Cruisers Clip Rivals 44-7

Senior quarterback Kevin Wulff leads the Cruisers onto the field with chainsaws roaring and American flags flying before their rivalry game against the Orting Cardinals. Photo: Vince Miller Photography

With Eatonville’s offense running at full steam and the defense dominating, the Cruisers dispatched their longtime rivals, the Orting Cardinals 44-7 on Saturday.

The Cruisers would waste no time and get the scoring started on their opening drive. They would march 79 yards capped by a 43 yard touchdown pass by Kevin Wulff to Jake Wood. Job Kralik would put the extra point through the uprights and the Cruisers took an early 7-0 lead.

After a nice defensive stand, Eatonville would take over at their 41 yard line. Their drive would stall and would have to settle for a Job Kralik 26 yard field goal to go up 10-0.

Mid-way through the 2nd quarter, Orting’s Elijah Burbridge would pick off a Kevin Wulff pass to set up the Cardinals only scoring drive. Orting would march down and cap the drive off with a 5 yard touchdown pass from Mason McCall to Tanner Pealver. After the extra point, the Cardinals would cut into the Cruiser lead, and trail 10-7.

Eatonville’s defense would tighten up after that and hold the Cardinals scoreless the rest of the game while the Cruiser offense kept rolling. The defense would force and recover 2 fumbles on the day while picking off quarterback Mason McCall twice. Dylan Norman and Reilly McIlraith would be the culprits of those interceptions. The stingy Cruiser defense would also force four 3 and outs on the day.

The Cruisers would pick up rushing touchdowns on the day from a myriad of players.

Senior Elijah Stewart would score on a bruising run from 1 yard out and then Blain Hanly would get in on the scoring with a 15 yard carry for a touchdown.

Junior Job Kralik would also get in on the scoring on a reverse that saw him drop the hand off and then picked it up and weave his way through the Orting defense for the 9 yard score. Kralik would also convert on 5 of 6 PAT attempts on the day.

Senior Jake Wood would pick up his 2nd touchdown of the game when he powered his way into the end zone from 1 yard out.

The Cruisers would finish up their scoring for the day when Wulff would connect with Jakob Lucht on a 52 yard scoring strike for his second touchdown pass of the game.

After 2 games this season, the Cruiser offense has scored 100 points while the defense has only given up a measly 7 points.

Up Next: The Cruisers will load up on Saturday and head to Sunset Stadium in Sumner to play their first night game of the season against the winless Cascade Christian Cougars. Kickoff is at 7 pm.

Stat Leaders

Passing: Kevin Wulff 20-29 passing for 263 yards. 2 TD and 1 INT

Receiving: Jakob Lucht 4 receptions for 104 yards, 1 TD

Rushing: Kevin Wulff 10 rushes 97 yards.