Tualatin outlasts Sheldon to advance to 6A state semifinals

What a difference a week makes. Seven days ago, the Tualatin High School football team struggled mightily in a first round playoff win over Grant, but this week the Timberwolves came out motivated, focused, and determined to advance against a Sheldon team looking to do the same. But on this night, it was not about the Irish, but rather the home Timberwolves who defeated Sheldon 46-38 to move on to next week’s semifinals where they’ll face top-ranked Lake Oswego. Despite 26 unanswered first-half points and a 32-10 halftime lead, the Timberwolves didn’t put the visiting Irish away until Brady Knips forced a fumble and recovered it following a sack of Sheldon quarterback Ryker Rohaley with under two minutes to play. “I just knew we needed to have somebody make a play, and I was just the one who happened to make that play,” Knips said.

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