Shorewood football game at Mountlake Terrace to decide third place after T-birds drop 20-8 home game to Glacier Peak

The Shorewood team enters the field against Glacier Peak
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

The Shorewood football team plays at Mountlake Terrace Friday, Oct. 25, in a battle for third place in the Wesco 3A South after the Thunderbirds lost a 20-8 home game to Glacier Peak Friday, Oct. 18.

Shorewood and Mountlake Terrace meet at 8pm Friday at Edmonds Stadium in the second game of a double header, following a 5pm game between Lynnwood and Jackson.

Shorewood running back Anxhelos Pere tries to spin away
after catching a pass early in the game
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

Shorewood (1-3 Western Conference 3A South. 2-5 overall) and Mountlake Terrace (1-3, 3-4) are tied for third in the Wesco 3A behind Glacier Peak (3-0, 6-1) and Meadowdale (3-0, 5-2). Glacier Peak and Meadowdale will meet Friday at Glacier Peak, with the winner to play the Wesco 3A North champion Nov. 1 for first and second in the conference, and the loser to meet the North No. 2 team for third and fourth.

Thunderbird defensive back, Bostyn Vordahl,
tackles a Grizzly running back.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

The winner of Shorewood’s game at Mountlake Terrace plays Nov. 1 against the North No. 3 team for fifth and sixth in the conference, with the loser meeting the North No. 4 for seventh and eighth. That’s important because the top five qualify for quad-district playoff games Nov. 8-9, with the sixth team qualifying depending on a comparison of its conference record and Ferndale’s record in Northwest Conference 3A/2A play. The seventh through tenth teams (and possibly the sixth) finish their seasons against other non-qualified teams.

Aaron Okamura, the Thunderbird quarterback, sets to hand off to his running back.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

In the loss to Glacier Peak Shorewood trailed 11-0 before the Thunderbirds mounted a fourth-quarter charge. A 20-yard touchdown run by Aaron Okamura, followed by a 2-point conversion made it 11-8. Shorewood got the ball back with time left, but Okamura threw an interception trying to get rid of the ball while trying to avoid a sack.

Glacier Peak then put the game away with a touchdown and a field goal.

For Shorewood, Okamura completed 9 of 28 passes for 84 yards, with 2 interceptions and Spencer Jacobs completed 1 of 2 for 28 yards; Anxhelos Pere ran for 23 yards on 13 carries and led the team on defense with 9.5 tackles.

More of Wayne Pridemore’s game photos

Glacier Peak 20, Shorewood 8

At Shoreline Stadium, Friday, Oct. 18

Glacier Peak -- 3 0 8 9 -- 20

Shorewood --    0 0 0 8 -- 8

GP--Pettit 34 FG

GP--Corwin 2 run (Southard pass from Hines)

SW-- Okamura 20 Run (Hopen pass from Okamura)

GP--Berg 29 from Corwin (blocked kick)

GP--Pettit FG

Wesco 3A Football Standings

South Division

Team          Conference (Overall)

Glacier Peak 3-0 (6-1)

Meadowdale 3-0 (5-2)

Mountlake Terrace 1-2 (3-4)

Shorewood         1-2 (2-5)

Shorecrest 0-4 (1-6)

North Division

Marysville-Pilchuck 3-0 (7-0)

Oak Harbor 3-0 (6-1)

Stanwood 1-2 (2-5)

Marysville Getchell 1-3 (3-4)

Everett 0-3 (0-7)