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 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010 9:13 pm |
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Nooksack Valley overcomes Vincent's 6-touchdown game SHORELINE — King's quarterback Thomas Vincent had a coming out party Friday night. The only problem for Knights fans was that Nooksack Valley crashed it.Woolsey Stadium was the site of King's deepest ever playoff run and its first time hosting a 1A quarterfinal match, but it was the Pioneers students who poured onto the field after Nooksack Valley came back from a 27-point defecit to trip the Knights 54-47. “This was just a battle between two really good teams,” Pioneers coach Robb Myhre said. “This'll go down in Nooksack lore.” Vincent, was the star for the first three quarters throwing for 292 yards and rushing for 137 while accounting for all six Knight's touchdowns from scrimmage. King's took a 40-13 advantage with 9:26 to go in the third quarter but the Pioneer offense — like a freight train — started slow and barreled over the upstart Knight's. “I watched the film and this is exactly what they do,” King's coach Jim Shapiro said. Running back Nick deGrasse led the pioneers with 235 yards on 36 carries and four touchdowns. He never had a rush for more than 16, but only lost yards on one carry. “Nick deGrasse ran like he's never run before,” Myhre said. The Pioneers advance to the state semifinals at the Tacoma Dome next week. It's a 135-mile drive from the small town of Everson and that number has been on the wall of the lockerroom to push the Pioneers to their deepest trip in the playoffs in school history. The senior running back, deGrasse will likely determine how far the Pioneers go but quarterback Tyler Perry overcame three sacks to rush for 36 yards and passed for 170 yards despite playing on an injured foot. “We've been able to wear teams down because of our high speed offense,” Myhre said. Behind 40-13, the Pioneers needed just 2:05 to get their first score of the second half. A blocked extra point was quickly redeemed when kicker Travis Benner recovered his own onside kick — the first of two successful Nooksack attempts — and the Nooksack onslaught began. As good as Vincent played—the Knights ran only two plays from scrimmage where he didn't run or pass — King's was not going to win if he didn't have the ball. “He was a man,” Myhre said. “The big thing was keeping it out of his hands if we were going to have a chance.” Shapiro was proud of his defense that lost its leading tackler in the first half to injury and numerous defensive players went down with cramps throughout the second half as they tried to stop the Nooksack train. “I'm a proud papa,” Shapiro said. “Our storyline is 0-11 two years ago and only eight seniors from a class of 20 when they were sophomores.” At Woolsey Stadium Nooksack Valley 6 7 27 14 — 54 King's 20 13 14 0 — 47 King's—Swanson 87 kickoff return (Swanson kick) Nooksack—deGrasse 1 run (kick failed) King's — Vincent 50 run (Swanson kick) King's—Swanson 43 pass from Vincent (run failed) King's—Clauson 5 pass from Vincent (kick failed) Nooksack—deGrasse 5 run (Benner kick) King's—Clauson 4 pass from Vincent (Swanson kick) King's—Jaeger 33 pass from Vincent (Swanson kick) Nooksack—deGrasse 2 run (kick blocked) Nooksack—deGrasse 1 run (Benner kick) King's—Vincent 23 run (Swanson kick) Nooksack—Perry 3 run (kick failed) Nooksack—Reese 15 pass from Perry (deGrasse pass from Perry) Nooksack—Perry 3 run (Benner kick) Nooksack—Reese 40 run (Benner kick) Records—Nooksack Valley 10-2 overall. King's 8-4. |
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