Non-league football: Forks 54, King’s Way Christian 21

Cole Baysinger rushed for five touchdowns and Forks scored 40 unanswered points to beat King’s Way Christian 54-20 on Friday.

Gage Koenders had two touchdown runs for the host Knights, who took a 21-14 lead on Michael Garrison’s 26-yard touchdown catch midway through the second quarter.

From then on, it was all Forks.

“It’s a character-building thing,” King’s Way coach Tom Schroeder said. “We made a lot of mistakes. But effort, that’s what I want to see come out of this. I want them to come back on Monday, regroup and get after it again. Things aren’t going to get any easier.”

Baysinger rushed for 234 yards on 22 carries, including touchdown runs of 86 and 31 yards. Fullback Tristen Pisanti added 134 rushing yards as Forks had 481 rushing yards

“There were some positive things,” Schroeder said. “In spurts, we had some gang tackling. But other times, not everyone was rallying to the ball.”

Garrison, who had three touchdown catches in King’s Way’s season-opening win over Fort Vancouver, left the game four minutes before halftime with a knee injury. Schroeder said the senior could have played in the second half, but the coaching staff wanted to be cautious.

FORKS 54, KING’s WAY CHRISTIAN 21

Forks 14 12 12 16–54

King’s Way 14 7 0 0–21

First quarter

F — Cole Baysinger 3 run (run failed)

F — Baysinger 86 run (Baysinger run)

KW — Gage Koenders 2 run (Coby BurnsAtkins kick)

KW — Koenders 2 run (BurnsAtkins kick)

Second quarter

KW — Michael Garrison 26 pass from Kemper Shrock (BurnsAtkins kick).

F — Tristen Pisani 13 run (pass failed)

F — Baysinger 8 run (run failed)

Third quarter

F — Baysinger 1 run (run failed)

F — Caleb Peters 4 run (run failed)

Fourth quarter

F — Baysinger 31 run (Baysinger run)

F — Keith Kullander 9 run (Keith Thompson run)

Individual statistics

RUSHING — Forks: Tristen Pisani 20-134; Cole Baysinger 22-234; Gabriel Reaume 2-3, Keith Thompson 9-37, Colby Demorest 4-11, Caleb Peters 7-40, Keith Kullander 2-22; liney 0-0. King’s Way: Gage Koenders 19-24, Kemper Shrock 3-(-2), Mason Packer 1-1.

PASSING — Forks: Gabriel Reaume 4-7-0-37, Tristen Pisani 0-1-0-0; King’s Way: Kemper Shrock 12-18-1-67.

RECEIVING — Forks: Colby Demorest 1-3, Gabriel Terrones 1-6; Brett Moody 2-28; liney 0-0. King’s Way: Michael Garrison: 4-45, Brannan Meriweather 3-15; Isaac Petersen 1-8; Bailey Meek 2-(-6); Dylan Scott 2-12; Mat Fronk 1-1.