Originally published Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 10:35 PM

Bothell wins football battle with O'Dea, 25-0

A pair of top 10 teams in Bothell and O'Dea met Saturday night at Pop Keeney Stadium. One of them played the part. The other suffered a...

By Derek Belt

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BOTHELL — A pair of top 10 teams in Bothell and O'Dea met Saturday night at Pop Keeney Stadium. One of them played the part. The other suffered a couple of tough losses.

Bothell blasted O'Dea 25-0, racking up 340 yards of offense while limiting the Irish to just 120. The Cougars, ranked No. 2 in 4A, got 153 yards rushing on 16 carries from junior Luke Proulx, and senior quarterback Mitchell Muller completed 9 of 16 passes for 83 yards and three touchdowns.

O'Dea (1-1), the No. 5-ranked team in 3A, struggled throughout the contest and lost fullback Zach Fogerson to a shoulder injury early in the game. Fogerson, a Washington recruit who missed much of last season with a knee injury, had just one carry for minus-1 yard.

"What an atmosphere," Bothell coach Tom Bainter said. "We played a stellar defensive game and came out ready to go and fired up."

Bothell (2-0) kicked things off with a 24-yard field goal by Jon Mercer and went 45 yards in five plays on its next drive for a 9-0 lead. Tight end Evan Hudson laid out for a beautiful catch in the corner of the end zone, but the Cougars misfired on a conversion pass attempt.

A 7-yard touchdown pass from Muller to Ryan Loutsis midway through the second quarter moved Bothell's lead to 15-0, and Mercer booted a 23-yard field goal just before halftime to send the home team to the locker room up 18-0. Last week against Issaquah, the Cougars led 29-7 at halftime.

"When you get up on a team early like that, it's hard," Bainter said. "The emotional swing is huge, and that's two weeks in a row we've done that now."

O'Dea, a giant on the ground for years under Monte Kohler, gained just six yards on 14 carries in the first half as Bothell's defensive line plugged up all holes.

"Offensively, we were just out of sync. We didn't have enough fire," Kohler said, "On defense, we gave them a short field the entire first half and you can't do that against a team that polished, that experienced."

Irish quarterback Gabe Lee finished with 66 yards rushing on 22 carries, most of which came late in the second when the game was already decided.

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