David Hirning

An old public-service ad designed to discourage reckless driving used

the tagline, "Speed kills." The same slogan was on display last Friday

at Memorial Stadium, as the Franklin Quarkers burned the Ballard Beavers

football team time after time for long plays. The end result was a

39-20 thumping by Franklin.

Quakers quarterback Jordan Daisy blossomed, completing 12-of-14 passes

for 275 yards and three touchdowns. The Beavers, on the other hand,

dropped a tree on themselves with fumbled snaps and poor execution.

The loss, Ballard's fifth in six games this year, left head coach Alex

Barashkoff frustrated. "Too many mistakes. We had five turnovers,

including the one where we snapped it 20 yards over the quarterback's head

and turned it over on downs," he said. "Long night for the Beavers."

Franklin looked much better than a team still seeking its first win

after five straight losses. The Quakers are coached by former University

of Washington receiving great Mario Bailey, and Franklin wideout Pepe

Siva appeared to be emulating Bailey's UW highlight films. The fleet Siva

lit up the Ballard secondary with three touchdown catches-one for 29

yards, one for 68 yards, and one for 39 yards.

"We didn't stop number 18 (Siva)," Barashkoff said. "We doubled him up

in the second half, and he still beat us."

The game started out looking like it would be a close contest. Franklin

led 6-0 at the end of the first quarter. Early in the next quarter,

after a Quaker field goal, Ballard quarterback Joey Bolinger found senior

wide receiver Daryl McIntyre on a slant across the middle. The

55-yard-touchdown pass made it 9-7, Franklin. McIntyre led all Beaver receivers

for the game, collecting six catches for 105 yards.

But Franklin came right back. On the second play of the next

possession, Daisy hit Siva for the 68-yard scoring catch. After Ballard fumbled,

the Quakers drove for another touchdown, and the Beavers never got

close after that.

For the third straight game Bolinger was bothered by a deep thigh

bruise that limited his mobility. He passed for 191 yards and two touchdowns

but had three costly interceptions.

"It's a little better," Barashkoff said of the injury to his sophomore

quarterback. "He's at about 70 percent, but he couldn't roll out."

A somber moment came in the fourth quarter when a Ballard lineman,

senior Steven Kennedy, was hurt on a play. Kennedy was tended to by

paramedics on the sidelines and later taken out of the stadium in an

ambulance. Barashkoff said Kennedy was experiencing numbness in his back and was

taken to the hospital as a precaution. He did not know the extent of

the injury.

The victory was Franklin's first of the season. Ballard (1-5) takes on undefeated Skyline this Friday at 8 pm at Memorial Stadium's Leon H. Brigham Field.

KingCo 4A Football Overall Conference Standings

Eastlake 6-0

Skyline 6-0

Bothell 5-1

Juanita 4-2

Woodinville 4-2

Inglemoor 3-3

Lake Washington 3-3

Roosevelt 2-4

Ballard 1-5

Franklin 1-5

Redmond 1-5

Garfield 0-6