Washington put Perry flat on the mat Friday night at Reed Field, posting its fourth shutout of the season, 42-0, and advancing to the second round in the Class 2A State Playoffs.

Kale Brakefield led the standout defensive performance with 11 tackles and one tackle for loss. He was joined in double digit tackles by Tanner Olson who had 10 stops, two tackles for loss and posted a quarterback sack.

Hunter Sanders was right on their heels with nine tackles. He also had a tackle for loss and a quarterback sack. Blake Heiliger finished with six tackles and one tackle for loss. Dawson Thomas matched his six tackle mark and picked off a Perry pass. Case Alexander came in with five tackles, had a tackle for loss and a quarterback sack.

“Dawson Thomas’ interception was huge,” head coach Brad Beller said. “It came at a time in the game where our offenses was kind of struggling.”

Beller noted the play of Tanner Olson who played both cornerback and strong safety in the game.

“Playing multiple positions, Tanner finished with two tackles,” the coach said. “Hunter Sanders is a big, tall, rangy player. It was good to see him come into his own in the game.”

Perry ran 66 plays and could only manage 65 yards passing and 66 rushing.

“It was a very impressive performance by our defense as a unit,” Beller said of his team only giving up 131 yards of total offense.

On the offensive side of the ball it was pretty much the Creed Barrett show.

Barrett rushed for a touchdown and passed for five scores.

“In the first half it was nothing but big plays,” Beller said.

And it was due to the efforts of Mason Singletary.

The crafty and fleet-footed senior hauled in four Barrett aerials for 183 yards and touchdowns of 72 yards to open the scoring, 79 yards in the second period and 28 yards in the fourth quarter.

Perry fumbled the ensuing kickoff and Barrett promptly tossed a 14 yard scoring strike to Nate Roberts.

Kade Babcock, who plays opposite Singletary, also had a touchdown pass reception, a 15-yarder in the second quarter.

“Nate gets a lot of attention and he should,” Beller said. “People are double and triple teaming him. Meanwhile those guys on the outside are making people pay right now.”

Beller said in the second half when the offensive line patched things up, running back Hudson Howard got cranked up.

Howard finished the night with 15 carries for 131 yards.

“When our running game works, our offense works,” Beller said. “He opened up a lot of things for us.”

Since Washington was District champions, they will host the second round as well.

This Friday night at 7 p.m. the Warriors will tee it up against the Kiefer Trojans at Reed Field.

The Trojans base their defense out of a 3-4 but move their linebackers around a ton.

“They will sometimes show a four man front and even show a three stack formation,” Beller said. “They move their linebackers around a lot to give you a lot of different looks. They are very long and very physical on defense.

“On offense, if there is a formation made they use it,” Beller said of the very multiple Trojans. “They use a bunch of different personnel packages. They are huge up front with some 6’3” and some 6’5” players.

“They are long and strong and they have a little bitty back that is strong. He gets behind that line and can go. They also have two really fast guys on the outside to stretch you vertically.”

Beller said the key against Kiefer will be winning first down.

“We have to put them in passing situations where they are not comfortable,” the coach said.

“On offense we have to control the front line so they don’t disrupt our run game and our pass game.”

Warrior notes:

Last Friday night’s win was Washington’s 41st straight victory.

Washington’s reserves played the last 10 1/2 minutes of the game getting valuable playing experience.

“It was fun to get those younger kids in the game,” Beller said.