Football

Puyallup 21, Kennedy 19
The Kennedy Catholic Lancers opened their season by taking a narrow loss to the perennially powerful Puyallup Vikings at Sparks Stadium.
The Lancers actually took the lead to open, as L.J. Jennings scored on a 95-yard run with 31 seconds to go in the first quarter.

The kick for the extra point failed, and Puyallup answered with a touchdown with eight seconds left in the first quarter.
Michael Smith struck on a 1-yard fumble recovery and Sean Halligan’s kick made it 7-6.

Nathan Ernst punched in a 1-yard run for the Vikings with 3:18 left on the second quarter clock and Halligan’s kick widened the margin to 14-6.

Jennings finally got JFK on track with 8:53 to go in the third quarter, scoring on a 1-yard run. The pass for a two-point conversion failed to leave the Puyallup lead at 14-12.

Ernst scored on an 8-yard run and Halligan made his extra point to put Puyallup up, 21-12,with 1:59 to go in the third quarter.
Darian Brooks caught a 28-yard pass from Jason Thompson with 2:19 to play in the game for the Lancers, and Christian Velte kicked the extra point to put what turned out to be the game’s final margin at 21-19.

Mt. Rainier 44, Evergreen 0
Evergreen’s troubles continued in the Wolverines’ first actual game of the year Friday.
After forfeiting its scheduled opener the week before because of a lack of players, the Wolverines of White Center took a 44-0 loss to Mount Rainier of Des Moines.

Lindbergh 27, Foster 13
The Lindbergh Eagles soared past Foster, 27-13, in Seamount League action Friday.

Boys golf
Hazen 79, Foster 72
Jonathan Ross led Foster to victory with a first-place round of 26 points Thursday. Teammate Adrian Quichocho tied for third with 16 points.

Girls golf
Foster 37, Hazen 13
Mallory Kent of Foster took first place for the girls with a round of 37.