Originally published September 6, 2008 at 12:00 AM | Page modified September 6, 2008 at 1:56 AM
Comments (0) 
E-mail article 
Print view
Nonleague Football | O'Dea escapes Capital upset bid
Second-ranked O'Dea High School of Seattle defeated unranked Capital of Olympia, 14-13.
Seattle Times staff reporter
Michael Schwartz, Lakeside: Had 299 yards on 30 carries, three TDs.
Tony Heard, Edmonds-Woodway: Carried 28 times for 229 yards, three touchdowns.
Kirby Moore, Prosser: Eight receptions for 177 yards, three scores.
Erik Pollard, Emerald Ridge: Returned punt, interception each 64 yards for TDs.
Taylor Cox, Jackson: Carried 17 times for 204 yards, scored from 42, 68 yards.
#29 Rivals.com's national ranking for Skyline, the state's top-ranked Class 4A team, which opens its season tonight in Portland against defending Oregon 6A champ Sheldon of Eugene.
It's been 10 long months since Kennedy's surprising loss to Nathan Hale in a preliminary round of the state playoffs. Today, in the Emerald City Kickoff Classic, the Lancers get to hit someone again. Led by mercurial QB/DB Nolan Washington, 3A Kennedy faces 4A Kentwood at 5:30 p.m. in the fourth of five games at Qwest Field.
Kentlake 7, Kentridge 2: Fumble return for touchdown lifts Falcons past Chargers for first time in five years.
Meadowdale 28, Edmonds-Woodway 27: Mavericks survive runaway Heard (229 yards).
O'Dea 14, Capital 13: Irish escape with season-opening win over old nemesis.
Scores & stats
Schedule/results
Standings
Leaders
Teams
Rankings
More sports: Golf | Tennis | Swimming | Cross-country
OLYMPIA — Second-ranked O'Dea showed the muscle memory of winners Friday in getting past Capital 14-13.
Irish lineman Grant Enger blocked a 29-yard attempt for the go-ahead field goal in the fourth quarter. In the third quarter, the Seattle team benefited in the nonleague game from a missed extra-point attempt by the unranked Cougars from Olympia.
The winning touchdown for O'Dea was a 71-yard pass from Billy Shanks to Chandler Gayton on the first play of the fourth quarter. Stephen Rock kicked the winning extra point.
"I was determined to get past him," Gayton said of the Capital defender he eluded about 15 yards downfield after catching the pass. After that, it was a private footrace by Gayton to the end zone.
Shanks completed 6 of 12 passes for 175 yards. O'Dea's Anthony Espinoza gained 90 yards on eight carries, including a tying 6-yard touchdown in the second quarter. Zach Fogerson rushed 10 times for 82 yards.
Senior Riley Wall scored both touchdowns for Capital and finished with 125 yards on 21 carries.
Both Capital scores were set up by poor O'Dea punts.
After a 13-yard punt gave Capital the ball at midfield in the third quarter, Wall ripped off runs of 20, 12 and 12 yards then scored one down later on a 5-yard run for a 13-7 lead with 1:29 left in the period. The extra-point attempt was wide right after a high snap.
Six penalties hurt the Irish in the first half, and the Seattle team had to come from behind to climb into a 7-7 tie at halftime.
"In the first half we had too many penalties and didn't tackle well," said coach Monte Kohler. "Those are things we can clean up."
The Irish finished with 10 penalties.
One of the big late-game plays for O'Dea was a 13-yard sack by linebacker Allen Mooney to help put Capital in a fourth-and-28 situation at its own 32 with under two minutes to play. The Cougars punted and the Irish ran out the clock.
Capital is now 4-4 all-time against O'Dea. The Olympia team beat O'Dea in three consecutive openers (2003-05).
Copyright © 2008 The Seattle Times Company
More High School Sports headlines...
E-mail article 
Print view Share: 
Digg 
Newsvine
UPDATE - 09:23 PM
Prep Football | Big Colin Porter gets Bothell moving
NEW - 07:32 PM
Stars of the week
UPDATE - 09:10 PM
Prep Football | Family sustains Archbishop Murphy lineman Taniela Tupou
Prep Soccer | 4A: Skyline keeps state title, beats Issaquah 2-1
Prep Football | 3A: Bellevue rolls past Glacier Peak, 34-7
PNW Magazine | Easy As Pie
A little friendly competition between professional pie-baker Kate McDermott and The Seatttle Times' Kathleen Triesch Saul is handled with great taste.
Real Salt Lake wins MLS Cup
Raw Video | Real Salt Lake fans celebrate
Raw Video | Real Salt Lake receives the MLS Cup trophy
Real Salt Lake fans enter Qwest Field
Raw Video | MLS Cup Opening Ceremony
LA Galaxy's David Beckham
Real Salt Lake's Kyle Beckerman
MLS trophy arrives in Seattle
Chittenden Locks Inspection
general classifieds
Garage & estate salesFurniture & home furnishings
Sporting goods
just listed
42" Hitachi Plasma 1080i - $500
8 Drawer Dresser with Attached Mirror - $200
8 seat pecon formal dining table and china hutch - $1500
More listings
POST A FREE LISTING
shopping
events for Monday, Nov. 23
- Contractors equipment and vehicle auction
- $100 Holiday Blitz at Ella Mon
- Furnishments Thanksgiving Weekend Sale
- Black Friday Sale at Merge
editors' picks
More shopping guides- 'The Road' takes Viggo Mortensen to Mount St. Helens and Astoria, Ore.
- Tugboat sinks at Seattle waterfront pier
- Illegal workers quietly let go
- Child-support error costs nearly $21,000
- Vikings easily beat the Seahawks
- Craigslist adoption ad: A plea by young mother-to-be? A scam?
- Chase shrugs off loss of CD investors
- Woman stabbed by stranger in North Seattle
- Snow piles up on Cascade slopes
- Denny Triangle gains skyline, but tenants slow to come
- Illegal workers quietly let go 393
- Climate change speeds up since 1997 Kyoto accord 212
- Metro won't cut bus service after all 159
- New Husky recruit: Enes Kanter 101
- Tattoos at Mill Creek Church pierce skin, soul 85
- Middleton says Huskies "plan on scoring at least 50 points'' Saturday 82
- Jerry Brewer: Seahawks can't lean on the Hutch Crutch now 75
- Seattle woman charged with knife attack on boyfriend's ex 71
- UW, WSU once again meet to see who's worse 68
- Bellevue residents blast new bikini espresso stand 64
- Sprouts, raw fish on attorney's 'do not eat' list
- Tattoos at Mill Creek church pierce skin, soul
- Food-safety lawyer's wish: Put me out of business
- Illegal workers quietly let go
- Architects, chefs find 'kid' within to build Gingerbread Village
- Rediscovering Moab, 'the most beautiful place on Earth'
- It's possible to recover a life lost to hoarding
- Child-support error costs nearly $21,000
- 'The Road' takes Viggo Mortensen to Mount St. Helens and Astoria, Ore.
- Taste | The Great Pie Bake-off pits friends and fruit
