After losing more ground, Gig Harbor attempted to punt but Peninsula got to the ball before the kick and started back to their own endzone.īice made one first down after another with short passes and handoffs, gaining 5, 10, 15 yards at a time but got pushed back by flags the Seahawks incurred 10 of 18 penalties by then. A call for holding pushed the Tides to the 21. His pass into the endzone was slapped away by Cleave, and the Seahawks took over on downs.īice launched a long pass that was tipped by a defender and wobbled like a wounded duck before being intercepted by Hudson Cedarland (WR/SS), who ran it back to the 11-yard line. After two short runs he made it to the 14-yard line. At nearly 6 feet and 145 pounds, he outran tackles to complete short passes and attempt a few dramatic long shots, reaching mid-field for the first time in the game.
The Tides struggled to get past the Seahawk defense, but sophomore Tides QB/FS Payton Knowles began to heat up in the second half. The ball was fumbled again before the extra point, though the holder tried unsuccessfully to run it in. The second half started with a 99-yard kick return TD by Peninsula senior Bryce Cleave (WR/CB). With the extra point, the score was 20-0. He was stopped at the 1 after a 5-yard run, setting up Sims’ third TD. The 6-foot, 3-inch, 215-pound Skladany spent most of the second quarter dragging defenders downfield as he moved the ball. The ball was fumbled going for the extra point, making the score 13-0 at the end of the first quarter. Running back Ethan Hogan set up the next TD after a 25-yard carry when he got tripped up on the 2 Sims ran the ball in on the next play. Bice played in three games in the 2019-20 season, relieving his brother Peyton.īice made 9 yards on a QB keeper, setting up senior Landon Sims (RB/OLB) for their first touchdown and the extra point 4 minutes into the game. The Seahawks were led by junior Jake Bice making his debut as starting varsity quarterback.
The Seahawks won the Class 3A South Sound Conference championship last year with a 7-0 record under QB Peyton Bice, who graduated, and conference MVP Sean Skladany (DE/FB), now a senior.Īfter receiving the first kick, the Tides incurred three penalties in three plays and punted. Peninsula came to the game with a more seasoned team than the talented up-and-comers of Gig Harbor. There were no fans, no bands, no food trucks, just a blanketing silence broken by the sound of the ball being kicked or caught, and the roar of the players when one of their own got a hand on it. Gone were the thousands of shivering half-dressed teenagers who would normally roam the venue, bodies painted in their school colors and adorned with miles of Mardi Gras beads. The usual autumn homecoming carnival that is Fish Bowl was made impossible by the pandemic in 2020, but new state Department of Health guidelines led to a launch of abbreviated seasons for high school sports, starting locally in an empty stadium at Roy Anderson Field. It was the fifth consecutive Fish Bowl victory for the Seahawks, making the overall record 21 wins for each team since the first ad hoc tournament was played in 1979. The Peninsula High School Seahawks defeated their perennial rivals and friends, the Gig Harbor Tides, 36-12 in the opening game of a resurrected season Feb.
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