Trico League football: King’s Way Christian 52, Castle Rock 28

King’s Way scored 28 points in the game’s first six minutes and cruised to a 52-28 victory over the visiting Castle Rock Rockets in Friday night.

The victory was the Knights’ first league win in 1A Trico league play and brought their record in league play to 1-1 and 5-1 overall. Castle Rock fell to 0-2, 1-5.

Senior quarterback Liam Nabors threw for 295 yards and four touchdowns, two each to Nick Pullicella and Matthew Garrison. The ground game was paced by Jonathan Stell who rushed for 120 yards and Luke Hoffman who recorded two touchdowns.

Senior lineman Ricky Torres returned a fumble for a touchdown and senior kicker Austin Lauser drilled a 42-yard field goal as well for the Knights, who play their last home game of the season next Friday against Columbia-White Salmon.

KING’S WAY CHRISTIAN 52, CASTLE ROCK 28

Castle Rock         0              7              7              14–28

King’s Way          28           10           7              7–52

First quarter

KW – Luke Hoffman 1 run (Lauser kick) 12:00

KW – Nic Pulicella 7 pass from Liam Nabors (Lauser kick) 10:55

KW – Ricky Torres 53 fumble return (Lauser kick) 7:09

KW – Pulicella 12 pass from Nabors (Lauser kick) 6:30

Second quarter

KW – Lauser 42 FG 2:10

CR – Chris Millward 3 run (Cole Brister kick)

KW – Matt Garrison 45 pass from Nabors (Lauser kick) 0:00

Third quarter

CR – Billy Toutel 1 run (Brister kick) 12:00

KW – Matt Garrison 9 pass from Nabors (Lauser kick) 9:09

Fourth quarter

CR – Toutel 2 run (Brister kick) 11:39

KW – Hoffman 7 run (Lauser kick) 4:39

CR – Millward 43 run (Brister kick) 3:02

Individual statistics

RUSHING: King’s Way – Stell 15-120, Taj Muhammad 9-32, Hoffman 6-24, Nabors 3-8, Team 1-5.

PASSING: King’s  Way – Nabors 16-32-0-295.

RECEIVING: King’s Way- Matt Garrison 6-160, Pulicella 4-32, Stell 2-40, Skylar Freeman 1-30, Michael Garrison 1- 16, Hoffman 1 – 12, Muhammad 1-5.