BELLINGHAM – The Mount Baker Mountaineers took advantage of six Lakewood fumbles to spark it’s offense in a 28-21 winner-to-state, loser-out, 2A District 1 playoff victory Tuesday night at Bellingham Civic Field
With the victory, Mount Baker (8-3 overall) plays La Center, at 1 p.m. Saturday in a first-round state playoff game. Lakewood finished its season with a 9-2 record.
Mount Baker, primarily a running team, used the pass when backup quarterback D.J. Williamson came on in relief of injured starter Tyler Murray in the second quarter. Williamson was 6-for-6 with 110 passing yards and two touchdown passes.
Behind 14-13 late in the second quarter, Williamson used the play action pass to hit a wide-open Kyle Kinder in the corner of the end zone for a 20-yard touchdown to gain the lead for good.
Lakewood was led by Anthony Wiederkehr and Brad Sears who combined for 117 yards on the ground and two touchdowns.
At Bellingham
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Mount Baker-Graham 1 run (Millson kick)
Lakewood-Wiederkeher 3 run (Sears kick)
Mount Baker-Flannery 8 run (kick blocked)
Lakewood-Sears 9 run (Sears Kick)
Mount Baker- Kinder 20 pass from Williamson (Galbraith pass from Williamson)
Lakewood-Kon 2 run (Sears kick)
Mount Bake- Kinder 12 pass from Williamson (Millson kick)
Records-Mount Baker 8-3 overall. Lakewood 9-2.
Meridian 42, King’s 0: Meridian used a balanced attack to throttle the King’s Knights in a winner-to-state,
loser-out 2A District 1 playoff game Tuesday night at Bellingham Civic Field.
Trojan quarterback Jordan Slesk threw three touchdown passes, ran for a touchdown and had an interception return for a touchdown to lead Meridian (9-2).
King’s (4-6) could muster just one first down in the second half.
At Bellingham
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Meridian-Slesk 1 run (Karuza kick)
Meridian-VanDiest 42 pass from Slesk (Karusza kick)
Meridian-Keough 11 pass from Slesk (Karusza kick)
Merician-Culp 32 run (Karusza kick)
Meridian-Slesk 42 yard interception return (Karusza kick)
Meridian-Keogh 51 pass from Slesk (Karusza kick)
Records-King’s 4-6 overall. Meridian 9-2.
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