Football: Beamer will make first-ever playoff appearance after beating Puyallup

By Casey Olson • October 25, 2010 4:25 pm
Todd Beamer High School senior Marcus Saddler runs the ball during the Titans’ 28-17 win over the Puyallup Vikings Thursday at Federal Way Memorial Stadium. The win secured the Titans the fourth seed from the SPSL South and the school's first-ever playoff berth.
Todd Beamer High School senior Marcus Saddler runs the ball during the Titans’ 28-17 win over the Puyallup Vikings Thursday at Federal Way Memorial Stadium. The win secured the Titans the fourth seed from the SPSL South and the school's first-ever playoff berth.

For the first time in the history of Todd Beamer High School, the Titans will play in the postseason.

The Titans used a fourth-quarter comeback Thursday night to beat the Puyallup Vikings at Federal Way Memorial Stadium, 28-17. The win was Beamer’s second-straight win over the Vikings and secured the Titans fourth place in the South Puget Sound League South Division.

The Titans (4-3 SPSL South, 4-4 overall) will take on the first-place team from the Greater St. Helen’s League in the preliminary round of the Class 4A State Playoffs on Nov. 5. The winner will be District 4’s top seed into the state playoffs.

But Beamer’s path into the postseason looked like it wasn’t going to happen Thursday night against Puyallup. The Titans tallied 22 fourth-quarter points to rally for the win. Puyallup led 17-6 after the third quarter before the Beamer rally.

The Titans travel to University Place Thursday night to take on the second-ranked and undefeated Curtis Vikings. Curtis secured the SPSL South title last week with a win over Bethel.

Federal Way 42, at Spanaway Lake 14 — The Eagles (3-5) won their third SPSL South Division game of the season Friday night against the Sentinels in Spanaway. But, despite the victory, Federal Way was officially eliminated from the playoff hunt thanks to a win by Beamer. The Eagles have been to the postseason for five consecutive seasons.

Against Spanaway Lake (1-6, 2-6), the Eagles rolled out to a 35-0 lead at halftime thanks to a pair of touchdown runs from D.J. May. May made it 14-0 with a 40-yard TD and added a 14-yarder later in the second quarter.

Federal Way also got first-half touchdowns from Rod Jones, D’Londo Tucker and a 51-yard interception return by Jaylen Price. Jones added a third quarter touchdown run to make it 42-0.

The Eagles will take on the Thomas Jefferson Raiders Friday night in a non-league contest at Federal Way Memorial Stadium.

Jefferson 52, at Mount Rainier 14 — The Raiders blew away the winless Rams to improve to 2-6 in the SPSL North Division Saturday at Highline Stadium. The Raiders moved out to a 31-14 lead at halftime before scoring 21 unanswered points during the third and fourth quarters to finalize the score.

The 14 points scored by Mount Rainier is the most they have scored in a single game this season. The Rams were shut out in their first four games and scored seven points in their two other games.

Jefferson finishes up its regular season with a non-league game against Federal Way Friday night.

Peninsula 24, at Decatur 0 — The Decatur Gators were shut out for the third time this season Friday night by the Peninsula Seahawks at Federal Way Memorial Stadium. The loss drops the Gators to 1-7 on the season and 0-4 in the SPSL 3A Division.

Decatur ends their league schedule Thursday night at home against the Auburn Mountainview Lions, who are also winless in the SPSL 3A.