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Eatonville clinches share of title, advances to playoffs By Skip Smith
Contributing writer
After being sidelined for the last two weeks because of game cancelations, the Eatonville Cruiser football team took out their frustrations on visiting Hoquiam to the tune of a 42-7 shellacking of the Grizzlies to clinch a share of the 1A Evergreen Conference title on Thursday night. The defense limited Hoquiam to 41 yards of offense in the first half and 134 yards total. They forced six punts, a fumble and intercepted the Grizzlies once. “The defense collectively executed at a high level,” defensive coordinator Rex Norris said. “There was a lot of communication, and they tackled well in space. Some of the top performances were Max Henley at linebacker. He had some key plays and physical tackles for loss, as well as a sack. The entire secondary played well. Ky Nation was a physical presence in the alley with his tackling, and Riley Hill, as well as Walker Bruun made some big plays with broken-up passes and an interception to stop a drive. The defensive line was much improved, with Tristen Lewis anchoring the line and finishing with a sack. “The goal was to get out there and stop them early and keep giving the
Photo by Trinity Potter Eatonville's Payton Hanly (7) celebrates with Max Henley after Henley ran down Hoquiam quarterback Zander Jump, dropping him for a loss and forcing another Hoquiam punt in the Cruisers’ 42-7 win Thursday. ball back to the offense,” Norris added. “We did a good job of that, especially in the first half." The win secures a share of the 1A Evergreen Conference title with Tenino and Montesano. The conference tiebreaker system was used to determine seeding into the district playoffs. Eatonville will be the No. 3 seed, with Tenino receiving the No. 1 and Montesano the No. 2 seeds. The Cruisers scored on six of their seven possessions in the first half before letting their foot off the gas late in the second quarter. Running back
Town government to receive better equipment for recording meetings By Brett Davis
Contributing writer
The Eatonville Town Council voted to authorize the town be reimbursed $2,679.21 from its share of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funds to pay for two video conferencing system Meeting Owls, a Bluetooth projector and a projector screen.
Eatonville’s total allocation of ARPA funds was $844,702. The reimbursement for the equipment purchase at the Oct. 25 meeting is meant to improve coverage and recordings of Town Council meetings “… So that everyone can hear us no matter where they live,” Councilperson COUNCIL Page 7Æ
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Dylan Norman rushed for more than 100 yards for the fourth straight game after being sidelined due to an injury suffered against Tenino. “Having Dylan back healthy is very important to our team,” coach Gavin Kralik said. “It's not just his play. He also elevates the performance of those around him. Walker played well, also, and it is nice to be able to rotate fresh backs that bring a little different skill set to opposing defenses.” Eatonville opened the scoring floodgates when it marched 55 yards on its first possession for a score.
Quarterback Job Kralik kept the ball and bounced outside the left side of the offensive line and into the end zone to give the Cruisers a 7-0 lead. After Hoquiam's next drive was stalled at the Grizzlies’ 29-yard line and they were forced to punt, the Cruisers marched 78 yards and capped the drive off by handing the ball off to Nation on a jet sweep. Nation outraced the defense 33 yards to extend the Cruiser lead to 14-0. Following another Grizzlies’ punt that set the Cruisers up with good field position, Eatonville only needed to go 35 yards. This drive was capped with a Dylan Norman 5-yard carry for the score. Eatonville led 21-0 as the first quarter came to an end. Following another Hoquiam punt, the Cruisers wasted no time putting together a five-play, 60-yard drive resulting in another Kralik touchdown run from 4 yards out to put the Cruisers up 28-0. A Bruun interception put the Cruisers back in business at the Eatonville 36-yard line, where it only took five plays to find the end zone. Bruun got the call and carried the ball in untouched from the 7-yard line for the score. Eatonville then led 35-0 with 6:04 left in the half. FOOTBALL Page 7Æ
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