(10/11/25)

Mt Tahoma 35, Bellarmine Prep 13

The Bellarmine Prep Lions went on the road to take on the Mt. Tahoma T-Birds in a PSL battle of two undefeated teams. Mt. Tahoma has been dominant all year, running through its competition handily, leading up to this game. The T-Birds are looking like one of the teams to beat in the 3A classification, and for good reason. Bellarmine Prep also came into this game undefeated and tied for first place in the PLS Narrows league with Mt Tahoma. This was a huge game for both teams, with interesting playoff implications at stake. These two teams faced off for what was an exciting night of high school football.

First Half

The first quarter was a defensive battle between the teams. Mt Tahoma received the ball to start the game and got off to a great start with a 55-yard return on the kickoff. From there, the T-Birds had a couple of good runs, but Bellarmine’s defense also put together a couple of tackles for loss, as well as some offensive penalties, which ended the drive for Mt. Tahoma. Bellarmine would start their first drive of the game well and marched their way down the field using short intermediate passes. The Lions would find themselves near midfield before DB Elijah Durr would get an interception on the pass from QB Birk Johnston. Mt Tahoma gets the ball back, but gets stopped quickly by the Lions. At the end of the first quarter, Mt Tahoma would get another interception on Johnston and take back possession. The game was tied 0-0 after the first quarter.

On the first play of the second quarter, Mt Tahoma RB Nezie White burst through the defense for a 67-yard touchdown for the first score of the game. This seemed to light a fire under Mt Tahoma as their offense began to start clicking. After stopping Bellarmine, they would get the ball back and put together a long drive down the field. This was capped off with a 4-yard touchdown run by Keshawn Hines to put the T-Birds up two scores. Bellarmine would not go away, however. After the Mt Tahoma touchdown, the Lions started to push the ball downfield and capped off their drive with a Touchdown pass from Birk Johsnton to Ezra Mungai. This was a big momentum swing for Bellarmine as they would get an interception on Mt Tahoma the very next drive. With just under two minutes remaining in the half, Bellarmine drove down the field to get in field goal range. They would unleash a 45 yard field goal to end the half and bring themselves within one score. Mt Tahoma led 14-10 at halftime.

Second Half

Bellarmine would get the ball to start the half but was forced to go three and out by Mt Tahoma’s defense. Both teams would swap possession with good defensive play but the next srtike would be at the hands of Mt Tahoma. Midway through the third quater, Mikkah Cordero found his way into the endzone on a 7-yard TD run. The T-Birds offense was in full effect after this and caught a big rhythm. Bellarmine would find themselves in the redzone on their next drive on two big plays from WR Luke Shaw that totaled 41 yards. The Lions would have to settle for a 35-yard field goal from Callum Lyons. Mt Tahoma led 21-13 going into the 4th quarter.

Mt Tahoma’s offense was hot to start the fourth quarter. KeShawn Hines broke free for a 40-yard run to put the T-Birds in scoring position. Penalties backed them up to the 27-yard line but that did not faze the Mt Tahoma offense. Mikkah Cordero would roll out right and fire a shot into the endzone to Elijah Durr for the 27-yard touchdown. Bellarmine would be forced to go three and out and punt the ball away. KeShawn Hines would get another huge run, being pushed forward an extra 10 yards by his offesnive line for a 24-yard gain. Mikkah Cordero would find Elijah Durr again for a 13 yard touchdown with minutes remaining in the game. Mt Tahoma would win 35-13 vs Bellarmine. The T-Birds move to 6-0 and 3-0 in league while Bellarmine moves to 5-1 and 2-1 in league play

MVP and Stats

Our Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP of the game went to Elijah Durr who racked up 3 catches for 61 yards and two touchdowns as well as an interception. He was great on offesne and defense all game and made the big plays when it counted. There were a lot of notable names to also shout out. Nezie White had 10 carries for 118 yards and a touchdown. Keshawn Hines had 14 carries for 122 yards and a touchdown. QB Mikkah Cordero was 10/19 on passing with 125 yards as well as a rushing touchdown.

Bellarmine played well all game and had players that also had big contributions. Birk Johnston went 18-31 for 159 yards and a touchdown as well as two interceptions. Ezra Mungai had a receiving touchdown and an interception on the game. Callum Lyons had two field goals, one being 45 yards and another being 35. Luke Shaw also had a good receiving day with 10 catches for 107 yards.

Bellarmine will be back to face Lincoln at home on Friday, October 17th with a 7:00 kickoff. Mt. Tahome will be on the road against Gig Harbor next Friday, October 17th with a 7:00 pm kickoff.

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Game Highlights

Mikkah Cordero with a 7 Yard Touchdown Run

27 Yard Touchdown Pass to Elijah Durr

Luke Shaw with the 17 Yard Reception

Bellarmine Gets the Ball Back on the Onside Kick