SHORELINE – Trailing by 27 points, the Nooksack Valley Pioneers battled back to defeat King’s 54-47 Friday in the quarterfinals of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association class 1A state high school football playoffs.
After falling behind 40-13, the Pioneers advanced the state semi-finals by outscoring the Knights 41-7. Nooksack Valley (10-2) will play undefeated (12-0) Cascade Christian in the Tacoma Dome Saturday, November 28, with kickoff scheduled for 1 pm. The winner earn a berth in the state championship game December 5, also in the Tacoma Dome.
Jay Alexander and Dale Sharp will webcast this Saturday’s semi-final game live on SkagitRadio.com
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Nooksack Valley: Nick deGrasse 37-239; Tyler Perry 17-58; Trevon Myhre 4-12; Anthony Reese 3-82. King’s: Thomas Vincent 14-138; Ben Welch 2-29.
PASSING – Nooksack Valley: Tyler Perry 15-21-163-0, Trevon Myhre 0-1-0-0. King’s: Thomas Vincent 19-33-2-282.
RECEIVING – Nooksack Valley: Nick deGrasse 3-11, Kyle Handy 3-39, Anthony Reese 6-84, Trevon Myhre 2-24, Luke VanderVliet 1-5. King’s: Nick Swanson 8-133, Joseph Jaeger 3-58, Curtin Clauson 7-82, Caleb Taylor 1-9.
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by admin on January 31, 2009
BURLINGTON – After shooting just 9-of-21 in the first half, the Burlington-Edison Tiger girls’ basketball team adjusted in the second half to make an outstanding comeback to beat the Nooksack Valley Pioneers 51-44 in Northwest Conference action Friday night.
Sarah Stewart helped the Tigers (12-2) with 22 points and countless blocks. Kristine Thoe was the big difference for the Tigers, especially in the third quarter where she scored nine of her 14 points. Cambie Edwards added six and contributed great defense along with Virginia Brown.
For the game, the Tigers shot 18-of-47 (38%) from the field.
The Pioneers started hot, then cooled quickly, going 2-of-10 in the second quarter, 1-of-9 in the third and 6-of-13 in the fourth. Nooksack Valley (11-3) shot 16-of-48 (33%) for the game.
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