Fife thumps Hockinson in season opener

HOCKINSON—Mattson Ducharme, La’au Maka and Slavik Shemedyuk scored three touchdowns apiece as Fife tallied 426 total yards in a 48-7 win over Hockinson on Friday in Hockinson.  

Ducharme threw for three touchdowns, including an 80-yard catch-and-run score on a deep slant to Shemedyuk late in the first half. He found Shemedyuk again on the first possession of the second half, this time for a 47-yard strike to extend Fife’s lead to 48-7.  

Maka added 71 rushing yards, including a 31-yard touchdown run in the second quarter that gave Fife a 14-0 lead early on.  

Xavier Maitland scored Hockinson’s lone touchdown with a long 69-yard run to cut Fife’s lead to 14-7 in the first quarter. Hockinson senior starting quarterback Aiden Donowitz was knocked out of the game with an apparent head injury on the Hawks’ second offensive possession.  

Hockinson (0-1) plays at Mt. Baker at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13. Fife (1-0) hosts White River at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12.  

FIFE 48, HOCKINSON 7

Fife 14 27 7 0—48

Hockinson 7 0 0 0—7

First quarter

Fife—Slavik Shemedyuk 56 punt return (S. Shemedyuk kick)

Fife—La’au Maka 31 run (S. Shemedyuk kick)

Hock—Xavier Maitland 69 run (Owen Donowitz kick)

Second quarter

Fife—Maka 5 run (S. Shemedyuk kick)

Fife—Maka 29 run (S. Shemedyuk kick)

Fife—Kaynen York 61 pass from Mattson Ducharme (kick no good)

Fife—S. Shemedyuk 80 pass from Ducharme (S. Shemedyuk kick)

Third quarter

Fife—S. Shemedyuk 41 pass from Ducharme (S. Shemedyuk kick)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Fife: Slavik Shemedyuk 4-46, La’au Maka 5-71, Mattson Ducharme 1-6, Kaynen York 2-6, No. 30 2-(-3), Carlos Reyes 7-58, Peapea Puletu 1-16, Z Williams 1-5, Dylan Hoots 3-2, Luke Verzosa 1-0, Christopher Sione 1-(-5). Hockinson: Xavier Maitland 14-99, Jake McKee 2-7, Aiden Donowitz 3(-21), Madsen Richardson 1-0, Owen Donowitz 1-7.

PASSING—Fife: Mattson Ducharme 6-7-0-224. Hockinson: Aiden Donowitz 2-3-0-24, Robert Matheson 4-13-0-38, Owen Donowitz 0-3-0-0.

RECEIVING—Fife: Vadym Shemedyuk 1-9, Kaynen York 2-88, Slavik Shemedyuk 2-127. Hockinson: Xavier Maitland 1-13, Ryder Stenersen 4-35, Kyle Alexander 1-4.