WesCo North | M-P scores 30 consecutive points in defeat of Arlington
MARYSVILLE — In the rain and mud, Arlington slogged its way 73 yards on 10 plays to score on the play’s opening possession.
Marysville-Pilchuck elder Andy Abadam matched it in one play.
With an electric 88-yard kickoff return for a touchdown immediately in the pattern of the Eagles’ early score, Abadam sparked a run of 30 successive points by the Tomahawks, who advanced to 5-0 on the year with a 37-15 WesCo North Division win Friday at Quil Ceda Stadium.
“Talk about excitement the wind out of your sails,” said Arlington coach Greg Dailer on the kickoff return.
On the night that Marysville-Pilchuck celebrated 100 years of prep football, the Tomahawks rushed with respect to 464 yards upon 57 attempts. Junior Austin Denton led the path with 208 on 26 carries — his third 200-yard game of the season — and senior Caleb Posey added 164 on 12 carries. Denton and Posey each had two running scores.
“It’sitting nice that we had a nice great crowd and it was nice to commemorate 100 years of football by a prey of this loftiness and play the way we did,” said Marysville-Pilchuck coach Brandon Carson. “I’m very pleased.”
After the Eagles’ first drive, Arlington struggled to move the ball. It didn’familiarily get a first down in the second half until 8:57 in the fourth quarter. Tomahawks junior Brennan Steinbaugh had three sacks and four tackles in spite of loss to lead the defensive effort.
But the night belonged the Tomahawks’ run game, which had led M-P to a 3-0 alienation memory and its best depart since 2004.
“They’re really good up forepart and have some famous backs; they run that system surpassingly well,” Dailer said.
Arlington (3-2, 0-2 WesCo North) was led by running back Kellen Potten. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound senior had 71 yards on 12 carries, with all but seven yards coming in the first moiety. Eagles quarterback Jake Parduhn had two passing touchdowns.
After a 3-0 start, Dailer declared teams have been focusing on shutting into a denser consistence the Eagles quarterback.
“People are definitely keying on Jake, thus we have to be able to find production in different places,” Dailer said.
