Lake Washington falls in regular season finale | Prep football results

Mercer Island secured a last win of the regular season beating Lake Washington 52-7 on Friday, Oct. 28. Despite the loss, the Kangs will play the final game of the season against Lakeside on Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Lake Washington High School.

By Megan Managan • November 1, 2011 1:05 pm
Lake Washington quarterback Nick Young looks to throw the ball during the Kangs home loss to Mercer Island last Friday. The team will play Lakeside this Thursday
Lake Washington quarterback Nick Young looks to throw the ball during the Kangs home loss to Mercer Island last Friday. The team will play Lakeside this Thursday

Mercer Island secured a last win of the regular season beating Lake Washington 52-7 on Friday, Oct. 28.

Despite the loss, the Kangs will play the final game of the season against Lakeside on Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Lake Washington High School.

Last Friday’s game started at Lake Washington with an 80-yard kickoff return for points with 11:48 on the clock by Steen Swedstedt, making it 7-0. Just a minute later the Islanders scored again, this time on a play involving a hand off from quarterback Jeff Lindquist to Brian Higgins, who lobbed it back to Lindquist, who tossed it on a 41-yard pass to Nicky Sinclair for the points. The score was 14-0 with 10:15 to go in the first quarter.

Blake Johnson scored on an 8-yard run with 5:45 on the clock, while Sinclair connected again on a 44-yard pass from Lindquist to make it 28-0 at the end of the first.

Alex Wood began the second quarter with a 33-yard field goal for Mercer Island to up the score to 31-0, followed by an interception by Connor Bernal on the 17-yard line. He ran it in for the points.

With 2:37 on the clock in the half, Lake Washington’s Jack Michels caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Nick Young to score the only Kang points of the night. The score was 38-7. Before the half finished, Eric Stefanchik scored off a 91-yard pass from Higgins to make it 45-7 at halftime.

During the first half the Islanders had amassed 270 yards, while holding Lake Washington to just 90 on the field. In the second half, the teams remained closer with Mercer Island gaining 75, and Lake Washington earning 48. The Kangs controlled the ball during the first half, despite the score, holding onto the ball for 14:30 minutes, while the Islanders had it for 9:30, with almost the exact same breakdown in the second half.

After halftime, the Islanders scored in the third quarter when Higgins made a 6-yard run into the endzone, starting a running clock as the Islanders had 52 points. The fourth quarter was scoreless as the clock ran down, with the teams leaving the field under a 52-7 scoreboard.

Mercer Island finished the regular season 7-2 overall and 6-1 in league. Lake Washington finished with a 2-7 overall record.