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Originally published September 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM | Page modified September 13, 2008 at 1:28 AM

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WesCo | Tomahawks' Austin Denton runs over Snohomish

Junior fullback Austin Denton rushed for 213 yards and two touchdowns as Marysville-Pilchuck beat WesCo North Division rival Snohomish 34-7, its first home victory over the Panthers in 50 years.

By Brian Lewis

Special to The Seattle Times

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Archbishop Murphy 26, Eastside Catholic 23: New coach Dave Ward's 2A Wildcats claim a 3A victim.

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Tyler van Sligtenhorst, Rogers: Completed 8 of 13 passes for 337 yards, with TD strikes of 64, 46, 76, 29 yards.

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Nick Baker, Lake Stevens: Completed 31 of 42 passes for school-record 341 yards, four TDs. Had school-record 407 total yards.

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"He didn't get 300 yards, so it was a great game."

— Meadowdale coach Mark Stewart, whose team held Edmonds-Woodway's Tony Heard, last year's Gatorade State Player of the Year, to 228 yards in a 28-27 win last week. Last night, Heard had only 130 yards (on 13 carries), but his Warriors rolled past Everett 21-7.

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MARYSVILLE — Marysville-Pilchuck's wing-T offense thrives on decoys.

A week after his dazzling display of four touchdowns and 208 yards, Austin Denton became a decoy deluxe — for one quarter.

The Tomahawks' junior fullback exceeded his statistics from the first game despite not touching the ball until the second quarter.

Denton ran for 213 yards on 26 carries and two touchdowns as the Tomahawks rolled over Snohomish 34-7 Friday night at Quilceda Stadium in a WesCo North Division football game.

Marysville-Pilchuck, which totaled 354 rushing yards, earned its first home victory over its rival in 50 years and its first overall win over Snohomish since a 15-14 victory in 2004.

"This was a great win for this program," said Marysville-Pilchuck coach Brandon Carson.

It didn't start out that way. The plan was to use Denton as a decoy, but M-P (2-0, 1-0) was stuffed for minus-6 yards on its first six running plays in the first quarter.

Denton gained 53 yards on five carries and scored from 1 yard as the Tomahawks drove 63 yards in 10 plays for the game's first points.

Travis Sanderson's 6-yard run on fourth-and-goal put the Tomahawks ahead 14-0 just before halftime.

Snohomish (1-1, 0-1), which had gained over 300 yards on the ground last week, was held to 40 yards — all coming in the first half. The Panthers' offense was on the sideline throughout the third quarter. The Tomahawks ate up all but 12 seconds of the third quarter, grinding out an 18-play scoring drive to open the second half that ran 9:31 off the clock. Following a 6-yard TD pass from M-P's Devin Peterson to Levi Cartas, Snohomish senior Cameron Woolsey returned the ensuing kickoff 75 yards for a TD.

The Tomahawks responded with a 52-yard touchdown run from Denton. Denton had 182 yards and two touchdowns in just the second and third quarters.

"We were real efficient on offense in the second half, and our defense was amazing," Carson said.

Junior Chris Larson had two interceptions for the Tomahawks.

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