Dungy, defense take North Kitsap to third straight win

Vikings play Bainbridge Oct. 18 in battle for 1st place

By Elisha Meyer North Kitsap Herald • October 11, 2024 1:30 am
Elisha Meyer/Kitsap News Group photos NK freshman Townsyn Walsh wraps up a Sequim wideout in the first half of the game Oct. 10.
Elisha Meyer/Kitsap News Group photos NK freshman Townsyn Walsh wraps up a Sequim wideout in the first half of the game Oct. 10.

Senior running back Carter Dungy kept his North Kitsap Vikings on track under the Thursday Night Lights Oct. 10, crossing into the endzone for two scores in a 30-7 victory over the Sequim Wolves.

The Vikings have come a long way from their 0-3 start to the season. The win not only gives NK its third straight league victory, having notched wins against North Mason and Port Angeles in the weeks prior, but it also gives renewed life and meaning to the Vikings visit to rival Bainbridge Oct. 18. A victory would bring NK back to the top of the Olympic League for the first time this season.

“We’re just not making the same mistakes, kids are paying a lot better attention to detail and just getting experience,” NK coach Jeff Weible said. “We’re getting guys healthy again and getting practice time, more reps, more game time.”

The Vikings’ first drive of the game ended with points courtesy of a 26-yard field goal from junior Andrew Knott, but that was all she wrote from a fairly quiet first quarter. With the Vikings defense all but shutting the Wolves down offensively, NK’s junior quarterback Dawsyn Anderson found senior Lelond Anderson for a 36-yard trip to the endzone with 7:31 left in the second quarter.

The floodgates were opened from there till halftime. Dungy, working with one free arm, found paydirt from 13 yards away to go up 17-0. Then an interception return by senior Connor Natua gave the ball back to the offense and back to Dungy for a 3-yard score.

The 23-0 lead would go to 30-0 in the third quarter after Anderson found junior wideout Ethan Blue for a 36-yard touchdown. Sequim running back Tommy Reandeau scored the Wolves’ only points on a 5-yard touchdown carry.

“It feels like our brand of football,” Weible said. “The defense has been flying around, and I think the biggest thing is that we’re just in much better shape now.”

The win not only gives the Vikings their third straight league victory, having notched wins against North Mason and Port Angeles in the weeks prior, but it also gives renewed life and meaning to next week’s visit to rival Bainbridge. A Spartans victory could all but set their hold on the Olympic League in stone, while a North Kitsap upset would bring the Vikings back to the top of the league for the first time this season.

On what it would take to beat Bainbridge, a win in the turnover column could very well dictate who leaves the field victorious. “We just need to keep taking the next step up the ladder and have a great week of practice,” Weible said.