{"id":285631,"date":"2025-11-15T06:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T06:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/285631\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T06:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T06:48:08","slug":"state-football-roundup-no-1-puyallup-tramples-eastlake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/285631\/","title":{"rendered":"State football roundup: No. 1 Puyallup tramples Eastlake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Results, recaps and more from Week 11 high school football contests around the South Sound will be posted on this page on Friday night. Looking for more scores? Find them on our statewide scoreboard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewstribune.com\/sports\/high-school\/article312864942.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Puyallup players enter the stadium before a game against Emerald Ridge on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Puyallup, Wash.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9e2d55ef911b2bbd00384b45618147e3.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Puyallup players enter the stadium before a game against Emerald Ridge on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Puyallup, Wash.<\/p>\n<p>CLASS 4A<\/p>\n<p>No. 1 PUYALLUP 52, No. 16 EASTLAKE 7<\/p>\n<p>Will anyone beat Puyallup this year?<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the better question: Will anyone come close?<\/p>\n<p>Briytan Bailey ran wild for three touchdowns, and the No. 1 Vikings trampled Eastlake, 52-7, in Friday\u2019s state opener \u2014 improving to 11-0 as the clear-cut 4A tournament favorite.<\/p>\n<p>Puyallup kept their season in cruise control, notching their 10th straight win by at least four possessions. No team has come closer than 2A-power Tumwater in Week 1, when the Vikings outlasted the T-Birds in the fourth quarter, 25-19.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really starts with our offensive line,\u201d Vikings head coach DJ Mims said. \u201cWhen they do their job in pass protection, it allows our QB and receivers to go to work. And when they get downhill in the running game, we can get behind them and create those lanes for running.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more of a pick-your-poison kind of thing. If the box is light, we\u2019re going to run it. And if you crowd the box, we\u2019re going to throw it around and let our playmakers be playmakers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Puyallup receiver Jayden Woodland went 21 yards for the game\u2019s first score, linebacker Michael Pulalasi returned an Eastlake fumble for six in the second quarter, and QB Noah Smith added a rushing touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Bailey scored on runs of 1, 10, and 23 yards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a very hard worker, a very explosive runner,\u201d Mims said of his lead back. \u201cBut I think what a lot of people are starting to find out is (that) even with his size, being of smaller stature, he runs hard in between the tackles. His yards after contact are pretty impressive, and it continues to be the steady beat to our offense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Puyallup\u2019s Luke Parker entered at quarterback in the second half, hitting Treyvion Bowman for a 10-yard score.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The top-ranked Vikings host the winner of Saturday\u2019s state opener between No. 8 Camas and No. 9 Skyline at Sparks Stadium next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>CLASS 2A<\/p>\n<p>No. 4 ORTING 21, No. 13 PROSSER 7<\/p>\n<p>Israel Shrode\u2019s 89-yard touchdown run put Friday\u2019s state opener on ice, sealing Orting\u2019s 21-7 win over Prosser that lifted the Cardinals into next week\u2019s 2A quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love the opportunity to be able to play another week together,\u201d Orting head coach Cody Baskett said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a really special team. Everyone plays for each other, and it doesn\u2019t matter who\u2019s getting the most totes or who\u2019s getting the most yards, who\u2019s getting the most tackles.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just playing as one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shrode, a senior running back, ran for a team-high 109 yards. Orting\u2019s Shiron Seniours caught a 15-yard touchdown in the first quarter and returned a Prosser punt 65 yards for another score in the second, flashing the game-breaking speed that powered the Cardinals to an undefeated 2A SPSL title this fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny time that Shi can get the ball out in open space, he\u2019s electric,\u201d Baskett said. \u201cHe found a hole, and man, he just made a move towards the outside, made a cut, went vertical, and it\u2019s pretty hard to catch him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Orting\u2019s defense pitched a first-half shutout, rattling the Mustangs with disguised blitz packages. Prosser QB Daniel Diaz found Noah Medrano for a 14-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter, avoiding a shutout.<\/p>\n<p>Orting meets the winner of Saturday\u2019s 2A state opener between No. 5 Anacortes, the two-time defending state champion, and No. 12 Steilacoom next weekend. Either way, it\u2019s another home game for the No. 4 Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got the greatest fans in the state,\u201d Baskett said. \u201dOur fans always pack the stands, so it\u2019s really special to be able to come out in front of the people that\u2019ve been helping us through the whole season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Results, recaps and more from Week 11 high school football contests around the South Sound will be posted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,164949,596,164950,93514,85,17455],"class_list":{"0":"post-285631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-briytan-bailey","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-noah-smith","13":"tag-puyallup","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-vikings"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}