FOOTBALL: West Seattle High School returns with resounding victory over Sammamish

(WSB photos by Patrick Sand)

Fall high-school football returned with a roar at Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Complex tonight. The West Seattle High School Wildcats kept the Sammamish Redhawks from taking flight, 55-6.

#8, junior Mason Kallinger, accounted for three of the Wildcats’ eight touchdowns. Two were the work of #6, senior Jaxton Helmstetler:

Also with a touchdown apiece, #3, sophomore Bo Gionet:

#7, senior Will Godwin:

And #22, freshman Terryus Smith:

Head coach Jeff Scott is back this year, after leading WSHS to a division title during the short, late season last school year:

Tonight, WSHS opened the scoring with 5:54 to go in the first quarter, which ended with the Wildcats ahead 16-0. They more than doubled that to 36-0 by halftime. “Wildcats are RED-hot,” chanted the Cheer Squad, and the team certainly was.

After three quarters, they were up 49-0. Sammamish finally got on the board with a big TD run by #25 Ty Webster early in the fourth quarter, but that was it for the Redhawks’ scoring.

NEXT WEEK: WSHS is scheduled to play on the road at Bellingham, 8 pm next Friday (September 10th).

4 Replies to "FOOTBALL: West Seattle High School returns with resounding victory over Sammamish"

  • Coach David September 4, 2021 (11:52 am)

    Congratulations to the Wildcat team and coaching staff!  Great to see the names and faces of former West Seattle Wildcat Junior Football players who were a pleasure to coach and remain a pleasure to watch and support!  Family on 3!

  • Mj September 4, 2021 (3:08 pm)

    The player’s have been practicing hard and claiming an early season win is great, keep up the hard work!

  • Lucy September 5, 2021 (11:20 am)

    So GREAT to see the kids out playing again!whoohoo!

  • Craig Threlkeld September 8, 2021 (12:03 am)

    — sigh –Another year of mediocre (at best) football for ol’ SHS.no prob, I’m a West Seattle resident THESE days 

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