The South Whidbey football team put on a fine show before a rain-soaked homecoming crowd Friday, beating Granite Falls 24-6.

Falcon Henry Mead rushed for 258 yards and two touchdowns, quarterback Hunter Rawls had nine carries for 52 yards and fullback Danny Zuver had nine carries for 32 and a score.

For the defense, Chris Monell had six individual tackles, one tackle for a loss and one sack, and noseguard Joe Kinser had two tackles, one sack, four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery for South Whidbey.

Mead now leads the league in rushing yards with 963 yards.

Rawls connected with short passes to Jon Poolman and Tyler Norris for two-point conversions, and Mead capped the night with another two points in the fourth on a handoff from Rawls.

The Falcons are now 3-2 in the Cascade Conference, 4-3 overall.

At 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, the team travels to Archbishop Murphy (5-0, 6-1).