SEDRO WOOLLEY – During this week of practice, Lynden head coach Blake Van Dalen may have wondered who was going to do the punting this week. Was James Marsh healthy enough to give it a go? Trevin Melendez has been doing so well in his place the past few games. On Friday night at Tom Mullen Field, it didn’t matter. No punts were needed as the Lion offense roared all evening in a 55-21 win over Sedro Woolley.
The offense was balanced (267 yards rushing and 244 yards passing), it was efficient (5.6 yards per carry and 16-of-20 through the air) and it was purely awesome. The return of massive left tackle Jacob Kettels helped as well.
Senior running back Eric Martin-Mann scored two early touchdowns in the first quarter. The first was a 7-yarder that was sprung on a great block from left guard Kevin Antonio. The second was almost identical, an eight-yard run to the opposite side of the line where guard Houston DeJong powered his opponent out of the picture on a devastating down-block.
The Cubs answered back with a good drive that stalled out with a missed 36-yard field goal attempt. Lynden drove 80 yards rather easily, and Marsh ended it with a 5-yard touchdown run on the keeper. The ensuing kickoff was bobbled by the Sedro Woolley returner, and the ball was eventually fumbled. Lynden senior Anthony Baird used his dynamic speed to sprint down the field and recover the fumble at the Cub 11-yard line. Martin-Mann would use a Kettels kick-out block on a 5-yard touchdown run just two plays later.
Sedro Woolley scored its first touchdown of the game on the following drive, but the Lions kept pouring it on in the second quarter. Marsh found senior Kobe Elsner on a 33-yard touchdown pass down the right sideline and junior Brock Heppner scored on a 2-yard touchdown. Elsner then intercepted his Whatcom County-leading fifth pass of the season on a deep pass just before halftime, and just like that it was 42-6.
Marsh scored his second touchdown of the game in the third quarter and senior running back Luke Caspian scored on a 16-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
Martin-Mann finished with 111 yards rushing on 14 carries to lead Lynden, and Marsh was tremendous with his accuracy completing 12-of-14 passes for 182 yards.
Lynden (7-0) has clinched the Northwest Conference 2A Sky Division and will host Vancouver College this Friday night.
Lynden 55
Sedro Woolley 21
LYN 14 28 6 7 – 55
SW 0 6 8 7 – 21
LYN – Martin-Mann 7 run (Samoukovic kick)
LYN – Martin-Mann 8 run (Samoukovic kick)
LYN – Marsh 5 run (Samoukovic kick)
LYN – Martin-Mann 5 run (Samoukovic kick)
SW – 5 yard touchdown run (pass failed)
LYN – Elsner 33 pass from Marsh (Samoukovic kick)
LYN – Heppner 2 run (Samoukovich kick)
SW – 12 yard touchdown pass (2pt conversion good)
LYN – Marsh 2 run (pass failed)
LYN – Caspian 16 run (Peterson-Scotter kick)
SW – 10 yard touchdown pass (kick good)
LYN SW
48-267 Rushing Att-Yards 22-65
16-20-0 Comp-Att-Int 14-22-1
244 Passing yards 182
Individual Leaders
RUSHING – LYN: Martin-Mann 14-111, Marsh 12-39, Caspian 7-36, Wheeler 3-23, Heppner 4-21, Brar 2-18, Ayres 5-17, Melendez 1-2. SW: N/A.
PASSING – LYN: Marsh 12-14-0-182, Heppner 1-3-0-48, Ayres 3-3-0-14. SW: N/A.
RECEIVING – LYN: VanderYacht 5-92, Elsner 4-62, Heppner 3-39, Baird 2-1, C. Bode 1-37, O. Bode 1-13. SW: N/A.
