The Lindbergh football team won its fifth straight, beating Renton 38-24 Friday night.
The Eagles’ (5-1 overall, 4-0 Seamount) only loss of the season came as a forfeit due to numbers in the opener against West Seattle.
Lindbergh opened the scoring with a 58-yard touchdown run by Daniel Wiitenan in the first quarter. It was one of two touchdowns in the game for Wiitanen, who finished the game with 250 yards on 19 carries.
Renton (3-3, 2-1) answered with a 25-yard field goal from Uriel Gonzalez in the second quarter, but Lindbergh answered swiftly with an 84-yard touchdown pass from Tyrell Shavers to Cam Callen and an 18-yard field goal from Derrick Holt.
The Eagles’ D’Angelo Faust brought back the opening kickoff of the second half 93 yards for a touchdown to increase Lindbergh’s lead to 24-3.
At that point, the Indians scored 13 straight points on a touchdown run from Da’ssaun Sauls and a Sauls to Elijah Clayton touchdown.
Wiitanen pushed the game back out of reach with a 99-yard touchdown run in the fourth. Callen returned an interception 28 yards for a touchdown in the quarter. Renton’s Isaiah Mahoney scored on a four-yard run in the fourth.
Shavers passed for 156 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Callen caught two passes for 80 yards. Holt caught three passes for 70 yards.
Hazen 48, Evergreen 6
Hazen dominated Evergreen 48-6 Thursday night thanks to four touchdowns from quarterback Tony Nipert.
The Highlanders (3-3, 2-2) bounced back from a 35-0 loss against Kennedy last week to cruise against Evergreen. Hazen led 34-0 by the fourth quarter.
Nipert passed for 113 yards and two touchdowns, one to Zach Cable and one to Joe Glaefke. Nipert also rushed for two touchdowns. Jordan Abdullah rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns. Dario Smith returned a kickoff 83 yards for a touchdown after Evergreen’s only score of the game.
Liberty 50, Sammamish 7
Liberty bounced back from two losses to beat Sammamish 50-7 Friday night.
The Patriots (3-3, 2-2 KingCo 3A/2A) dominated early, going up 36-0 in the first quarter.
Tynan Gilmore and Russell Boston each scored two rushing touchdowns, while Kasper Lui Delange and Scott Dean each scored one. Dean also returned an interception 65 yards for an interception.
Kennedy 47, Foster 0
Foster struggled in a 47-0 loss to Kennedy Friday night.
The Bulldogs (1-5, 1-3) trailed 29-0 through one quarter. Drew Thompson caught four touchdown passes and rushed for another for Kennedy (4-1, 3-0).
