Whatcom Preps Podcast Episode 447 - Week 3 Football Recap

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Greetings and welcome into the Whatcom Preps podcast. This is
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episode 447. It's the week three football recap. I am
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Tyler Anderson of Whatcom Preps and let's get to it.
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to nwofficials.com today. All right, well, we have eight games
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to talk about here. And let's jump right into it
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as the first game, seven of them from Friday, one
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on Saturday. And of course, the Blaine game got canceled
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as their opponent, Bellevue Christian, forfeited. Most of the players
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on the team was sick. during the week so game
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was canceled so the first game we're going to talk
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about is Nooksack Valley defeating Kings 51 to 21 this
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was uh I don't know who how many people saw
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this coming I mean maybe they saw a defeat um
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you know a win for Nooksack Valley over the Kings
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but not by 30 points especially after how the game
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started so Nooksack Valley returns the opening kickoff They run
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a few plays. They throw an interception. Kings scores. Kings
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are up 7-0 early. Next kickoff, the ball is fumbled
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on the kickoff. Kings recovers, scores right away, and it's 14-0,
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less than three minutes into the game, and it was
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not looking good. But this is what was great is
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they probably talked about it and just said, hey, there's
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so much football left. Just get that out of your mind.
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and start playing the way you know how to play.
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And from then on out, I mean, from then on out,
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it was basically 51 to seven Nooksack Valley. The run
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game got going probably the first game all year where
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they really felt like the run game got going. They
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had two different players over 120 yards rushing each. You know,
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the passing game, they threw for over 200 yards. They
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intercepted four passes on defense. They kicked a field goal.
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I mean, it was just kind of everything clicking for them.
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Offensive line played great. Trey Hutink had his first big
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game of the year, 12 carries, 134 yards, and he had,
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let's see here, two touchdowns. Trevin Skinstra, 15 carries for
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122 yards and three touchdowns. He also caught a touchdown pass.
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as did Tyler Martin, who caught four passes for 89 yards.
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Dane Ackerman caught three passes for 54 yards, Skeenstra two
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for 39, and Jayden Jones caught two passes for 25 yards.
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Lucas Woodridge, 11 of 14 through the air, and one interception,
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207 yards passing, and the two touchdowns. So just a
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really strong overall performance there. Let's see here, 476 yards
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of offense by the Pioneers. That is definitely moving the ball.
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And this is against a Kings team that they're good
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year in and year out. It's a team that you
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can pencil in to be in the state playoffs. And
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I kept saying it over and over again. I didn't
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know what to expect of the Pioneers this year. And
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now I think the expectations are pretty high as they're 3-0.
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Looking really good so far this year. Really excited about that.
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Of course, they will host Squalicum on Friday at 7 o'clock,
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and we'll talk about that on the next podcast when
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we preview all the games and get all the coaches
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on and stuff like that. But a great, great game
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by the Pioneers here. Like I said, four interceptions, two
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of them by Tyler Martin, who now has four on
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the year. Evan Laerle and Jaden Jones each had an
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interception as well. I thought defensively, you know, Tyler Martin
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once again, leading the way. Eli King as a linebacker,
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I thought played great. He had five tackles, a tackle
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for loss, a pass broken up. Max Lautenbach all over
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the field with seven and a half tackles. Trey Hutink
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as well, five tackles and a fumble recovery. Silas Tierna
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had four and a half tackles and a tackle for loss.
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So a lot of guys really standing out here on
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the defensive side of the ball, which was really great
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to see. Let's go on now to the big game
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down south, which was Lynn and Christian going down there
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to take on Bellevue. I tell you what, the Lynx,
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I was pretty proud of them. They hung with the
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Wolverines for two and a half quarters. I mean, it
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was tough. I mean, you watch that game and you
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see why Bellevue is so great. Everything is so crisply done,
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and they play– the end of the whistle and they
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hold their blocks and they're so fast and they're just really,
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really good. And, and it was, it was awesome to
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see the links, you know, battle them and, you know,
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Bellevue came down and scored first, but then Elsie went
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down and kicked a field goal, made it seven to three.
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And that, you know, that, that hurrah moment was kind
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of short lived as Bellevue returned the ensuing kickoff 92
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yards for a touchdown. That's kind of where the overall
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team speed comes into play there. Bellevue scores again before
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the half to make it 21-3 at the half, but
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Linda Christian scores first in the second half as Dawson
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Hines hits Caden Veldman on a four-yard touchdown pass before
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Bellevue runs away with it. They scored a couple touchdowns
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on the backups. But Linda Christian, 19-26 through the air
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as a team. Dawson Hines was 14-19 for 92 yards,
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so a lot of short passes, just getting some completions
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here and there where they could find them. Hines had
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some pretty good runs, but then he was sacked a
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few times as well, so the yardage kind of petered
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out to just three yards. I thought Chris Coyman ran
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the ball really hard, 19 carries for 77 yards against
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that defense, which is pretty amazing. Caden Feldman and Justin
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Kuech each had five catches. Jackson Yoon had four catches,
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and they were without Eli Stamps and Wyatt Camphouse, so
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you're talking about two big-time, two-way starters that they were missing,
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so already going in shorthanded, not the easiest team to
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do that against, but I got to give a lot
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of credit to the links. I think that they, they
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battled really hard. And I think, you know, part of
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this coach or coach always talks about, he wants to
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schedule hard. He wants to schedule tough. Cause it's, you know,
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it's just going to make his team better. And, you know,
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a lot of teams when they get into the Northwest
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conference play, it's kind of like, Holy crap, this is tough.
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You're weekend and week out. you know, this, these games
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are tough, but LC, you know, they're probably going to
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go in Northwest conference play and go, okay, now we're,
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we're battle tested. We're already ready for this. So I
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think that's kind of their game plan there. And, you know,
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they dropped their first game of the year, two and one.
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Now on the season, they'll be back home on Saturday
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when they host the center at two o'clock in the afternoon.
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So be on the lookout for that one defensively in
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this game. I thought Dawson Heinz did a really good
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job from a safety spot, eight tackles and a tackle
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for loss. kind of leading that defense. Grant Adams had
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a good game at corner, six and a half tackles.
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And when you play corner against Bellevue, it's more like
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an extended outside linebacker because, you know, unless that one
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guy that's out wide is on your side, you're not
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really playing out wide a whole lot. But the secondary
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had to make tackles because those running backs are going
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to break through a lot of guys at some point.
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So you've got to, that last line of defense, that
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secondary has to make tackles, and that's what they did.
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They did let that one long touchdown go, a 73-yard
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touchdown run late. But, I mean, again, really hats off
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to Coach Terpstra and the Lynx. I thought that they
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battled Bellevue extremely hard, and hopefully that will be on
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the schedule again next year. Bellevue will come up here
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to play Linda Christian at home. This is the first
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of a two-year cycle where the home and aways generally switch,
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so we'll have to see on that one. for our
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next game, of course, it's the, was the big game
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of the week. And for that, we're going to go
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to the coach's corner is Jeff wood. Our coach here
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at welcome preps was at the game coach. How you doing?
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I'm doing great, Tyler.
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Awesome. So this one was, uh, it lived up to
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the hype. And I think everybody, I think going into it,
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everyone would have said, you know, it's hard to pick
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a winner, but we know it'll be a really close game. Um,
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What was the atmosphere like? Tell us what it was like.
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I'm sure you were on the field and got to
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witness everything that was around it. Yeah, just a great
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high school atmosphere.
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Ferndale's had that.
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Turf field and stadium for, what, four or five years now,
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and they had it packed. Obviously, Lyndon brought quite a
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few people as well, and their whole crew, and Lyndon
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or Ferndale had the, the all black unis and the
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blackout in the crowd and just, uh, yeah, it was, uh,
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it was quite a scene and they had all sorts
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of events and a t-shirt gun and, you know, extra
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MC on the field besides the, uh, announcer for the game.
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And yeah, it's, uh, they know how to, how to
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do it up there, both those schools.
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It's crazy because this is the one non-league game for Linden,
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and it's one of a few non-league games for Ferndale,
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but boy, they sure don't treat it like that. they
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really go all out and they make it so great
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and give it that big atmosphere like you said a
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t-shirt gun and all that stuff I did see that
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at Ferndale out at a volleyball game so I would
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imagine it's the same one which is pretty cool Um,
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but it's a great game all the way throughout. I mean,
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back and forth, back and forth, uh, close games, tie games,
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lead changes, all sorts of things. Um, talk about what
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you saw in the first half. Yeah.
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Uh, Lennon took the lead and they were, uh, pretty balanced. Uh,
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and they, they were really methodical though. I think going
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into the game, they knew kind of upfront that, Uh, just.
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Ferndale had a little bit more girth and a little
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bit more depth.
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And so they kind of wanted to shorten the game.
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So even though they're kind of the, the team that
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throws it a little bit more, uh, they were, they
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were real methodical, but they were, uh, able to, to
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get on the board first. And then, uh, you know, Ferndale,
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I think they only threw three passes.
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The whole game.
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So, you know, they run in there, their wing T.
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Most of the game, uh, They did have the full
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house backfield for a couple series in the third quarter. But, yeah,
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it was back and forth and well executed, but also
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very well played defensively in the terms of every yard
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was fought for and there weren't too many.
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Big breakaway runs or passes.
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So it was just two real solid teams going after
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each other.
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Yeah, early on it's tied 7-7. Lyndon is backed up
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and has to punt. It's one of those things where
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when do you go for the block? When do you
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set up a return? Do you think this is one
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of those where if you're inside the 10, you're going
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to automatically try to go out for a block? As
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a coach, is that a time when you say, this
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is a perfect time to go after it here? I think.
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Yes, not every single time.
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I mean, maybe you have a returner that's really dynamic,
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so maybe you want to set that up because he's
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going to be catching it on the 40-yard line or
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50 probably at worst. But yeah, I think in terms
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of blocks, if you are going to call one when
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the other team's backed up, that's always– always a good
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time to do it because you can get it safety
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or in this case, a touchdown. And that really got
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the momentum going for, going for Ferndale.
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Absolutely. And you did message me at halftime. The score
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was tied at that point, but when you looked at it,
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Lyndon had a lot more yards, but Ferndale did have
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that block punt, which obviously, you know, you're not picking
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up offensive yards on that, but you are picking up
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seven points. The score is tied 14 to 14 at
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the half. And, you know, just kind of talk about
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the second half and at what point did Ferndale kind
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of take control there?
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Well, like you said, Ferndale didn't have possession that many–
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I think it was 13 or 15 plays is all
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because they scored without possession there. And then Linden was,
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you know, moving the ball and taking a lot of time. So, again,
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Ferndale having longer possessions– uh, in the second half was,
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was kind of starting to take control and, uh, scoring
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and taking the lead and wearing Linden down a little bit. Again,
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Linden made them fight for every single yard. Uh, and
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then Linden after they score, uh, you know, I don't
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think it was planned, but sometimes you, you kick it
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into a void and, uh, either the team doesn't return
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it very far, or maybe you get on it as, uh,
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Linden did and they got that, that kickoff, and so
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they got possession again, but were unable to, I think
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it was tied at that point, they could have taken
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the lead there, but Ferndale got a stop.
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And then I think scored after that.
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It was really back and forth, and a lot more scoring,
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you know, it was 14 all at half, and then
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a lot more scoring in the second half, which was
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really cool to see, I think in the third game,
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the offenses are a little bit more in sync, versus
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they've played, you know, that opening weekend for a few years,
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and that's a little more, you know, you're not as
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dialed in yet on offense.
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Right, exactly. And there was a point in that second
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half when Elliott Lenson carried the ball in a lot
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of plays in a row. Obviously, you know, he broke
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that school record last week. You get to see him
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live against a very good Linden defense. What makes him
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the back that he is?
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I think it's just a combination of he's got good vision.
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He knows how to follow his blocks. Obviously so many
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of the players are well blocked.
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So that's the first part.
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You got to give credit to the, the Ferndale offensive
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line executing and then speed. But he also, when he
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doesn't have really much of an opening, he'll just stick
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his nose in there and he'll run over a linebacker
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or a safety or, or whoever. So he's always, you know,
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getting a few yards, even if it's, you know, well defended. Uh,
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and then if he does, he doesn't need much of
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a crease and, you know, on a lot of those
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sweeps or counter trays or, uh, you know, those plays, uh,
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if there is that, that crease, he'll just hit it and,
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you know, he'll be off to the races.
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Yeah. It's been, uh, it's been a joy to watch
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him and, uh, you know, I think he's, uh, I
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think he surpassed 2000 yards in his career and he's
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not done yet. And, and a lot of, a lot
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of great backs and it's just awesome to see a
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good close game again with these two schools. Uh, Linden
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does come, you know, they get that possession late score
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that late touchdown, but, um, they weren't able to, you know,
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get the ball again after that. And, and, uh, and
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that would be that as Ferndale wins 35 to 28. Um, Yeah,
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it's just one of those classic games, like you said.
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Ferndale with the new stadium can fit a lot of people.
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Like you said, it was jam-packed and must have been
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pretty cool. And we got to see it live on
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the show. We would cut to it every once in
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a while, and the emotions were pretty high. And you
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even saw a lot of plays where a defensive back
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would knock the ball away and then their wide receiver
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that it was intended for you know, would kind of
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like shake the DB's hand. Like that's a good play.
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Like these kids know each other. It's such a, it's
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such a great healthy rivalry. And so, yeah, that's a,
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it's a, it's a great one. And coach, thank you
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so much for being at that one. And we'll talk
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to you a little later on this episode. All right.
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Looking forward to it.
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Well, thank you very much coach. And we'll be listening.
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We'll be hearing from him a little later on. It's,
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it's a double segment of coach's corner and, as he
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went to two games this past weekend to kind of
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help me out as I've been juggling lots of things
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as of late. So he's, you know, picking up my
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slack and doing an amazing job. So I can't thank
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him enough. Let's go out to Civic Stadium now where
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the Squalicum Storm got off to a really rough start
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against the Burlington Edison Tigers as Burlington Edison went up
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28 to zero early in the second quarter. And, but
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from there on out, Squalicum, you know, basically outscored them
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21 to 14. But it was that, it was that
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first quarter where, um, Burlington Edison forced a punt. They
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go down and scored a touchdown. Then they force a fumble,
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score a touchdown, force another punt, score a touchdown, force
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another fumble, score a touchdown. And they just had all
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these short fields and had a lot of time of possession.
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They were making big plays. Um, squalicum at one point,
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they made the change at quarterback, um, from Grady Smith
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to Phoenix Price. I don't know if it was an
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injury-related thing or if it was just a switch. Either way,
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it went really well once Squalicum made that switch. Tucker
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Hofstett ran for a 42-yard touchdown run, which was a
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run that kind of showed a lot of things from
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the sophomore. Breaking tackles, good balance, and then hitting that
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speed on the outside and running past guys. So Tucker
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Hofstett really showed me a lot on just that specific run.
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He's been doing a lot of good things on defense
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as well, just a sophomore, so I'm excited to see
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his progression. I think he's going to be one of
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the top players in this conference for the next few years.
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And then Phoenix Price threw a couple touchdown passes, both
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of them to Ray Hoffman, the big 6'3, 205-pound senior
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tight end, and so there might be a connection there
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that we're seeing that's working, and we'll have to wait
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and see where Squalicum goes at quarterback next week when
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they go to Nooksack to take on the Pioneers. It'll
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be the first ever matchup between Squalicum and Nooksack Valley,
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and I love that matchup. They were supposed to play
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during the COVID year, that spring season, and I think
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there was a bunch of players that got COVID, so
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that game got canceled. But it's going to be great
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to see them play against each other. I think it'll
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be fantastic. So, Hofstede had finished with 79 yards on
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10 carries he did have the long touchdown run Phoenix
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price 9 of 11 for 137 yards and two touchdowns
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his two incomplete passes were actually both intercepted so Phoenix
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price put the ball in the air 11 times and
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it never hit the ground which is pretty tough to
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do a lot of different players catching passes and For Squalicum, Hoffman, Sone, Webster, Hofstet, Strickland, Ibata,
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and Laranaga all had receptions. But it was just, they
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were forced to climb themselves out of a hole early on,
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Squalicum was. And Burlington Edison is a quality team where
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you can't really, you know, climb out of that hole.
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It's really, really tough. And try to come back on them.
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And Squalicum moving to this new offense, it's built more
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for ball control and close games and holding onto a
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lead and stuff like that. It's not built to come
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back from 28 to zero. And, um, but they did
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their best. And, uh, I thought they finished pretty strong
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over a hundred yards, rushing 145 yards receiving, but they
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did give up 518 yards, which is just not the
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squalicum defensive way. Burlington Edison ran 76 plays squalicum ran
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just 33. So the time of possession way in Burlington
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Edison's favor, just too many turnovers and, um, you know,
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that was, that was basically that. I think there was
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like two or three fumbles. I threw two interceptions and
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Burlington Edison made them pay when those things happened. So defensively,
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I thought Noah Gilbert, the linebacker had a great game.
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He had 11 tackles, half a tackle for loss. Ray
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Hoffman had 10 tackles and a pass defended from a
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strong safety spot. Mason Sone, another defensive back. He had
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seven tackles and a pass broken up. Tucker Hofstedt, like
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I said, playing on that defensive line, four and a
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half tackles and a tackle for loss. I thought he
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did really well as well. I thought Maddox Strickland did well.
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He had eight tackles from his outside linebacker spot. He's
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not at 100% either. So guys played hard. But like
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I said, climbing your way out of that 28-0 deficit
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early on is really, really tough. But like I said,
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they battled hard and made it. a game there in
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the second half. Just really hard to come back from that.
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Next up, Mount Baker traveling down south to Everett to
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take on Kamiak, the 4A Knights. And this was kind
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of a back and forth game. This was 14-14 at
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one point early on. But Mount Baker just, you know,
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what's really weird is usually when you see these small
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schools versus big schools, meaning classifications, 1A versus 4A or
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1A versus 3A or 2B versus 2A or whatever. Usually
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what happens is if the small school is a pretty
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good school, they'll play even with them for a half,
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maybe three quarters. But what happens late is the bigger
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school will, they have a lot of guys going that
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play just one side of the ball, offense or defense.
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And so you see the bigger school kind of wear
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them out at the end. And this was kind of
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the opposite. As Mount Baker, the smaller school, you could
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kind of see near the end of that game that,
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The way they play and the hard style and the
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hitting and everything, the physicality, the cameo just kind of
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didn't want any part of him anymore. And when you're
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running the ball and running the ball and running the
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ball and just pounding them over and over again, it's
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it's it can wear on you. And Mount Baker did
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that and they pounded on these guys and they were
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able to. reached the end zone eight times. Anak Smith
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made all eight of his extra points. Um, Andrew Monteith
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scored three touchdowns. It's the first time he's ever had
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a varsity touchdown, which was hard to believe. He scored
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three of them. Um, Tyson Bartsdale threw his first ever
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touchdown passes. He threw two of them. Um, Noah Nicole
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Mills had a couple of touchdowns. Uh, Anak Smith had
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a touchdown. Gage Smith caught a 73 yard touchdown. Juan
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Mapes had a touchdown at the, near the end. Um,
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Mount Baker ran for 292 yards. And how about this?
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They threw for 173 yards. So pretty even there, even
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though they ran the ball 37 times to just 10
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pass attempts. But that's a pretty good average there. 10
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pass plays, the average 17.3 yards per pass play called.
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So that's pretty good for Coach Lepp and the guys.
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Noah Nicole Mills, 99 yards rushing on 11 carries. Andrew Monteith,
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11 carries for 63 yards. Anak Smith had 57 yards
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rushing yards. Gage Smith had 37. Mates had 23. Barksdale
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had 13. Zion Paglia caught two passes for 37 yards.
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And then Gage Smith, Jaden Louie, Noah Nicole Mills, and
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Pepe McAvoy Salgado each caught a pass as well. Boy,
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Jaden Louie's catch there that he caught when he was
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marked down right at the one-yard line was a heck
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of a catch. The way he Had to come around
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the defender and then go down to get the ball.
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It was a really athletic play, and I'm excited to see.
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He is a senior, but I'm excited to see his
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future of this season and see he could be a
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game-breaking type of player that Mount Baker has in their
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back pocket. So that's going to be fantastic to see
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going forward. Kamiak threw for over 400 yards, put the
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ball in the air 52 times. A lot of dinking
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and dunking and let their athletes run. They did score
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a long touchdown doing that late in the third quarter.
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But for the most part, Mount Baker handled them, especially
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in the second half. Defensive-wise, Kel Reardon, huge game. Eight tackles,
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two sacks, a pass broken up. Aaron Torres is just
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continuing to have a great season in the trenches. Eight
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and a half tackles and a quarterback sack. Zion Paglia,
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I thought, did a great job against this pass defense.
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He forced a fumble, had two and a half tackles,
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and he broke up four passes. That's getting the job
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done in the secondary. So really, really cool to see
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that as well. Mount Baker back on the winning side
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of things at 2-1 now. They'll be on the road
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for their third consecutive week on Friday. They will travel
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to OMAC to take on the Pioneers at 6 o'clock.
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So Yeah, so be ready for that one as the
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road warriors that are the Mountaineers continue to go on
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the road. Down at Dick Cardinal Stadium, Bellingham picks up
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the win against Lakewood, and it was not easy as
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they were down 12-3 going into the final quarter of
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play and pick up a 23-12 win. They outscore Lakewood
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20-0 in the fourth quarter, which is, how huge is
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that for a team to just come together and have
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a game like that which was you know it was
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such a big thing for Bellingham to get that first
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conference win of the year Lakewood was looking for their
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first conference win of the year both teams faced you
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know tougher opponents early on in the season and and
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both teams looking for that first win and and it
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was great for Bellingham to do that Lakewood early on
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was Pretty dominant as far as moving the chains, keeping
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possession of the ball, scoring at the end of their drives.
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They scored at the end of their first two drives.
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Bellingham had a shot there to put three points on
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the board right before the half. Alejandro Pringle has one
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of the strongest legs in Whatcom County. He gets set
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up to kick a 39-yard field goal, which is not
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a gimme by any stretch in high school. And there's
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a penalty. They have to back it up five yards.
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So instead, it's a 44-yarder. And it just fell short.
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And you're like, man, if it wasn't a penalty, he
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would have made that from 39. But instead, they go
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into the halftime down 9-0. And then Pringle does kick
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a field goal in the third quarter. Legwa kicks their
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field goal, another one in the third quarter. That's what
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made it 12-3. But the big thing, the big change
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that I noticed in this game was Ben Leonard, the quarterback,
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who has never known, I've never seen a designed run
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with him. He's very good at staying in the pocket
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and dotting his receivers or even scrambling a little bit,
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buying time and then hitting his receivers. And he'll scramble
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and pick up yards here and there too. But I'm
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talking like designed runs and it's, I've never seen it
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happen before. And then he started doing it in the
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second half, and nobody saw it coming, including me. I
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was like, holy cow, look at him go. And he
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picked up huge chunks of yards, ends up leading them
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with 41 yards rushing. He went 20 of 32 through
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the air for 178 yards, and his touchdown pass to
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Matthew Steele in the fourth quarter not put him ahead
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of– Sean Linville who's in the Bellingham Hall of Fame
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for multiple sports for second all time on the school's
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career touchdown passing list just now only by Nick Knutson
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but he also had a rushing touchdown and MJ Maena
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scored a touchdown and all these touchdowns in the fourth
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quarter as the defense came up huge and Matthew Steele
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another big game seven catches for 100 yards and a
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touchdown I believe he has touchdown receptions in each game
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now Um, just, it was a great game for Bellingham
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all the way around to get that win. Calvin Van Hoffwagon,
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what a huge game on defense, 10 and a half tackles,
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three and a half tackles for loss and a sack
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and a pass broken up. But Matthew Steele had a
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great game defensively, seven tackles, two passes broken up and
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a fumble recovery. Lucius White, five tackles, a forced fumble
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and a pass broken up. And Silas McGurr, five and
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a half tackles and a pass broken up as well.
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James Button had six tackles. a lot of guys really
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stepping up. Jacques has loved Rogers. Um, or Love-Rodson, I
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should say, he had a tackle for loss late. Aaron
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Chasse had a tackle for loss early. These guys are
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starting to hit, right? It's starting to kind of happen
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for them, and they're going to have Another big one
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this upcoming week as they will play on Thursday when
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they travel to Linden to take on the Lions. That's
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Thursday night at 7 o'clock, so be ready for that one.
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Which also means that the Gatorade Game Day podcast where
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I preview all the week's games, that will come out
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Thursday morning instead of Friday morning because of the two
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Thursday games. Let's head out down to Sultan now, where
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the Sehome Mariners were down there. And this was a
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back and forth and back and forth game all the
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way until the fourth quarter. They were trading touchdowns back
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and forth and back and forth, like I said, all
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the way until the fourth quarter. And actually until the
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end of the third, when Sultan scored the last three
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touchdowns of the game to defeat the Mariners, 31-21. And
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I was looking back in the history to see if
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Seaholm and Sultan had ever played. They did play in
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2009 and 2011. So those two years, they were both
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like week 10 games that were probably not on the schedule.
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And they were just crossover games for non-playoff teams late
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in the year. And they split those games. So they
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have played before, but it's been a while. Of course,
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this is the first time I'm playing in a conference game.
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Jadon Geiger, 13 of 29 through the air for 195
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yards and all three touchdowns. Gunnar Andersen caught two of
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the touchdown passes. He finished with four catches for 68 yards.
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Callum LaPlante, four catches for 42 yards. Nicky Smith, three
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catches for 52 yards. And then Elias... a lot of,
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and every flag each had a reception as well. Uh,
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they didn't run a ton. They did pick up some yards,
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but then they lost a lot of yards on different
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things like bad snaps and, and, um, you know, just
550
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mishandled plays and stuff like that. Nikki Smith leading the
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way with 15 yards, rushing, playing a lot of receiver,
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but playing a little running back this past week. I
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think they were missing a few guys. Um, but you know, it's,
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Sultan's just big. They're just huge. And they were kind
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of leaning on him a little bit. And late in
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the game is kind of when things went, you know,
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it was a really close game. Sultan has a lead by,
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I want to say it was like 25-21 in the
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fourth quarter. And Sion's driving. And they go for it
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on fourth down. And boy, it sure looked like they
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picked it up, especially with the forward progress. And the referee...
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that called, he was on the Sultan sideline and where
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the spot was, boy, it was tricky because I, I mean,
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I have, of course I can slow it down and
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reverse it and see everything on the film and see
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what happened. Um, but where he spotted it was definitely
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short of the first down that was on a fourth
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down play and which really started to put the nail
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in the coffin for see home. And then after that,
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They scored on a 38-yard touchdown pass, but you could
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see the right guard move well before the ball snapped.
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I mean, he flinched completely, and they didn't call it.
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They kind of took Sio off guard, I think, a
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little bit, and it was a weird broken play, and
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they ended up scoring a touchdown on it. It was
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just one of the flukiest plays, but you've got to
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give credit to Sultan because they did what they needed
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to do to score on that play, and it just–
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It was just a weird play to watch, but it really,
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I mean, that sunk them right there. It put them
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up by 10. You have to score twice now. Not
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a lot of time left. And that was that. And Sultan,
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how about the Sultan Turks picking up their second conference win?
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And the Mariners still looking for their first as they
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will host Lakewood at 7 o'clock on Friday at Civic Stadium.
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Both teams looking for their first win of the season. Defensively, Again,
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I mean, I can't say enough about Logan Rogers. Seven tackles,
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three of them for a loss. He is just a
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monster up there on the front line. Evan Hatzell, I thought,
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did a great job at linebacker. Nine tackles and a
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tackle for loss. Samuel Herring, I thought, did a great
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job as well. Two tackles for loss, a fumble recovery,
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three and a half total tackles. Nicky Smith had five tackles,
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a pass broken up. He also intercepted a pass. And
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Elias Lada, five tackles, a sack, and a pass broken up.
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So those were kind of the big names that I
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saw on defense. And, you know, Seaholm, they'll get a
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win at some point. It's just been a tough go.
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They've scored... First game, they didn't score any points. Last
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week and the next week, they scored two touchdowns. This
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last week, they scored three touchdowns. So I think they're
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starting to kind of get things going. They were without
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Devin Bankson last week, which is a big-time player, and
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hopefully he'll be back to contribute on both sides of
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the ball, especially from his linebacker spot on defense. So
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we'll just have to wait and see how Seaholm does
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next week when they take on Lakewood. And then for
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our final game, this was the Saturday game. We're going
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to go back to the coach's corner and bring back
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Coach Jeff Wood. Coach, what was it like out there
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at Bob Ames Field on Saturday afternoon?
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Oh, it was a great game, great day, you know,
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great weather all weekend. And they honored the 06 team.
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Before the game, which was cool. And, you know, they had.
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The Crimson Hawks, I guess their mascot now. They were
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a very strong team, a lot of big guys on
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the line and some talented guys also in the skill position.
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So it was just, it was a really good matchup.
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Yeah, it was, you know, as you put in the story,
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Colville was able to just kind of control it in
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that first possession and use their beef and move down
622
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the field and score that short touchdown. Meridian comes back
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and kind of does the same as they go down
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and score a touchdown and And it was kind of
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a back and forth game, but then in the second quarter,
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Marin is able to rip off three touchdown passes in
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one quarter. Um, kind of talk about what made that
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succeed for the Trojans and kind of what they had
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going on there. Yeah.
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You know, Trey Alexander is just, uh, he's very poised
631
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back there, has a strong arm, uh, has a good
632
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crew of receivers and they obviously it's, uh, been their
633
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forte for a long time, throwing the ball, uh, and
634
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executing in the passing game. And so he hit, hit
635
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some paths, some nice ones. And, uh, you know, Pierce Brzozowski,
636
00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:23.659
it's a mouthful, but, uh, and Casey Brennan had a
637
00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:24.219
long one.
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You know, speedster little guy, but you know, he, he has,
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has the speed to burn.
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So they, uh, they were executing well and kind of matching,
641
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matching the scores back and forth.
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Yeah, and when Colville scored their second touchdown of the
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third quarter, they elected to go for two. Do you
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think that– I mean, every extra point to that point
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had been made. So everything was kind of lining up.
646
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Games were getting tied here and there. But they were
647
00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:59.659
down– it put them down. Scoring the touchdown, they were
648
00:36:59.699 --> 00:37:04.630
only down by one, but they decide to go for–
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00:37:05.289 --> 00:37:07.110
They just, yeah, they decided to go for two and
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get it. What's the, as, as a coach, what's the
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thought process that early on, you know, of going for
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two in that moment?
653
00:37:16.789 --> 00:37:20.329
Yeah. Um, you usually have at least one two point
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play in your bag as a coach that you're ready.
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To use either.
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Uh, you know, sometimes it's on a fourth and short, uh,
657
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but yeah, usually it's ready for a, a two point
658
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play that you haven't put on film. that the, you know,
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the opposing team hasn't, hasn't seen.
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And, you know, that's kind of just a gut probably
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of the head coach. Hey, let's, let's break it out here.
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Even if you have a good kicker, right, let's try
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to take, it's in the second half and let's see
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where we're at here. We can spring this on them
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00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:54.539
and it's got a good chance to work and then
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take that lead and force, force the opposing team to,
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you know, probably go for two or, Uh, you know,
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and then if you don't get it, uh, you're, you know,
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you're sitting with an advantage. So yeah, different guys have
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different strategies, but, uh, that was, I thought that was
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interesting too, that, uh, he did a little earlier than normal,
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but worked out, but then Meridian matched, you know, they scored, uh, again,
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I think I was on the next drive and then
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they kind of did, uh, Alexander kind of did bootleg
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and got it to the pile on. to get a
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matching two-point play.
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Yeah, and it was kind of refreshing to see that
678
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because Alexander does like to sit in the pocket and throw.
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He'll scramble and throw. He'll run around, use his athleticism,
680
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not necessarily on designed runs very often at all. He's
681
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a great athlete, as we've seen with other sports, but
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he's not, even as a sophomore, he was starting as
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a receiver. So you know he has the kind of
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speed but he doesn't show it very often. And so
685
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it was kind of nice to see him do that
686
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on a design bootleg and get the corner and show
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that that can happen. So they were able to answer
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that two point play, like you just said. And then
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in the fourth quarter, Colville lines up in a, you know,
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power eye and double tight and all this stuff. But
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then on a, I think it looked like a, like
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a play action pass and they were able to get
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it out on the edge to a guy who's pretty fast.
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They score an 80-yard touchdown play. What did it feel
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like in the stadium? Did it feel like kind of
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the air was sucked out, or was it just kind
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of like, hey, we have to do one better here?
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Yeah, I mean, it was because Meridian did kind of
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have the momentum, and their defense was playing well, and
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I think that was a third and maybe long or maybe,
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maybe not a third and long, but just, just kind
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of the defense was playing good. And it kind of
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was just, and it wasn't poorly defended. It was just
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a great play by Colville and the guy, guy got
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the edge and scored, but then, you know, credit to,
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to Meridian, right. Especially with, you know, they've had a
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couple tough games against tough opponents that they, they haven't won,
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so they're sitting already at 0-2, and they didn't miss
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a beat, and they, you know, showed some really good
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leadership and resolve, and were able to have a real
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nice drive to take the lead.
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And win the game in the end.
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There was an onside kick that helped Colville earlier in
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the third quarter, beginning of fourth, so that kind of helped, uh,
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helped the Crimson Hawks as well. And then they tried
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it again. And that time, um, Meridian recovered it. So, uh, yeah,
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some day what they did was, and this is good strategy.
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Just kick it as hard as you can, like right
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at one of the up guys. Right.
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And you try to catch it.
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And sometimes they're, you know, not the, not the best
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hands guys on a regular kick return. Uh, and I
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think it just went off the Meridian, uh, shoulder pads and, Uh, yeah.
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So sometimes that's a strategy rather than kind of kicking
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it where they aren't.
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Yeah, that's a, you know, when I was in, when
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I was playing in kickoff, we had lots of different
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types of things. We had, you know, the regular onside kick,
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but then we had what was called onside bunt, which
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was kind of like everyone's racing down and the kicker
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looks like he's going to kick it as hard as
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he can. And he just kind of pooches it right
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in front of him and you hope it goes 10 yards.
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And you're the one that has to.
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And then the kicker himself recovers, right?
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Right, right. Did you have any of those? No. I
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never got called to do it. I wanted to so bad.
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I thought that would be such a cool play. I've
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seen it done. I've seen Lyndon do it a few
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times when they had Troy Pets. When you have a
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guy that runs a 4-4 as your kicker, that kind
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of helps. Because he can bunt it and then just
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sprint after and get it. But you really hope that
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that front line, like you're saying, those guys that they're
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going to turn and run– so they don't see it happening. And, and, uh,
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but then we also had the line drive where you
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pick your guy. And, uh, usually it's that guy. There's
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usually a guy right there in front. He's looking right
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at you. He's 10 yards away. And, and that's where
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you want to kind of aim that, but you were right.
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And you said it in the story too, where, you know,
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Coldwell scores 15 points in the third quarter without Meridian
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even running a play yet. And so it was, uh,
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You know, and with Meridian's offense, that's not a bad
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strategy to try to just keep their offense off the field.
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You know, whether you give them, you know, 50 yards
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to work with or 80 yards to work with, they're
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probably going to march down and score. So you might
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as well try for that every once in a while.
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But Meridian does come back. They score that touchdown. Trey
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Alexander over 300 yards passing, four touchdowns. Here's Brzozowski, 10
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catches for 129 yards. You know, what a weapon he's
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been over the years and all sorts of different things
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that he's done. And it was good to see Meridian
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get in the win column here and get another– they'll
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have another non-league game, another long road trip where they
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go to play on Alaska before they head into league
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play the following week. So, Coach, thank you very much
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for your time in two segments, which has been fantastic.
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And I'll talk to you next week.
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That sounds good, Tyler.
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All right, so thank you very much to Coach Wood
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once again. We're going to go over the players of
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the week now, and we're going to start off with
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the offensive player of the week, which is brought to
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you by Walton Beverage. Walton Beverage has been a staple
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in our community for 95 years, and I will continue
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to work harder every day to make the fantastic people
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of Walton Beverage proud to sponsor youth sports in our community.
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They deliver superior quality and commitment, and I plan to
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do the very same. Well, I'm bucking the trend as
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Elliott Lenson has won the Offensive Player of the Week
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the last first two weeks of the season. I'm going
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a different direction here as it's going to be Meridian
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Senior Quarterback Trey Alexander, who went 23 for 30 through
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the air for 307 yards and five touchdowns. He also
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scored the key two-point conversion to keep up with Colville.
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So congratulations to Meridian Senior Trey Alexander. You are the
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Walton Beveridge Offensive Player of the Week. And now the
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defensive performances. You look at what Logan Rogers did. Sawyer
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Strunk was just a beast with those three quarterback sacks
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and then having to deal later on in the game
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with that fullback all game, causing so many plays in
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the middle. I thought Kel Reardon had a tremendous game.
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Noah Gilbert, a lot of guys doing some good things.
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Tyler Martin once again. but I'm going with Calvin Van
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Hoffwagon of Bellingham. And this was, this was a close one,
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but he really, I mean, they, that defense, what it
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did to get the ball back three times and come
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back and win that game against Lakewood. He had 10
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and a half tackles, three and a half tackles for
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loss and a quarterback sack and a pass broken up.
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He was all over the field. Even the announcer, you
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could hear him saying again on the tackle, Calvin Van Hoffwagon. So,
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Congratulations to Bellingham senior Calvin Van Hoffwagen. You are the
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Curt Mayberry Farm Defensive Player of the Week. And now
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we go to the Pets Real Estate Special Teams Player
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Go to PetsRealEstate.com. That's P-E-T-Z.com. realestate.com. You know, this has
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been one of those crazy years where it hasn't gone
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to a kicker yet. And we're in week three now.
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And I was looking at everything and there was some
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good performances by the kickers, you know, nothing crazy. You know,
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Alejandro Pringle had the field goal and, you know, Enoch
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Smith made all eight of his extra points and Jackson
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Yoon made a field goal again. And, but when I
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looked at it, the blocked punt, it was the blocked
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punt by Brock Hewitt of Ferndale that really got them
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going early on in that game and kept them in
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it as Linden had more yards, but Ferndale was able
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to stay with them in points wise because of that
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block punt that ended up becoming a touchdown when Lucas
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Bailey fell in the ball. So the pets real estate
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special teams player of the week is Ferndale senior Brock Hewitt.
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So congratulations to him. And finally, it's time for the
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offensive line lineman of the week, which is brought to
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you by anytime fitness.com. Check them out at Linden, Linden North,
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and Ferndale. They also sponsor the scoreboards, and they've been
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doing a great job helping me out over these years
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with multiple sponsorships, and they are just fantastic. So check
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them out at Linden, Linden North, and Ferndale. The Anytime
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Fitness Offensive Lineman of the Week is Nooksack Valley Senior
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Right Tackle Owen Buttonshone. Talk about a player that has
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kind of been off my radar that when I'm watching
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the film and things are, I'm starting to notice things more.
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He really stood out, especially in this game against Kings,
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the offense, like I said, putting up a ton of
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yards against Kings on the road, both running and passing.
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And he just had a tremendous game. So congratulations to
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Owen Button shown the Nooksack Valley senior right tackle. He
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is your, Anytime Fitness Offensive Alignment of the Week. Be
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sure to visit our sponsors and let them know you
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heard about their business on the Whatcom Preps Podcast. Well,
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that was a lot of games. We've got a bunch
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more this upcoming week. Of course, two on Thursday, a
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bunch more on Friday, another one on Saturday. And we'll
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have all that information coming out to you Thursday morning
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on the Gatorade Game Day Podcast Football Preview Podcast. And
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that will be a lot of fun as we interview
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more coaches and do all that fun stuff. So I'll
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talk to you then in a few days. But until then,
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this has been the Walkin' Preps Podcast, Episode 447, the
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Week 3 Football Recap. I am Tyler Anderson of Walkin' Preps,
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and I will talk to you in a couple of days.