Penalties prove costly for Knights in season opener

by CHRIS TRUJILLO for the beacon

An onslaught of penalties played a monstrous part in Kamiak’s season-opening 28-14 loss to Arlington in a nonconference football game Friday, Sept. 2, at Goddard Stadium.

“I think we had 16 penalties to two penalties, and you’re not going to beat anybody that way,” Kamiak coach Bryant Thomas said. “I am not taking anything away from Arlington. But 16 penalties to two penalties; you’re just not going to beat anybody that way.” letes on the field. If not, we’re doing them a disservice.

The 4A Knights (0-1 overall) travel this week to face Edmonds-Woodway at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 at Edmonds Stadium. The Warriors (0-1) lost 20-16 to Marysville-Pilchuck.

“You saw both quarterbacks go in tonight and both have strengths. They can do a lot of different things. We want to maximize their skill sets. I think we did a good job of correcting the errors and growing.”

Senior running back Cartez Williams made a convincing case that he is one of the team’s best athletes, scoring on runs of 54 and 45 yards in the first quarter to give Mariner a 12-6 lead.

The Bulldogs had trouble bringing down the 5-foot-10, 210-pound standout, as he often shook off the first tackler.

“He makes us look good,” Tuiasosopo said. “He does a lot of things that a lot of running backs in this league, and anywhere for that matter, can’t do. He fights for every yard. That’s a man on a mission, and I’m very proud of the senior leadership from him tonight. He took a load off of Isaiah’s shoulders when we needed it.”

Cuellar came up with the play of the night

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Tsai, Pitharoulis claim Run-A-Muk titles

Jesse Tsai finishe d first in the RunA-Muk 5K men’s division, while Jeniffer Pitharoulis capture d the women’s division on Aug. 27

Tsai completed the course in 18 minutes, 7.56 seconds, and was followed by Cole Henriksen, who placed second at 18:09.42. Pitharoulis clocked in with a winning time of 22:23.05.

Blake Lerner won the 10K men’s race in 32:54.81, and Samantha Comte captured the women’s division in 41:41.57.

Jesse Tsai finished ahead of Cole Henriksen in the Run-AMuk 5K race Saturday, Aug. 27. The race started and ended at Rosehill Community Center. See more Run-AMuk photos on page 13.

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Kamiak scored on its opening drive thanks to sophomore running back Jullian Notoa’s 2-yard touchdown run that capped an 82yard drive to take a 7-0 lead. The Knights used a variety of misdire ction runs and jet swe eps to dominate the 3A Eagles on the ground early on.

They used Arlington’s penchant for chasing the ball. After faking the sweep, Notoa took the misdirection counter and raced 22 yards untouched, scoring his second touchdown and giving the Knights a 14-7 lead.

Notoa led all rushers with 128 yards and two touchdowns. The Knights outrushed Arlington, 283-155, but were nearly non-existent through the air. Senior quarterback Ben’tre Worthy completed three of 15 attempts for 21 yards, including two consecutive interceptions in the second half. Arlington quarterback Jacoby Falor threw for 201 yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions. Kamiak senior captain A.J. Winsor and Worthy picked off Falor on back-toback possessions in the first half.

“We can run the ball against anybody,” Thomas said. “We’ve always believed that we could. I thought we ran the ball well to-