Searching for their first win of the 2012 campaign, the Cougars came through with 27 big first-half points in a 33-6 victory over Eastlake at Pop Keeney Stadium Saturday night in their league opener.
Tailback Danny Wilson ran wild for Bothell, reaching the end zone on a 58-yard run to open up the scoring for the Cougars, and also ran in touchdowns of four and nine yards.
Sophomore quarterback Ross Bowers also got it done in the air, hitting receivers Aaron Wilks for a 19-yard touchdown and Derek Pedersen for a 5-yarder in the second quarter.
The Cougars, who had given up over 31 points per game in their three season-opening losses, didn’t give the Wolves any openings to make productive drives after the first quarter.
With the win, Bothell improved to 1-3 overall. The Cougars play Redmond (1-3) this Friday at Redmond High at 7 p.m.
Inglemoor drops league opener to Woodinville
Playing in their 4A Kingco league opener, the Viking football squad fell behind early and couldn’t catch Woodinville a 34-14 loss at Pop Keeney Stadium last Friday.
After picking up a safety in the first quarter, Nick Russell pushed his way into the end zone on a 1-yard run to give the Vikings a momentary 8-7 lead.
From then on, it was all Woodinville, as the Falcons scored 20 unanswered points in the second quarter and one more touchdown in the fourth quarter to put the game away.
In the fourth, Russell ran in another score from eight yards.
The loss dropped Inglemoor to 0-4 on the season. The Vikings will search for their first win this Friday night against Eastlake (1-3) on the Wolves’ home turf, kickoff at 7 p.m.
Eagles rout Chimacum, stay perfect
The Cedar Park Christian football team improved to 3-0 last Saturday with a 41-13 road win over Chimacum.
The Eagles did nearly all of their damage on the ground, racking up a total of 356 rushing yards, led by senior Daniel Watts with 146 on 12 carries, three of them for scores.
Quarterback Josh Ionesi only threw twice in the game, but his one completion was a big one – a 44-yard bomb to receiver Andrew Rickman for a touchdown.
Senior Steve Hunsaker led defensively with 11 tackles.
The Eagles next play Charles Wright, another undefeated team (3-0) on Friday at 7 p.m. at Juanita High School in Kirkland.
