For the week of September 17 - 23, 2003

Fired-up Mushers
shock Carey 48-0

Camas rushes for 400 yards

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Intensity is a big part of coach Randy Jewett’s play book for his Camas County Musher football team.

And the fired-up Mushers followed Jewett’s script to the letter Friday afternoon in their shocking 48-0 mauling of the Carey Panthers in Fairfield.

Camas County scored in rapid-fire fashion the first four times the Mushers handled the ball, then stretched its 26-0 first-quarter lead into a 48-0 mercy-rule decision that ended with five minutes left in the third quarter.

"Stay angry," is how Jewett admonished the Musher defense late in the first quarter, after a 66-yard Carey touchdown pass from Tyler Cook to Ty Simmons was nullified by a penalty.

Jewett didn’t want the Mushers to let up, even with their early 26-0 lead. And the Fairfield boys didn’t, giving coach Jewett revenge from the 44-0 pounding the Mushers suffered at Carey in 2002.

The Musher runners, finding holes everywhere, ended up with a 397 rushing yards in just 31 minutes. Incredibly Camas County had possession for only nine-and-a-half minutes. The Musher defense did its part, holding Carey to 33 yards rushing. Total yardage was Camas 452 and Carey 269.

Junior running back Dakota Dalin rushed 11 times for 198 yards and three touchdowns. Another junior, Tony Gonsales, added 119 yards on 11 carries and three TDs. Zack Lee (61 yards) ended it with a 30-yard TD run.

Lee also topped the suffocating Musher defense with 11 tackles.

Jewett’s 60th win in nine seasons of coaching at his alma mater wasn’t a nailbiter like the last three Camas wins over Carey—thrilling games that were settled by a grand total of 12 points.

Indeed, the Mushers, beating Carey in Fairfield for the third straight time, handed the Panthers their worst loss in 13 seasons. The closest Carey came to the end zone: The Musher 24.

Carey’s sophomore quarterback Tyler Cook, pressured all day, got a rude introduction to Musher intensity. Cook completed 11 of 17 yards for 82 yards but Carey never established its running and never seriously threatened to score.

On kickoffs, Randy Lundergreen returned five kicks for 108 yards.

It was Carey’s first shutout loss in 65 games dating back to a 38-0 setback at Rockland in 1996. And it was Carey’s worst loss in 129 games since a 56-6 trouncing at the hands of Camas County, in Carey, on Oct. 3, 1990.

Carey (1-1) will now regroup for its 2003 Homecoming game Friday, Sept. 19 against the North Gem Cowboys (0-2), losers of 11 consecutive games over the last three seasons.

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Camas 48, Carey 0

Carey   0 0 0 x 0
Camas County   26 8 14 x 48

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SCORING

Camas—Dakota Dalin, 19-yard run (pass failed); 9:45 1st quarter (6-0 Camas).

Camas—Tony Gonsales, 48-yard run (run failed); 9:24 1st (12-0 Camas).

Camas—Gonsales, 7-yard run (run failed); 7:21 1st (18-0 Camas).

Camas—Dalin, 67-yard run (Adam Pullin run); 5:36 1st (26-0 Camas).

Camas—Gonsales, 16-yard run (Pullin run); 1:47 2nd (34-0 Camas).

Camas—Dalin, 58-yard run (Gonsales run); 11:11 3rd (42-0 Camas).

Camas—Zack Lee, 30-yard run; 5:05 3rd (48-0 Camas); game ended on 45-point rule.

 

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Key Stats	Carey	Camas
Off. plays	50	39
Possession time	20:29	9:37
1st downs, total	6	4
Rushes, yards	17-33	29-397
Yards per carry	1.9	13.7
Fumbles lost	2	0
Comp., passes	11-17	0-4
Passing yards	82	0
Returns, yards	8-158	5-65
Tot. yards gained	269	452
Penalties, yards	6-45	4-42
Punts, yardage	6-145	3-126
Punt average	24.2	42.0

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INDIVIDUAL LEADERS—Carey

Rushing— Bryson Ellsworth 9-26; Randy Lundergreen 8-7 1st.
Passing—Tyler Cook 11-17, 82 yards, 2 1sts, 1 interception.
Receiving—Ty Simmons 4-42, 2 1sts; Tadd Green 2-16, 1 1st; Lundergreen 3-10; Ellsworth 1-9; Cody Baird 1-5.
Kickoff returns—Lundergreen 5-108; Baird 1-29; Ellsworth 1-14.
Punt returns—Baird 1-7.
Sacks—Lundergreen 1-10.
Tackles (29)—Ellsworth 8, Lundergreen 7, Baird 5, Juan Alvarez 2, Green 2, Blake Surerus 2, Simmons 2, MaKay Nielson 1.

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INDIVIDUAL LEADERS—Camas

Rushing—Dakota Dalin 11-198 (18.0), 2 1sts, 3 TD; Tony Gonsales 11-119 (10.8), 1 1st, 3 TD; Zack Lee 4-61, 1 1st, 1 TD; Travis Van Gelder 1-13; Adam Pullin 2-6, 2 conv.
Passing—Van Gelder 0-4.
Kickoff returns—Gonsales 1-10.
Punt returns—Dalin 3-27.
All-purpose yardage—Dalin 225.
Sacks—Pullin 1-4.
Interceptions—Michael Blodgett 1 with 28-yard return.
Fumble recoveries (2)—Kelly Webb, Pullin.
Tackles leaders—Zack Lee 11, Dalin 6, Zack Kandler 5, Gonsales 4, Blodgett 4, Andrew Miller 2, Cody Finch 2.

 

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