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Mount Si knew it would take a complete effort to beat Skyline Friday in a matchup of unbeaten 4A KingCo teams in Snoqualmie. Instead, it was the Spartans flexing their muscle in all three phases of the game and leaving the Valley with a 49-27 win after building a 21-0 first quarter lead.

September 23, 2014 8:12 pm
Caleb Mitchell jumps up to catch a pass from JoJo Hillel in the third quarter of Mount Si's home match with Skyline. The Spartans grabbed an early lead to win 49-27.
Caleb Mitchell jumps up to catch a pass from JoJo Hillel in the third quarter of Mount Si's home match with Skyline. The Spartans grabbed an early lead to win 49-27.

By Josh Suman

Contributing Writer

Mount Si knew it would take a complete effort to beat Skyline Friday in a matchup of unbeaten 4A KingCo teams in Snoqualmie.

Instead, it was the Spartans flexing their muscle in all three phases of the game and leaving the Valley with a 49-27 win after building a 21-0 first quarter lead.

The Wildcats were left chasing the game from the opening kickoff, which Skyline returned all the way to the Mount Si 25 yard line.

The defense bowed its back, forcing a pair of fourth downs deep in its own territory.

But junior quarterback Blake Gregory tossed the first of four first-half touchdowns, this to Joe Bretl, to give his team a lead that would not be less than 15 points.

Long scoring strikes to Danny Sinatro, and running back Rashaad Boddie on a screen pass, helped the Spartans build a 28-0 lead, before Mount Si senior quarterback JoJo Hillel found junior tight end Colton Swain to get on the board just before the half.

The Wildcats pulled to 28-13 when Hillel ran it in from 10 yards out on the opening drive of the second half, one aided by a barrage of pass interference penalties.

But on the next play from scrimmage, the 220-pound Boddie again broke loose, gushing through the middle before breaking a trio of tackles near the goal line to put an emphatic cap on a touchdown run and put the game out of reach for good.

Six-foot senior Mount Si running back Colby Weldon recovered a fumble and returned it all the way for a Mount Si defensive score, and junior back Hunter Titus also found pay dirt in the second half, but it was too much Skyline in a game featuring two of the top three teams in the conference.

It gets no easier for the Wildcats’ varsity team next week, with a trip to Pop Keeney Stadium to face 3-0 Bothell, which blasted Newport 47-13 behind senior wide receiver Dayzell Wilson’s five-touchdown night.

 

Photos by Calder Productions

JoJo Hillel prepares to fire a pass in the first half.

Colton Swain snags a catch in the Wildcat end zone to put a touchdown on the board for Mount Si against Skyline in the second quarter. R

Hillel goes for a rush Friday.

Parker Dumas on the carry.

Mount Si defenders try to bring down a Spartan carrier.