ROYAL CITY – The Knights showed why they’ve been the best 1A team over the years by defeating the Lyncs 56-12 in the quarterfinal round of the 1A state tournament on Saturday afternoon.
Royal went straight to work, and scored two touchdowns in the first quarter, both on quarterback sneaks.
The Knights then connected on an 80-yard touchdown pass to go up by three scores early in the second quarter, but Lynden Christian made its first big play of the game moments later when sophomore outside linebacker Kaden Veldman intercepted a pass to give the Lyncs their best field position of the game.
Coach Greg Terpstra then went deep into his bag of tricks and pulled out an end around pass that saw tight end Trey Bosman take a handoff, and then the left-handed senior tossed the football over the Royal defense and it resulted in a 32-yard touchdown pass to Veldman.
It wouldn’t faze the Knights, who scored on a 77-yard touchdown run on the following play from scrimmage. Royal scored another rushing touchdown in the quarter, and finished off the half with a 44-yard interception return for a touchdown.
The Knights led 42-6 at the half.
The junior connection of quarterback Eli Maberry and wide receiver Boyce Robertson hooked up for one last scoring play of the year on a 12-yard pass in the third quarter. Robertson finished with six receptions for 67 yards. He finished the season with 62 receptions for 1207 yards, both are new school records for a season.
The Knights scored twice more before the game ended.
Lynden Christian found success running the football with sophomore Chris Kooiman picking up 73 yards on 15 carries, and senior Hollis Owen added 61 yards on 14 attempts.
The defense was led by junior nose tackle Treyson Johnson who led with eight tackles, a quarterback sack and a fumble recovery, as well as Veldman and Bosman who each had an interception.
The Lyncs finished their season with a record of 7-5.
Royal 56 Lynden Christian 12 LC 0 6 6 0 - 12 ROY 14 28 7 7 - 56 ROY - 1 yard touchdown run (kick good) ROY - 1 yard touchdown run (kick good) ROY - 80 yard touchdown pass (kick good) LC - Veldman 32 pass from Bosman (kick failed) ROY - 77 yard touchdown run (kick good) ROY - 5 yard touchdown run (kick good) ROY - 44 yard interception return for a touchdown (kick good) LC - Robertson 12 pass from Maberry (run failed) ROY - 16 yard touchdown run (kick good) ROY - 33 yard interception return for a touchdown (kick good) LC ROY 41-139 Rush Att-Yards 23-196 19-30-3 Comp-Att-Int 19-27-2 148 Passing Yards 335 Individual Leaders RUSHING - LC: Kooiman 15-73, H. Owen 14-61, Parriera 4-16, Johnson 1-4, Bosman 2-2, Larson 1-(-1), Maberry 4-(-16). ROY: N/A. PASSING - LC: Maberry 18-29-3-116, Bosman 1-1-0-32. ROY: N/A. RECEIVING - LC: Robertson 6-67, Veldman 4-46, Jay. Huleatt 4-6, Bosman 3-15, Kooiman 2-14. ROY: N/A.
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