When you schedule Naselle for your Homecoming game..

..Your just giving us more motivation to take over your field and ruin your night! Not that we needed more motivation leading up to last night's game. Willapa Valley wins the league title almost every year. Nobody ever tells them they aren't the best in the state, so they always believe they are. But we have been planning all year to be the team to finally silence them on Crogstad Field. I think we accomplished that. Valley is the last team that I thought we'd ever be able to intimidate off the field. but thats the best way to describe what happened last night. From the first play of the game it was obvious to everyone that they did not want to be on the same field as us. We probably played the best half of football that we could have. We got on the board early, really early, getting a 14 point lead with about 2 minutes after the opening kickoff. We have known Valley long enough to know that you can't stop fighting until you are on the bus home. so we scored twice more in the quarter. We still weren't quite satisfied because like Coach Fabela told us in a timeout, as quickly as we scored our touchdowns, they could just as quickly get back into the game. But with a 48-0 halftime lead we were pretty confident it was almost time to send in the 2nd team. Everything was lined up perfectly for this game, We hadn't beaten Valley since our freshman year in the playoffs, Valley scheduled their homecoming on the night of the game, the game could very well have decided the Pacific League championship (that Valley won 9 of the last 10 years), and Coach Eaton has only won at Crogstad field once in his coaching career. Those are only things I can think of on the top of my head. RB Sam Scrabeck had a ridiculous night rushing for 185 yards in the game (i mean half!), QB Dustin Eaton only threw about 8 times but for about 180 yards and 3 touchdowns, WR Brenden Greenfield burned "the fastest player in the league" Michael Nuemeyer on a 70+ yard touchdown, FB Robert Eaton carried the ball for almost 100 yards with almost the whole Valley team on his back, And our offensive and defensive line made Valley's evening a nightmare. We noticed on film that Valley's guards gave away the direction and type of play they were running, which helped us push them back and keep them out of the endzone. Overall we played as well of a game as we could've hoped for. Now our focus in practice is going to be working to get even better and more conditioned for the remaining teams on our schedule and postseason! - RT/DT Ryley Queener