PORT TOWNSEND — Jacob King ran for three touchdowns for the second week in a row to lead Port Townsend to a 41-0 thrashing over Coupeville at Memorial Field.
King’s scores came from 70, 49 and 25 yards out.
Tim Russell and Matt Cain also ran for touchdowns, as the Redskins piled up 461 yards rushing on the shorthanded Wolves on Friday night.
But it was Port Townsend’s final touchdown that served as the best example of the kind of game it was for both teams.
Everything went the Redskins’ way, and Coupeville couldn’t catch a break.
On a fourth-and-one from their own 18-yard line, the Redskins called a sweep play for Domenick Zack.
The 5-foot-9, 137-pound freshman took the ball 82 yards for the score.
“I just wanted to see what the kid could do,” Port Townsend coach Nick Snyder said.
“I was expecting him to get 4 yards and get a first down. I didn’t expect him to go 82.
“The blocking was tremendous, we sealed that edge, and then once he hit the edge, I thought, ‘There’s no way anybody’s going to catch him. That kid can fly.’”
Zack had even lower expectations than his coach for his first-ever varsity carry.
“I felt like I was going to get tackled before the line because I was playing up against those bigger kids,” he said.
“I got over on the edge, my O-line and the wide receiver got a nice crack, the blocking was perfect, just beautiful for the team.
“Felt amazing. One of the best moments of my life, for sure.”
Zack finished with two carries for 90 yards.
Coupeville coach Toni Maggio said his team was missing five starters and that the Wolves were especially thin at linebacker.
Port Townsend exposed that weakness, racking up 461 yards for an average of 13.6 yards per carry for the game.
“Stopping the run was almost impossible,” Maggio said.
The Redskins also showed how explosive their Wing-T offense can be, as five of their six scoring drives consisted of four plays or less.
“Especially when you’ve got a quarterback like Jacob King,” Snyder said.
“He just makes stuff happen. He’s just so elusive and he reads stuff really well.
“He reads seams in the defense, and he just takes advantage of it.”
King ran eight times for 188 yards, an average of 23.5 yards per carry. His three touchdown runs accounted for 144 of those yards.
“It was just wide open,” King said of his three long touchdown runs.
“One guy to beat, and my main goal as a [runner] is to never get taken down by one person.”
King’s last run came in the third quarter off a handoff from David Sua, who played quarterback for the entire second half.
Russell had 10 carries for 105 yards and Cain carried eight times for 66 yards.
“[Russell is] a hard runner, and Matt Cain is a hard, hard runner, too,” Snyder said.
“The backfield, they’re all seniors, and they run really hard.”
King, Zack and Snyder all praised the offensive line for creating running lanes.
Snyder was particularly happy about the line’s work on Coupeville nose guard Nick Streubel, who is being recruited to play college football.
“68 [Streubel] is the real deal,” Snyder said.
“He’s 6-4, 315 [pounds], and . . . a dominant nose guard.
“We were able to double down on him and push him around.
“That’s probably the thing I was most happy about, is that we were able to control that kid, because we won’t see a nose guard that good in the Nisqually League at all.”
Coupeville’s offense gained only 236 yards of total offense.
The Wolves took an early hit when starting quarterback Gunnar Langvold exited the game with a knee injury in the first quarter.
He was replaced by Josh Bayne, whose primary position is a wing in Coupeville’s wing offense.
Coupeville also was missing its top runner Jake Tumblin.
Maggio said this forced his run-first team to rely heavily on the pass.
Bayne completed 12 of 32 passes for 113 yards, and ran for 67 yards.
“He had a gutsy performance. He did a great job for a last-minute sub,” Maggio said.
Overall, the Wolves’ offensive line protected Bayne well, but Port Townsend’s Tyler Manthe was able to get two sacks and Skyler Coppenrath had one.
The Redskins open league play against last year’s Nisqually League champions, Eatonville, at Memorial Field on Saturday night.
Port Townsend 41, Coupeville 0
Coupeville 0 0 0 0— 0
Port Townsend 14 13 14 0— 41
First Quarter
PT—Russell 10 run (Austin Khile kick)
PT—Cain 38 run (Khile kick)
Second Quarter
PT—King 70 run (Khile kick)
PT—King 49 run (kick blocked)
Third Quarter
PT—King 25 run (Khile kick)
PT—Zack 82 run (Khile kick)
Individual Stats
Rushing— C: Bayne 8-67, Hasselgrave 7-28, Langvold 1-20. PT: King 8-188, Russell 10-105, Zack 2-90, Cain 8-66, Sua 4-9, Anderson 2-3.
Passing—C: Bayne 10-28, Langvold 1-4, 4; Booker 1-1, 6. PT: King 1-2, 12; Sua 0-2-1.
Receiving—C: Booker 5-52, Hasselgrave 4-21, Bayne 1-6, Hampton 1-14. PT: Coppenratch 1-12.
