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By EMILY HANSON ~.~ ter ahead 32-0.
ernilv(;~'masonco~mty.co~ ~ Junior running back
............... ~ ................................................................... Austin Thompson scored
on a 44-yard rush with
The Mary M. Knight football team con- 9:41 left in the first half:
trolled all aspects of the field Saturday dur- Thompson also scored the
ing its home game against Lake Quinault. two-point conversion to put
The Knight Owls rushed for 307 yards and SATURDAY~ MMK ahead 40-0.
passed for 83 yards while allowing the Elks MaryiVliKnit~_74 With 8:41 left in the
87 total yards of offense in their 74-0 horae Lake Quinault..0 second quarter, Dierkop
victory, snatched his second in-
On defense, MMK had two interceptions TOMORROW: terception and ran it in
-- both from senior cornerback Nick Dierkop Mary M. Knight for a 49-yard touchdown.
-- five sacks -- four from senior defensive end at Oakville, Thompson scored the two-
Mason Cloud -- and eight tackles for loss. 7 p.m. point conversion to give the
"The guys played extremely well," head Knight Owls a 48-0 lead.
coach John Schultz said. "Our defense is play- With 4:14 remaining in
ing exceptionally well, both in the secondary the first half, freshman running back Brent
and the front five." Boley found the end zone on a 37-yard rush.
The Knight Owls' gridiron domination be- Thompson, now playing as quarterback,
gan with Lake Quinault's first drive. MMK passed to freshman tight end Matt Thompson
stopped the Elks while Still in Elk territory to for the two-point conversion.
take over on downs. At halftime~ MMK was ahead 56-0.
From there, the rout began. "I think we played well," Jimenez said. "We
MMK senior running back Juan Jimenezhad a few little mistakes but we fixed them."
scored a 34-yard touchdown with 9:37 left Thompson opened the third quarter with a
in the first quarter and then scored On the 72-yard kickoff return touchdown just 14 sec-
two-point conversion to give the Owls an 8-0 ends in. The Knight Owls PAT attempt failed
lead. but the team was ahead 62-0.
Nearly three minutes later, senior quar- With 2:47 left in the third quarter, Thomp-
terback Kyle Willey completed a 36-yard son connected with Oien for a 5-yard touch-
touchdown pass to Dierkop, playing as a tight down pass. A pass from Thompson to senior
end on offense. Senior fullback Matt Oien center Cody Thompson for the two-point con-
brought in the two-point conversion and the version failed, putting MMK ahead 68-0.
Owls were up 16-0 with 6:45 left in the first The final score of the game came with 8:27
quarter, left to play when Boley scored on a 10-yard
Dierkop grabbed his first interception of run. After the two-point conversion fhiled, the
the game with 5:30 left in the first quarter, scoreboard read 74-0.
and with 5:02 left in the quarter, Oien scored "It's hard to criticize when we play so well,
on a 6-yard run. Willey connected with Dier- but we're working on reaction time as we see
kop for the extra two points, putting the Owls a play develop," Schultz said.
ahead 24-0. Jimenez said the Knight Owls need to
With 43.3 seconds remaining in the first work on doing their assignments correctly
quarter, Willey carried in a 19-yard touch- and communicating with one another.
down and Oien scored the extra two points. Boley led the offensive effort with 79 yards
The Knight Owls went into the second quar- on nine carries while Jimenez rushed for 56
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