Ridgefield taken down by Fife in 2A football preliminary round

RIDGEFIELD — Vadym and Slavik Shemedyuk combined for 302 rushing yards and five touchdowns as Fife toppled Ridgefield 34-7 in the WIAA 2A preliminary round at Spudder Stadium Saturday afternoon.

The visiting Trojans (7-3) of the South Puget Sound League accumulated 410 yards on the ground to keep the hometown Spudders (8-2) at bay.

Ridgefield’s lone score came on a 53-yard catch-and-run score from Landon DeBeaumont to Talon Sosky in the fourth quarter.

The loss ended Ridgefield’s season with a second straight defeat after beginning the season 8-0.

All five competing 2A GSHL teams lost in Week 10 postseason action.

Fife will learn its Round of 16 opponent Sunday.

FIFE 34, RIDGEFIELD 7

Fife 14 7 7 6—34

Ridgefield 0 0 0 7—7

First quarter

Fife—Vadym Shemedyuk 47 run (Kaynen York kick)

Fife—Vadym Shemedyuk 97 run (York kick)

Second quarter

Fife—Slavik Shemedyuk 33 run (York kick)

Third quarter

Fife—Vadym Shemedyuk 2 run (York kick)

Fourth quarter

Fife—Slavik Shemedyuk 48 run (kick failed)

Ridge—Talon Sosky 53 pass from Landon DeBeaumont (Carson Young kick)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Ridgefield: Cly Stephens 14-29, Landon DeBeaumont 6-(minus-1), Talon Sosky 1-(minus-6). Fife: La’au Maka 3-4, Vadym Shemedyuk 10-196, Carlos Reyes 13-57, Kaynen York 6-20, Landon Chavis 2-(minus-3), Z Williams 1-8, Benjamin Stevenson Jr. 3-5, Easton Young 2-12, Slavik Shemedyuk 4-106, Mattson Ducharme 1-(minus-4), Peapea Puletu 2-6, Christopher Sione 1-3.

PASSING—Ridgefield: DeBeaumont 14-25-0-174. Fife: Ducharme 1-5-0-4.

RECEIVING—Ridgefield: Wyatt Hemmelman 1-(minus-4), Vincent Dollens 2-14, Stephens 3-19, Jack Curtis 3-25, Elias Farley 1-5, Talon Sosky 2-58, Noah Stromberg 2-47. Fife: Luke Ours 1-4.