Led by “the Thompson pounce”, Wolves C-team rolls 47-7
Saturday morning, the Wolves C-team traveled for first high school road game to Juanita high school. Two weeks ago, the Wolves had cruised against Juanita in a scrimmage but coach Myers had cautioned the team that Juanita was a good and they should prepare to see some athletes. The game started well for the Wolves. After a quick defensive stop, the Wolves blocked Juanita’s punt attempt and Aryan Ramdas fell on it giving the Wolves a short field. On the first offensive play, Caleb Mohrhardt took a screen pass from Grady Woodward in for a touchdown. After another quick defensive stand and punt block punt, Mohrhardt punched in his second touchdown 3 plays later and it looked like the rout was on.
However, Coach Myers proved prophetic as Ravens put together a strong offensive drive on their next possession. The Ravens mixed run and pass plays and ran through Eastlake arm tackles. The Raven punched in a score and their fans went wild as they narrowed the gap to 13-7. A few plays later it looked like the game was really turning in Juanita’s favor when they picked up deflected field goal try and ran toward the own end zone. But in a game changing play, Carter Thompson turned into DK Metcalf sprinting 80 yards down field and pouncing on the ball carrier keeping the Ravens out of the end zone. short of the goal line. With the Ravens threatening to take the lead, Woodward tipped a pass which linebacker William Miller intercepted in the end zone, giving the ball back to his offense with three minutes remaining in the half.
The Wolves could have taken 13-7 lead into halftime to regroup but instead, they got aggressive . Quarterback Grady Woodward ran the ball 80 yards to the end zone, but a penalty brought the ball back to the Juanita 37-yard line. On the next play Woodward hit Mohrhardt for 33 yards catch-and-run to the four-yard line. Jack Edmonds punched in the touchdown extending the lead to 20-7. Moments later, Juanita turned the ball over deep in their own territory giving Eastlake possession with one play before halftime. Marcus Angiuli took a short pass, reversed his field, and ran sideline to sideline weaving a path the end zone. The Ravens breathed a sigh of relief when the Wolves were once again penalized which took the touchdown off the board. However, the penalty also gave the Wolves one untimed down which Woodward used to scramble 14 yards for backbreaking touchdown. So, despite some sloppy play, the Wolves went to the half with a comfortable 26-7 lead.
The second half was all Eastlake as the Wolves size and physicality wore down the Ravens. The Wolves offensive line of Andy Villegas, Connor Ware, Jonah Park, Kyle Ricketts and Blake Sehlin open gaping holes allowing the backs to run 14 times for 169 yards and 3 touchdowns. Steven Plummer was the feature back logging 60 yards and Seamus Smith added 40 more. Plummer, Smith and QB Owen Hyatt all score rushing touchdowns in the half.
Defensively the Eastlake front line took control with stout play from Tyler Brown, Jackson Ashford, Asir Jackson. The safeties and corners got more got more action than they've seen all year with nice pass deflections by Tanner O'Hara, Grady Woodward, and cornerback Evan Daniel. Jacob Pitonyak added a big play, jumping on a Juanita fumble to finish the game.
For the game, the Wolves ran for 285 yards with five different ballcarriers gaining more than 40 yards and six players scoring rushing touchdowns. In the passing game Woodward and Hyatt targeted 13 different receivers and connecting with 10. Mohrhardt led the way with four catches but highlight plays were Hutton Wheeler take a slant for 15 yards and Elijah DeGuzman and Lucas Burke adding their first catches of the season. In the kicking game, Alex Dreher pinned the Ravens back with deep kickoffs and converted five of seven PATs.
Next Friday the Wolves return home to play Redmond in their last game of the spring season.