Curtis deals Auburn Riverside first loss of season, 49-22 | Prep football

Published 11:56 am Saturday, October 19, 2013

The Curtis Vikings delivered Auburn Riverside its first loss of the season, downing the Ravens 49-22 in nonleague play in University Place on Friday.

The Vikings (5-1 South Puget Sound League South 4A, 6-1 overall) held onto a 28-22 first-half lead, scoring 21 points in the second half while blanking the Ravens (6-0 SPSL North 4A, 6-1 overall) in the final 24 minutes of the game.

Auburn Riverside scored first in the contest with quarterback Kevin Thomson connecting with Drew Wallen for a 52-yard touchdown with just 1 minute, 12 seconds elapsed on the clock.

Curtis responded with an 11-play, 80-yard drive capped by Donnell Diego’s 1-yard TD run.

The Ravens closed out the first quarter with a 13-play, 73-yard TD drive with Thomson scoring from a yard out with 1:15 left in the frame.

After a pair of touchdowns by the Vikings – a 32-yard TD strike from Scott Wismer to Hasani Childs and a 38-yard run by Childs – Auburn Riverside scored its final TD of the game with Thomson finding Wallen from 42 yards out.

Curtis would score four more times in the contest, with Carter McKay and Wismer hooking up for TD receptions of 42 and 25 yards, and Childs scoring twice on the ground, from 6 and 18 yards.

The Vikings bottled up the Raven running game in the contest, holding them to just 57 yards rushing.

In the air, Thomson was 10-of-29 for 210 yards with a pair of TDs and two interceptions.

Wallen finished with seven receptions for 155 yards and two touchdowns.

For Curtis, Childs finished with 103 yards on 10 carries with three TDs. Diego chipped in with 86 yards on 15 carries and a touchdown.

Wismer was 16-of-19 for 321 yards and three touchdowns.

McKay added seven receptions for 175 yards and a pair of TD catches.

The Ravens host Kentwood (5-1, 5-2) at 7 p.m. next Friday in a contest that will decide the winner of the SPSL North 4A.