Non-league football: Camas defense crushes Rogers

CAMAS — The Camas offense put up some nice numbers in the home opener for the top-ranked Papermakers.

But it was the defense that was truly dominant on Friday in a 56-7 win over Rogers of Puyallup at Doc Harris Stadium.

The Camas first-string defense gave up a net of 17 yards, playing most of the first three quarters.

Rogers finished the night with a negative 34 rushing yards. The Rams didn’t have much more success throwing the ball, with two quarterbacks combining to throw for 120 yards — most of them late in the game. Sophomore quarterback Kaiden Hammond, who replaced Rogers starter Jordan Bishop for the middle portion of the game, was intercepted on three consecutive throws in one stretch.

The Camas offense produced 557 yards of offense.

Quarterback Liam Fitzgerald threw for four touchdowns and ran for another, a 57-yard sprint up the middle that opened the scoring for the Papermakers.

Fitzgerald completed 19 of 30 throws for 318 yards. Jared Bentley finished with 170 yards receiving on eight catches, including a 48-yard catch and run for a touchdown.

Eight different players scored touchdowns for the Papermakers (3-0).

In the first half the Rams (1-2) ran 28 plays on offense, not counting punts. Ten of those plays went for negative yardage as the visitors went 57 yards backwards on their way to a net of only 27 yards in the first half. Camas, which led 35-0 at intermission, had 436 first-half yards.

The Papermakers open Class 4A Greater St. Helens League play next Friday, facing Evergreen in a game that kicks off at 4:30 p.m. at McKenzie Stadium.

CAMAS 56, ROGERS 7

Rogers 0 0 0 7– 7

Camas 14 21 21 0–56

First quarter

C — Liam Fitzgerald 57 run (Michael Boyle kick)

C — Sean Ramage 18 pass from Fitzgerald (Boyle kick)

Second quarter

C — Cooper McNatt 13 pass from Fitzgerald (Boyle kick)

C — Jordan Del Moral 1 run (Boyle kick)

C — Jared Bentley 48 pass from Fitzgerald (Boyle kick)

Third quarter

C — Blake Roy 18 pass from Fitzgerald (Boyle kick)

C — Hunter Bruno fumble recovery in end zone (Boyle kick)

C — Manase Nguamo 47 run (Boyle kick)

Fourth quarter

R — Cade Barrett 6 pass from Jordan Bishop (Kaleb Miles kick)

Individual statistics

RUSHING — Rogers: Loren Mark 4-16, Kaiden Hammond 2-(minus 6), Bishop 9-(minus 28), Team 1-(minus 16). Camas: Del Moral 13-61, Nguamo 14-115, Fitzgerald 2-62, Tyler McClellan 2-6, Hunter Crandall 3-1, Will Schultz 1-3, Jack Colletto 4-(minus 9).

PASSING — Rogers: Bishop 5-15-0-62, Hammond 4-14-3-58. Camas: Fitzgerald 19-30-1-318.

RECEIVING — Rogers: Troy Johnston 3-64, Barrett 2-7, Nate Salusa 1-17, Koby Barker 1-15, George Mathisen 1-8, Brenden Ingles 1-9. Camas: Bentley 8-170, Ramage 4-56, Del Moral 2-43, Bruno 2-22, Blake Roy 2-14, McNatt 1-13.