Playoff Football: Lake Stevens Rushes for 512 Yards in 56-28 Win Over Woodinville
Watch video of Jay Ferrell’s 243 yard night & Blake Moser’s 64 & 54-yard electric TD runs as the Viks outlast a tougher than expected Kingco opponent. J425 has interviews, stats & upcoming schedule.
Watch below: Jay Ferrell’s 243 yard effort and video of Blake Moser’s 162 yards rushing and three breakaway TDs. Also: box score, season stats, a postgame interview with Tom Tri, the upcoming playoff schedule and game analysis from Friday.
LAKE STEVENS — Late in the third quarter, with Woodinville doubling Lake up on time of possession and plays run, defensive coordinator Eric Dinwiddie called an all hands stand up meeting with his defense.
What was said is not known to history, but unease was palpable.
The Viks had run just 13 first hand plays to over 50 from Woodinville and an inexperienced Falcon QB - starting just his fourth game — was seemingly shredding the Viking sentence to the tune of 350 yards passing and 4 touchdowns — one of the jaw-dropping variety to freshman standout DREW SORENSON, whose one-handed snag of an CADEN VAN DE WEGE intermediate sideline ball boarded on the indefensible.
On the other side of the formation from #1 Sorenson, First Team All Kingco senior wideout OWEN MILNES was operating in a new uniform number (15) in place of his normal 14. And operate he did, putting in work on a series of Lake DBs and linebackers.
The frustration on the Viking sidelines peaked in the first half after Woodinville put together drives of 15, 13, 9 and 12 plays, two resulting in touchdowns, effectively preventing Lake’s dangerous offensive from controlling the game.
The ball control Falcon offense coupled with a rare Moser interception had Woodinville, the #31 seed, within a TD of the #2-ranked Viks at intermission.
The second half arrived with a star-turn from QB BLAKE MOSER, reeling off a 64-yard TD run on a QB keeper around right end — on the first play from scrimmage.
The defense bit hard on the fake to JAYVIAN FERRELL, which made sense given he’d compiled two scores and over a hundred yards rushing in the first half despite just 8 touches.
Just one false step from the edge contain and/or linebackers spells doom when Moser’s 4.47 speed is breaking the boundary.
At least three Falcons bit though, and Moser was gone for at least 50.
It looked like pursuit may have hemmed the junior in on the right sideline around the 20, but Moser showcased his unique ability to execute 90 degree changes of direction in a manner that not only maintains speed — he appears to accelerate out of the turns, as pursuit loses a yard with every yard Moser gains.
Moser cut across the field, holding the ball out with his right hand towards the end zone for the last ten yards.
He’d add another 54-yard TD burst in the fourth quarter, and Ferrell would hit from 50 while piling up 243 yards on 19 carries.
The Viks did not punt and their 511 rushing yards was their most in a game since 1966.
Moser attempted just five passes.
But they said, Woodinville — 0-5 in Kingco — kept scoring and kept dominating possession.
With two 4th quarter scores the Falcons put up as many points on Lake as Sumner, and vastly out-statted Lake in typical dominance stats.
Woodinville ran 87 plays to Lake’s 49; passed for 350 yards to Lake’s 26; gained 26 first downs to Lake’s 20.
But they lost by 28.
And to be fair to the Viks, the ball control imbalance surfaced earlier this year: Kamiak and Ferndale both ran more plays and gained more first downs than the Viks. Jackson had a two to one timed possession advantage. Typically these are concerning trends.
With Lake, though, this is largely a function of their own success. It’s hard to keep the ball for long when your star players reel off 10 burst plays of more than 25 yards on the ground including TD runs of 64, 54 and 50 yards and non scoring runs of 40, 40, 34, 34, 31, 27, 25, 22 and 16.
Hit the jump for HD video of Lake’s 512 yard rushing effort and highlights including Woodinville freshman WR Drew Sorenson’s unbelievable grab.
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