ILWACO IN A FOG, NIPPED 27-24
As the fog drifted over Pederson Field Friday night and the final play was whistled dead, the Ilwaco Fishermen must have felt a certain degree of shock. How did Stevenson do it? What could we have done differently? The Fishermen team, especially the 12 seniors who were playing for the last time in front of the home crowd, had to swallow yet another bitter pill, watching the Bulldog's Tyler Moser dive in from the 1/2 yard line with 4 seconds left to steal a 27-24 victory over Ilwaco.
The last-second comeback against Ilwaco snapped a 16-game losing streak for the Bulldogs stretching back to Sept. 9, 2005.
The Fishermen overcame an early mistake on their first possession, as CJ Hawkinson, just back from injury, couldn't handle the low snap from center in punt formation. Stevenson recovered at the two-yard line of Ilwaco and Moser ran it in on the first play. With the Mark Kilpatrick extra-point, the Bulldogs had a quick 7-0 lead. But Ilwaco's defense stiffened and the offense came to life. Anthony Wirkkala caught a 9-yard TD pass from Jake Nesbitt, and Alex Martin scored on a 13-yard run. Nesbitt found Wirkkala twice more for two two-point conversions, and the Fishermen left for halftime with a 16-7 lead.
Ilwaco dominated the time of possession in the first half, running 37 plays from scrimmage to Stevensons 12. But the second half was a different story altogether.
Stevenson scored 13 unanswered points to vault ahead 20-16 on the third of the four rushing TD's for Moser, dashing in from 7 yards out to begin the 4th quarter. But showing a resiliency that has been lacking at times during the season, the Fishermen fought back, putting together a spectacular and time consuming 80 yard touchdown drive, capped off by an Eddy Knick 20-yard touchdown run, followed by a Nesbitt option keeper for two point conversion. So with Ilwaco clinging to a 24-20 lead with six minutes to go in the game, the defense needed to step up, and they did, with the Albino Rhino, Geoff Hylton, recovering a Moser fumble on the Fishermen 6. But the offense could not generate a first down, and watched the game slip away as Stevenson worked the ball from the Ilwaco 44 yard line and Moser scored his fourth and final touchdown of the night with four seconds on the clock. When it was over, the Bulldogs had run 36 offensive plays to just 13 for Ilwaco in the second half.
Nesbitt completed 6-of-11 passes for 159 yards, with one touchdown and an interception. Knick ran the ball 21 times for 138 yards and had an interception of his own.
Ilwaco is now 1-8, 1-5 in league, will finish off the season with a crossover game on Friday or Saturday against an opponent from the Evergreen Conference at a site to be determined.
STEVENSON 7 0 7 13 - 27
ILWACO 0 16 0 8 - 24
1stQ - ST: Tyler Moser 2 run (Mark Kilpatrick kick)
2ndQ - IL: Anthony Wirkkala 9 pass from Jake Nesbitt (Nesbitt pass to Wirkkala)
2ndQ - IL: Alex Martin 13 run (Nesbitt pass to Wirkkala)
3ndQ - ST: Moser 1 run (Kilpatrick kick)
4thQ - ST: Moser 7 run (Kilpatrick kick)
4thQ - IL: Eddy Knick 20 run (Nesbitt run)
4thQ - ST: Moser 1 run (pass failed)
Rushing- Ilwaco: 37-214, (Knick, 21-138), Stevenson 44-191 (Moser 32-160)
Passing- Ilwaco: 6-10-159 1 int, Stevenson: 6-11-76 1 int
Receiving - Ilwaco: Kaino, 3-72, Stevenson: Moser 3-50
Penalties - Ilwaco: 5-45, Stevenson: 2-10
Turnovers - Ilwaco: 1, Stevenson: 2
The last-second comeback against Ilwaco snapped a 16-game losing streak for the Bulldogs stretching back to Sept. 9, 2005.
The Fishermen overcame an early mistake on their first possession, as CJ Hawkinson, just back from injury, couldn't handle the low snap from center in punt formation. Stevenson recovered at the two-yard line of Ilwaco and Moser ran it in on the first play. With the Mark Kilpatrick extra-point, the Bulldogs had a quick 7-0 lead. But Ilwaco's defense stiffened and the offense came to life. Anthony Wirkkala caught a 9-yard TD pass from Jake Nesbitt, and Alex Martin scored on a 13-yard run. Nesbitt found Wirkkala twice more for two two-point conversions, and the Fishermen left for halftime with a 16-7 lead.
Ilwaco dominated the time of possession in the first half, running 37 plays from scrimmage to Stevensons 12. But the second half was a different story altogether.
Stevenson scored 13 unanswered points to vault ahead 20-16 on the third of the four rushing TD's for Moser, dashing in from 7 yards out to begin the 4th quarter. But showing a resiliency that has been lacking at times during the season, the Fishermen fought back, putting together a spectacular and time consuming 80 yard touchdown drive, capped off by an Eddy Knick 20-yard touchdown run, followed by a Nesbitt option keeper for two point conversion. So with Ilwaco clinging to a 24-20 lead with six minutes to go in the game, the defense needed to step up, and they did, with the Albino Rhino, Geoff Hylton, recovering a Moser fumble on the Fishermen 6. But the offense could not generate a first down, and watched the game slip away as Stevenson worked the ball from the Ilwaco 44 yard line and Moser scored his fourth and final touchdown of the night with four seconds on the clock. When it was over, the Bulldogs had run 36 offensive plays to just 13 for Ilwaco in the second half.
Nesbitt completed 6-of-11 passes for 159 yards, with one touchdown and an interception. Knick ran the ball 21 times for 138 yards and had an interception of his own.
Ilwaco is now 1-8, 1-5 in league, will finish off the season with a crossover game on Friday or Saturday against an opponent from the Evergreen Conference at a site to be determined.
STEVENSON 7 0 7 13 - 27
ILWACO 0 16 0 8 - 24
1stQ - ST: Tyler Moser 2 run (Mark Kilpatrick kick)
2ndQ - IL: Anthony Wirkkala 9 pass from Jake Nesbitt (Nesbitt pass to Wirkkala)
2ndQ - IL: Alex Martin 13 run (Nesbitt pass to Wirkkala)
3ndQ - ST: Moser 1 run (Kilpatrick kick)
4thQ - ST: Moser 7 run (Kilpatrick kick)
4thQ - IL: Eddy Knick 20 run (Nesbitt run)
4thQ - ST: Moser 1 run (pass failed)
Rushing- Ilwaco: 37-214, (Knick, 21-138), Stevenson 44-191 (Moser 32-160)
Passing- Ilwaco: 6-10-159 1 int, Stevenson: 6-11-76 1 int
Receiving - Ilwaco: Kaino, 3-72, Stevenson: Moser 3-50
Penalties - Ilwaco: 5-45, Stevenson: 2-10
Turnovers - Ilwaco: 1, Stevenson: 2
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