Herald staff
OAK HARBOR – Snohomish scored two touchdowns in the first five minutes and added a second-quarter score to take a 20-point halftime, then hung on to beat Oak Harbor 26-13 Friday in a Western Conference 4A game at Oak Harbor’s Memorial Stadium.
The Panther victory sets up a title game with Sehome next week at Snohomish.
Oak Harbor did out-gain Snohomish in the second half to make it interesting, outscoring the Panthers 13-7. But poor field position for the Wildcats was their Achilles heel all game.
Oak Harbor coach Dave Ward said, “This was a tough defeat. My kids came out with a lot of energy and excitement. But we just fell short to a very good team.”
Snohomish out-gained Oak Harbor in total offense 322-248 and had a very balanced attack led by senior quarterback Josh Rodland, who had 173 yards total offense, two touchdowns, one through the air and one on the ground. Teammate Tim Lockhart carried the ball 16 times for 138 yards and a touchdown.
The Panthers’ defense was very strong stopping the run. Led by defensive end Joe Plucker, who recorded 13 tackles and had three quarterback sacks.
Snohomish coach Mark Perry said, “Our kids played a well-balanced game and they were very focused tonight.”
The only running that Oak Harbor could muster was sweeps on the outside, which is where Tony Hall did most of his work, rushing for 86 of his 101 yards on sweeps.
Snohomish-Lockhart 4 run (Bennion kick)
Snohomish-Geston 2 run (kick failed)
Snohomish-Zimmerman 33 pass from Rodland (run failed)
Oak Harbor-Diaz 25 pass from McMickle (kick blocked)
Oak Harbor-Hall 7 run (Barker kick)
Records-Snohomish 7-0 in league, 8-0 overall. Oak Harbor 2-5, 2-6.
Mariner 7 7 6 6 – 26 Cascade-McNeley FG 25
Mariner-Word 68 run (Williams kick)
Mariner-Jones 2 run (kick failed)
Mariner-Stockl 35 fumble return (kick failed)
Records-Mariner 2-6 league and overall. Cascade 3-4, 4-4.
Marysville-Pilchuck 14 24 13 0 – 51 M-P-Linston 18 pass from Swobody (Johnson kick)
M-P-Crews 18 run (Johnson kick)
M-P-Swobody 18 run (Johnson kick)
M-P-Crews 22 pass from Swobody (Johnson kick)
M-P-Johnson 29 field goal
M-P-Psaredelis 6 run (kick failed)
M-P-Farley 30 interception return (Johnson kick)
Shorecrest-unreported (kick blocked)
Records-Marysville-Pilchuck 3-4 league, 3-5 overall. Shorecrest 0-7, 0-8.
Bothell 7 7 13 6 – 33 Bothell-Leaper 2 run (Auld kick)
Bothell-Newhouse 28 pass from Allred (Auld kick)
Bothell-Leaper 5 run (kick failed)
Lake Washington-Hurney 8 pass from Gillison (Powell kick)
Lake Washington-Barsness 19 pass from Gillison (Powell kick)
Bothell-Townsend 47 run (kick failed)
Records-Bothell 6-2. Lake Washington 6-2.
Lynnwood 0 0 0 8 – 8 Monroe-Armstrong 10 run (Carswell run)
Monroe-Armstrong 1 run (Carswell kick)
Monroe-FG Carswell 27
Monroe-Stansberry 1 run (Poff pass from Darnelle)
Lynnwood-Biggs 36 run (Hillman run)
Records-Monroe 2-4 in league, 2-6 overall. Lynnwood 0-6, 0-8.
Stanwood 0 14 3 0 – 17 Stanwood-Avila 5 pass from Breum (Parks kick)
Jackson-Chambers 25 pass from Morris (Moore kick)
Stanwood-FG Parks 25
Jackson-FG Moore 25
Records-Stanwood 3-3 league, 4-4 overall. Jackson 3-3, 4-4.
Arlington 6 6 22 7 – 41 Meadowdale-Smith 30 blocked punt return (Johnson kick)
Arlington-McKinney 16 pass from McCormack (run failed)
Meadowdale-Marshall 33 pass from Dubois (pass failed)
Arlington-McCormack 10 run (Boitano pass from McCormack)
Arlington-Hammer 23 run (Anderson kick)
Arlington-Boitano 1 run (Anderson kick)
Arlington-Boitano 57 run (Anderson kick)
Records-Arlington 5-1 league, 7-1 overall. Meadowdale 2-4, 2-6.
South Whidbey 0 0 0 0 – 0 MB-Lawrence 20 pass from Cowden (Park from Cowden)
MB-39 run Cowden (Marr kick)
MB-Cowden 6 run (Marr kick)
MB-Mattingly 12 pass from Cowden (Marr kick)
Records-Mount Baker 4-3 league, 5-3 overall. South Whidbey 2-5, 2-6.
Coupeville 6 6 8 6 – 26 Concrete-Ford 5 run (Wilson run)
Coupeville-Barron 100 kickoff return (kick failed)
Coupeville-Barron 12 run (pass failed)
Concrete-Wilson 1 run (Wilson run)
Coupeville-Roehl 2 run (Roehl run)
Coupeville-Barron 1 run (pass failed)
Records-Coupeville 3-1 league, 5-3 overall. Concrete 2-2, 4-4.
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