Slow start dooms Sehome at Burlington-Edison
The Sehome football team allowed Burlington-Edison to return the opening kickoff for a touchdown and dug itself a 20-point hole by halftime it was never able to recover from in a 27-12 Northwest Conference loss on Friday, Oct. 30, at Burlington.
Despite the early deficit, the Mariners (2-7, 1-6 NWC 2A/3A) clawed their way back into the game with Michael Evans’ 35-yard touchdown run on a reverse in the third quarter and Tanner Patrick’s 3-yard TD run early in the fourth.
They had a chance to make things even more interesting as they drove to the Burlington 15 with six minutes remaining in the game, but a turnover ended any thoughts of a miraculous comeback.
“The kids battled right up until the end,” Sehome coach Bob Norvell said in a phone interview. We had a chance to punch one in there and then onside the kick. We were in there, but we couldn’t quite capitalize. The kids hit hard and played with a lot of heart, though.”
Norvell said he was pleased by the way his trio of running backs — Kevin Sun, Dalton Nestlebush and Patrick — moved the ball.
He also said his defense had a good game, led by Marcus Montag, Taylor Rapp, Zach Zimmerman and Patrick.
“They had a lot of hits on guys,” Norvell said.
Sehome will wrap up its season on Thursday, Nov. 5, with a crossover game at Cedarcrest.
Burlington-Edison 27, Sehome 12
Scoring summary
BE — Tavian Swanson 85 kickoff return (Jake Field kick)
BE — Field 36 field goal
BE — Field 37 field goal
BE — Lorenzo Mationg 14 run (Field kick)
Seh — Tanner Patrick 3 run (kick failed)
BE — Swanson 5 pass from Hunter Anderson (Field kick)
Seh — Michael Evans 15 run (kick failed)
Seh | Be | |
Rushing Att-yards | 30-68 | 32-114 |
Comp-Att-Int | 9-16-1 | 10-21-0 |
Passing yards | 80 | 47 |
Individual leaders
RUSHING — Burlington-Edison: Taran Lambert 20-72, Lorenzo Mationg 7-29, Conner Moore 2-0, Hunter Anderson 2-(-3), Tavian Swanson 1-16. Sehome: Tanner Patrick 7-38, Kevin Sun 7-16, Dalton Nestlebush 3-9, Jeffery Werner 1-2, Jace Rinker 17-(-8), Michael Evans 1-15, Nathan Carroll 1-(-4)
PASSING — Burlington-Edison: Hunter Anderson 10-21-0-47. Sehome: Jace Rinker 8-15-1-51, Taylor Rapp 1-1-0-29
RECEIVING — Burlington-Edison: Tavian Swanson 4-18, Derek Cherryholmes 2-21, Taran Lambert 2-2, Conner Moore 2-6. Sehome: Kevin Sun 2-12, Max Diehl 2-9, Michael Evans 1-29, Nathan Carroll 1-6, Warren Zinns 1-9, Taylor Rapp 1-4, Dalton Nestlebush 1-11
This story was originally published October 30, 2015 at 10:38 PM with the headline "Slow start dooms Sehome at Burlington-Edison."