Here a roundup of Friday’s prep football season-opening games involving Twin Harbors schools.
Elma 21, Hudson’s Bay 14
Elma scored twice in the fourth quarter to erase a halftime deficit and earn a 21-14 victory over Hudson’s Bay on Friday at Davis Field in Elma.
The Eagles (1-0 overall) led 7-6 one quarter after senior running back Jarred Bailey scored on a 57-yard run and kicker Canon Seaberg converted the PAT at the 1:08 mark.
Elma trailed 14-7 at the half and tied the game when quarterback Carter Studer connected with sophomore running back Isaac Phillips for a 23-yard touchdown with 10:41 left in the fourth quarter.
Bailey gave Elma the lead on a 16-yard scamper with 2:15 remaining in the game.
Though Elma was out-gained by Hudson’s Bay 242-231 of total offense, the Eagles benefited from 13 Hudson’s Bay penalties for 120 yards and three turnovers.
Bailey finished with 112 yards on 17 carries and led Elma’s defense with 7.5 tackles and a sack.
“It was not pretty, but a truly gutsy effort by our kids,” Elma head coach Ron Clark said. “(We were) very short-handed, but great effort.”
Hudson’s Bay 6 8 0 0 — 14
Elma 7 0 0 14 — 21
Leading Passer: Elma — Studer (2-6-0, 43, TD)
Leading Rushers: Elma — Bailey (17-112, 2 TD); Emanuel Hernandez (10-39)
Pe Ell-Willapa Valley 40, Ilwaco 6
Forty to six scores aren’t uncommon at any level of prep football.
But they are rare when it causes a game to end a whole half early.
That is the situation the PWV Titans found themselves in on Friday after jumping out to a 40-6 lead in the first half against a vastly depleted Ilwaco team in Pe Ell.
The Titans (1-0 overall) scored 26 points in the first quarter and 14 in the second against a Fishermen team that had several players unavailable due to injury or other commitments.
PWV totalled 287 yards of offense.
Senior quarterback Tyler Adkins went 3-for-5 for 91 yards and two touchdowns on passes of 22 yards and 46 yards to receiver Joseph Krazyck in the first quarter.
Adkins also scored on a 25-yard run to make it a 32-0 game with 11:25 left in the second quarter.
Titans running back Derek Fluke led PWV with 54 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns on five carries.
Will Clements scored on a 3-yard run to put the Titans up 40-0 with 6:30 left in the second frame.
“The boys came out and played a heck of a game,” PWV head coach Josh Fluke said. “They were ready to play and came out hitting hard … They came out and wanted to play some football.”
Ilwaco 0 6 — 6
PWV 26 14 — 40
Leading Passer: PWV — Adkins (3-5-0 , 91, 2 TD)
Rushing Leaders: PWV — Fluke (5-54, TD); Clements (6-50, TD); Blake Howard (4-37)
Receiving Leaders: PWV — Krazyck (2-68, 2 TD)
Wahkiakum 32, Raymond-South Bend 0
Raymond-South Bend lost its season-opener by a score of 32-0 to Wahkiakum on Friday at Wahkiakum High School.
Brodie Lavin led RSB with 45 rushing yards on 11 carries.
RSB trailed 12-0 at the half and 32-0 at the end of the third quarter.
Raymond-South Bend 0 0 0 0 — 0
Wahkiakum 12 13 7 0 — 32