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Lakewood's Justin Peterson caught 7 balls for 107 yards as the West topped the East 30-6 in the Earl Barden Classic at Earl Barden Field in Yakima Saturday afternoon.
The Central Washington University signee, worked this week exclusively at Wide Receiver, where CWU is interested in Peterson playing, and meshed well with Lynden's Josh Kraght. Peterson's efforts earned him West Offensive MVP honors.
"This was a great experience, especially with my coach (Dan Teeter) here on the staff," Peterson told Scott Spurill of the Yakima Herlad-Republic. "I've had some older teammates play in this game and they always said, 'If you get the chance, you have to do it-don't pass it up.' It wasn't just a game, it was really cool the whole week."
Peterson, a state triple jump champion, caught five passes in the second panel and showed great chemistry with Lynden QB Josh Kraght. The two hooked up on gains of 40, 23 and 10 yards, the last going for a score that put the West up 27-6 with 23 seconds left in the second panel.
The West dominated this one, 432 yards - 184 on the ground and 248 thru the air, scoring 4 of their touchdowns in its seven first half possessions. The West defense was opportunistic in forcing six turnovers and held the East to 21 yards on the ground. Tumwater's Jamie Bryant, 6-5, 260 pound defensive lineman was key to the West's effort, and was voted the West Defensive MVP. Bryant will be heading to Montlake and the University of Washington.
Though the West air attack was outstanding, the ground gain was as good, rushing for 140 yards in the first quarter with touchdown runs by Capital's Kai Van Sickle and Hoquiam's Nolan Hoiness.
The East did have its chances however. West Valley (Spokane) Tyler Stavnes connected with Othello's Juston Lind on a 67-yard scoring strike that drew the East to 14-6 early in the second stanza. But turnovers proved costly in this contest.
Lind had 4 receptions for 112 yards in the first half but left the contest with a separated shoulder. Lind earned the East Offensive MVP. Royal's Brady Dixon was the East Defensive MVP.
West 30
East 6
SCORING:
West - Kai Van Sickle 56-yard run (Derrick Holt kick)
West - Nolan Hoiness 3-yard run (Holt kick)
East - Juston Lind 67-yard pass from Tyler Stavnes (kick failed)
West - Caleb Taylor 40-yard pass from Josh Kraght (kick blocked)
West - Justin Peterson 10-yard pass from Kraght (Holt kick)
West - Field Goal Holt 22-yards
INDIVIDUAL STATS:
RUSHING:West: Van Sickle, 8-68, Andrew Brown, 5-46, Hoiness, 5-40, Brandon Pritchett, 6-17, Dahlton Zavala, 5-17, Taylor Martindale 2-minus 1, Lars Blix, 1-minus 1, Kraght, 1-minus 1. East: Derek Smith, 3-28, Alex Myrick, 10-8, Kody Bartlett, 1-7, Fabian Alvarez, 2-4, Stavnes, 4-minus 5, Lind, 2-minus 11.
PASSING: West: Kraght, 13-21-0-225, Blix, 2-3-0-13, Martindale, 2-3-0-1 East: Myrick, 18-34-2-183, Stavnes, 9-13-1-148, D. Smith, 2-3-1-30.
RECEIVING: West: Peterson 7-107, Taylor 4-80, Zach Vis 2-19, Van Sickle 1-21, Holt 1-15, Hoiness 1-4, Brown 1-2 East: D. Smith 6-72, Bartlett 6-35, Lind 4-112, Alvarez 4-38, Caleb Wiebe 3-13, Koleman Johns 2-46, Dalton Estes 2-29, Austin Johnson 1-12, Dalton Hansen 1-4.
