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OCTOBER 28, 2015 The Reflector B Sports Tigers earn breakthrough win over Union KEN VANCE Editor BATTLE GROUND – For a few seasons, Battle Ground High School football coach Larry Peck has been talking about how close his program was to a break- through win over the powers of the Class 4A Greater St. Helens – Camas, Skyview and Union. On Friday, the Tigers final- ly got that long-awaited victory Peck was longing for and they did it impressive fashion, shutting out the Titans 31-0 before an enthusi- astic crowd at District Stadium. It was Battle Ground’s first victory ever over Union and it improved the Tigers to 4-2 in GSHL ac- tion and 6-2 on the season. Battle Ground earned no worse than a tie for second place in the league standings and at least a shot at a postseason playoff berth. The Tigers posted their third shutout of the season. The last time a Battle Ground football team posted three shutouts in a season was 1968. Last week, the Tigers lost a shutout when Evergreen scored with 17 seconds left in a 42-7 Battle Ground win. It was just the second time Union has been shutout in the 99 games since that program was started. The defensive standouts were many for Battle Ground in the win over Union. The Tigers had 10 sacks, totaling 43 yards lost for the Titans. Kolton Lehto and Landon Hall each had three sacks and Travis Stewart added one and a half for Battle Ground. Brady Brick and Bailey Buckner each added a sack and Andrew John- son had a half sack (shared with Stewart). In total, Battle Ground’s de- fense had 17 plays where it held Union to no and minus yards. The Tigers also had four intercep- tions. Buckner took one intercep- tion and returned it 41 yards for a touchdown. Hall, Reed Thomp- son and Max Randle also added interceptions for Battle Ground. Hall’s interception with 58 seconds left in the first half set up a three-play, 62-yard drive, all of passes from Gunner Talking- ton to Kyle Cahoon, the third of which covered 20 yards for a touchdown to give the Tigers a 28-0 halftime lead. Battle Ground’s other first-half touchdowns came on a 1-yard run by Curtis Stradley, a 75-yard pass from Talkington to Randle and Buckner’s interception return. The lone second half score was a 24- yard field goal by Riley Betcher. Talkington now has 50 touch- downs in his Battle Ground career, 28 last season and 22 so far this season. The junior completed 15 of his 20 passes for 246 yards. Randle had 102 yards on two receptions. Skyview and Mountain View are both 3-2 in league play head- ing into the final week of the season. If both teams win, they will join Battle Ground in a three-way tie for second place. If that happens, the three teams will hold a mini-playoff on Tue., Nov. 3 to determine the league’s final two playoff spots. If either Skyview (at Union) or Mountain View (at Evergreen) loses its fi- nal game, Battle Ground will ad- vance to the postseason. Battle Ground eyes playoffs after shutout win LANDON HALL BAILEY BUCKNER TRAVIS STEWART Hawks post sixth shutout of season in win over Woodland KEN VANCE Editor HOCKINSON – Heading into this season, it would have been hard to imagine the Hockinson High School football team play- ing even better defense than the Hawks played last season. But, after watching his team post its sixth shutout in eight games, Hawks coach Rick Steele is ready to proclaim this year’s defense even better than last year’s. “Our defense was really good last year,’’ said Steele, whose de- fense didn’t allow a touchdown in the first six weeks of the 2014 season. “We knew we had the potential to be as good or better at some point this season and I think we are better than we were last year and that has been really good to see.’’ That is, really good to see if you’re not one of Hockinson’s opponents. The latest victim was Woodland, which fell to the Hawks 48-0 Friday in a Class 2A Greater St. Helens League game played at Hockinson High School. It was the sixth time this season Hockinson has held its op- ponent scoreless as the Hawks re- mained unbeaten at 5-0 in league play and 8-0 overall. “It’s been a really good season for us,’’ Steele said. “We were just talking the other day about how happy we were about how this team has come together. We knew we were going to be good and we knew we had some tal- ented kids coming back, we just didn’t know how this group was going to come together as a team. They’ve exceeded our expecta- tions in that arena.’’ Last season, Hockinson fin- ished 11-1, losing in the quarterfi- nals of the Class 2A state playoffs to perennial power Lynden. That Hawks team won the GSHL title, won the school’s first-ever cross- over playoff game (over Black Hills) and also posted the first state playoff victory in school history (over North Kitsap). If this year’s team is truly better, as Steele and his fellow coaches profess, the rest of the season will likely offer more exciting moments for Hockinson’s fans and supporters. “We couldn’t be more happy with the players as a group right now,’’ Steele said of his team. Hockinson’s defense gave up 14 second-half points to Prairie in a non-league win in the sec- ond week of the season. Both touchdowns came after the Hawks had pulled their starters and replaced them with reserves. The only other points posted against Hockinson this season were seven points by Ridgefield in a Week 6 matchup of the 2A GSHL’s top two teams. “You just don’t see this kind of thing very often,’’ Steele said. “We have a good defensive scheme and we have kids who fit it really well.’’ Steele praises all three levels of his team’s defense, struggling to find which group deserves the most praise and credit. “Those three kids we have in the back – Matt Henry, Jared Oja and Cole Walker – we tell them just don’t give up big plays over the top,’’ Steele said of his defen- sive backfield. “We have eight kids in front of them that are just fan- tastic football players. Teams just can’t run the football on us so if our secondary can keep big plays from happening over the top, it’s just really hard for teams to move the ball against us because our de- fensive line is very deep and you just don’t see a group of lineback- ers like this very often.’’ If forced, Steele would likely say his linebackers are the strength of a strong defense. He says out- side linebackers Kedrick John- son and Cameron Loos are “two of the best football players we’ve ever had.’’ Johnson and Loos are backed up by Mitch Lines, who Steele says “would start on any other team’’ in the league. Steele says those outside line- backers set the edge of the de- fense and funnel opposing ball carriers back inside where they are met by a capable group of in- side linebackers including Steve Carlisle, Gage Seekins and Pe- ter Schultz-Rathbun. “Those are fast, big, strong kids and they flow to the ball so well and then they get there they rarely miss a tackle,’’ Steele said of the in- side linebackers. “They get there with a nasty attitude.’’ Sophomore Colton Wheeler and junior Ganon Kytola also rotate in at the inside linebacker positions. Up front, Steele says the Hawks have the option of going big or small, depending on wheth- er their opponent favors the run or the pass. The big Hawks include Will Ortner, Taylor Lindsley, An- drew Kent and Zachary Saeman. Nick Martin, listed at just 6-foot and 180 pounds, leads the small line along with Ryan Sleasman. Josh Wade, Austin Goetz and Harry Fosteer are also members of the regular rotation. Hockinson clinches 2A GSHL title HOCKINSON SENIOR receiver Kedrick Johnson (5) makes a one-handed catch during the Hawks’ 48-0 win over Woodland Friday at Hockinson High School. Johnson finished with 109 yards and two touchdowns. Photo by Mike Schultz HOCKINSON RUNNING BACK Steven Carlisle (9) eludes the outstretched arms of Woodland’s Logan Knight (6) during the Hawks’ Friday win while linemen Peter Schultz-Rathbun (53) and Ryan Bishop (55) look for their next victim to block. HOCKINSON DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Nick Martin (82) gets a little help from a teammate to bring down Woodland’s Tristan Thomas (24) during the Hawks’ Friday win over the Beavers. Hockinson’s defense now has six shutouts in eight games this season. Photo by Mike Schultz Photo by Mike Schultz See HOCKINSON on Page B2
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OctOber 28, 2015 The Reflector B
SportsTigers earn breakthrough win over UnionKen VanceEditor
bAttLe GrOUND – For a few seasons, battle Ground High School football coach Larry Peck has been talking about how close his program was to a break-through win over the powers of the class 4A Greater St. Helens – camas, Skyview and Union.
On Friday, the Tigers final-ly got that long-awaited victory Peck was longing for and they did it impressive fashion, shutting out the titans 31-0 before an enthusi-astic crowd at District Stadium. It was Battle Ground’s first victory
ever over Union and it improved the tigers to 4-2 in GSHL ac-tion and 6-2 on the season. battle Ground earned no worse than a tie for second place in the league standings and at least a shot at a postseason playoff berth.
the tigers posted their third shutout of the season. the last time a battle Ground football team posted three shutouts in a season was 1968. Last week, the
tigers lost a shutout when e v e r g r e e n scored with 17 seconds left in a 42-7 battle Ground win. It was just the second time Union has been shutout in
the 99 games since that program was started.
the defensive standouts were many for battle Ground in the win over Union. the tigers had 10 sacks, totaling 43 yards lost for the titans. Kolton Lehto and Landon Hall each had three sacks and travis Stewart added one and a half for battle Ground. brady brick and bailey buckner each added a sack and Andrew John-
son had a half sack (shared with Stewart).
In total, battle Ground’s de-fense had 17 plays where it held Union to no and minus yards. the tigers also had four intercep-tions. buckner took one intercep-tion and returned it 41 yards for a touchdown. Hall, reed thomp-son and Max randle also added interceptions for battle Ground.
Hall’s interception with 58 seconds left in the first half set up a three-play, 62-yard drive, all of passes from Gunner talking-ton to Kyle cahoon, the third of which covered 20 yards for a touchdown to give the tigers a 28-0 halftime lead.
Battle Ground’s other first-half touchdowns came on a 1-yard run by curtis Stradley, a 75-yard pass from talkington to randle and
buckner’s interception return. the lone second half score was a 24-yard field goal by Riley Betcher.
talkington now has 50 touch-downs in his battle Ground career, 28 last season and 22 so far this season. the junior completed 15 of his 20 passes for 246 yards. randle had 102 yards on two receptions.
Skyview and Mountain View are both 3-2 in league play head-ing into the final week of the season. If both teams win, they will join battle Ground in a three-way tie for second place. If that happens, the three teams will hold a mini-playoff on tue., Nov. 3 to determine the league’s final two playoff spots. If either Skyview (at Union) or Mountain View (at Evergreen) loses its fi-nal game, battle Ground will ad-vance to the postseason.
Battle Ground eyes playoffs after shutout win
LanDOn HaLL
BaILeY BUcKneR
TRaVIS STeWaRT
Hawks post sixth shutout of season in win over WoodlandKen VanceEditor
HOcKINSON – Heading into this season, it would have been hard to imagine the Hockinson High School football team play-ing even better defense than the Hawks played last season. but, after watching his team post its sixth shutout in eight games, Hawks coach rick Steele is ready to proclaim this year’s defense even better than last year’s.
“Our defense was really good last year,’’ said Steele, whose de-fense didn’t allow a touchdown in the first six weeks of the 2014 season. “We knew we had the potential to be as good or better at some point this season and I think we are better than we were last year and that has been really good to see.’’
that is, really good to see if you’re not one of Hockinson’s opponents. the latest victim was Woodland, which fell to the Hawks 48-0 Friday in a class 2A Greater St. Helens League game played at Hockinson High School. It was the sixth time this season Hockinson has held its op-ponent scoreless as the Hawks re-mained unbeaten at 5-0 in league play and 8-0 overall.
“It’s been a really good season for us,’’ Steele said. “We were just talking the other day about how happy we were about how this team has come together. We knew we were going to be good and we knew we had some tal-ented kids coming back, we just didn’t know how this group was going to come together as a team. they’ve exceeded our expecta-tions in that arena.’’
Last season, Hockinson fin-ished 11-1, losing in the quarterfi-nals of the class 2A state playoffs to perennial power Lynden. that Hawks team won the GSHL title, won the school’s first-ever cross-over playoff game (over black Hills) and also posted the first state playoff victory in school history (over North Kitsap). If this year’s team is truly better, as Steele and his fellow coaches profess, the rest of the season will likely offer more exciting moments for Hockinson’s fans and supporters.
“We couldn’t be more happy with the players as a group right now,’’ Steele said of his team.
Hockinson’s defense gave up 14 second-half points to Prairie in a non-league win in the sec-ond week of the season. both touchdowns came after the Hawks had pulled their starters and replaced them with reserves. the only other points posted against Hockinson this season were seven points by Ridgefield in a Week 6 matchup of the 2A GSHL’s top two teams.
“You just don’t see this kind of thing very often,’’ Steele said. “We have a good defensive scheme and we have kids who fit it really well.’’
Steele praises all three levels of his team’s defense, struggling to find which group deserves the most praise and credit.
“those three kids we have in the back – Matt Henry, Jared Oja
and cole Walker – we tell them just don’t give up big plays over the top,’’ Steele said of his defen-sive backfield. “We have eight kids in front of them that are just fan-tastic football players. teams just can’t run the football on us so if our secondary can keep big plays from happening over the top, it’s just really hard for teams to move the ball against us because our de-fensive line is very deep and you just don’t see a group of lineback-ers like this very often.’’
If forced, Steele would likely say his linebackers are the strength of a strong defense. He says out-side linebackers Kedrick John-son and cameron Loos are “two of the best football players we’ve ever had.’’ Johnson and Loos are backed up by Mitch Lines, who Steele says “would start on any other team’’ in the league.
Steele says those outside line-backers set the edge of the de-fense and funnel opposing ball carriers back inside where they are met by a capable group of in-side linebackers including Steve carlisle, Gage Seekins and Pe-ter Schultz-rathbun. “those are fast, big, strong kids and they flow to the ball so well and then they get there they rarely miss a tackle,’’ Steele said of the in-side linebackers. “they get there with a nasty attitude.’’
Sophomore colton Wheeler and junior Ganon Kytola also rotate in at the inside linebacker positions.
Up front, Steele says the Hawks have the option of going big or small, depending on wheth-er their opponent favors the run or the pass. the big Hawks include Will Ortner, taylor Lindsley, An-drew Kent and Zachary Saeman. Nick Martin, listed at just 6-foot and 180 pounds, leads the small line along with ryan Sleasman. Josh Wade, Austin Goetz and Harry Fosteer are also members of the regular rotation.
Hockinson clinches 2A GSHL title
HOcKInSOn SenIOR receiver Kedrick Johnson (5) makes a one-handed catch during the Hawks’ 48-0 win over Woodland Friday at Hockinson High School. Johnson finished with 109 yards and two touchdowns.
Photo by Mike Schultz
HOcKInSOn RUnnInG BacK Steven Carlisle (9) eludes the outstretched arms of Woodland’s Logan Knight (6) during the Hawks’ Friday win while linemen Peter Schultz-Rathbun (53) and Ryan Bishop (55) look for their next victim to block.
HOcKInSOn DeFenSIVe LIneMan Nick Martin (82) gets a little help from a teammate to bring down Woodland’s Tristan Thomas (24) during the Hawks’ Friday win over the Beavers. Hockinson’s defense now has six shutouts in eight games this season.
Photo by Mike Schultz
Photo by Mike Schultz
See HOcKInSOn on Page B2
