Youth Football
Reports for games played Oct. 11
West Linn 32, Tualatin Black 16
In a game that saw Tualatin roar back from an early deficit to claw within 19-16 at the half, the Wolves eventually came up a bit short in the second half as West Linn held on for a 32-16 victory over the fifth/sixth-grade Black Wolves.
The Wolves were lead by another strong outing by quarterback Kyle Bradish, who ran and passed his team down the field, including a 5-yard TD run. Also coming up big for Tualatin on offense were Calder Fettig and Eric Breyer, who both came up huge on pass receptions, Nathan Senger and Pono Auwae-Lanford with runs out of the backfield, and Chase Anderson, who ran it in from four yards out for the Wolves other score.
Also contributing to the Wolves first half surge were outstanding play from Troy Woodward, Michael Galluzzo, Evan Block, Myles Davis, Devon Chapman, and Ryan Faeth. Tualatin also benefited from another outstanding kicking game from Jacob Bennett, who drilled both extra points and continuously pinned West Linn deep in their own end with booming kick offs.
The Wolves stymied West Linn’s offense in the second quarter with Senger, Fettig, Breyer, and Micah Brandt contributing tackles. Tualatin was also bolstered by Anderson, who caught several West Linn runners from behind with TD saving tackles. The defense was also led by Mitch Matthews, Benjamin Jacobson, James Johnson, Xavier Limones, and Ivan Enriquez.
Second half highlights included tackles in the West Linn backfield by Bennett and Fettig, and a beautiful interception by Breyer. Despite stellar play by Danny Williams, Hayden Givens, Levi Carrion, Dylan Godden, Samuel Sigman, Brenden O’Neill, and Brandon Dauphinais the Wolves were unable to close the gap. However, the game ended with Tualatin fighting to the end and knowing that they had given their all.
Tualatin Cardinal 30, Tigard JV Black 24
The Tigard JV Black Bandits played a well Coached and athletic Tualatin Cardinal in an overtime thriller.
The Tigard JV Black offense was led by the determined running trio of Joe Lobbato, Cameron Yarnell, and Maclain Bartley. Each scored with extra effort on the ground. Braxton Latt and Justin Alvarizares also contributed needed yards on the ground as well. Jett Even also connected with Braxton Latt on a pass play on the day. The O line also opened up nice holes for the Running Backs and were led by Ray Barlow, Ryan Cleveland, Janek Ward, John Ellavsky, Jacob Mullen, Nathan Wick, and EJ Albaugh.
The Tigard JV Black Defense was led by Jacob Mullen and Nathan Wick on the Defensive line. Both sacked the quarterback and had several tackles behind the line of scrimmage. The linebacker trio of Joe Lobbato, Cameron Yarnell, and Jett Even made several individual and gang tackles on the day.
Justin Alvarizares and Ryan Cleveland also made individual contain tackles on the day. Braxton Latt also intercepted a pass on the day. Janek Ward, Maclain Bartley, Conner Lebrun, and John Ellavsky also contributed solid tackling on the day.
Jacob Mullen led the special teams with three converted extra points. Ray Barlow punted a +30 yarder from deep in his own zone. Jett Even and Braxton Latt also made nice kickoff returns giving Tigard Black solid field position on the day.
Canby 13, Sherwood Black 12
Football is a game of inches, and last Saturday's game for the Sherwood third/fourth-grade Black team against Canby proved that point as the difference in the game was a missed extra point at the end of the game. The Knights fought hard until the very end of the game and did not give up even though they were playing from behind most of the game.
The Knight offense moved the ball against a tough Canby defense, and reality only stopped moving the ball due to a few penalties, fumbles, and missed assignments. John Sandilands led the offense showing great poise in the pocket to complete keys passes to Caleb Silver, Isaiah Jackman, Cameron Dandini, Brady Pierce, and Derec Church. Sandilands, Jackman and Church also ran for hard yards and first downs, with Sandilands scoring a touchdown late in the fourth quarter with his teammates assisting on pushing the pile across the goal line. The Offensive line did a great job pass blocking and had a solid effort all day. The line of Jacob Forsyth, Pierce, JT Ruff, Zane Sands, Noah Cootz, Griffin Murphy had their best performance of the season.
The defense played solid and with the exception of a few mistakes contained Canby. It really was a team effort with the key play being an interception return on a ball tipped by Church, by Sandilands who took it to the house while Canby was driving in Knight territory. The defensive line of Luke Peters, Ruff, Pierce and Church did a good job on creating problems in the Candy backfield. Forsyth, Jackman and Sandilands played tough in the linebacker spot, with Sandilands also recovering a fumble in the second half. The Canby Offense kept the defensive backfield on their toes and for the most part they responded. Dandini, Jarret Scott, Jack Corno, Kyle Meidinger, Caedan Martin, Ben Thrasher, and Jack Warzsalek all made contributions.
Sherwood Gray 44, Wilson Black 12
The Sherwood fifth/sixth-grade Gray football team defeated Wilson Black 44-12 Saturday night to improve their record to 6 and 0. Sherwood wasted little time in the first quarter with two touchdown runs by Evan Kitto, one on a 1 yard and the second one on a 70-yard run. Sherwood’s defense never allowed Wilson to get going forcing them to punt several times.
Sherwood added two more touchdowns in the second quarter with Kitto running one in for 40 yards and Jakob Eisenbiess ran one for 82 yards. Kitto also ran in the PAT and Sherwood had a 25-0 halftime lead.
In the third quarter, Wilson scored a touchdown, however Sherwood came right back and scored another touchdown on a 31 yard run by Eisenbeiss. Later in the quarter, Max Jaeger scored a touchdown for Sherwood on a 4 yard run and Caleb Carter ran in the PAT to extend Sherwood’s lead to 38-.
In the fourth quarter, after a Wilson touchdown, Sherwood put the game away on a 5-ard touchdown run by Bryce Aeillo. Sherwood’s defense dominated Wilson with great plays by CJ Alley, Alec Harp, Jared Ringer, Mitchell Robbins, Adrian Villarreal and Black Knight recipient Joey Brookhouse. The final score was Sherwood 44 and Wilson 12. Sherwood will host Tigard White next Saturday night at 5 p.m.
Sherwood varsity Black 38, St. Helens 6
The Sherwood Varsity Black Knights racked up a well-executed home field victory against St. Helens to move to 5-1 on the season. Sherwood got off to a shaky start when St. Helens took the opening kick off and marched down the field to score. After missing the PAT, St. Helens lead 6-0. That would be the only time they saw the end zone against the Knights.
Sherwood struck back immediately when Jordan Skoubo took the St. Helens kick off and ran it back 67 yards to get the Knights on the board. Marcus Campbell’s successful PAT kick made the score 8-6 Sherwood. After a quick three and out by St. Helens, Sherwood’s offense took the field for the first time. On the first snap, Quarterback Joseph Balfour connected with Tyler Aytes for a gain of 12 yards. Balfour would go 6 for 12 on the day including 4 passes to Halfback Christian Morris for a total of 84 yards and a 25-ard touchdown pass to Tight End Jacob Brooks. Aytes also completed a 15-yard pass to Brooks to cap off a successful Sherwood air attack.
The Sherwood scoring was spread across the team as all five touchdowns were scored by different players including rushing touchdowns by Heath Mckinney, Morris and Aytes. All 348 yards of the Knights offense were made possible by the battle being won in the trenches by linemen Joe Chamberlain, Andy Hennings, Brooks, Nick Rowlands, Brandon Whitely and Mitchell Brannen. An additional 8 points came off the kicking foot of Campbell who went 4 for 4 on PATs.
After St. Helen’s first scoring drive, Sherwood turned the defensive effort up to eleven and brought tremendous pressure on the Lions quarterback for the rest of the night. This pressure included sacks by Brooks (2), Hennings, Morris and McKinney. The secondary was equally defended with interceptions being recorded by Corner Grant McLaughlin and Skoubo. Add to all this the fact that every Sherwood player that suited up on Saturday night recorded either a solo tackle or an assist to contribute to the powerful defensive effort. Multiple tackles were recorded by Balfour, Skoubo, Morris, Campbell, Austin Scoggin, Reggie Lee, Harrison Shelburne, Chamberlain, David Villalpando, Rowlands, Brooks, Whitely and Hennings.
The Sherwood Varsity Black Knights look to get better every day, and did so on Saturday night under the lights.
Sherwood Black 25, Aloha Blue 0
The Sherwood fifth/sixth-grade Black Knights continued their strong running game by defeating Aloha Blue on Saturday, 25-0. The Knights were a force to be reckoned with, both offensively and defensively.
Ryan Hobbs setup the Black Knights first score by taking the opening kick off 40 yards deep into Aloha’s territory. Tye McCarthy scored on the second play from scrimmage running 32 yards for a touchdown. On Sherwood’s next possession, Jacob Boren scored his first-of-the-season touch down, running 6 yards for the TD. Jake Richards darted into the end zone for the PAT to put Sherwood up, 13-0. Sherwood’s offense also dominated the second half of the game.
In the third quarter, Alex Dalebroux completed a perfect pass to Mason Rivers who ran into the end zone scoring the Knights third touchdown of the day. In the fourth quarter, Rivers ran a punt return back 65-yards for another touchdown. Hats off to the punt return team of Payden Sternkopf, Joel Haggard, Cameron Clem, Dakota Krieger, Ryan Carroll, Brenden Sotelo, Justin Dady, Hobbs, James Nappe and McCarthy who providing excellent blocking to allow Rivers into the end zone. Also, huge kudos to Dalebroux and Nappe who provided excellent leadership at the QB position the entire game. The Knights had 396 all-purpose yards, with individual carries for yards gained by Nappe (4 carries for 77 yards), McCarthy (4 carries for 41 yards and 2 punt returns for 38 yards), Boren (4 carries for 18 yards), Rivers (3 carries for 16 yards, 1 reception for 60 yards and 3 punt returns for 103 yards), Richards (5 carries for 15 yards), Lukas Adams (2 carries for 10 yards), Hobbs (1 carry for 2 yards and one kick return for 40 yards), Brady Sullivan (2 carries for 2 yards) and Parker Crowell (1 carry for 1 yard). Sherwood’s domination on offense would not have been possible without the outstanding offensive line led by Caleb Anderson, Adams, Evan Hager, Matthew Brooks, Ricky Vita and Connor Whitely opening up giant holes on every play.
The Knights defense was equally dominating, denying the opponent the chance to score. The defensive line of Robbie Hunt, Emmett Floyd, Krieger, Dady, Sotelo, Vita, Richard Schmidt, Clem, Hager and Andrew Wagner provided an essentially impenetrable wall. Leading tacklers Rivers and Sullivan had five tackles each followed closely by Vita, Hager, Brooks and Hobbs who had four tackles each. Other score stopping tackles came from Adams, Dalebroux and Nappe (each with three tackles) while Hunt, Floyd, Wagner, McCarthy, Sotelo, Ryan Dehning, Crowell and all had one tackle each.
The 5-6 Black Knights improved their record to 5-1 and are looking forward to their game against Sunset Purple next Saturday. Congratulations to Ricky Vita as the Black Knight recipient and to Ryan Carroll for the Fitz Patch (sportsmanship) honors.
Sherwood Red battles Wilson
Sherwood third/fourth-grade Red team played its best game of the season against Wilson. The defense was tenacious and the offense was polished.
On offense, fullback Jordan Craig had his best game of the season with 14 carries and 103 yards. Jordan was literally carrying the defensive players down the field. On one play, he had 9 defensive players hanging on to him as he went down. Jordan hit the hole hard, kept his feet moving and lowered his shoulder. Jordan’s effort at fullback allowed QB Kevin Skurdahl to pass to Jacob Maddox for a 37-yard touch down. His efforts also allowed both halfbacks, Criscola and Maddox to gain 80 plus yards and get into the end zone. Isaiah Burns also made a great catch from Skurdahl for an extra point conversion.
It sounds like the fullback had a great game, but without the offensive line creating the huge holes, Jordan and company would not have been able to make the accomplishments that they did. The offensive line consisted of Jackson Travnicek (tight end), Luka Nixon (left tackle), Ethan Darby (left guard), Jordan Plemmons (center), Tanner Stewart (right guard), Lion Lee (right tackle) and Isaiah Burns (tight end).
The defense was lead by defensive end Jordan Craig and linebacker Kevin Skurdahl with 8 tackles each. Tanner Schellhase and Isaiah Burns stepped up at outside linebacker for a combined effort of 8 tackles. At nose guard, Jet Krieger filled in for the starting nose guard and had a personal best of 6 tackles. The starting safety, Noah Eliason had a great game by coming up and making some big hits and causing a fumble. Great job! Next weeks game is against a hard hitting West Linn team. Good luck guys on your last regular season game.
Tigard varsity White 24, Sunset White 11
The quick score by the Apollos in the first quarter did not deter Benny "and the Jets" Wick and his teammates from sticking to their game plan. With Sunset in possession again, Bryan Cabral zoomed into the backfield and sacked the quarterback on a crucial fourth-and-5 play, giving the ball back to the Tigers at mid-field. Wick turned on the afterburners immediately and left contrails on field as he rushed down to the two-yard line. The Tiger's offensive line (Jake Miller, Nick Smith, Ken Timmins, Andrew Hungerford, Aaron Andrus, Cain Adams, and Chance Taylor) and fullbacks Matt Franz and Ethan Lange provided a direct route to the end zone for "the Jet" with crucial downfield blocking. Hayden Flake capped off the drive with a two yard thrust up the middle for a touchdown.
Tigard's defense was the main attraction in the second quarter forcing Sunset to turn the ball over on downs and then to punt. Defensive contributors included: (Smith, Taylor Courtney, Adams, Hungerford, Jeruebe Phillips, Parker Garland, Ken Haskett, Xiao Liang, Lange, Bryan Cabral, Will Schaer and Andrus on the line and, Wick (10 tackles), Flake, Franz (7 tackles) and Justin Evans at the linebackers and Ryan Bickel (7 tackles), Mark Hall at the corners and Chandler Kelly at the safety position. The score remained tied at the end of the half.
The Tigers were pinned deep in their own territory at the beginning of the second half and had to punt out of their own end zone. The defense stiffened-up in the red zone and held Sunset to a field goal on their next possession. Starting from deep within their own territory again, Wick's jets were recharged as he broke the sound barrier carrying the ball 85 yards for another Tigard touchdown. The Tigers now had the lead at 16-11. A defensive struggle ensued over the next few possessions with the D-line pressuring the backs and QB, linebackers sealing the gaps and the DBs swatting down all pass attempts. The defensive highlight in the second half was Kelly's interception and 28 yard run. This forced the ball into Sunset territory were it stayed as the two teams pounded each other. Tigard put together one final offensive push which was capped off by a Wick 11-yard TD run through a hole as wide as the Grand Canyon. Great job boys and coaches.
Tualatin varsity Black 32, Oregon City Red 18
The boys were all smiles after earning that illusive “W” in their victory over Oregon City Varsity Red. The Wolves played like a well-oiled machine and it paid off. It was a great afternoon for football with blue skies, no wind, and temperatures in the mid 60’s.
Oregon City won the toss and elected to receive.
Austin Green booted a 25-yarder and OC began their first set of downs. OC went forwards and backwards with tackles by Brandon Yee, Tyler Baggenstos, Green, Paul Sheffield, Conner True, Tyler Riley, Andrew Schlottmann, and Brennan Symes. OC turned the ball over on downs and the Wolves went to work.
The Wolves gained 9 rushing yards with plays by Connor Scott, Derek Rodrigues, Green, and Schlottmann. Key blocks were thrown by Sheffield, Green, and True. It was 3 and out with a 30-yard punt by Schlottmann and OC gets the ball.
On first down Tualatin’s Brandon Day, Jamey Gates, Derek Senger, and True rocked OC back on their heels but a break away pass and a rush up the middle earned OC a TD. A fumble on the kick gave OC the ball back on their own 40-yard line but they were not able to capitalize on it. A bone crushing tackle by Garrett Medvec spoiled the 1st down. Dakota Billington, Yee, Day, Green, and Kyle George continued to discourage yardage and OC was forced to punt from the 50-yard line.
Scott led the team in a series of plays that included keepers and rushing by Schlottmann, McDonald, and Symes. A key block by Green broke Scott loose for a final run up the middle and a TD for Tualatin. The score was tied going into the second quarter.
A well-placed on-side kick by Green gave OC the ball on the 50-yard line. Tackles by Green, Day, Riley, Yee, Senger, Medvec, True, Symes, Cooper Sprunk, Ryan Baron, and Jamey Gates prevented any real penetration by OC. Tualatin fans cheered as Sheffield continued to terrorize the offensive line and break up plays.
The Wolves got the ball back on their own 40-yard line and headed to the end zone. Day, Symes, and Scott led a consistent march down the field. On third down Jon Fishback proving once again “it’s the size of the fight in the dog” executed a perfect open field block breaking Symes loose for a fourth gear blast to the end-zone. The play was called back for a very questionable “block to the back” but the Wolves were not to be discouraged. A completed pass to Schlottmann took the Wolves down to the 1-yard line and Symes punched it in behind blocks by Cody Summers, Sprunk, and Sheffield.
OC went three-and-out and the sure-footed Day juked the ball back to the Tualatin 30-yard line. On first down Scott handed off to Schlottmann. Key blocks by Green, Billington, McDonald, and Sheffield turned him loose for a fleet footed sprint to the end zone.
OC made little progress due to tackles by Green, Day, Riley, Sheffield, and True. A fumble on fourth down gave the Wolves the ball back on the OC 28-yard line. Tualatin went out on downs and OC got the ball. On second down a 70-yard run produced a TD for OC.
The break away run by OC must have charged up the Wolves because we visited the end zone once again. Schlottmann could not be stopped and put it to OC with runs for 60 and then 8 yards for a TD. Blocks by Sheffield, Summers, Riley, and Green let the rocket propelled Schlottmann do his work.
In the next two possessions both OC and Tualatin went out on downs as the game went into fourth quarter. Starting from its own 22-yard line OC punched one in for TD. The Wolves went out on downs and OC exploded with 78-yard run for another TD. OC and Tualatin again traded the ball in the next 2 possessions. With less than 3 minutes on the clock Green threw a perfect block unleashing Symes for a 33-yard sprint and a final TD. The clock ran out and it was Tualatin 32 and OC 18. Randall Tainer cheered his team on from the sideline, as he is our only injured Wolf.
Tualatin JV Gray 33, Milwaukie 0
The Timberwolves traveled to Milwaukie Saturday night to take on the Mustangs and came away with a convincing win playing under the lights on Milwaukie’s new turf field.
The Wolves started fast as Daren Rodrigues returned the opening kickoff 40 yards up the right sideline to give Tualatin excellent field position. Consecutive runs by tailback Alec Trecker and QB Cooper Brunner moved the ball to the 20, where Brunner finished the scoring drive with an off tackle run to give Tualatin a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. The EXP was blocked, but minutes into the game the Wolves led 6-0.
Milwaukie’s first possession resulted in a 3 and out and after a punt, Tualatin took over at its own 30. The Wolves continued to pound the ball behind center Graham Russell, guards Brandon Guyette and James Porter, tackles Devin LaBar and Bryce Stubbs and tight end Mark Toda. Running backs Trent Warren and Rodrigues along with fullback Mychal Makarowsky took turns and moved the ball down the field where Makarowsky finished the drive on a 3-yard dive up the middle. The EXP kick wasn’t executed but the kicker Trecker managed to run the ball in for the 1-point conversion. Five minutes into the game Tualatin was up 13-0.
On Milwaukie’s next possession, the Wolves defense forced and recovered a fumble as Porter secured the loose ball. Tualatin used more running backs as Justin Hastrich, Jacob Friedhoff and Conner McCullough took turns running the ball and moving the chains. McCullough finished off the drive on a well-executed counter play from 20 yards out to push the score to 19-0. The Mustangs stopped Tualatin’s 1-point EXP play.
Milwaukie surged a little late in the second quarter, but the Wolves defense didn’t allow a score. Tualatin’s defense was led by defensive end McCullough with 9 tackles, several for a loss. Middle linebacker Makarowsky had 5 tackles. Defensive tackle LaBar had 4 tackles. Nose guard Porter had 5 tackles. Cornerback Jackson Ceserani had 1 interception and 20-yard return on a deflected pass. Others who played well on the defensive side were defensive ends Russell and Toda, defensive tackles Stubbs, Lucas Polischuk, Ben Platter and Griffen Gehring, linebackers Jarod Schmidt and Friedhoff and cornerbacks Rodrigues, Jonny Torgeson, Jake Creasey and Bradon Ackles and safety Hastrich.
In the second half, Tualatin continued moving the ball with ease as backup QB McCullough guided the offense the entire half. Makarowsky scored his second TD from his full back spot and Rodrigues scored a TD on an exciting 50 yard run in which he had to cut back to elude defenders to get into the end zone. Multiple backs got carries included eligible linemen Russell, Porter and Polischuk.
The Wolves moved to 4-1 on the year with archrival Tigard up next on the road.
Tualatin Gray 60, Hillsboro Red 33
Tualatin fifth/sixth-grade Gray suspected they were going to be in for a fast game when they took on Hillsboro Red at Hare Field and the final score of 60-33 certainly didn’t do anything to prove them wrong.
In the first quarter, the Timberwolves jumped to a quick 18-0 lead, thanks to back-to-back-to-back turnovers by Hillsboro. On the first turnover, a failed backwards pass resulted in Daeton Harris picking up the ball and running for a 61-yard touchdown. The second turnover wasn’t much different. Hillsboro attempted another backwards pass that was incomplete. Chase Morrison picked this one up and ran 93 yards for the second touchdown. The third turnover occurred, thanks to a beautiful one-handed interception by Alex Reid at the Tualatin 43 yard line. On the next play (Tualatin’s first offensive play of the game), Chase Morrison ran the ball 62 yards for another Tualatin touchdown. On Hillsboro’s next possession, they managed to hold onto the ball and quickly drove down to score. They also managed the extra point attempt, making the score 18-7.
In the second quarter, the Timberwolves were again able to capitalize on a turnover, when Ben Rahier picked off a Hillsboro pass at the Spartan 27 yard line. On the next play, Alex Reid ran it in for a touchdown. After the missed extra points kick, the score was 24-7. Hillsboro was able to answer back on the next possession, and their extra point attempt was successful again, which made the score 24-14. At that point, Tualatin slowed it down a little, by pounding the ball down the field eating up a lot of clock, before Ben Rahier ran the ball in from the one-yard line. Alex Reid kicked the ball through the uprights to make the score 32-14 with 2:14 left in the half. On Hillsboro’s next drive, Tualatin’s defense came alive. Thanks to some nice tackling by Ryan Doty and Tucker Leneve, the Spartans were unable to get back on the board before halftime.
Hillsboro’s defense continued to struggle against Tualatin in the second half. On Tualatin’s first play after the kickoff, Chase Morrison following a crushing block by Luke Davis for a 53-yard scamper into the end zone. Alex Reid was successful with the extra points kick, which made the score 40-14. On Hillsboro’s next possession, despite some solid defense by Bryce Haskin and Reynaldo Ceja, the Spartans were able to drive the ball down the field for a touchdown and an extra point to make the score 40-21. Tualatin’s lucrative offense again was able to make a big play when Chase Morrison broke off a 53-yard touchdown run. Dante Reid threw the ball to Luke Davis for the extra point try, to make the score 47-21. Then after some nice tackling by Tucker Trost and Kobe Nelson, Tucker Leneve forced a fumble that was pounced on my Drew Butz at the Tualatin 45. Six plays later, Bryce Haskin broke free for a 31-yard touchdown. The PAT was no good, so the score was 53-21 with 1:22 left in the third quarter.
Hillsboro took over on their next possession and drove the ball down the field on an eight-play drive to score one minute into the fourth quarter. Reynaldo Ceja stuffed the Spartan runner on the extra point try, making the score 53-27. On Tualatin’s next drive, the offensive line of Luke Davis, John Ayers, Treves Lindstrom, Marquise Saucedo, Cooper Rentfrow, Dane Strength, and Jared Welter really showed their skill by bullying the Hillsboro defense to allow their running backs to go straight up the gut five times for a combined 54 yards. Daeton Harris scored on the final wedge from 14 yards out. Dante Reid threw to his brother Alex Reid for the PAT to make the score 60-27. With three minutes left in the game, Hillsboro was able to run the ball into the end zone one more time but Reynaldo Ceja stuffed the runner on the extra point try to make the final score of the game 60-33.
Next week, Tualatin Gray looks to stay undefeated when they take on Aloha White at Aloha High School.
Sherwood Cardinal 26, Tualatin White 20 (OT)
Forty minutes of regulation wasn’t enough time to settle the game between Tualatin fifth/sixth-grade White and Sherwood Cardinal last Saturday. The teams had to play a Kansas Plan overtime to determine the winner of this one.
The game started with both teams giving the ball to the other on fumbles. Tualatin was the first to take advantage. Jordan Wilson picked up 10 hard-earned yards on fourth down behind textbook blocking from Cameron Frey, Evan Gang, Kaleb Olsen, Doug Skinner, Jorge Severiano and Zach Reynholds. On the next play, Harrison Visse scampered 55 yards on a reverse for a touchdown. Olsen boomed the extra point kick for an 8-0 lead.
The defense held Sherwood with Brian Davis and Garret Cutright stopping the ballcarrier on fourth down. On the Wolves’ next play, Jake Day blew through a gaping hole up the middle and eluded a host of would-be tacklers to go 55 yards for the score to make it 14-0, Tualatin.
Olsen put up a brick wall on the next series, denying Sherwood any positive yardage with some help from Jack Dupuis and Severiano. Again, Tualatin wasted little time by scoring on its second play – this one a 38 yard reverse by Wilson who received a key block from Reynholds to free him into the open field. Suddenly it was 20-0 in favor of the Wolves.
Sherwood responded by grinding out a 10-play drive and converting two fourth downs to get their first score. It wasn’t easy as defensive pressure was applied by Day, Jackson Hale, CJ Dahm, Malachi Seib, Frey, Jared Platt, Enzo Allen, Blake McDill, Billy Calder, Todd Pasquale-Uhlman and Alex Burley. The score at halftime was Tualatin 20, Sherwood 8.
Sherwood began the second half with yet another 10 play scoring drive in which they converted two fourth-down plays. Frey wreaked havoc with help from Visse, Hale and Seib making Sherwood earn every yard.
Momentum had now swung to Sherwood as Tualatin went 3 and out on its next possession. Both defenses tightened up as the game entered the fourth quarter. Big hits were provided by Allen, Olsen, Wilson and Frey. With about 3 minutes to go, Sherwood mounted their final lengthy drive of the day – this one 11 plays. They took to the air and were nearly thwarted by the coverage of Cutright and Visse. An unfortunate pass interference call kept the drive alive and then with 20 seconds left Sherwood connected from 40 yards out for the TD. Visse blocked the kick to send it into overtime.
Tualatin got the ball first and gained to the 1-yard line on its first 2 plays but a false start backed them up on third down and they were unable to score. Sherwood’s tremendous quarterback took it in for the winning score 2 plays later for a final score of 26-20. This was a hard-fought, well-played game by two teams that left everything on the field.
Sherwood Red 24, Tigard Black 0
What started out as a cold morning became what was voted in as a nice day for the 11th of October at Tigard High School. The only thing lacking in the environment was that feeling you get from watching you’re young men compete and achieve success as a group. While running their usual high percentage plays, our boys did not have a potent enough response to Sherwood fifth/sixth-grade Red’s outstanding offense. The final score was 24-0.
Alex Treat had 4 tackles followed by Cameron Smith and Kevin Gress with 3. David Schimmels, Matt Hockman and Cary Watts turned in 2 apiece. Solo tackles were provided by Michael Adkins, Brady McGetrick, Jon Meusch, Jacobi Greenberg, Jake Sanders and Tyler Powers. During the second half, for a brief moment, the Black Tigers resumed their dominant form on defense penetrating heavily and yielding a team sack, notable individuals on the play were Kevin Gress, Jake Sanders, David Schimmels, and Matt Hockman who also recorded a solo sack earlier in the contest. All of these efforts were not enough as the Tigers failed to contain the Knights sweeping ability.
As valiant an effort as the offense turned in, it did not produce enough first downs to create and remain in any kind of rhythm. The team did have positive yards rushing, but always seemed to fall just shy of the mark, especially on attempts up the middle when faced by a Sherwood front line that was able to fluster even our most adept attempts.
The Black Tigers will remember this game against Sherwood and use those memories to strive to get even better than they know they already are.
Tualatin JV Cardinal 30, Tigard Black 24
Both Tualatin JV Cardinal and Tigard JV Black came into the October 11th contest knowing that whoever came out victorious would be atop the league standings. Tualatin was undefeated and Tigard had but one blemish on their record. This just added fuel to what was already a long standing rivalry between two teams whose players are, or have been, classmates.
True to form, the score of the game was never separated by more than six points. Both teams came to play, with Tualatin striking first on the opening kick-off of the game. Nick Hines took the ball on his own 35-yard line and proceeded to juke his way to the end zone. To Tigard’s credit, they quickly recovered from this lightening strike and marched 42 yards down field to take the lead 8 to 6.
On Tualatin’s next possession, they came right back with a 43-yard drive, with Logan Griffin running the ball in from the eight yard line. Solid blocking up front was provided by Andy Collins, Franklin Giannone, Luke Goessens, Alec Hampton, Ben Herrod, Alex Jarmer, Nick Johnson, Tyler Mitchell, Patrick O’Connor, Gator Pizer, Ryan Wisner, Kevin Haudbine, Nick Hines, Sawyer Johnstone, Corey Parsons, Logan Work, Noah Petersen, and Chris Raycraft. Bridger Wilde directed the scoring drive.
Again, Tigard answered with a 64-yard touchdown drive and a two-point conversion. At the end of an action packed first quarter Tigard led 16 to 12.
In the second quarter Tualatin dug in and kept Tigard scoreless. Defensive play was led by solid tackles from Ryan Wisner, Nick Hines, Sawyer Johnstone, Corey Parsons, and Tyler Mitchell. Disrupting Tigard’s offense up front was Andy Collins, Logan Gillihan, Ben Herrod, Patrick O’Connor, Gator Pizer, Logan Work, and Noah Petersen. Late in the quarter, Tualatin was able to mount a drive with Logan Griffin scoring his second TD of the day from 20 yards out. At the half, the score stood Tualatin 18 Tigard 16.
In the third quarter Tigard was able to keep Tualatin at bay and take the lead 24 to 18.
Both teams where held scoreless until late in the fourth quarter. Tigard went on a 14-play drive that took the clock down past two minutes remaining in the game. Tualatin was finally able to stop the Tigers on a fourth and five at the Tualatin 25. Key tackles where made by Ben Herrod and Ryan Wisner to finally give Tualatin the ball back and a chance to win the game.
With time running out, Tualatin went to the air only to have Tigard intercept a pass, but here is where Nick Hines came up with the play of the game. On the interception return, Nick stripped the ball from the runner and recovered the fumble. Tualatin was back in business! Two plays later Logan Griffin broke free over the right side and scampered for 70 yards to pay dirt. Tualatin’s extra point attempt was unsuccessful. Regulation time ended tied at 24.
In overtime Tigard got the ball first on the 10-yard line. Four plays later, with stops by Ryan Wisner and Logan Griffin and an incomplete pass, Tualatin had stopped Tigard’s OT bid. Next they had their chance from the 10-yard line. With Jackson Fox calling the signals, Tualatin dug down and ran right at Tigard. On the second play from scrimmage Logan Griffin scored his fourth touchdown of the day to seal the win.
In a hard-fought overtime contest, Tualatin JV Cardinal remained undefeated with a 30 to 24 win over Tigard JV Black.
Aloha Green 18, Tualatin Cardinal 7
Tualatin’s Daniel Ennis recovered the onsides kick at the 50-yard line, giving Tualatin the break they needed to get off to an early start. Unfortunately Aloha’s defense forced Tualatin to turn ball over downs after only 4 plays. The Tualatin fifth/sixth-grade Cardinals played smashmouth football against Aloha Green in this hard hitting defensive battle. On 4th down of the 3rd series, Steven Shockloss unleashed a fierce hit, crushing the Aloha QB for a 6-yard loss. Tualatin took over on downs. Unfortunately, Aloha’s defense prevented Tualatin from gaining any 1st downs on the 1st 6 possessions.
The Tualatin defense played tough, but on 4th down just before the half, Aloha scored a 23-yard rushing touchdown on a broken play. Tualatin shut down the PAT pass attempt, and the 1st half ended with Aloha only up by 6 points. Aloha scored again on a 65-yard rush on its 1st possession following halftime. The PAT rush attempt was tackled short of the goal line.
In the second half, Tualatin began to move the ball and put together its 1st scoring drive of the game. Fullback Mark Cepada broke tackles for a 33-yard gain, Trevor Tilema completed a 5-yard pass to Daniel Ennis, followed by a 25-yard scamper down the sideline by Daniel Ennis, capped by a 6 yard rushing TD from Shane Anderson. Mark Cepada plowed up the middle to convert the PAT rush and give Tualatin 7 pts. The Tualatin line, led by Kellin Poti, Steven Shockloss, Ryan Hecker, Brazen Sanders, Oliver Price, and Patrick Simms did a fantastic job in the 2nd half. Offensively, Mark Cepeda had 52 yards on 9 carries, Daniel Ennis had 30 yards on 3 carries, and Trevor Tillema had a 30-yard keeper. Momentum had changed and Tualatin was in the hunt for the win, however Aloha massed a 13-play rushing drive that resulted in their 3rd TD, and unfortunately consuming most of the 4th quarter.
Parents, coaches and spectators all commented on the valiant defensive effort led by Grant Philips who had 9 tackles, Mark Cepada 8, Steven Shockloss 6 (including a “whopper” as described by Jenny Price), and Oliver Price 4. The helmet cracking tackles could be heard from the sidelines. The Tualatin Cardinals may have lost this game, but they gained some swagger and respect for next week.
Tualatin Gray 18, Tigard White 14
The Tualatin third/fourth-grade Gray team must have eaten its Wheaties for Saturday's October 11th game. Whether it was the breakfast fare or the chilly morning air, the "wolfpack" arrived battle-ready and hungry for victory.
Wasting no time in the first quarter, Sean MacPherson scored the Wolves their first touchdown running around the end. Michael Hebert scored a second touchdown, while working with the outstanding offensive help of Ian Chaff, Brayden Fox, Nathan Erickson, Kent Sadler, Jake Borris, and Jackson Blair. The defensive blocking of Damian Jimenez, Austin Smith and Thomas Frith, was steady, creating holes and driving back the offense. Deafening tackling from Jimenez, Hebert, and Donovan Debell helped secure the lead and saved the game more than once.
Taking care of business, Ryan Moran, and Sabian Limones, played with fantastic flexibility in several different spots on offense and defense. Peter Hulsman, Jordan Jun, Jack Olson and Colby Jackson also gave essential effort, bolstering the team. Maintaining victory momentum, Hebert completed a pass to Tyler Hickey at the fourth and seven. Two plays later, MacPherson scored the final touchdown, and the lead was protected to the end by the Wolf support. The score was Wolves, 18 to 14.
Coach Hickey commented that, "This was our best game of the year, we overcame many obstacles and the kids showed tremendous heart down the stretch. I'm honored to be able to coach such great young men."
West Linn 30, Tualatin Cardinal 24
It was a heavyweight slugfest when Tualatin Cardinal Varsity met an aggressive West Linn team. Both teams entered the game with potent offensive attacks and stout defenses and came out swinging.
The game was close throughout. Cardinal started the scoring with a long drive punctuated by a crisp pass from Scott Allred to Cody Page. Page took the pass to the house for a 32 yard score. Cody Allison was perfect all night on PAT’s and made the first of his three attempts. West Linn then responded with a short drive helped by a penalty to knot the score at 8-8.
Jeffrey Williams took the ensuring kickoff and made an exciting 75 yard return to set Cardinal up for another scoring drive. Williams efforts were rewarded when he ran in a 3-yard touchdown standing up and Cardinal led 14-8.
The battle carried into the second quarter with West Linn driving back for a score. Cardinal responded with a big play as they blocked the PAT kick.
Williams again received the kickoff and hammered back and forth 52 yards on the return to set Cardinal up with good field position. The powerhouse line of Allison, Lloyd Bowars, Will Chapman, Kale Davis, Matt Shepard, Dane Simonsen, Ken Walther and Aaron West continued the push for runners Tyler Kemp, Zach Salton and Williams. The drive was finished off with Williams breaking free and jaunting 15 yards into the end zone. After another Allison conversion Cardinal led 24-14 near the half.
As in real prizefights, external factors sometimes have significant impacts and the same was true for the second week in a row for Cardinal. After Allred broke up a deep pass in the end zone, Cardinal’s middle defense with Bryon Chapman, Stephen Palmer, Ryan Richardson, Chris Rodarte and Connor Thurman backed the opponent up to a fourth and long situation. Will Chapman broke free from the outside and dashed for the quarterback, delivering a key sack to end the drive. However, an uncommon penalty assessment allowed West Linn to retain the ball. A subsequent score right at the half narrowed Cardinal’s lead to 24-22.
The third quarter was dominated by Cardinal as they controlled the ball for all but 2 minutes marching down the field. And then another external impact. Mathias Weislogel took off on a run from inside the red zone on the 15-yard line, slashing and twisting toward the goal line. Just as he was tackled at the 3, blackness hit when all field lights went off instantly. After a lengthy wait and momentum drain while the lights reset, Cardinal resumed the attack. The Cardinal runner was stopped near the goal line on the next play. The play was not whistled dead and the ball was wrestled away and awarded to the opponent, ending a likely score.
The opponent drove down for a go-ahead score and Cardinal regained the ball with little time left. A dramatic drive deep into the opponents territory came close but ran out of time. For a second time this season it was a winning performance. But, the scoreboard showed Cardinal on the short end of a 30-24 result. It was a great effort with teammates Luke Amstad, Ian Coffman and Anthony Monteferrante unable to play.
Tigard Green 28, Milwaukie 7
In a dominating performance Saturday, the Tigard third/fourth-grade Green team improved its record to 5-1 on the season.
Offensively, the Tigers were led by the strong offense line play of Locklin Spencer, Burke Albaugh, Brendan Bray, Josh Linder, Desmond Terry, and Anthony Raye. The line helped to create some enormous holes for the running backs, who combined for over 200 rushing yards. Leading the way yet again was Zane Woodard who rushed for over 100 yards on the day and two rushing touchdowns. Woodard turned on the jets early in the game and sprinted for a 48 yard touchdown off the left side of the line. A strong performance was also turned in by Brett Thomas, Kyle Nottingham, Colby Williams, Luke Smith, and Tyler Steicher, who scored for the first time this season. Quarterback Ryan Worthley chipped in with two pass completions on the afternoon.
Defensively, the Tigers were led by Smith’s strong play at corner. Smith was involved in 7 tackles and also had an interception on the day. The boys up front on the defensive line held their own as well. Raye had a nice game- 8 tackles, 2 for a loss, and a fumble recovery. His play, combined with Sterling Roberts, 6 tackles, Josh Linder, 3 tackles, and Jordan Fullerton 3 tackles, 1 for a loss, helped to free up the linebackers. Linebackers, Streicher, 5 tackles, Thomas, 3 tackles, Ryan Barlow, 3 tackles, and Nottingham, 3 tackles, all chipped in to easily control the Mustang running game. Other Tigers who had outstanding performances on defense include Cole Bankston, Nick Heinke, and Samuel Jackola who all helped in the defensive secondary.
The Tigard Green Machine rolls into Tigard Stadium to take on the Clackamas Cavalier’s this Saturday in the regular season finale.
Tigard White 13, Newberg Blue 13
Tigard White and Newberg Blue fifth/sixth-grade teams went into overtime but neither offense could score leaving the game a tie 13-13 on Saturday.
The Tigers received the ball to open the game but after driving 70 yards, they fumbled inside Newberg’s 5-yard line. Bryan Baker recovered a fumble at the Newberg 3 yard line but the Tigers were still unable to score.
On Newberg’s next drive, they were able to get outside and scored on a 65-yard run. The extra point attempt was good and the score stood at 7-0. Tigard quickly answered when Jake Spadafora threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Nick Stevens. The extra point failed and Newberg held a slim lead, 7-6.
Newberg scored again on an 18-yard run but the extra point was unsuccessful making the score 13-6. Once again, with their backs against the wall, Tigard scored in the fourth quarter on a Sam Inos 8-yard run. The extra point was good making the score 13-13 with only a few minutes left.
Tigard successfully stopped Newberg’s last drive and forced overtime. Newberg received the ball first and were pummeled by Tigard’s stifling defense. Tigard was also unable to move the ball the game ended in a tie.
Tigard recorded its most productive game of the year gaining over 250 yards through the air and on the ground. Jake Spadafora completed 7 passes on 14 attempts for 106 yards. Tyler Critchfield ended the game with 3 catches for 56 yards, William Holman had 3 catches for 29 yards and Nick Stevens 1 catch for 33 yards and a touchdown. On the ground, Sam Inos scored a touchdown and gained 121 yards on 18 carries, Tyler Critchfield added 25 yards and William Holman 11 yards.
The Tiger defense was led by Bryan Baker with 11 tackles, Kenny White with 8, William Holman with 7, Branden Baker and Nick Stevens with 3.5 tackles apiece, Zach Stevenson with 3, Spencer Olson 2.5, Stephen Burdett, Christopher Bates, Tyler Critchfield, and Sam Inos each had 2 tackles, and the following each had 1 tackle: Brandon Dodak, Alex Kelly, and Jake Spadafora.
Sherwood JV Red 41, Canby Blue 12
The Sherwood JV Red Knights came out firing on all cylinders Saturday morning. The offense line consisting of Travis Kotowski, Ryan Jurgens, Nic Aspen, Ben Vanderzanden, Jorge Figueroa, Andrew Mestre, Jose Miglav and Black Knight Taylor Crowell were instrumental in the victory opening holes that lead to the Red Knights accumulating 320 yards rushing.
The Sherwood squad got the momentum going early as Nic Dickson took the first play from the line of scrimmage up field for a nice gain and a first down. On the very next play Nic Clarke galloped off tackle for a 65 yard TD run. Figueroa converted on the PAT Kick giving the Red Knights an early 8 – 0 lead. On the heals of two, 20 plus yard tough runs by fullback Scott Skurdahl, Dickson rammed his way into the end zone for the Knight’s next score. Figueroa converted the 2 pt. PAT kick. The scoring continued on the very next series as QB Lucas Johnson completed a 12-yard TD strike to wide receiver Tristan Flint. Just before half time the Knights struck again as Clarke streaked around the end for a 44-yard TD run.
As the third quarter got under way Keegan Lawrence broke tackles and spun his way into the end zone on a 38-yard aggressive run. Lawrence’s TD was set up by a 15 yard pass completion from Johnson to Ben Vanderzanden. Alex Wacker had two strong runs of 11 and 21 yards to set up Sherwood’s next score. Following Wacker’s tough runs, Johnson completed a dump pass to Skurdahl who finished the job by pounding his way 20 more yards down the field making the score 41 – 12. Lawrence kept the scoring alive twisting and turning his way into the end zone from 38 yards out. Lawrence’s TD was set up by a nice pass from Johnson to wide receiver Blake Peterson.
With 20 players recording tackles Sherwood’s defensive performance could best be summed up as a team effort…. Kotowski lead the charge recording 8 tackles. Grant Robinette, Dickson and Nicholas Hamburger had 5 tackles each. Parker Branz recorded 4 tackles. Jose Miglav, Andrew Beaudoin and Aspen added 3 tackles each. Evan Castillo, Austin Goldstein, Eric Lind, Jurgens, Crowell and Wacker also made strong contributions to the Red Knight’s defensive effort. Dickson capped his MVP day with an interception.
The Sherwood JV Red Knights will be back in action this Saturday at 4 p.m. against the Newberg JV White.
Sherwood White 20, Oregon City Black 12
Sherwood's fifth/sixth-grade White hosted Oregon City Black Saturday. Oregon City came into the game needing a win to keep their playoff hopes alive.
From the opening kick-off the game was intense and physical. Sherwood would score first after holding Oregon City and taking over the ball in the first Quarter. Quarterback Justin Schwarm ran into the4 end zone from one yard out to make the score 8-0. Oregon City would answer in the first Quarter by marching down the field and scoring for an 8-6 Sherwood advantage. second quarter Jacob Spurgeon ran 34 yards for Sherwood's second score of the game. Again Oregon City would answer scoring just before halftime, Sherwood would hold a 14-12 lead at the break. Second half Sherwood would score their third and final touchdown and with the game 20-12.
Sherwood's offense would roll up over 300 yards of total offense on the day. A couple of untimely penalties would wipe away two touchdowns for Sherwood but their defense was stout through-out the game. Twice Oregon City would have first and goal inside the five-yard line where Sherwood's Defense would hold, once on downs and again with a fourth down Interception in the end zone by safety Matt Ploeger.
Sherwood' Defense was lead by Spurgeon with thirteen tackles, Schwarm, Adam Olsen, Cully Clark, Derek Snyder, Conner Carlson, Andrew Rivera, Tanner Dillree and Justin Meyer with several tackles each. Ploeger and Ryan Nolan each recorded interceptions for Sherwood's defense in an outstanding effort.
Sunset Gold 27, Sherwood Cardinal 0
This past Saturday started with frost on the ground but certainly heated up quickly at the game between Sherwood third/fourth-grade Cardinal and undefeated Sunset 3-4 Gold.
Both teams brought their hardest hitting of the season. Sherwood showed their true poise by continuing to fight on every play even though they found themselves out-sized at several positions against Sunset Gold. They were able to execute on several plays from a variety of formations, showing their discipline with varied snap counts. Of particular note was the depth of Sherwood's reserves. Sherwood's team was challenged by several injuries throughout the game. The Cardinals rallied from this adversity and fielded multiple combinations of players that were tested, some for the first time, at their positions. Throughout it all, it was truly inspiring to see the dogged determination and true grit that each Sherwood player demonstrated this past weekend.
Tough line play was the signature for this weekends fiercely fought contest. With Sunset's leading Middle Linebacker and Nose Guard breathing down on him on every play, Fourth Grade Center Kellan Scroggin set about his job of anchoring the Offensive line. This is a job he's performed well throughout the season. His steady handed snaps and calm demeanor have continued to establish him as a gentle leader on his team. The coaches know they can count on Kellan to get the ball to his QB and fight to whistle on every play. They are proud to name him as this week's Black Knight and present him with the black jersey with honors.
Sherwood plays its last regular season game against Tualatin 3-4 Grey next Saturday at Tualatin HS at 11 a.m.
Sherwood Cardinal 26, Tualatin White 20 (OT)
Wow! What a game! The first 12 minutes of this game did not look promising for Sherwood. They fell behind by 20 points against a very physical and solid Tualatin team. Nonetheless the Cardinals “never quit” attitude came shining through in the form of defense.
Jed Babcock let the Tualatin offense know it wouldn’t be easy with a shattering hit for a solo tackle. The line of Matthew Springer, Justin Humphreys, Logan Shelton, Jacob Vincent, Adley Rutschman, Chris Schapp, Brad West, Cameron Silver, Jed Babcock, Nathan Meinz and Trenton Lapp racked up 45 of the 66 tackles in the game.
Carl Lyon had a touchdown saving tackle to turn the tide on Tualatin. Quite simply the Sherwood defense absolutely frustrated the Tualatin offense for 3 quarters of the game; holding them scoreless. The linebackers, Tommy Paul, Richard Hekker, Chase Crawford, Jacob Church, Sean Scroggin, Ben Milligan and Nazaret Solis combined with the corners Nick Tipton, Jackson Grubbe, Dakota Langan, Austin Chaffee-Poor and Ryan Larson to add another 21 tackles to contain Tualatin. The Sherwood special teams were perfect on the day with kickoff receptions; Vincent, Milligan, Paul, Crawford and Lyon all snagged kickoff returns and gained valuable yards on Tualatin in the process. Needless to say the offense worked hard to get back in the game. The lineman blocked brilliantly to allow Hekker to strike first with a 5-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. Nazaret Solis added 2 more with a PAT kick that would prove vital in the game.
William Glover and Austin Chaffee–Poor blocked well all day from the wide receiver position. Church struck next in the third quarter with another run into the end zone. Church also caught 3 passes on the day, 2 from Crawford and 1 from Hekker. Solis also connected on a pass from Hekker to contribute to the 90 yards of passing on the day. However, the biggest play of the game was a heart stopping catch from Hekker to Milligan for the game tying play. Milligan caught the 25-yard pass, broke a tackle and dragged a defender across the goal line with him with 1 second left in regulation play. The PAT kick was blocked to keep the game deadlocked at 20 points apiece. With a single second left in regulation Sherwood kicked off to Tualatin.
On the final play of regulation Doubrava tipped a Tualatin pass to force overtime. Tualatin went on offense and pushed the ball forward but was stopped with absolute grit and determination by the entire Cardinal Defense: they did not score. Possession changed hands and once again Sherwood took control with poise and determination. The line pushed Tualatin back and Hekker snuck into the end zone to seal the Sherwood Cardinal Victory. Outstanding job Cardinals; once again your attitude, effort and hard work paid off!
Sherwood Gray 14, Tualatin Cardinal 6
Sherwood third/fourth-grade Gray team started on a brisk early morning with the field still half frosted as a well coached Tualatin team took possession first and marched down the field to score. Sherwood Grey took control of the game after the first initial possession despite the aggressive disciplined Tualatin defense.
In the second half Sherwood Grey marched down the field with running back Matt Seitz, Colton Carroll, Andrew Edmunds, Jordan Troccoli, Michael Smith and Owen Grubbe, also helping this drive was the connection between Andrew Edmunds and Bailey Smith a 23 yard reception. This drive resulted in a 13 yard touch down run by Colton Carroll and an extra point from Andrew Edmunds which put Sherwood up 7 to 6 at the end of the third quarter. Sherwood Grey offense started to click in the fourth quarter and marched down the field with a 42 yard run by Jordan Troccoli as the offensive line left the field littered with Tualatin players.
The offensive line opened up a huge running lane allowing Jordan Troccoli to step it into the end zone for a 14 to 6 ending. Sherwood Grey racked up 172 yards on the ground and 23 yards in the air. Sherwood Grey’s defense was sound with 43 tackles total and 2 fumble created by Chase Bitz and David Morris and recovered by Jordan Troccoli and David Morris. The 43 tackles were created by Brandon Cole, Colton Carroll, Andrew Edmunds, Chase Bitz, Jordan Troccoli, Jensen Dawdle, Anthony Humphreys, Michael Smith, Jayden Cuthbertson, Dawson Burris, Dallas O’Bryan, Ethan Stevens, and David Morris. David Morris led his team with 14 tackles. The Sherwood Grey Knights have become fun team to watch.
Tigard Green 34, Westview White 0
The Tigard fifth/sixth-grade Green team started quickly on great Saturday evening for football at Westview High School. Playing in their first game under the lights, the Tigers wasted no time jumping on the host Wildcats.
Tigard’s kickoff coverage team lead by Kyle Baldes and Thomas Vickers stole the opening kickoff. Thereafter, Tigard drove down quickly with powerful runs by Alex Compton and Tyler Walker. The running lanes were created with the stellar offensive line play of Chance Callaway, Joel Johnson, Ryan Bay, Thomas Vickers, Paul Vickers, Nate Heaukulani, Zack Jacobs, Jacob Logan and Michael McCoy. Tigard scored 4 more times before the day was done. The Tigers went to the passing game in the second and third quarters highlighted by a 40-yard hookup between JT Greenough and Kyle Baldes and a 15-yard touchdown toss from Greenough to Jack Block.
Unofficially on the day, six Tigard running backs carried the ball a combined 26 times for nearly 200 yards. On special teams the Tigers had terrific contributions from Matthew Ferguson, Sam Averette and Joel Johnson. Defensively, the line play of Blake Hoggins, Kevin Henneman, Jack Chimenti, Justin Ziehnert, Tyler Prock, and Austin Lassiter was excellent. Their work allowed Tigard linebackers to rally to the football and keep Westview’s powerful rushing attack from exploding. Tigard cornerbacks AJ Wilson, Nash Rauen, Ryan Schaffer, and Jacob Davis made several touchdown saving tackles. With the victory, the Tigard Green pushed their season record to 6-0.
Sherwood Red 31, Wilson 8
It was a great win for the third/fourth-grade Red Knights as they piled up over 350 total yards in a 31-8 win over Wilson.
A big part of that offense was due to the line play of Lion Lee. Lion, playing right tackle worked hard all day long against a large defensive tackle and came out on top of the battle. With runs to the right of 45, 34 and 26, Lion created holes big enough to walk through. As a first year player, Lion has really begun to understand the offense and it is showing.
Lion also played considerable time on the defensive line contributing to 4 tackles and great aggressive play. For his efforts, the coaching staff would like to congratulate Lion Lee as this week's Black Knight. Good job Lion.