later in the first quarter, Hausner easily scored on a run from 25 yards out, sprinting through a huge hole opened up by senior center Sam Crabtree and junior left guard Tanner Steffens.
“You have to give all of the credit to the offensive line tonight,” Hausner said.
“I thought we did really well,” Steffens said. “We opened some pretty good holes for the backs.”
In the second quarter, Gough completed a 44-yard touchdown to senior receiver Ben Butterfield on a play-action pass and he also tossed a 28-yard TD pass to junior running back Nathan Potter.
Sophomore Michael Balfour, freshman Steven Long, sophomore Zach Moll and sophomore Trent Duppenthaler all had touchdown runs for Sherwood in the second half.
The Bowmen, as a team, rushed for 377 yards on 50 carries in the win. Long, who played just briefly in the third quarter, had 66 yards on five carries and senior Tyler Dickson had 46 yards on five carries. Butterfield had three receptions for 92 yards.
Sherwood outgained Dallas 506-77 in total offense.
“We came to play,” Hausner said. “I think we did well in every aspect. This is going to start us off.”
Junior Bryan Masingale was Dallas’ leading rusher with 21 yards on eight carries. Dragon junior quarterback Matt Reynolds completed three of 12 passes for 22 yards.
Both teams will be back in action next Friday. Sherwood will travel to Jefferson for a 7:30 p.m. non-league contest and Dallas will play at Churchill in a 7 p.m. non-league game.
For a complete story and more photos, see the Sept. 11 issue of the Tigard/Tualatin Times.