Evergreen was greeted by a loud and grinning crowd as it prepared to leave Highline Stadium Friday, but it wasn't because of a stunning victory.

The Wolverines, in fact, were just dealt a 47-18 non-league loss by Fife.

The reason suddenly came clear as the Samoan majority portion of the team broke into a dance, folding their arms and getting down to the turf as close as they could while making powerful grunting noises.

"They call it the Haka," said first year Evergreen head coach Mark Becker.

Evergreen started off powerfully enough, scoring the game's first touchdown when Andre Marticio caught a 12-yard touchdown pass from Leo Feseli with 8:04 to play in the first quarter. A run for a two-point conversion failed to leave the score at 6-0.

But Fife caught them at 6-6 with 11:18 to play in the second quarter, and caught fire to take a 40-6 advantage by halftime.

"The second quarter we ran out of gas," said Becker. "We don't have a lot of guys out and they get banged up and tired playing both ways."

Evergreen had most of the team playing offense and defense because of its small turnout, but scored two touchdowns in a second half that was shortened by a "running clock" rule to get lopsided games over quicker.

Manu Tuitoelau ran for an 8-yard touchdown at 3:20 to play in the third quarter and Sebastian Semisi punched in a 1-yard score at 7:48 to go in the fourth quarter. Attempts for two-point conversions failed after each score.

In other action Friday, Foster defeated Clover Park by a 21-12 score and Archbishop Murphy dealt Kennedy Catholic of Burien a 45-28 loss.

Meanwhile, in the South Puget Sound League, Mount Rainier was shut out by Auburn, 66-0.

Highline took a 42-13 loss to Seattle Prep on Saturday as Neah Bay beat Evergreen Lutheran, 70-32, and Life Christian/Seattle Christian lost to Tacoma Baptist, 28-8.