The Redmond football team put forth one of its best efforts of the season, but it still wasn’t enough as Newport beat the Mustangs, 21-14, in a 4A Kingco Crest Division contest at Redmond High Friday night.
The score was knotted 14-14 at the half on the strength of Sean Shewey’s two rushing touchdowns of 10 and 2 yards. The senior running back, who was named the Mustang Player of the Game during Redmond’s Best of the West matchup against Bothell at Qwest Field on Sept. 20, finished with 76 yards rushing. He also had six tackles on defense.
“We wanted to establish the running game and have a chance to try to move the football and keep a high percentage of completions,” Redmond coach Mike Pluschke said of his team’s game plan. “We feel like we did that in the first half, we had a lot of long drives and kept our defense off the field.”
Senior quarterback David Gilbertson had an outstanding game, going 9 for 10 in the first half and finished 16 of 33 for 215 yards. The Mustang defense struggled to stop the Knights’ running game as Newport racked up 324 yards on the ground.
The backbreaker came when Newport’s Jonte Giacomino broke free for a 63-yard touchdown run that proved to be the difference in the game.
Pluschke was pleased to see his offense put together key drives that put his team in position to score.
“Offensively, we had four long drives that ended on us running out of plays — fourth-and-3, fourth-and-4 and we weren’t able to convert, but they were good, time-clock moving drives in good field position,” Pluschke said. “We were just not able to finish with touchdowns and points when we needed them.”
Going into Friday’s game on the road against Kingco powerhouse Issaquah (2-0 league, 5-0 overall), the Mustangs (0-2, 0-5) are still searching for their first win.
The Redmond football team put forth one of its best efforts of the season, but it still wasn’t enough as Newport beat the Mustangs, 21-14, in a 4A Kingco Crest Division contest at Redmond High Friday night.
“They’re a great opponent,” Pluschke said of the Eagles, who handled Eastlake, 28-3, last Friday. “Our kids are excited, ready to play and put our best effort on the field. We look forward to putting up our first ‘W’ against a great football team.”
GOLF: Redmond beats Eastlake
In a must-win situation, Redmond rallied to beat Eastlake, 191-193 in a 4A Kingco showdown at Bear Creek Country Club, a par-36 course. Redmond was down by 12 shots at one time during the match but rallied late to beat Eastlake for the third straight year.
After falling to Mount Si by four strokes last Monday, the Mustangs knew they needed to beat the Wolves to keep their league championship hopes alive.
Eastlake standout Kevin Penner earned medalist honors with a 4-under-par 32, but the Wolves couldn’t overcome the depth of the Mustangs, who had four golfers shoot in the 30s.
Brian Grina led the way for the Mustngs with an even-par 36, and the Mroz brothers Alex (1-over 37) and Charlie (2-over 38) contributed to the team victory.
The team plays two more matches against Interlake and Liberty before preparing for the District II tournament at Snohomish Golf Course October 14-15.
VOLLEYBALL: ‘Stangs lose
The Redmond volleyball team lost to 4A Kingco Crest Division favorite Skyline last Thursday in three games, 25-13, 25-17, 25-18.
Joanna French had 13 assists to go along with 11 digs, and senior middle hitter Emily Squires and junior outside hitter Hailey Zippro combined for 10 kills during the match.
Skyline improved to 4-0 in league play and 4-3 overall. Redmond dropped to 0-4 and 1-5 overall.
VOLLEYBALL: Bear Creek nets win
The Bear Creek volleyball team continued its winning way with a three-game sweep of Tacoma Baptist in a Sea-Tac 2B contest last Thursday at Bear Creek School. Game scores were 25-14, 25-12, 25-18.
Setters Emily Kadeg and Erica Leuenberger combined for 32 assists and Katie Wolfram had nine kills to go along with three service aces.
Bear Creek improved to a league-leading 5-1 on the season and 7-1 overall.
SOCCER: Redmond ties Issaquah, 2-2
Redmond kept its unbeaten status intact with a 2-2 tie against Issaquah in a 4A Kingco Crest Division home contest last Thursday.
After one goal was scored by each team in the first five minutes of play, both defenses stepped it up and didn’t allow another goal until the 50th minute when Issaquah’s Sharon Davis scored unassisted. Redmond scored the equalizer with four minutes left to play as Katie Woodman netted one off an assist from Jordan Scheibe.
Redmond now owns a 3-0-1 record in division play, 3-0-3 overall.
