Using a balanced rushing attack and stifling defense the Tumwater Thunderbirds defeated the La Center Wildcats 49-6.
In the first half the Thunderbirds had four different players score rushing touchdowns while their defense held the Wildcats to zero first downs and two turnovers.
The Thunderbirds had 275 yards rushing while only attempting two passes throughout the game.
The win improves the Thunderbirds to 3-0 while the Wildcats drop to 0-3.
TUMWATER 49, LA CENTER 6
Tumwater 21 21 7 0–49
La Center 0 0 0 6– 6
First quarter
Tu — Noah Andrews 37 run (kick failed)
Tu — Cade Otton 8 pass from Spencer Bowers (Barrett run)
Tu — Otton 10 fumble recovery (Nathan Seaman kick)
Second Quarter
Tu — Dominic Jones 5 run (Seaman kick)
Tu — Trayten Rodriguez 27 run (Seaman kick)
Tu — Jarid Barrett 1 run (Seaman kick)
Third Quarter
Tu — Jones 37 run (Seaman kick)
Fourth Quarter
LaC — Evan Honore (run failed)
Individual statistics
RUSHING — Tumwater: Barrett 7-55, Kennon Maurer 6-43, Ethan Wilmovsky 6-21, Jones 3-52, Andrews 3-41, Rodriguez 2-62, Presten Ring 1-3, Dylan Mooers 1-(minus 2); La Center: Dalton Morgan 10-53, Jacob O’donnel 7-9, Jeremy Scott 4-8, Honore 2-27.
PASSING — Tumwater, Bowers 2-2-1-48 La Center, Scott 2-11-0-21.
RECEIVING — Tumwater, Jacob Crawford 1-40, Otton 1-8 La Center, Galster 1-15, O’donnel 1-6.
