With the mystery of who would win Oak Harbor’s football game Friday, Sept. 16, revealed early, one of the game’s subplots became the focus of attention: Would Princeton Lollar break the school career rushing record?

The senior fullback entered the game needing 48 yards to surpass Chris Isaacson’s mark of 2,618 yards set in 1982. Lollar did that and some, finishing with 203 yards and five touchdowns in the Wildcats’ 41-0 romp over Stanwood in the Wesco North opener for both schools.

Oak Harbor thoroughly dominated the game and zipped to a 20-0 first-quarter lead. Going into the second period, Lollar had 34 rushing yards on five carries. He battered the record on his first rush of the second quarter. After Stanwood’s Gabe Johnson boomed a 72-yard punt that rolled dead at the Oak Harbor 3-yard line, Lollar bolted through the middle of the line for 95 yards, possibly setting two records. He topped Isaacson’s standard and, some believe, though there is no official record, Lollar recorded the longest non-scoring run in Oak Harbor High School history.

Earlier in the week, Lollar admitted that setting the record would be nice but the goal for the season was for Oak Harbor to win the league championship. After breaking the record, his focus was still team-centered: “It really helps that we got the win because this was a league game.”

Oak Harbor head coach Jay Turner called it “quite an accomplishment” and said it was a mixture of Lollar’s talent and the efforts of the offensive line.

The line includes tackles Sam Zook and Ozell Jackson, guards D’Andre Bellamy and Kamren Mebane and a two-man rotation at center, Colton Burdick and Weston Whitefoot.

Zook, like Lollar, a three-year starter and all-league player, said the record was “great for both of us,” adding, “He has his name on it, but it’s everybody’s record.”

Had Lollar not set the record, the game’s spotlight would have been pointed directly at the Oak Harbor defense. The Wildcats limited the Spartans to only 75 yards of offense and five first downs, one by penalty.

Stanwood tallied only 28 yards against Oak Harbor’s first-team defense that left the game after three quarters.

Stanwood’s two running backs carried the ball six times for exactly zero yards, while quarterback Karl DeBoer was sacked four times for a minus 15 yards. DeBoer completed 12 of 24 passes for 92 yards and three interceptions. His backup threw one pass and it was picked off.

Taeson Hardin, Mac Carr, Andrew Miller and Ty Eck collected the interceptions: Carr’s was a 37-yard pick six.

Stanwood’s biggest threat came in the first possession of the game. A face mask penalty gave the Spartans a first down at the Wildcat 36, but on third-and-one, Oak Harbor stuffed the Spartan backs for no gain on consecutive plays to take over on downs.

The Wildcats then marched 73 yards with Lollar scoring from the 1. The point after kick failed. The execution of the PAT unit was one of the few negatives for the Wildcats. Two kicks were missed and the snap on another was mishandled.

Hardin’s interception started Oak Harbor’s next drive at the Stanwood 45. A 26-yard pass from Jordan Bell to TJ Hollins-Passmore helped set up Lollar’s 4-yard TD run.

Two plays later, Carr scored off his interception, Bell threw to Lollar for the PAT and Oak Harbor lead 20-0.

Early in the second quarter, Lollar scored from two yards out after his 95-yard run. Bell passed to Brycin McIntyre for the extra points.

Lollar ran in from the 18 with 31 seconds left in the half to make it 34-0.

It took Oak Harbor only three plays to score on the first possession of the second half. Hollins-Passmore ran for 41 yards sandwiched around two carries by Lollar, the final one going nine yards for the score. Eck kicked the PAT.

That gave the Wildcats a 41-0 lead and triggered the mercy rule (running clock).

The Oak Harbor offensive reserves took over with seven minutes remaining in the third quarter.

Oak Harbor finished with 408 rushing yards on 47 attempts. In all, 12 players recorded carries. Hollins-Passmore had 120 yards on nine carries.

The Wildcats have rushed for more than 1,000 yards over the past two games.

Bell finished 4-for-5 for 42 yards; two of the completions were on PAT conversions. Gabe Salinger completed one of two passes for 10 yards.

Oak Harbor piled up 460 yards of offense.

The Wildcats (1-0, 3-0) play Rogers of Puyallup at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, at Wildcat Memorial Stadium in a non-league match. This is Oak Harbor’s first meeting with the South Puget Sound League 4A school. The Rams are 0-3 and have given up exactly 49 points in all three losses. They have played a tough schedule; the combined record of their opponents is 8-1.