BELFAIR — Port Angeles struggled with North Mason’s size and strength and hurt itself with penalties in a 48-14 Olympic League football loss to the Bulldogs at Phil Pugh Stadium on Saturday.
The game was moved from Friday night due to hazardous air quality in Belfair caused by the nearby Bear Gulch fire.
The Roughriders (0-1, 1-2) couldn’t muster much offensively in the first half — a 30-yard catch-and-run from Carson Waddle to Jude Wallace one of the only real highlights of a first half that ended with Port Angeles trailing 28-0.
Cade Atencio’s tough running was much of the problem for the Riders. The 6-1, 205-pound senior rattled off touchdown runs of 11, 8 and 65-yards in the first half and took the first play of scrimmage of the second half to the house from 70 yards.
North Mason added a 42-yard TD reception to trigger the running clock with 9:52 left in the third quarter.
Port Angeles completed a 40-yard flea flicker from all-league offensive lineman Hunter Flores to Tucker Swain to set up a 14-yard touchdown connection from Carson Waddle to Jude Wallace.
Waddle rolled to his left and found Wallace crossing the end zone to the left corner for the score with 3:51 in the third quarter.
Dylan Mann added a 2-yard TD plunge after some tough running in the fourth quarter.
Port Angeles hosts Sequim in the Rainshadow Rumble rivalry at Civic Field at 7 p.m. Friday.
The game doubles as Homecoming for Port Angeles.
North Mason 48, Port Angeles 14
PA 0 0 7 7 — 14
NM 7 21 20 0 — 48
First Quarter
NM — Atencio 11 run (Powell kick good) 8:05
Second Quarter
NM — 8 run (kick good) 7:43
NM — Atencio 65 run (kick good) 5:30
NM — 8 pass from Jones (kick good) 2:52
Third Quarter
NM — Atencio 70 run (kick missed) 11:40
NM — Arbogast 42 pass from Jones (kick good) 9:52
NM — Shumaker 22 run (kick good) 7:38
PA — Wallace 14 pass from Waddle (Martinez kick) 3:51
Fourth Quarter
PA —Mann 2 run (kick good) 7:28
