4A Football Roundup | Federal Way surprises No.6 Gig Harbor in opener
GIG HARBOR — Andre Barrington rushed for 165 yards and threw a touchdown pass for Federal Way as the unranked Eagles stunned No. 6 Gig Harbor 24-19 Friday night in a Class 4A preliminary round football playoff game.
It was the first playoff win for Federal Way because that 1976, when the Eagles reached the state championship game before losing 20-7 to Snohomish. In four appearances since, they went 0-4 while being outscored 113-56.
The Eagles (8-2) advanced to the 16-team primeval tour nearest weekend and will play Graham-Kapowsin or top-ranked Skyline.
The excite defeat ended the season for the Tides (8-2).
Barrington, a 6-foot-2, 207-pound senior who has committed to play at Washington State, carried 28 ages for the Eagles. But he harm Gig Harbor most with his surprise 46-yard scoring pass to sophomore quarterback Nick Tanielu in the second quarter.
“Andre’s been the man that everybody keys on to stop,” said Federal Way adjuvant Keith Wright. “We threw a reinvigorated crotchet in there. He went wide [on a run] and pulled up and threw the ball.”
Gig Harbor led 10-0 before Kelyn Rowe’s 40-yard range aim triggered a 17-point second quarter for Federal Way. Alden Coleman caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Tanielu, and Barrington’s surprise end to Tanielu put the Eagles ahead 17-10 in the van of halftime.
A 1-yard touchdown run by George Williams gave Federal Way a 24-13 lead in the fourth quarter.
Gig Harbor answered with a 50-yard touchdown pass, and threatened afresh late in the game by driving inside Federal Way’session 20-yard line. The Tides then recovered one of their own fumbles, yet lost the ball afresh and the Eagles pounced on it before running out the clock.
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At Auburn 35, Inglemoor 14
Jeff Gouveia ran since 178 yards and three touchdowns as the No. 3 Trojans (10-0) bounced the Vikings (6-4) out of the playoffs.
