Wsd is in a good year. More vets. We will be down in next 1-2 years. Twin valley coach said it right in article, they were not ready. Wsd starting hb did not play and will return after oct 25. We lost our 2nd hb on the opening kickoff so we played tv without top 2 hb and had to start rookie de and safety. We did recover another onside kick but nullified. Twin valleys kick return formation will cough up a lot of onside kicks if they don't change it, never seen that formation before. Bit it was a good physical game. 14 of 15 players got a tackle.
By Brendan Carl
The Daily World
WISHKAH — The Washington School for the Deaf racked up 362 total yards of offense as the Terriers defeated Twin Valley, 44-0, in a non-league contest at Bob Addison Field in Wishkah on Thursday.
State Deaf jumped ahead of the Wolfpack early, scoring 16 points in the first 1:41 seconds of the game. Although Twin Valley was able to limit the Terriers to 83 yards in the second half, the Wolfpack offense wasn’t able to get into a rhythm and score. Struggles with blocking also hampered Twin Valley, who allowed eight sacks and went 1-17 in the passing game.
“I’m at a loss for words,” Wolfpack head coach Mike Mitchell said. “We practiced for a month, and I thought we would come out a little bit stronger. We didn’t block. We couldn’t catch. We didn’t run. We didn’t know our plays.”
Thursday’s game was the first contest for the Wolfpack this season. The Lake Quinault and Wishkah Valley combine moved one game and canceled another due to not enough players being eligible. The Wolfpack found themselves down by two scores less than two minutes into their season.
On the third play of the game, Terrier quarterback Tre’dynn Selvog swept around the right side and sprinted 73 yards to the end zone. On the ensuing kickoff, Terrier kicker Enrique Rodriguez tapped the ball straight ahead and jumped on it after it crossed 10 yards to put State Deaf back in business at the Twin Valley 49-yard line. It took three plays and 37 seconds for State Deaf to cross the goal line again for a 16-0 lead.
Twin Valley was unable to move the ball with any success in the first half, recording one first down and just nine net yards of offense.
The Wolfpack defense was able to force two fumbles, one recovered by Gabe Dominquez and the other by Don Thomas, and block a punt in the first half. However, State Deaf benefited from a couple of big plays to take a 32-0 halftime lead. Selvog connected with receiver Randall Smith for a 36-yard touchdown with 1:20 left in the first quarter. In the second quarter, it was Selvog calling his number with a 44-yard run off of a bootleg to score with 5:45 to go in the half.
Twin Valley almost ended the shutout on the kickoff after the Terriers went up 24-0. Twin Valley’s Tony Bravo picked up the kick around the Wolfpack 36-yard line and followed his blockers all the way to the end zone, but the play was called back on a helmet-to-helmet contact penalty.
The Wolfpack were able to move the ball well on the first drive of the second half, driving the ball 33 yards on eight plays, but a fumble in State Deaf territory ended the longest drive of the night for Twin Valley.
It was long plays that led to scores for the Terriers in the second half. Selvog connected on a 25-yard pass to Jacob Tuffton to make the score 38-0 with 8:06 left to play in the game. Rodriguez capped the scoring on a 28-yard run with five minutes left on the clock.
On the ensuing kickoff, Twin Valley’s Jesus Farias scooped up the ball around the Wolfpack 2-yard line and dashed all the way to the State Deaf 45-yard line. With the Terriers leading by more than 40 points, it was a running clock for the rest of the contest. Twin Valley converted a first down and pushed the ball down to the 10-yard line on a run by quarterback Chayton Johnson, but without any timeouts left the clock ran out on Wolfpack.
“We are young, and we are shorthanded,” Mitchell said. “We are going to move forward, go back to the drawing board, and you will see an improved team in the next few weeks.”
Johnson led Twin Valley with 51 yards rushing. The senior had one solo sack and combined on another with Lorenzo Ramirez. Ramirez had two solo sacks as well. Dominquez finished with six tackles, and Orlando Gonzalez and Farias each added four tackles.
Twin Valley (0-1) will have a bye next week before hosting Taholah at Wishkah on October 10.
State Deaf 24 8 0 12 — 44
Twin Valley 0 0 0 0 — 0
First Downs: State Deaf 11, Twin Valley 6
Net Rushing: State Deaf 296, Twin Valley 86
Net Passing: State Deaf 66, Twin Valley 26
Total Net Yards: State Deaf 362, Twin Valley 112
Passing Breakdown: State Deaf 3-8, Twin Valley 1-17
Interceptions: State Deaf 0, Twin Valley 0
Fumbles lost: State Deaf 2, Twin Valley 1
Yards Penalized: State Deaf 40, Twin Valley 25
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