They\u2019ve been the walking wounded all season long.<\/p>\n
Last Thursday night at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup, however, the Kent-Meridian football team finally played closed to a 100 percent. And the results showed as much.<\/p>\n
Behind big performances from quarterback David Jones and bulldozing running back Va\u2019A Logotala, the Royals delivered their finest performance of the season, blowing past Emerald Ridge 25-0 in a South Puget Sound League crossover game.<\/p>\n
Jones, who missed the last four weeks with a bruised foot and sprained ankle, ran for one touchdown and passed for another while Logotala rushed for 168 yards and another score, helping the Royals (1-9) end the season on a winning note.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels pretty good,\u201d said K-M coach Trevor Roberts. \u201cIt\u2019s something our kids definitely deserved.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the season, 46 of the 67 players listed on K-M\u2019s roster missed at least one game with an injury. Several of those 46 players missed more than one game.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat explains our season right there,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cIt was unbelievable. When we had our whole team, we were very, very competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Against Emerald Ridge, the Royals were more than just competitive. They were downright dominant.<\/p>\n
Jones got things going in the first quarter with a 10-yard touchdown run, giving the Royals an instant 7-0 lead.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Logotala added a 2-yard touchdown run in the second quarter that was followed with a 19-yard touchdown pass from Jones to Larren Wright, pushing K-M\u2019s lead to 19-0.<\/p>\n
Chaz Fuiamaono capped K-M\u2019s offensive night with a 5-yard touchdown run.<\/p>\n
Entering the night, the fewest points the Royals had allowed in a game all season came in the regular-season finale, when they held Kentridge to 27.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Spanaway Lake 32, Kentlake 14: Kentlake\u2019s Tyler Wright scored on a 55-yard touchdown and Tayler Guiberson recovered a fumble in the end zone for another touchdown, but that\u2019s all the Falcons (4-6) could muster in a season-ending SPSL crossover game.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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