EVERETT – The Storm were unable to withstand the juggernaut that are the Wildcats as Archbishop Murphy defeated Squalicum 51-7 at Terry Ennis Stadium on Friday night.
After the Wildcats scored their first touchdown of the game, the Storm rebounded with a strong drive that witnessed a 10-yard run by sophomore Tucker Hofstedt and a 25-yard pass completion from senior Phoenix Price to junior Elias Larranaga. However, the drive was dismantled when Archbishop Murphy forced a fumble, and returned it 84 yards for a touchdown.
The Wildcats scored on another long touchdown run, and were up 21-0 after the first quarter.
Squalicum then put another big drive together, which featured a 22-yard run by Maddox Strickland. The senior running back finished the drive with a 7-yard touchdown run, but that would be the lone score of the game for the Storm.
Archbishop Murphy went on to score four more touchdowns, and a field goal.
Senior strong safety Ray Hoffmann led Squalicum defensively with 6.5 tackles, and junior cornerback Elijah Webster had five tackles and a pass broken up. Junior linebacker Noah Gilbert had a quarterback sack and junior safety Mason Sone had a tackle for loss.
The Storm (1-4) will travel to Sultan (2-3) on Friday to take on the Turks at 7:00.
Archbishop Murphy 51 Squalicum 7 SQU 0 7 0 0 - 7 ATM 21 14 10 6 - 51 ATM - 20 yard touchdown run (kick good) ATM - 84 yard fumble return for a touchdown (kick good) ATM - 32 yard touchdown run (kick good) SQU - Strickland 7 run (Larranaga kick) ATM - 26 yard touchdown run (kick good) ATM - 71 yard touchdown pass (kick good) ATM - 43 yard touchdown run (kick good) ATM - 30 yard field goal ATM - 31 yard touchdown (kick failed)
SQU ATM 34-123 Rush Att-Yards 33-403 3-9-0 Comp-Att-Int 1-2-0 34 Passing Yards 71 Individual Leaders RUSHING - SQU: Hofstedt 12-49, Strickland 7-39, Young 3-30, Sone 3-11, Oswald 3-10, Smith 2-0, Huntley 1-0, Price 3-(-16). ATM: N/A. PASSING - SQU: Price 3-9-0-34. ATM: N/A. RECEIVING - SQU: Larranaga 2-28, Hofstedt 1-6. ATM: N/A.
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