PORT TOWNSEND — The voracious appetite for parking in downtown Port Townsend stirred up by the Wooden Boat Festival annually moves a Port Townsend or Chimacum high school game to a Thursday night.
Memorial Field is used for parking for the adjacent festival this weekend, so that means the Redhawks (1-0) play tonight at 7 p.m. against Bellevue Christian (1-0).
Port Townsend is riding high off a stellar opening contest, a 49-0 shellacking of Port Angeles.
The Redhawks’ offense averaged 9.6 yards per carry, totaling 365 yards on 38 runs.
Wesley Wheeler led a crowd of runners, totaling 147 yards and two scores on 11 carries.
What might be even more impressive is a Port Townsend defense that allowed just one total first down to the Roughriders.
The Redhawks appear to be facing a stiffer test tonight against the Vikings, 30-27 winners against Granite Falls last week in a game that included 10 total interceptions.
Bellevue Christian runs a spread offense led by senior quarterback David Postma.
Postma completed 9 of 20 passes for 222 yards, two touchdowns and four interceptions in the opener, and also ran for 88 yards on 16 carries. Senior Dylan Parsons is Bellevue Christian’s primary ballcarrier. He totaled 169 yards on 23 carries in last week’s win.
“We’ve played them in the past in the Nisqually [League],” Redhawks defensive coordinator Tom Webster said of the Vikings.
“We have a pretty good idea of what they run offensively, so I expect us to be prepared.”
