Cougars edge Vikings, 32-30, in Spaghetti Bowl thriller
Published 12:28 pm Monday, October 3, 2011
The Bothell High football team kept its Spaghetti Bowl streak alive as the Cougars built a lead and staved off an Inglemoor comeback at the 2011 Spaghetti Bowl at a packed Pop Keeney Stadium on Friday night, winning the annual all-Northshore matchup 32-30.
It was the Cougars’ 10th straight victory in the Bowl, with the Vikings’ last win coming in 2001.
Bothell struck first on a 1-yard run by Danny Wilson, and after Viking quarterback Hans Fortune hit Dillon Gongoliewski for a 18-yard touchdown pass, the Cougars took the
lead for good on a 30-yard field goal by Alec Yarno for a 10-7 lead after the first quarter.
Wilson added a 47-yard run in the second quarter and a key momentum change came in the third quarter as running back Kishan Proctor broke away for a 54-yard score to give the Cougars a 25-17 lead.
Cougar quarterback Austen Dahl ran one in from a yard on a keeper to extend his team’s lead to 15, but the Vikings did not give up, scoring on a 5-yard run by Jake Jones and Fortune throwing his second touchdown of the game to Danny Larson to narrow the final score to 32-30.
The Cougars dominated the game on the ground, gaining 311 yards to the Vikings’ 128, with Proctor leading all players with 170 yards on 18 carries.
Likewise, the Vikings owned the air with Fortune’s two touchdown, 22-for-34 night good for 211 yards.
With the win, the Cougars improved to 2-0 in the 4A Kingco Crown Division and 3-2 overall, with Inglemoor dropping to 1-1 and 3-2.
The Cougars take on Crown Division-leading Woodinville (2-0, 5-0) this Friday at Pop Keeney, kickoff at 7 p.m., while the Vikings match up against Roosevelt (1-1, 3-2) also at Pop Keeney, on Saturday at 7 p.m.
All photos courtesy of Tony Quintos. To view and/or purchase his entire gallery of Spaghetti Bowl 2011 photos, visit his website at http://www.pbase.com/tquintos/vs_inglemoor_093011.
