QUILCENE — Colten Pol scored all seven touchdowns for Quilcene as the Rangers routed Mary M. Knight 52-14 in Class 1B football action.
Pol ran for 161 yards with four touchdowns and caught four passes for 182 yards and three more scores for a combined total of 343 yards.
He did all that in just over one half of action.
“He didn’t play almost the whole second half,” Quilcene coach Byron Wilson said following Saturday’s game.
“I pulled him out and made him take off his gear.”
Pol ran for touchdowns of 3, 4, 27 and 50 yards in the first quarter as the Rangers built a quick 30-0 lead. He then scored on passes from quarterback Eli Harrison of 15 and 72 yards in the second quarter and then an 82-yarder in the third.
Although it was the Colten Pol Show, Wilson made sure to credit the blocking. So did Pol.
“Well, we run a power offense and he’s the tailback,” Wilson said of Pol. “That’s who gets the ball all the time.
“And he had some good blocking up front.
“He was good about complimenting his linemen. He also has a great fullback [Triston Williams]. He has some people in front of him who are really good.
“[Offensive lineman] Nate Weller, he did a great job. Our center, Hayes Beathard . . . he had a big kid over him the entire game and he did a good job.”
Wilson was happy with how the Rangers responded after losing to Lopez 64-20 in the season opener.
“We got pounded the week before. Some teams never come back, we did,” Wilson said.
“We played well. You’re always pleased with a win. I told them that the games are probably going to get tougher down the road so we’re going to have to get better.”
Wilson liked the way Mary M. Knight played, despite the lopsided score.
“They’re a good little scrappy team,” Wilson said. “What I like about them, they never gave up. That’s a compliment to their coaching.”
Quilcene (1-1) plays its first night game of the season Friday on the road against Clallam Bay (2-0).
Quilcene 52, Mary M. Knight 14
Mary M. Knight 0 6 8 0— 14
Quilcene 30 14 8 0— 52
First Quarter
Q—Pol 3 run (Pol run)
Q—Pol 4 run (Harrison run)
Q—Pol 27 run (Harrison run)
Q—Pol 50 run (conversion failed)
Second Quarter
M—1 run (conversion failed)
Q—Pol 15 pass from Harrison (Williams run)
Q—Pol 72 pass from Harrison (conversion failed)
Third Quarter
M—13 run (conversion)
Q—Pol 82 pass from Harrison (Prater run)
Individual Stats
Rushing— Q: Pol 13-161, Williams 5-68, Prater 2-15, Harrison 1-2.
Passing—Q: Harrison 10-15, 219.
Receiving—Q: Pol 4-182, Prater 2-34, Bessey 1-3.
Cross Country
Port Angeles at Bellarmine Invite
TACOMA — Freshman Gracie Long and senior Simon Shindler led the way for the Port Angeles cross country teams at the Bellarmine Invite.
Of the 14 competing schools, which included a Class 6A school from Portland, at the 2-mile race, Port Angeles and fellow Olympic League school Bremerton where the only participating 2A schools at Saturday’s race.
“It’s nice to give our kids the best competition that there is,” Roughriders coach Pat Durr said.
“Then, when we compete in league, district and state with 2A schools, our kids aren’t phased by tough competitive races since they’ve had practice in tough situations.”
The short race distance adds to the challenge.
“This is a wildly fast race since it is only 2 miles,” Roughriders coach Pat Durr said.
“Even at the high school level, it has become a sprint race. Athletes go out very fast, but it is only the strong that survive.”
The Port Angeles girls placed ninth in the tough competition, led by Long, who placed 18th in the varsity race with a time of 12 minutes, 49 seconds.
The team’s strength showed in the close times of the rest of the team pack, a 28-second spread.
Willow Suess finished in 14:04, Madelyn Dougherty in 14:12, Annika Pederson in 14:20 and Lael Butler 14:31.
Shindler had another strong showing for the Riders boys team, coming in 23rd with a time of 10:55. Peter Butler came in 24th, only two-tenths of second behind.
Alek Long came in third for Port Angeles with a 12:47, followed by Hunter Dempsey at 13:40 and and Forrest Clark at 13:52.
Port Angeles next competes at the Salt Creek Invite on Saturday.
Girls Soccer
Sequim opens with two wins
SEQUIM — The Wolves are off to a 2-0 start after nothing shutout wins over Chimacum and Coupeville.
Sequim beat Coupeville 3-0 on Saturday.
Shelby Lott, Abby Hanstead and Hannah Gauthan scored for Sequim, Hanstead’s goal coming on a header on a cross by Gretchen Happe.
The Wolves kicked off the season with a 5-0 win over the Cowboys, with two goals coming from Maeve Harris and one goal each from Hannah Gauthan, Adare McMinn and Hanstead.
The Sequim JV team beat Port Angeles JV 2-0 on Saturday.
