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Warriors move to 7-0

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Washington’s No. 1 ranked Warriors dispatched Lexington 56-6 last Thursday night at Reed Field.

Head coach Brad Beller said his first team offense only played 35 snaps including only one series in the second half.

Chase Allison got the scoring parade started on a 22-yard first period dash. He later scored from a yard out and Kelton Schultz was on the receiving end of a 19-yard Emitt Wilk pass giving the Warriors a 21-zip lead heading into the second quarter.

In that frame Wilk tossed a seven yard scoring strike to Luke Hendrix and hit Easton Berglan for a nine yard touchdown play.

Cole Scott also scored before halftime on a six yard run.

Wilk tucked the pigskin under his arm for an 18-yard third period score and Brayden Arthur closed out the Washington scoring on a 25 yard run in the final quarter.

“Offensively we were very balanced,” Beller said. “We threw the ball well. We caught the ball well.

“We used two quarterbacks in Jaxon Hendrix and Emitt Wilk. They were very efficient and combined for 175 yards pass. Our offensive line did a good job of picking up their  blitzes which allowed our quarterbacks to be very accurate.”

Beller was especially pleased with the way his defensive unit turned things around from their October 9 meeting with CCS.

“We really struggled the week before stopping the run game but our defensive tackles Austin Smith and Seth Tague really bounced back not allowing Lexington to run inside or outside.

“As a coach any time your team takes away the other team’s top plays you feel good,” Beller said.

With Smith and Tague anchoring the line, linebackers Layne Spaulding and Jake Wells and defensive ends Titus Cline, Nathan Spaulding and Hayden Milner all had big games.

“That’s our front seven and they did a very good job,” the coach said. “Our defense did a good job of getting off the field and giving our offense good field position.”

Consequently, the Warriors led at intermission, 42-0.

Up next is a 7 p.m. kickoff Friday night at Holdenville.

The Wolverines run a myriad of formations with several different personnel groupings.

“They want to get the ball in the hands of their quarterback and tailback,” Beller said. “They are good players.”

Beller said Holdenville will run some double tight end formations and some formations without a tight end and move their tailback around.

“Sometimes they line him up as a slot receiver and sometimes in the I formation with two fullbacks in front of him. They have about as many formations and personnel groupings as you can find.”

Defensively the Wolverines stay exclusively in the 3-4.

“They’ll bring pressure from the edges and squeeze everything to the middle,” Beller said.

Warrior notes:

Washington Head Coach Brad Beller nominated Emitt Wilk as the Offensive Player of the Week.

Wilk was 5-6 passing for 106 yards and three touchdowns. He rushed seven times for 76 yards and a score.

Beller nominated Layne Spaulding as the Defensive Player of the Week. He had seven tackles against Lexington.

Getting the nod as the Defensive Lineman of the Week was Seth Tague, who had five tackles last Friday night.

The Offensive Lineman of the Week nominee is Austin Smith, who graded out at 91.7 percent in the Lexington game.

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