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Tumwater had little trouble dispatching another 4A opponent on Friday, as the T-Birds toppled Union on the road 56-10.

The Thunderbirds tallied just under 500 yards of total offense, including 309 on the ground.

Fourteen different T-Birds recorded a carry, led by Peyton Davis, who received eight and ran for 51 yards and two touchdowns.

He got the most carries, but Brett Hayford and Parker Berry tied for the team-high in yards. Both of them rushed for 62 and scored. Kyson Sayamnet took advantage of his lone carry, as he scored from four yards out.

Quarterback Jaxon Budd had more success on deep balls through the air, as he logged 181 passing yards and three touchdowns on just six completions.

Wyatt Chase hauled in a 71-yard touchdown on his lone reception, and Derek Thompson’s only catch went for a 63-yard touchdown. Jake Dillon hauled in two catches for 36 yards, including a touchdown.

Union was able to put up 10 in the second quarter, but other than that, the Tumwater defense was lights out.

Beckett Wall tallied 11 tackles, including four TFLs, and he also added three sacks, two batted balls, a fumble recovery, and he blocked a PAT.

Washington State commit Malijah Tucker recorded four tackles, including two for loss, and a sack, and Cash Short had three tackles and two fumble recoveries. Dylan Gilliland had four tackles, including a pair of TFLs, and two sacks.

Tumwater (5-0) will return home for the Pioneer Bowl against Black Hills on Friday, Oct. 11.

Six days after being kept in check in the first half, the Titans woke up and poured on the scoring against the Ravens in a 53-14 C2BL West thrashing of the Ravens on Friday night in Menlo.

Cody Strozyk and Blaine King each found the end zone twice in the opening 24 minutes as PWV (3-2, 1-0 C2BL West) lit up the scoreboard a bunch to the tune of 47 points. Nate Fluke added two passing touchdowns to the rout.

“Kids came out fired up,” Titans interim head coach Josh Seymour said.

Fluke had just four incompletions on the night, tossing four touchdowns for 186 yards. King and Strozyk tallied over 100 total offensive yards apiece. Seymour mentioned how PWV is getting plenty of stacked boxes to stop the run.

It has opened the passing game up.

“We want to be a little more balanced,” Seymour said. “We got some good weapons on the outside. Loosen up the run game a little bit.”

The Titans will get an extra day before facing Ilwaco for a Saturday afternoon kick.

Friday was a return to form for the Rochester football team on Friday, as the Warriors extended their win streak to three by rushing for nearly 450 yards in a 43-0 blowout win over Elma.

“The team played extremely well,” Rochester coach A.J. Easley said. “We played very physical. It was a big night for Ethan (Rodriguez) and all the backs.”

Rodriguez led the way for the Warriors’ running back committee, running for 192 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 12 carries. Xander Peterman added a score and 67 yards on 11 carries, while Carson Rotter, Tristan Nelson, and Dominic Delgado also got into the end zone.

As a team, Rochester tallied 448 yards on 50 rushes, which comes out to just under nine yards a pop.

“It was a nice first league game,” Easley said.

The Warriors (3-2, 1-0 1A Evergreen) will have to wait before their next league test, as they’ll host King’s next Friday, Oct. 11. After that, the Warriors will host Montesano the following Friday, Oct. 18.

TENINO — Seniors Jack Burkhardt and Hunter Sweet were two of four players in street clothes pregame. Then in pads, notable contributors Michael Vassar and Austin Johnson were injured on Friday night.

A couple other players on the Tenino High School football team sat on the medical table as the game progressed. The Beavers felt the grind of a nine-week regular season in one fell swoop.

Montesano grabbed momentum and never gave it up.

Despite several chances to turn a two-score deficit to one, the Beavers succumbed to three interceptions and the inability to stop the run in the second half as the Bulldogs claimed a 31-13 Class 1A Evergreen league triumph at Beaver Stadium.

The second half offensive possessions for Tenino (3-2, 0-1 Evergreen) went as follows: Interception, interception, punt, interception, end of game.

“We didn’t execute,” Beavers head coach Darren Tinnerstet said. “I thought we had things rolling and I thought we were in good shape. We said it was going to be a heavyweight fight.”

Vassar left the game with a nagging ankle injury; Tinnerstet stated they pulled him as a precaution. Johnson had to be helped off the field late in the fourth quarter. There were no updates on Burkhardt and Sweet.

In a season that was bullish on preseason expectations, the Beavers now stare winless in league with back-to-back road games against Elma and Hoquiam on deck. They host Rochester in Week 8 in what could be a vital game for a crossover spot.

Senior lineman Cadance Dell didn’t sugarcoat what Friday meant in terms of big picture thinking.

“This is an eye-opener to what league is,” Dell stated. “You gotta be able to take that first hit. It is not patty-cake around with anybody.”

Montesano turned a 10-7 lead at half into 24-7 in the third quarter. 

Toren Crites took the opening play from scrimmage 62 yards for the touchdown and after three combined interceptions between the two teams, Bulldogs quarterback Tyson Perry plunged forward for nine yards.

Johnson set the wheels of momentum in Tenino’s direction on an 80-plus kickoff return score racing in the fog down the right sideline. Still, it didn’t take advantage of a three-and-out and allowed the dagger 15-yard score by Zachary Timmons.

“It was a misjudgment, I don’t think we were ready for it,” Dell said of the 62-yard TD run. “It got us beat. I was pretty disappointed. It unraveled.”

Montesano finished with over 300 yards of total offense and all four ball carriers went over 20 yards. Crites also registered 62 receiving yards.

Vassar was the engine for the Beavers in the first half, going over 15 carries within the opening 24 minutes. He plowed ahead for a 10-yard TD to put them up 7-0 with 10 minutes, 57 seconds left in the second quarter.

“He is a big part of what we do,” Tinnerstet said. “Heart and soul of our team.”

The senior finished with 113 yards on 25 touches. Quarterback Mason Metcalf struggled with just seven completions for 83 yards, only two of those completions got to Austin Gonia.

Gonia’s first catch was around the five-minute mark in the final frame.

“It wasn’t anything they were doing, it was stuff we weren’t doing,” Tinnerstet said. “We took some shots early and we missed. Move onto next week.”

The Beavers rallied against Kalama and lost by three points which proceeded a two-game winning streak. Dell and Tinnerstet are confident – even with some injuries – to respond in a similar fashion.

“We’ll be able to bounce back,” Dell said.

It was another dominant victory for W.F. West on Friday, as the Bearcats took care of business in a 47-12 win at Aberdeen.

Gage Brumfield continued to make his MVP case, passing for four touchdowns and running for another while tallying nearly 300 yards of total offense.

One of his most impressive throws of the game came just before halftime, when he connected with Tucker Land on a 76-yard touchdown pass deep down the left side. The ball traveled over 40 yards in the air.

The duo also connected on another touchdown, a 21-yard strike, earlier in the quarter.

Land also ran in another touchdown, giving him three on the day, and he finished with 130 total yards.

Beau Guyette also hit paydirt while rushing for 72 yards, and Ross Kelley caught four passes for 62 yards and a score.

Defensively, W.F. West allowed just one completion on 11 attempts, and it was a two-yard touchdown in the final minutes. The Bobcats were able to have some success on the ground, tallying over 140 yards, but it was so few and far between that it couldn’t keep them close.

W.F. West (5-0, 2-0 2A EvCo) will host 4A Battle Ground in its non-league finale next week in preparation for the Swamp Cup on Oct. 18 and a matchup with Tumwater on Oct. 25.

LA CENTER — One good week of practice can do wonders, even for an undefeated team.

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