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Turnovers sink Snohomish County

By David Pan
Enterprise Sports editor

A slow start and the inability to hold on to the ball helped bring about Snohomish County's second loss of the season.

The Kitsap Bears took advantage of eight Viking turnovers to defeat Snohomish County 42-28 in a semi-professional football game June 20.

All three of the Vikings' interceptions in the first half led to Kitsap touchdowns as the Bears took a 21-0 lead into halftime. The turnovers gave the Kitsap offense a short field to work with, said Snohomish County coach Wes Fischer.

"Our passing game was actually working very well, as was our running game," Fischer added. "For whatever reason balls were getting batted or knocked down and picked off."

The Vikings had two opportunities to kick field goals in the first half but misfired on both of them. Snohomish County also had the ball inside the Bears' 15-yard line but then turned the ball over.

Snohomish County's offense finally got on track in the second half, scoring 28 points. But the Vikings still struggled with turnovers, losing the ball four times.

Snohomish County quarterback Hal Bisnett threw a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter. Bisnett connected on a 50-yard scoring strike to Marquise Moses and then hit James Hunt on 5-yard pass.

In the fourth quarter, Bisnett threw 30-yard touchdown pass to Robbie Delgardo and then closed out the scoring with a 30-yard touchdown pass to J.R. Wells.

"In the second half, everything seemed to be working," Fischer said. "The kid played well. The attitude was good the whole game."

The Vikings (2-2), which opened the season with a pair of wins, have dropped their last two games. Snohomish County looks to rebound against Northwest Football League rival Pierce County at 6 p.m., June 27 at Sunset Chevrolet Stadium in Sumner.

"We mostly know what (coach) Ron (Baines) wants to do," Fischer said. "He's got a tough inside running game. Ron's teams are well-rounded. They never quit."

As far as his team is concerned, Fischer is mainly concerned about taking care of the ball. He still has confidence in Bisnett, who he noted is entering only his third year of football. Bisnett played football for one year at Lake Stevens and then focused more on baseball. Last year was his first season back in the sport since high school.

"He's learning. He's getting better," Fischer said. "He's a big strong kid. Very confident. All the things we're looking for him in a quarterback."

Fischer feels good about his team despite the two losses. He noted that in the team's other loss Snohomish County was ahead of Grays Harbor 20-7 at halftime.

"We didn't take care of the ball in that game," Fischer said. "If you can take care of the football … most teams win."