By Tony Dondero
Enterprise writer
King’s drove to the Cedarcrest 10-yard line in the final minute, only to come up short and lose to Red Wolves 20-14 on the road on Oct. 6.
The Knights started the final drive from their 35-yard line with 2 1/2 minutes to play but the Red Wolves sacked quarterback Greg Uhrich and his subsequent lobs into the end zone fell incomplete.
King’s lost its second consecutive Cascade Conference game and fell to 1-3 in the league and 2-4 overall.
The Knights played without all-conference running back Spencer Clark, who was suspended for his role in a fight against South Whidbey on Sept. 30. That meant throwing the ball more and relying on fullback Baron Quan to carry the rushing load. Quarterback Greg Uhrich threw a touchdown and an interception, while completing 22 of 35 passes for 222 yards. He also ran for another score to lead the Knights.
“We didn’t have our breakaway runner so we went with the pass,” coach Jim Shapiro said.
Cedarcrest, which runs the Wing-T, scored a touchdown on its opening drive and never trailed in the game.
After two stalled drives, King’s struck in the second quarter when Uhrich threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Alex Lehman. John Park’s extra point tied the score at 7.
Cedarcrest retook the lead on a 6-yard TD run by quarterback Ernie Child before the half. Child added a 4-yard run in the third quarter that put the Red Wolves up 20-7 with the extra point.
Uhrich scored on a 1-yard run in the fourth to put the Knights within striking range.
Despite the loss, the Knights’ attitude, teamwork and performance improved from the prior week’s loss to South Whidbey, Shapiro said. King’s racked up 306 yards in total offense nearly double Cedarcrest’s total.
King’s will have Clark back when it faces Coupeville (2-2 Cascade Conference, 4-2 overall) at 7 p.m. tonight at Woolsey Stadium.
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