Timberwolves Throttle Raymond 51-27

For Raymond, it was too much Braiden Elledge! The 5-7, 165-pound speedy running back rushed for an astounding 389 yards and 4 touchdowns to drive the Timberwolves of Morton-White Pass past the Seagulls 51-27 Friday night at Stewart Field in Aberdeen.

Elledge averaged 13.9 yards every time he ran the ball - which was 28 times too many for the Seagulls who closed out a fine season at 7-2 after the District IV crossover playoff game.

Morton-White Pass put up 514 yards rushing and 139 yards passing for 653 yards of total offense.

The Timberwolves, now 6-4, finished fifth in the Central League and will advance to face LaConner (8-1) Friday in the state playoffs sweet 16. Willapa Valley (9-0) takes on Life Christian Academy (7-2) in a district match-up. (At press time, the site and date were not determined.) The Eagles were a 48-12 winner over Onalaska in its playoff game.

Raymond jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter after a 6-yard run by Jace Duckworth, followed by the extra point.

After that the Timberwolves throttled the Seagulls with the next 31 points for a 31-6 lead for Elliott Murdock pushed in from the 1-yard line. Raymond trailed 31-14 heading into the locker-room at halftime.

Duckworth sprinted in from 34 yards away to open the scoring in the third quarter to close the gap to 31-21 but the the T'Wolves put the game away with three straight touchdowns for a 51-21 edge.

However, the Gulls failed to complete their drives with touchdowns. Twice, RHS was stopped inside the Timberwolves' 10-yard line.

Raymond hurt itself by committing 2 turnovers, both fumbles.

The Seagulls sported a pretty good ground game with Duckworth rushing for 164 yards on 15 carries and 2 TDs, and Murdock netting 123 on 22 attempts and a touchdown.

Kason Koski completed 2 of 6 passes for 56 yards and 1 touchdown.

Morton-White Pass racked up 30 first downs compared to 15 for Raymond.

Elledge led the T'Wolves on defense with 10 total tackles.

Below is the scoring summary.
First Quarter
RHS: Jace Duckworth, 6-yard run; kick good.
M-WP: Braiden Elledge, 64-yd run; run failed.

Second Quarter
M-WP: Ryan Louderback, 24-yd field goal.
M-WP: Matt Poquette, 30-yd pass from Kaleb Rashoff; Zach Elswick, 2-pt run.
M-WP: Rocco Bertucci, 7-yd run; Louderback kick.
M-WP: Elledge, 16-yd run; Louderback kick.
RHS: Elliott Murdock, 1-yd run; Reese Garcia kick.

Third Quarter
RHS: Duckworth, 34-yd run; Garcia kick
M-WP: Elledge, 4 Yd Run. Louderback Kick.

Fourth Quarter
M-WP: Elledge, 5-yd run; kick failed.
M-WP: Rashoff, 2-yd run; Louderback kick.
RHS: Murdock, 60-yd pass from Kason Koski; kick failed.