Scappoose smacks Siuslaw, 42-6

Tribe football team takes 28-0 lead by halftime and rolls over Vikings

By John Brewington

The South County Spotlight, Nov 17, 2009

THROUGH THE MIDDLE—Scappoose’s Trever Gwin (22) plunges the ball over the goal line from a yard out for a score during Friday’s 4A playoff game with Siuslaw. The Indians scored 28 points in the first half and went on to a 42-6 victory. They play Central on Friday.

John Brewington / The South County Spotlight

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Siuslaw couldn’t stop Scappoose’s offense on Friday night, nor find a way to penetrate the Tribe’s stingy defense in a 42-6 playoff game that wasn’t even that close.

Tribe quarterback Nick Paxton scored twice in the first half, Trever Gwin once, and Jason Sawyer caught a 52-yard pass for another score as Scappoose easily took a 28-0 halftime lead in the contest. The game was all but over when Gwin returned the second-half kick off 63 yards to the five, and scored on the first play of the half.

“Defensively we played pretty well, our offense was explosive, and we had good special teams play,” Scappoose Coach Sean McNabb said.

“The kids were pretty excited to play,” he added. “In ’06 and ’07 we exited the playoffs in the first round and last year we didn’t make it. We were 6-0 at home this year and wanted to have a good first round. I’m very pleased with the kids’ efforts and happy for them.”

In their last four wins, the Indians have now crushed their opponents 203-28, and lately seem to be enjoying themselves.

“It’s meant to be fun,” McNabb said. “They spent a week preparing and that’s tough. They should go out and have some fun.”

The coach noted, “We’re playing a lot better offensively and defensively. Our offensive line is doing a good job and our defense is very physical. Jesse Oblack was all over the field making big hits. We had a lot of guys making defensive plays–Nick Paxton, Trever Gwin, Chad Hollingsworth, Adam We’ve been putting points on the board on offense. Nick had an outstanding game, he was great on defense and distributed the ball on offense. He played really well. Trever and Jesse were always around the ball on defense.”

The Indians were loose enough to start the game. With a television taping just before the start, Paxton and Gwin sprinted to the head of the line to bracket Adonis Siscoe for the national anthem. The Indians then went out and did a number on Siuslaw.

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