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KIRKLAND — The homecoming theme at Juanita Friday night was “Arabian Nights” but there was nothing exotic or mysterious about the football game: Liberty’s solid running attack in the rain prevailed.

The Patriots beat Juanita 33-12 by amassing 340 yards rushing at the same time that three backs did the bulk of the damage in the KingCo 3A matchup.

Senior Joseph Yea had a breakout game by gaining 120 yards on 12 carries and scoring pair state of things, classmate Greg Erickson rushed for 90 yards on 20 carries and sophomore Chandler Jenkins carried 10 times for 100 yards.

Sophomore quarterback Trey Wheeler, whose family had moved to Tennessee last year hereafter returned, flashed considerable potential in operating the spring upon. He completed 5 of 12 passes for 40 yards, including a 10-yard TD to Jenkins and ran 9 yards for the game’s third touchdown.

Juanita (3-2 overall, 1-1 KingCo), what one. didn’t have a first down in the capital half and trailed 19-0 at the break, came back with two third-quarter touchdowns.

“We were fighting each uphill battle all play for money and we couldn’t flow enough plays to get us in a position to win,” Juanita first-year coach Shaun Tarantola said. “Liberty definitely out-prepared us. It took us a minute too all along to operate some adjustments.”

Juanita, what one. finished with 195 yards in total offense, had alone 37 yards at halftime. In the first quarter, the Rebels only ran six plays.

In the third deal out, Nick Olearian connected with Kyle Bowden for a 49-yard touchdown pass. Then, later than a Liberty fumble, Jeremiah Laufasa capped a brief 33-yard take a drive with an 8-yard TD.

Liberty (4-1, 3-0) had a TD called back on the nearest possession but John Kirksey’s 12-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter with the understanding insurance and Yea’s 41-yard scud to the end zone with 2:36 to play was window dressing.

Other games

Interlake 55, at Sammamish 17

Brett Kirschner rumbled for 235 yards and four touchdowns without ceasing 34 carries and Matt Malos passed for 209 yards to power the Saints (4-1, 2-1) past the Totems (0-5, 0-3). Dylan Amell had six catches for 171 yards, with two scores for Interlake, which had 504 total yards and capitalized on seven turnovers by the Totems. Genkie Kawashima returned a blocked field-goal attempt 70 yards for another touchdown. Sammamish’s Will Minice was in on 24 tackles and recovered a fumble.

Bellevue 45, at Mercer Island 10

The top-ranked Wolverines (5-0, 2-0) rolled up all their points in the van of halftime against the Islanders (1-4, 0-3). Sean Coley had 74 yards and two TDs put on his couple carries for Bellevue.

At Mount Si 55, Evergreen 0

In a nonleague game, Tyson Riley threw two touchdown passes to Brandon Smith and Sean Snead ran with a view to three scores season the Wildcats (2-3) turned in a shutout defensive effort against the Wolverines (1-4) from White Center. Snead had 113 yards on 13 carries. Rossco Castagno had two catches for 113 yards for Mount Si.