SEATTLE-The Seattle Seadogs have gone from an almost-certain CIFL West Division championship, to needing a win and help as they fell to the Washington Warthogs 41-10 in a Week 14 game. Now, Seattle needs to beat the Sacramento Knights and the Warthogs to beat the Portland Pride next week to win the division.
After Stephan Hooper missed a 43-yard field goal early in the first quarter, the Seadogs would punt, then Hudie Aiken picked off Corliss Wardell at the Seattle 18-yard line. Isaac Thoms would then finish a 10-play, 82-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to give the Seadogs a 7-0 lead with 3:27 to go in the first quarter.
The Warthogs would get on track after that, ending a 9-play, 74-yard drive with Wardell running in for a 5-yard touchdown to tie the game at 7-7 with 14:18 left in the second quarter. A 40-yard punt by Wendell Millstone was returned 45 yards by Kevin Hanan to the Seattle 40-yard line. After a 7-play, 29-yard drive, Hooper kicked a 28-yard field goal to give Washington a 10-7 lead with 7:01 left in the half. The Seadogs would be forced to punt again, and this time Burke Angus fielded the punt and ran 79 yards for a touchdown to make it 17-7 with 4:33 to go in the second quarter.
Millstone would have to punt again at the start of the second half, and Angus took it back 29 yards to the Seadogs 37-yard line. Three plays later, Wardell hit Harrison Crocker for an 18-yard touchdown pass to extend the Warthogs' lead to 24-7 with 12:03 to go in the third quarter. After another Seattle punt, Wardell would be victimized again as Ranse Noland picked him off in the end zone and ran back 45 yards to the Seadogs 44-yard line. Following a six-play, 21-yard drive, Tyne Dill would kick a 52-yard field goal to make it 24-10 with 2:49 remaining in the third.
Late in the third, Wardell and Curtis Kesterson traded pass interceptions, then Washington would punt, and Kesterson was picked off again, this time by Alphonse Cortez at the Warthogs 36-yard line. Washington then drove 64 yards on 7 plays, ending with a 3-yard touchdown run by Lane Drope to put the Warthogs up 31-10 with 9:41 to go in the fourth quarter. Kesterson would be sacked and stripped of the ball by Burt Bligen at the Seattle 17-yard line. After three plays gained four yards, Hooper kicked a 30-yard field goal to make it 34-10 with 7:07 to go in the game. Bligen would pick off Kesterson on the next drive and return it 38 yards for a touchdown making it 41-10 with 6:47 left in the game.
Washington (8-5) gained 373 yards of total offense. The Warthogs ran for 125 yards on 34 carries. Archie Colvin led the team with 48 yards on 10 carries. Wardell went 17-of-26 passing for 256 yards, 1 TD and 3 INT. He was sacked once for an 8-yard loss. Crocker caught 4 passes for 51 yards and a TD. Saul St. Paul caught 4 passes for 115 yards. The Warthogs finish the regular season next week at the Portland Pride.
Seattle (7-6) gained 288 yards of total offense. The Seadogs ran for 40 yards on 17 carries. Roman Shoe led with 25 yards on 7 carries. He was also the leading receiver with 8 catches for 122 yards. Kesterson went 22-of-40 passing for 285 yards and 3 INT. He was sacked five times, losing 37 yards. The Seadogs host the Sacramento Knights next week needing a win and a Portland loss to win the division.
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