Bothell football falls to Mount Si
The Bothell Cougars were handed their first loss of the season on Saturday night at Pop Keeney Stadium, losing 26-14 to the visiting Mount Si Wildcats.
The Cougars kicked off the scoring in the first quarter with quarterback Austen Dahl’s 12-yard pass to Trent Sewell, but the Wildcats responded in the second with a pair of field goals and a touchdown to take a 13-7 lead into the locker room.
Late in the first quarter, the Cougars’ starting center, Kevin Saguine, suffered an injury and left the game.
In the third, Dahl again connected with Sewell, on a 20-yarder, but the Wildcats went on to score 13 unanswered points to put the game away.
Mount Si’s Cameron Vanwinkle kicked all four of the Wildcats’ field goals, including a career-best 47-yarder in the fourth quarter. The Wildcats’ defense held the Cougars to just 107 yards rushing for the game, while intercepting Dahl (11-for-28, 165 yards) twice.
With the loss, the Cougars dropped to 1-1 in nonleague play. They take on Newport this Friday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. at Newport Stadium.
Vikings shut out Juanita, improve to 2-0
The Inglemoor Vikings made some noise of their own playing at Pop Keeney Stadium on Friday night, taking down 3A power Juanita via a 19-0 shutout.
With neither team seeing much action in the red zone early on, the Vikings took a 6-0 lead into halftime with a pair of field goals, 34 and 42 yards, off the foot of Willie Augustavo.
In the second half, Davis Walker ran in a 1-yarder and running back Junior Vi added another score in the fourth.
With the win, Inglemoor improved to 2-0 on the season and goes on to face Lake Stevens on Thursday, again at Pop Keeney, at 7 p.m..
CPCS Eagles rout Jenkins
The Cedar Park Christian football team ran wild on Friday night against the visiting Jenkins from Chewelah, winning the nonleague matchup 47-14.
The Eagles’ rushers totaled for 351 yards on the ground, led by 121 from Andrew Rickman and Daniel Watts’ 105.
Quarterback Josh Ionesi ran in two scores himself, with Rickman, Watts and Steven Hunsaker also crossing the end zone.
With the win, Cedar Park improved to 2-0 on the season and will open up league play against Charles Wright on Saturday night at home, kickoff at 7 p.m.
