The Bainbridge High School varsity football team scored their second win of the season Friday, Oct. 23 on the road in a non-conference faceoff against the winless Evergreen High Wolverines.
The final score was 14-7 BHS.
This second success, the first win since the team’s homecoming game against Ingraham on
Sept. 25, advanced the Spartan overall record to 2-6 (1-4, league) and earned them the 14th spot overall in the Metro standings, ahead of Lakeside and Franklin.
Bainbridge remains in the fifth spot amongst the six Metro Mountain teams.
The Spartan win came at the tail end of a dismal three-game losing streak, which started with their 21-19 defeat against Lakeside on Oct. 2 at Memorial Stadium.
BHS touchdowns were scored by Adrian Rojas and Kyle Bierly.
Rojas rushed 14 times for 60 yards and Bierly managed 10 carries for 79 yards. Jacob Hogger went two-for-six and Jackson Taylor one-for-one as well.
The Spartans passing game left something to be desired, with both Michael Greenwood (0-1) and Gannon Winker (0-3) ultimately unable to complete a pass.
Defensively, the numbers were better.
Jackson Almodover managed 10 solo tackles, including a .5 sack for a loss of six yards. Christian Nonga had nine solo tackles, Bierly had eight solo and one assist, Lucas Weyand finished the night with seven solo tackles and Quinton Blevins had five solo and one assist as well.
Tanner Shattuck was again perfect and went two-for-two in conversions.
The game was homecoming for the Wolverines, but, even before this latest loss, there hasn’t been much to celebrate this year for Evergreen fans. The team is currently 0-8 overall (0-5 in Seamount play), and has been winless at home (0-4) and on the road (0-4). There’ve been some pretty big blowouts this season for Evergreen as well: 34-0 against Highline; 52-0 against Renton; and 52-0 against Hazen.
The Wolverines have lost their last two games by forfeits, first against Kennedy Catholic and then against Lindbergh.
The biggest Evergreen heartbreak this season goes well beyond any score, however. The Wolverines are reeling from the death of a football player from on-field injuries that happened during an Oct. 2 game against Highline. Kenney Bui, 17, a senior wide receiver and defensive back, died three days after sustaining a severe head injury in the fourth quarter of the Highline game.
The game Friday was Evergreen’s first return to the field since the tragedy.
BHS students made a banner offering condolences to the Evergreen gridders in remembrance of Bui, which they presented at the game.
Their homecoming loss against the Spartans was the Wolverine’s last time to take the field this year, as their slated matchup next week against Foster High was canceled.
The Spartans have one more game on their regular season schedule, and will play on the road against Nathan Hale at
7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30.
