Camas Football Steamrolls Davis in Home Season Opener

Camas, WA — Papermaker football fans welcomed their State Championship team Friday night for the season’s first home game, steamrolling AC Davis, 52-19. The first quarter set the mood for the entire game with four Papermaker TD’s.

Camas QB Kyle Allen found Ja’Michael Shelton over the middle for a 32-yard connection, taking a 7-0 lead at 7:44. Two minutes later, the drive started because of a pick by Ryan Rushall. Allen next sent it to Randy Yaacoub, who ran 24 yards to score.

The Papermakers then picked off Davis QB Peter Ramirez, which set up a 42-yard TD run by Will Shultz, which gave Camas a 21-0 lead. Semisi Shultz punched it in from 5 yards, pushing the Camas lead t0 28-0 with 2:18 left in the first quarter.

First quarter stats:

Total yards:

• Davis 37
• Camas 313

Passing Yards:

• Davis -1
• Camas 141

Turnovers:

• Davis 3
• Camas 1

Touchdowns:

• Davis 0
• Camas 4

Yaacoub scored on a nine yard run, pushing the Camas lead 35-0 with 10:21 left in the second quarter. That was his second TD of the night. Minutes later, Andrew Boyle made a 17-yard field goal, putting the Camas lead to 38-0.

Davis got their first score of the night when Junior Henry Hernandez scored on a 7-yard run up the middle.

Moments later, Camas Senior, Trevor Bentley, scored on the return, pushing the score to 45-7, with just under three left in the second quarter.

Allen was 8-14 for 155 yards at halftime.

In the third quarter, Allen hit Rushall who ran in 17 yards to get the touchdown, making the score 52-7. Running the clock, Davis QB Peter Ramirez rushed in from five yards, and Camas blocked the extra point. The score was 52-13 with 5:18 left in the fourth quarter. With the clock running out, Ramirez found Teyerai Walker in the end zone to finish the game.

Final score: Camas 52, Davis 19.

“It was a great experience, it was a great atmosphere, it was so fun with all the fans,” said Allen. “It’s our home turf and we have to defend it as state champions, and I felt we did that tonight. I felt I did all right tonight, but there are a lot of things I need to improve on. But, we got the win, so I’m happy about that.”

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