DEMING – Big plays by both teams highlighted Burlington-Edison’s 41-21 victory over Mount Baker Friday night in Northwest Conference high school football action.
The Tigers fell behind early for the fourth time in eight games this season after the Mountaineers recovered a fumble of the opening kickoff and David Kashubin capped the Mount Baker drive with a 14-yard touchdown run for a 7-0 Mountaineer lead.
Burlington-Edison wasted little time responding when Cody Larson sprinted 68 yards for the game-tying touchdown just 50 seconds after the Mount Baker score for the first of 17 unanswered points. Damon Acoba’s 12-yard scoring run and the first of two Andrew Furney field goals gave the Tigers a 17-7 lead late in the first half, but Nick Jacoby pulled the Mountaineers to within three points at the intermission on a 58-yard punt return just before halftime to make the score 17-14.
The big plays continued in the third period when Burlington-Edison’s Mikey Sanchez followed a wall of blockers to the endzone on a 62-yard punt return and Larson took a Chris Burt pass 41 yards for a score to give the Tigers a 31-14 lead after three quarters.
Furney kicked a 43-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter and Sanchez capped the Tigers’ scoring with a 66-yard touchdown sprint to put Burlington-Edison on top 41-14 before Mount Baker quarterback Zac Lepper connected with Tim Breaux on a 60-yard touchdown pass to cap the scoring.
The Burlington-Edison victory sets up a showdown between the Tigers (7-1, 5-1) and Lynden Lions (7-1, 6-0) for the Northwest Conference title next Friday at Burlington’s Kirkby field. Despite the loss, Mount Baker (4-4, 3-3) clinched a post-season berth as the fifth place team in the conference and will play the fourth place team from the Cascade Conference in a play-in game.
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