1A football: Seton Catholic 34, Ilwaco 16

CAMAS — Will Noce-Sheldon threw for four touchdowns and ran for another as Seton Catholic beat Ilwaco 34-16 on Saturday.

Justin James had touchdown catches of 26, 45 and 71 yards as the Cougars improved to 1-1 in the 1A Trico League.

Noce-Sheldon, a junior had nearly 200 of his 281 passing yards in the second half as the Cougars broke open a game tied 8-8 at halftime.

Seton Catholic now has as many wins as it did all of last year, its first of organized football.

“We’ve grown so much from last year,” Noce-Sheldon said. “Our mentality, school spirit and positive attitude especially.”

SETON CATHOLIC 34, ILWACO 16

Ilwaco 8 0 0 8 — 16

Seton 0 8 20 6 — 34

First quarter

I — Keishi Thompson 23 run (Riki Thompson pass from Eric McMillan)

Second quarter

SC — Justin James 26 pass from Will Noce-Sheldon (Craig Boyle pass from Noce-Sheldon)

Third quarter

SC — James 45 pass from Noce-Sheldon (run failed)

SC — Boyle 34 pass from Noce-Sheldon (Boyle pass from Noce-Sheldon)

SC — Noce-Sheldon 57 run (pass failed)

Fourth quarter

I — McMillan 4 run (K. Thompson run)

SC — James 71 pass from Noce-Sheldon (pass failed)

Individual statistics

RUSHING — Ilwaco: McMillan 18-54; Tom Odneal 6-135; K. Thompson 5-2; Jack Odneal 1-2; Austin Woodby 4-36; James Schenk 1-minus 2; Riki Thompson 1-7. Seton Catholic: James Henkels 6-6; Noce-Sheldon 11-105; Dylan Cole 5-37; Boyle 2-8.

PASSING — Ilwaco: McMillan 5-11-46; Seton Catholic: Noce-Sheldon 12-17-292.

RECEIVING — Ilwaco: Jack Kaino 1-6; R. Thompson 2-11; T. Odneal 1-24; Aaron Terry 1-5. Seton Catholic: James 6-201; Henkels 1-15; Cole 3-30; Noah Scherwinski 1-12; Boyle 1-34.