Chelan 64 vs Tonasket 0

A couple of weeks ago, we predicted that Chelan would soon get back to its normal winning ways.  This latest victory against Tonasket, as described below by Coach Darren Talley, proves that their early season struggles are a thing of the past and they are back as one of the powers in their league.

A great night for a Homecoming celebration on the football field and off for all who watched a first quarter fire works show on the gridiron.  Chelan’s football team did what it was suppose to do in quick fashion ending the first quarter with a lead of 42 – 0 over a young Tonasket team.  Homecoming King Marco Cardona, Chelan’s starting defensive tackle, played very well on the field and because of his warm personality was voted Homecoming King off the field earlier in the day by the student body.  Congrats to Marco Cardona and his family.  He deserves such an honor.  Congrats to all our starters who kept their positive attitude and cheered on the younger players who relished the moment.  Our hat is off to Tonasket Head Coach Jay Hawkins for his long tenure of positive coaching attitude and style, with a young group of Tigers.

Scoring Summary:

First Quarter

Chelan (9:57) Cole Schwartz 24yd RUN (Misael Arechiga kick)

Chelan (8:12) Mike Amsel Jr 48yd FUMBLE RECOVERY (M Arechiga kick)

Chelan (8:03) Matt Robinson End Zone FUMBLE RECOVERY (M Arechiga kick)

Chelan (5:15) C Schwartz 22yd RUN (M Arechiga kick)

Chelan (2:19) Tanner Hendricks 27yd PASS from M Amsel Jr (M Arechiga kick)

Chelan (0:56) M Amsel Jr 75yd RUN (M Arechiga kick)

Second Quarter

Chelan (0:57) Konnar Stevens 40yd RUN (M Arechiga kick)

Third Quarter

Chelan (10:48) M Amsel Jr 58yd RUN (M Arechiga kick)

Chelan (1:53) Konnar Stevens 10yd RUN (C Schwartz PASS from M Peterson)

Offensively it was a quick night for most of Chelan’s starters.  By deferring on the coin flip, they allowed Tonasket to choose to receive the kickoff and start the game on offense.  This minimized one offensive possession for Chelan in the first quarter, but didn’t hold the Mountain Goats out of the end zone as Chelan was up 21 – 0, with 8:03 left to play in the first quarter.  At the end of the first quarter Chelan was up 42 – 0 and Michael Amsel Jr.’s time at QB was done for the day.  Michael didn’t play a down of offense in the second quarter and we let him carry the ball once in our opening drive in the third quarter as a running back and he quickly broke a 65 yard streak for a TD.  In fact Michael Amsel Jr. carried the ball in the first quarter once on a broken pass attempt for a TD, and the one run in the third quarter for a TD.  Cole Schwartz did the same thing carrying the ball twice on the night both for TD’s both in the first quarter.  This was actually a nice thing, because it allowed Tanner Hendricks to come in and get significant time at QB, as well as, many other younger players from the second quarter on.  In all Chelan had 15 different ball carriers on the night, and even had Tyler Hood (left guard) and Alex Cortez (right tackle) get in a couple carries for the night, which was a nice reward for all the hard work they do in the trenches.

Defensively the line and linebackers were on the attack from the first play and wrecked havoc in the Tonasket backfield, causing two costly fumbles both returned for TD’s by Michael Amsel Jr and Matt Robinson to open the game.   Everyone got in the game and did their best to make very exciting plays.  Again my compliments to our older players like Cole Schwartz, our season tackle leader, who has been averaging over 20 tackles per game and tonight had 3.

Special Teams kicker Misael Arechiga was a perfect 8 for 8 on his PAT attempts, and his kickoffs were literally booted into the end zone 6 out of 10 times for an automatic touchback.  It’s really nice to finally have Misael kicking and running again.  Misael is a first year senior player for us this year, and we saw the power of his kicking abilities last summer and early in our doubles practices last fall.  He pulled his hip flexor muscle during double practices and it has been a long recovery for him, but he is just now at 100% and able to kick and run again.  Congrats to Misael for one of the most dominant kicking displays Chelan has seen in a long time.  Thank you to Coach Skip Boyd for working with all our kickers this year, and getting everyone punting and kicking to their best ability.

Stats for the Tonasket game and for the whole season are attached.  Please email or call with any questions.

Sincerely,

Darren Talley

Darren Talley - Head Football & Ass't Track Coach Chelan H.S.
PO Box 969
Chelan, WA 98816
509.682.2444 - voice home
509.682.4424 - voice Chelan office
360.397.0407 - fax
Darren@TalleyFinancial.com

Chelan vs Tonasket Game Stats

Chelan Season Stats