Skyline 56 Newport 28
The Knights ended the first quarter with a 14-0 lead over the top-ranked Spartans, but surrendered a pair of defensive scores to Skyline in the second half en route to the 56-28 loss.
Eric Rodan put Newport on top with a pair of touchdown runs in the first frame before Spartans quarterback Max Browne evened things up with scoring strikes to Nic Sblendorio and Austin Bui.
Senior Isaac Dotson put the Knights in front one final time with a 21-yard scoring run, but five consecutive Skyline scores, including fumble returns by Trevor Barney and Peter Stromgren, was too large a deficit to overcome.
Dotson was the team’s leading rusher with 127 while Connor Baumann added 112 and Rodan finished with 98.
Browne threw for 328 yards and four scores with one interception on 20-25 passing. Barney also tossed an 84-yard score on his only attempt of the night.
Newport will meet Garfield in the final game of the regular season on Friday at Memorial Stadium in a 5 p.m. kickoff.
Bellevue 49 Mount Si 10
Budda Baker scored three first half touchdowns, including two on interception returns, as the Wolverines raced to a 42-3 lead at the half over the second-ranked Wildcats and won 49-10.
Max Richmond, Myles Jack and John Nguyen also had touchdown runs for Bellevue, which will host Liberty on Friday at 7 p.m. in the final home game of the regular season.
Juanita 35 Sammamish 7
The Totems continued to struggle as the Rebels opened a 21-0 first quarter lead at won 35-7.
Daniel Nazariya had an eight yard scoring run for Sammamish, which will look for its first win of the season against rival Interlake at home in a 7 p.m. kickoff on Friday.
Bellevue Christian 6 Eatonville 57
The Vikings were doped by Eatonville and will face Charles Wright in the regular season finale next week in Tacoma.
Interlake 10 Lake Washington 16
Interlake dropped its fifth straight on the year, 16-10 to Lake Washington, ahead of the rivalry matchup with Sammamish next week.
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