3 games you should not have missed in Washington high school football, WIAA semifinals
Reigning 4A champion Sumner eliminates the only No. 1 seed not to advance out of the state semifinals — Puyallup — with a 42-35 victory at Sparks Stadium
PUYALLUP, Wash. — To knock out top-seeded Puyallup in the WIAA semifinals — to avenge the low-point blowout loss from earlier this season — defending Class 4A champion Sumner knew it had to do one thing well Saturday.
Feed “The Beast.”
And the Spartans did just that.
Lance McGee rushed for a game-high 313 yards and five touchdowns, including the game-clinching 9-yard score with two minutes remaining, and the No. 5 seed Spartans stunned the Vikings, 42-35, at Sparks Stadium.