When senior Javen Hall scampered 48-yards to the house in the first quarter at Marietta last Friday night, you could have called the game at that point.

Washington’s vaunted defense held the Indians scoreless and 124 yards rushing on 40 carries, most of those in the final quarter against Washington’s third team.

Sophomore Josiah Dickerson, who finished with six carries for 120 yards, scored on runs of nine and 55 yards. Hall only carried the pigskin twice but averaged 44 yards per carry gaining 88 on the night.

Sophomore signal caller Creed Barrett, who was 7-8 passing for 152 yards, connected with junior Case Alexander for a pair of scores. Alexander’s two touchdown catches were for 17 and 35 yards. Barrett’s other scoring strike was hauled in by senior Cash Sides for 43 yards.

“Creed was very efficient,” head coach Brad Beller said. “He’s been in a rhythm in our two district games. And, having Cash make that catch was big.

“Case and Kade Babcock are our main go-to guys (receiving) but Cash will open up a lot of things for us offensively.”

Senior Dawson Thomas got into the scoring act returning a Marietta punt 55-yards to the barn in the second quarter.

Sophomore running back Hunter Bracksieck closed out the scoring on a six yard run.

Nine different ball carriers toted the mail for the Warriors in the district route.

“On the defensive side of the ball,” Beller said, “our linebackers played well. Henry Mann is a sophomore but he’s starting to play more like a seasoned veteran. We moved Alexander to the inside. He is a problem in there since they can’t run away from him.

“Our down linemen get no love,” Beller wise-cracked about the stellar play of sophomore Hunter Sanders, senior Lane Taylor and senior Ricky Ramirez. Those three guys did a really good job of allowing our linebackers to make tackles.”

Also, on the defensive side of the ball, junior Clive Green stepped in front of an errant Indian aerial for an interception to thwart a Marietta drive.

Up next for the Warriors is a Thursday night home game at Reed Field when Little Axe pays a district call at 7 p.m.

The Indians are pass happy and recently scored 63 points in a game.

“They throw it all over the place,” Beller confirmed. “They throw it deep and throw it deep often. If they get on fire, they can be a problem.”

The Indians operate out of a spread formation and will line up in an empty backfield some of the time.

“They have sold out to throwing it and have some really good receivers that can go get the football,” Beller said.

In their base 4-3 defense, Beller said they like to disguise their coverages.

“It’s hard to get what they’re doing in the back end,” Beller said. “They key for us is to not give up the deep ball and limit our turnovers.”

Warrior notes:

Washington Head Coach Brad Beller nominated sophomore linebacker Gavin Foster as the Defensive Player of the Week. Foster made a team-high nine tackles in the Marietta shut-out victory.

Beller nominated senior Lane Taylor as the Defensive Lineman of the Week for his two tackles against Marietta.

Getting the nod as the Offensive Lineman of the Week was Sam Cantrell, who graded out at 84 percent against the Indians.

Sophomore Creed Barrett was nominated as the Offensive Player of the Week. Barrett connected on seven of eight pass attempts for 152 yards and a trio of touchdowns. He also rushed twice for 23 yards.