Whatcom Preps Podcast Episode 445 - Gatorade Gameday Football Preview - Week 3

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Greetings and welcome into the Whatcom Preps podcast. This is
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episode 445. It's the week three Gatorade game day football preview.
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And I am Tyler Anderson of Whatcom Preps. Walton Beverage
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has been a staple in our community for 95 years.
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And I will continue to work harder every day to
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make the fantastic people at Walton Beverage proud to sponsor
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youth sports in our communities. They deliver superior quality and commitment,
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and I plan to do the very same. Well, it's
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been an interesting week for me. And one of the
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big things about this podcast, as we preview all the
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games for this weekend, is I get to sit down
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with all the coaches and do interviews. And it was
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kind of a rough weekend for me. And I reached
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out to the coaches and I said, Hey, I got
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to take a few things off my plate going forward. And, um,
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so I won't be able to do the coaches interviews.
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And I was going to combine this podcast with the,
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you know, kind of the week that was in football. And,
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but the coaches rallied as they do. And especially coach
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Bartle from Nooksack Valley, who took it upon himself to
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get ahold of as many coaches as he could and
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do the interviews himself for me.
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So that was.
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Just a, an amazing gesture on his part and something
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he didn't have to.
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Do, but he did.
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So when I thought there wouldn't be coaches interviews this week,
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there actually will be. And we'll be talking about all
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the games. And there are no games Thursday night. That's
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why this podcast is coming out on Friday morning. And
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we're actually going to start with Coach Bartle's game as
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he will be back on the road against Kings. And
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this has been a matchup where Boy, they seem to
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play each other every single year. They've got a great
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rivalry going. Believe it or not, Kings was a league
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game back in the late 90s just for a couple years.
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But Nooksack Valley and Kings, even going back to the mid-90s,
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would play each other. They had an amazing 41-40 game
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back in, I think, 94, 93, 94, something like that.
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They had that crazy playoff game in 2000. 8 or 9,
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something like that. So they have this tremendous rivalry, and
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both teams are undefeated. And as the Max Preps rankings go,
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Nooksack Valley is ranked number 4 already in the classification
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for 1A. Kings is number 8 in 1A. So this is,
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as Max Preps sees it, this is a top 10
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matchup in 1A. So a great, great game. And we're
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going to have– and Coach Bartle– He's going to give
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us some insight for how things went last week and
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what are things to look forward to this week.
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Yeah, last week was fun. It was good for our
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community to be there, to dedicate the field.
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We had a.
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Community barbecue. The line was the longest I've seen it
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in a few years and What a cool atmosphere. I
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had to fly over with a helicopter. It was really
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cool to have our community there to dedicate the field
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that really is a community field. It's not just for
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football or the high school or soccer. It's truly a
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community field. It was nice to be on there. I
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had a quality opponent with Okanagan. I think they won
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the state championship two two or three years out of
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the last four or five years. And so, um, they
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were a good team. We, we moved the ball. Um, but, uh,
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you know, I think we had chances to, to maybe
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put that game away and, um, you know, we just,
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we made some mistakes. We've got to take care of
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the ball, um, a little bit better, uh, to eliminate
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some penalties. Um, but I think overall, you know, we
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did a pretty good job of, of, uh, establishing, you know,
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some of the things that we wanted to establish it and,
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you know, Second week in a row, our defense did
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really well. And so we're making good strides on that offensively.
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It's going to come along. We have some young guys
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there who are learning. And so, you know, we'll get
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some things fixed. And, you know, we'll just keep building.
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You know, between that week one and two, it's a
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little cliche, but I think we made some pretty good strides.
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We had some kids. just not in the right spots
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week one. And, um, you know, this was a tough
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week for the kids. We got after them a little bit,
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challenged them a little bit. Um, I think our pad
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level was a little bit high and just kind of
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the overall, um, I don't want to say complacency, but, um,
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you know, just learning how to practice and play at
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a game speed. Um, you know, we, we had to
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really dial that in this week and I thought the
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kids responded pretty well. Um, you know, we've got a
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pretty dynamic backfield, you know, with two backs. But I
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think our line is really starting to, to gel a
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little bit, you know, we're in that beginning stages and
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it takes a line a little bit of time to,
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to get to know each other. And it's, it's a,
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it's a different relationship that those guys have with each other.
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And so, They're developing that, and Lucas Woodruff, quarterback, he's
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doing a really good job. He's making some plays that
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veteran quarterbacks don't make. And then some other times, I
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think he's just trying to force the ball a little bit,
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but really happy with his leadership and the way he's
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approaching the game. Defensively, I think it's kind of a
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team effort right now. We've got 11 guys. playing really hard.
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Trevick McMillan had a pretty good game last week. And
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so he's starting to figure some things out. So overall,
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we're pretty pleased with what's going on. This week, we're
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at Kings. It's become a rival. And we've played them, gosh,
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I think every year for, I don't know, the last
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10 years or so. And so Um, you know, we
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get to know their staff pretty well, text back and
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forth with, with the head coach apparel. Um, and so
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we know each other. This is the second year in
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a row. We've got to, we have to go down there. Um, it's,
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it's a great atmosphere. It's, it's, uh, you know, kind
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of a bowl down the fields down lower, uh, than,
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than the main street. And so kind of a cool
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atmosphere and. You know, Kings is, is like, they usually
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are there. They're big. they're pretty balanced attack this year.
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They can run the ball. They've got a quarterback that's
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really impressive, the way he throws the ball. And they
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have some receivers that have speed and have the ability
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to make plays. And so, you know, it's going to
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be a test going down there. And, you know, we'll
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just focus on what we need to do the last couple,
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you know, non-league games and just try to get better ourselves.
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Appreciate you, uh, Tyler and, uh, go partners.
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Again, thank you so much to coach Bartle for, you know,
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not even, not just doing the, the interviews for me,
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but even doing one himself for himself, uh, for this podcast.
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It's something he definitely did not have to do, but, uh,
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but that's, what's amazing about this community is, um, you know,
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they help each other. And so, uh, If I'm not
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doing my best, other people will step in and help,
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and that's.
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What's been great.
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So we're going to move on now. Thank you very much,
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Coach Bartle. But we will be hearing from Coach Bartle
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throughout this podcast as he interviewed many of the coaches.
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And the big matchup that we look forward to every
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year is Linden at Ferndale. That will be Friday night,
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7 o'clock. Always, always a big matchup. I love that
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both these teams are coming into it undefeated. Um, you know,
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both two and O Linden is ranked fourth and two
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way as far as max preps goes and Ferndale's ranks
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10th and three a as max preps goes. Um, I'm
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excited to get the coaches poll when that comes out.
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I want to say it's going to be after maybe
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week four or so, cause those would be much more.
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Um, I.
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Don't know how to put it. Like, respectable rankings, I guess,
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because they, they, they, they do their work and it's
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really cool that they do that. This is a fantastic rivalry.
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They've been playing each other every year since the fall
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of 1993. Even when, even like now where it's not
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a league game and Linden only has one non-league game
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and they make sure that it is Ferndale. And it's
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great that they were able to get it in this way.
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And it's a tremendous thing for our community. And it'll
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be out at Ferndale High School. And I don't think
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that ever, I don't think Linden's lost on the Ferndale's
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new field yet. Not just that they've played Ferndale there
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every time, but they've hosted playoff games there quite a
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bit the last few years. So they like playing there. Obviously,
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Ferndale likes playing there. I think it's going to be
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an extremely competitive game. I don't really know where the
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edge would be. It seems like in the last handful
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of years, whenever I felt like it was close, but
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I leaned one way, it went the other way. You
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just never know. But Coach Bartle was able to catch
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up with both coaches. We're going to start off with
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his interview with Coach Van Dalen.
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2-0 going into rivalry week, and we'll talk about that
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in a second. But you've been playing a two-quarterback system
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the first couple games. What's unique about that, and how
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do you have to prepare? I know other teams have
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to prepare, but do you have to do anything offensively
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to prepare for both quarterbacks?
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No.
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With each combination of quarterbacks, it's been a little bit
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different because we have done this before. This one, I
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would say, has been the easiest of all of them
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because Gordy and Austin are so similar.
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They're both extremely athletic young men.
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Who are dual threat athletes. And so from a preparation standpoint,
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it's actually been easier. I used to have to, you know,
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have two scripts, if you will, you know, one for
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this type of quarterback, one for this type. These guys
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are pretty plug and play. So I can just prepare
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like I normally would, but knowing I have an athletic
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quarterback back there that can run whenever I need them to.
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The coolest part about it for me, 100%, is then
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I have both of them on defense. So that was
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always what scared me was, You know, how do you
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play your quarterback on defense and hope he doesn't get hurt?
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Whereas now I can just let these two and look at,
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I mean, for example, Austin has two pick sixes. So
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if I had been protecting him and keeping him off
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the field on defense, you know, that would have never happened.
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And Gordy got an interception this week.
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And so, you know, pretty blessed to have two really
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good athletes, two really good kids, smart. So our offense
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kind of doesn't skip a beat. It's just a different
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voice back there.
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Yeah.
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And you have two pretty good running backs with Van
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Dale and Imposable back there, too. Talk about kind of
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the dynamics with those two guys.
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Yeah, and so our backfield, you know, Dawson has kind
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of earned his stripes. He came in when Max Austin
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got hurt last year, so he's the returner. And then
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when we lost Malachi Kanan, It allowed us to bring
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up a young sophomore. Nick Brantes has kind of filled
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in that role there. But then Austin Postma and a
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bunch of other juniors. We've got three juniors that can
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rotate in in that backup running back spot. But then
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you're right. With Gordy and Austin at quarterback, we always
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have two running backs back there. So it makes, I
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would think, more difficult to defend us.
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Yeah.
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So I've asked a couple coaches, you know, it's kind
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of cliche to say, hey, between weeks one and two,
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you make your biggest improvements. But What do you think
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was your biggest improvement between week one and two? And
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what's something maybe that you're hoping to work on this week?
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I would say the biggest adjustment for us was the
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style of play. So we went from Sultan wanted to
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ground and pound it to Lakewood, who I think had
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less than other than the quarterback scramble, less than 10
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carries the whole game. And so for us, the biggest
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adjustment was the two styles of play and having to
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adjust to that. And then now this week, getting to face,
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you know, the ultimate test with Ferndale's ground game. And
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so for us, I think that's what it was, having
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two extremely unique opponents week one and two. Offensively, we
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did okay. I think we're averaging like 49 points a game.
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So Ferndale's definitely not going to let that happen. So
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we'll get to see how well we adjust to some adversities.
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Perfect.
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Dijkstra is kind of a staple on offense and defense.
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What does he mean to both sides of the ball
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for you guys?
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You know, I think, you know, he's a four-year starter
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on the offensive line, two-year captain. All summer long, college
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coaches calling me saying, wow, that kid's special.
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And he is.
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In fact, this year, Coach Roper recruited him to come
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out for the basketball team. Maybe not because he's the
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best basketball player, but he's one of the best human
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beings in our school. And he wanted Roper wanted that
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to be part of his program. So that those are
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the intangibles. Well, then, because he plays offense, sometimes we
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give him a blow on defense. And I think every
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single time he has subbed in this year, someone on
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the headset has said, whoa, Zach's in the game.
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He's just a difference maker.
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You know, he gets to decide if he plays offense
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or defense in college as getting recruited for both. But
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he is an impact player on both sides of the ball.
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You know, I can even see him going to if
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he was at a 3A or 4A school and they
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needed a tight end, he's that athletic that he could
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go in there and and play that position.
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So really fun to have.
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Him, great human being, hardest worker in the weight room
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and hardest hitter on the field and best human being
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in general.
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This week's a big week at Ferndale, Friday at 7 o'clock.
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Tell us about Ferndale and kind of what this rivalry
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means or how it's changed the past, you know, 10 years.
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Just talk a little bit about that.
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Yeah, it's interesting because the rivalry was born in the 90s,
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and there was a year I remember we were 9-1
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and didn't get to go to the playoffs because we
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lost to Fernandes. And they were 9-1 one year and
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didn't get to go to the playoffs. So back then...
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One team got to go. We were all 3A, and
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it was cutthroat. So that was the birth of how
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a rivalry gets born. And then we were lucky that
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when we went to 2A, they saw the value in
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this game, as did we. And so we've kept it going,
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even though we've been 20 years now in different conferences.
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You know, selfishly, they help us get ready for the
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Tumwaters and the Archbishops of the world.
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So we want to keep this game.
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I think they want to keep it, too, because it's
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kind of like in NASCAR when you have the Daytona
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500 week one.
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Well, this used to be the week one game. This
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is the first year.
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It's week three in what's been quite a while. But
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it's a great litmus test. You know, we know they
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play the top in football. Pretty cool last week with
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Elliot Lenson, you know, 368 yards rushing in a game
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is unbelievable. So we know and they got two other
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really good backs as well. So so, you know, this
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is going to be a great test for our kids.
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to see how we can do against an elite machine,
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but it does have all the intangibles, you know, I've
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got all the phone calls from former players and, and
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a lot of our parents work with their parents, whether
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it be a VP and telco or wherever, uh, And so,
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you know, Jamie and I go way back. We've both
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been doing this for over 30 years. And we have
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a healthy rivalry. That's what I really like about it, too,
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is it is one of the best. I think they
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said over the last 34 years, both teams are 17
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and 17 or something like that. And wow, that just
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tells you how great the game's going to be. And
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we all have memories of when we should have won
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and didn't. And we all have memories when we should
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have lost and didn't. And so the game will be
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decided Friday night. based on how these players play on
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both sides of the ball. And I think the kids
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embrace that, know that, coaches know that. It really is
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one of the more special nights in the state of
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Washington for both our programs. But it's interesting, I'll have
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coaches from all over the state tell me that they're
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watching our game, you know, either right after or, you know,
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when they can.
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And so it's kind of a fun one.
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So in anticipation of you and Coach Polankovic not giving
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too much and bulletin board material. I have a question
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specific for Coach Plankovich. If they make a movie about
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the current Ferndale team, which actor plays Coach Plankovich? Well, just.
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based on him as a human being, it's got to
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be Matthew McConaughey. I mean, he is just, you know, so,
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so entertaining. But that's the first name that popped, you know, the,
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I mean, the Bill Belichick, all that would be an
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easy answer, but I'm going to go with Matthew McConaughey
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just because I don't know anybody that doesn't love Matthew McConaughey.
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And I don't know anybody that doesn't love Jamie Plankovich.
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And, you know, if you put a picture of them
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right next to each other, it'd be really hard to
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kind of, Kind of pick out which one was which.
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I would think so. I would think so. And I
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would imagine on the headset they're going to hear, all right,
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all right, all right, at least once throughout the game.
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All right, last two questions I've asked all the coaches.
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What is your pregame playlist? When you're on your way
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to the school before the game, what's on the radio
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for you?
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You know, I bounce between two things.
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If I'm feeling amped up, I try to play some
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Jack Johnson and just kind of chill out and calm
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down a little bit. And then if I'm feeling a
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little lethargic, I've got to go right back to the
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80s and play my Guns N' Roses and ACDC. So
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I'm not usually in between. It's either trying to calm
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down or trying to pump up. I'm pretty sure for Ferndale,
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it'll be ACDC and Guns N' Roses.
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And last question. So fall, pumpkin spice, football, those are staples.
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So are fruit flies. What does Blake Van Dalen do
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to get rid of fruit flies in your house?
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The good news is my wife hates them so much
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more than me that every day there's this apple cider
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vinegar thing and she replaces it every day and it
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fills up every day. And I just get to live
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my life and live the dream because she hates fruit
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flies more than me.
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Perfect. Hey, I appreciate your time and good luck this week.
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Hey, thanks for doing this and get well soon.
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Yep.
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All right.
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Thanks.
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Thank you very much to coach Van Dalen and coach Bartle.
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Coach Bartle was also able to catch up with coach
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Plankovich of Ferndale.
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All right. We're here with Ferndale coach Plankovich, coach two
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and oh, start the season. Uh, let's, uh, Talk about
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the last game, Edmonds-Woodway. You went down there at length
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and had 368 yards rushing. Talk about that a little bit.
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We started fast in that game. We talked about this
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on Monday in our team meeting. Coach Locker brought it up.
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It's what's really great about our game. Elliot obviously got
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a lot of attention for setting a school record for rushing,
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but It comes down to the guys up front doing
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their job, and there is no better team game than football.
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And Elliot's a great kid. He recognizes the fact that
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this is not a one-person record. It's a team record.
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And I really had no idea during the game that
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he was at that many yards.
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I felt after the game we were talking, and it's like, well, yeah,
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he probably had 250 yards. And, yeah, we were a
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little off on that. So I like how we started
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in that game.
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We, again, scored three touchdowns in the first quarter like
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we did the week before. And we just got to
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keep maintaining that momentum. Once we had it, we kind
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of let them back in the game a little bit.
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They're very good at throwing the football. So we gave
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up some points, but our kids finished that game well.
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You played them in the playoffs last year, that first
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round of playoffs last year. How do you think that
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helped you prepare for them?
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We knew their quarterback was very good after playing him
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last year. We really went in with a much different
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game plan defensively, which is a little bit unusual for us.
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We're going to take away the run and make Teams
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throw it, and this week we played a lot of
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drop aid and coverage, kind of daring them to run
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the football. Our kids still did a really good job.
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I think they averaged two yards a carry in that game.
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So it was a lot different playing than we're used
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to having defensively.
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Yeah.
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It looks like, was it Broyles? Broyles and Buttonshone had
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a pretty good day defensively. Talk about how important those
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two guys are, and I know it's a team– team effort,
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but those guys had a pretty good game last week.
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So talk about their influence on the defense.
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Yeah, starting with Broyles, he's a guy that plays our
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anchor in spot, which now with when we go to
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some three down, drop eight, or he drops back to linebacker.
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He was a linebacker last year, so he has a
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lot of versatility. He's a very strong kid. is one
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of our best pass rushers when he does play on
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the edge. So he's asked to do a lot of
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different things defensively, especially in a game plan like we
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had last week. Button Shone has just gotten better and better.
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We've been without chance here the first couple weeks, Hatchet.
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So he's had to really carry the load at linebacker.
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He played Incredibly well the first week and continued that
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this past week at our inside backer spot and calling
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the defense and having a lot of responsibility on his shoulders.
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He's long, so he affects some passing lanes as well and.
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Did a great job against the run against Edmonds Woodway.
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All right.
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It's rivalry week, right? It's Lyndon at Ferndale this Friday.
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You've been at Ferndale now, what, 20 years?
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23.
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That's my 23rd.
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Is the rivalry changed at all in the last 20 years?
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Maybe just a little because, one, when I started, we
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were both in the same league and competing for the
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same league championship and playoff seeding and all that. And
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our game was typically late in the year. So the
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last few years, it's been week one. It's something that
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both schools feel is important to continue that rivalry. I
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don't think the intensity of it has lessened much over
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the years. I think, you know, it's two teams that
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typically have been pretty good.
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It's two communities.
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That care about high school athletics and especially football and
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I tell our kids every year coming into this week
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that there's a lot of high school kids that never
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get to play in an atmosphere like we're going to
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have here on Friday night. It's really special, and we
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need to enjoy that piece of it. We want to
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play our best game, obviously, and we're all super competitive,
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but there's just a lot of really cool things about
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getting to play in this game.
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Yeah.
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Talk about the Lions and kind of what you see
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in them this year.
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Well, you know, they just kind of keep running it back.
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It's just amazing how they graduate some guys, and then
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all of a sudden a couple guys with different numbers
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come in, and they look very similar to the year before,
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especially up front.
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They've got some guys up front that are super talented.
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Obviously, they've controlled the line of scrimmages in both their
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games thus far.
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They do what they do really well. They're very well coached.
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They're going to take advantage of things that you do
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scheme-wise on either side of the ball. So we've got
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to do a good job now with them. They are
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going to be disciplined and patient with the running game.
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And then they spread you out, which causes you some
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issues in the passing game.
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They've got some really good receivers.
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They're quarterbacks.
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Their quarterbacks both run the ball well, which adds that
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element when they spread you out. You can't give up
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on the run game. They both can pull it and
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create plays when things break down. Defensively, they're aggressive. They
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run a scheme that can cause you problems with all
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their up-front movement. So it will be a challenge Friday.
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All right, I'll ask Coach Vandale on this. Obviously, we'll
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flip it a little bit, but if they're making a
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movie about Linden football, which actor plays Blake?
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Oh, my goodness.
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My goodness.
480
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I'm going to go Woody Harrelson.
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Woody Harrelson. That's actually a pretty good one.
482
00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:01.359
Yeah.
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00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:06.279
You know what's ironic is those two... This isn't a
484
00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:08.009
movie plug, but it's going to turn into a movie
485
00:27:08.029 --> 00:27:12.089
plug because him and Matthew McConaughey have a new series
486
00:27:12.150 --> 00:27:16.150
coming out. Right. And ironically, he said the person to
487
00:27:16.190 --> 00:27:19.269
play you would be Matthew McConaughey. So that is.
488
00:27:19.309 --> 00:27:19.589
Wow.
489
00:27:20.049 --> 00:27:21.009
That is bizarre.
490
00:27:21.369 --> 00:27:25.019
Yeah. We haven't talked. The hair is a little bit different.
491
00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:28.180
Yeah, I'd say I'd say he's being a little bit
492
00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:30.480
kind if he's calling Matthew McConaughey.
493
00:27:31.450 --> 00:27:35.119
But that's kind of funny that you guys both said that.
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00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:38.940
Two good friends are down at the Texas game this weekend.
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So that's pretty funny.
496
00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:43.980
All right.
497
00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:48.160
All the coaches have been asked this. Coach Plankovich's playlist,
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00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:51.000
pregame playlist. When you're coming from home to the school
499
00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:53.650
to get ready for the game, what are you listening to?
500
00:27:54.410 --> 00:27:55.609
I'm listening to The Zone.
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00:27:55.630 --> 00:27:57.289
The Zone.
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00:27:57.450 --> 00:27:57.769
Okay.
503
00:27:57.890 --> 00:27:58.109
Okay.
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00:28:00.349 --> 00:28:05.029
We'll get a plug-in for Alan Fee and them. They
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00:28:05.069 --> 00:28:06.450
do a great job too, right?
506
00:28:06.869 --> 00:28:07.569
Yep, they do.
507
00:28:07.829 --> 00:28:10.170
Getting ready for the game. But if it's going to
508
00:28:10.210 --> 00:28:12.210
be music, it's going to be.
509
00:28:12.730 --> 00:28:16.500
Old school, you know, a little ACDC, a little Guns
510
00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:19.299
N' Roses, something to get the blood going a little bit.
511
00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.279
All right.
512
00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:23.420
Inner Sandman, you know.
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00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.599
Yeah, right.
514
00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.019
Yeah.
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00:28:26.990 --> 00:28:29.029
Are you still vibing to that when you get out
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00:28:29.049 --> 00:28:30.410
of your vehicle as you're coming in?
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00:28:31.609 --> 00:28:34.069
I'd like to think so. I have no moods, but
518
00:28:34.130 --> 00:28:36.450
I'd like to think so. It'll get you going at least.
519
00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:40.579
I've coached with you for a few years ago, and, yeah,
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I can tell you're not vibing. You're focused, and you're
521
00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:45.900
ready to go.
522
00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:49.819
Okay, last question. So pumpkin spice is a staple in
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00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:52.859
the fall. Football is a staple in the fall. Fruit
524
00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:56.549
flies is a staple in the fall. What's Coach Plankovich's
525
00:28:57.069 --> 00:28:58.579
home remedy for fruit flies?
526
00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:03.599
Oh, that's funny. That falls under my wife.
527
00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:08.079
And basically, we love having a garden and we got
528
00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:09.299
apple trees and all that.
529
00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:13.039
So the response is to put everything outside.
530
00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.900
Okay.
531
00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:19.130
So the fruit basket goes outside. The tomatoes stay outside
532
00:29:19.190 --> 00:29:23.569
or in the fridge. She's... She's really good about trying
533
00:29:23.609 --> 00:29:26.809
to– because that irritates her too. They don't like the
534
00:29:26.829 --> 00:29:27.630
fruit flies.
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00:29:27.390 --> 00:29:27.829
In the house.
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00:29:28.289 --> 00:29:28.589
Yeah.
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00:29:30.049 --> 00:29:32.630
All right. Well, good luck this Friday. Again, it's at
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Ferndale against Linden Rivalry Week. And thanks for your time
539
00:29:36.410 --> 00:29:37.309
and good luck to you.
540
00:29:37.710 --> 00:29:40.819
Thanks for doing this. We miss Tyler.
541
00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:44.180
You did a good job trying to wear the right
542
00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.059
shirt and hat.
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00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:48.460
So appreciate that effort. And thanks for doing this.
544
00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.779
You bet. Thank you.
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00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.400
All right.
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00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.099
Talk to you later.
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00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.059
All right.
548
00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:55.809
Thank you very much to Coach Plankovich as well. And
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00:29:55.829 --> 00:29:59.490
I believe, and I want to say that coach Blankovich
550
00:29:59.670 --> 00:30:05.779
might have been on the staff as an assistant when
551
00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:10.339
Bartle was a player at Sehome. It's very, very possible.
552
00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:13.359
I know that they go way back. So that's pretty
553
00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:17.859
cool to have them, uh, doing an interview together. And,
554
00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:20.759
but of course, and that's simply a, just a tremendous game.
555
00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:23.519
And who would have known who, who, who'd have thought
556
00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:26.259
about the, the actors thing. That's pretty, that's pretty funny. Um,
557
00:30:28.049 --> 00:30:29.710
That would be a movie I would want to see,
558
00:30:30.690 --> 00:30:34.630
this Lyndon Ferndale rivalry. That'd be pretty awesome. I'll cast
559
00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:38.420
a few other people too. So let's move on now.
560
00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:41.960
Let's head down to Arlington as Bellingham will take on Lakewood.
561
00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:44.400
Neither team has won a game yet, but both have
562
00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:48.410
been putting points on the board. They're moving, you know,
563
00:30:48.430 --> 00:30:51.970
the offenses have been moving. Bellingham is ranked 47th in 2A,
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00:30:52.309 --> 00:30:56.849
Lakewood 44th. So as far as Max Preps sees them,
565
00:30:57.349 --> 00:31:01.170
They are very, very comparable to each other. The Cougars,
566
00:31:01.269 --> 00:31:03.670
although they just scored the one touchdown last week, they
567
00:31:03.710 --> 00:31:05.730
moved the ball for a lot of yards, especially through
568
00:31:05.769 --> 00:31:09.450
the air. Bellingham's been doing okay against the pass game,
569
00:31:09.490 --> 00:31:12.170
but they've been giving up big chunks in the run
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00:31:12.230 --> 00:31:16.769
game in the first two games. But Lakewood, they want
571
00:31:16.849 --> 00:31:18.910
to air it out. They don't hand it off very much.
572
00:31:18.990 --> 00:31:21.690
Usually when they run, it's the quarterback that's running. So
573
00:31:21.710 --> 00:31:25.349
I think the matchup kind of looks good for Bellingham here.
574
00:31:26.150 --> 00:31:29.650
But again, of course, on the road and the Lakewood's hungry,
575
00:31:29.670 --> 00:31:31.750
they're looking for their first win. And they've been probably
576
00:31:31.809 --> 00:31:33.990
circling this saying, this is one that we can get.
577
00:31:34.650 --> 00:31:37.650
Of course, Bellingham is thinking the same thing. And coach
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00:31:37.690 --> 00:31:42.180
Bartle was able to track down coach Leonard. And here's
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00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.900
what they had to say.
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00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:44.160
All right.
581
00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:49.119
Hey, we're joined with, by or with Bellingham head coach,
582
00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:52.640
coach Leonard. Thanks for, thanks for coming on board and
583
00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:55.670
doing this for Tyler is, Kind of under the weather
584
00:31:55.690 --> 00:31:57.930
a little bit, so we thought we'd get together as
585
00:31:57.970 --> 00:32:01.579
coaches and provide him with what he does for us weekly.
586
00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.500
So welcome aboard.
587
00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:04.480
Yeah, thank you for having me, and thank you for
588
00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.880
putting this together. I think this is great.
589
00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:11.119
All right, let's jump. Talk about last week's game. You
590
00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:14.910
had a tough opponent the first week with the defending
591
00:32:14.930 --> 00:32:17.869
state champs right out of the gate. And then last
592
00:32:17.910 --> 00:32:21.309
week was kind of a back-and-forth game from my understanding.
593
00:32:22.250 --> 00:32:24.460
Kind of give a little recap of that, would you?
594
00:32:25.329 --> 00:32:27.170
Well, yeah, you know, we returned some guys, you know,
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first week, obviously, against Archbishop Murphy, going against the best
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00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:33.119
team in 2A of the state, one of the best
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00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.980
teams overall class.
598
00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:35.400
You know, that was a tough task.
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00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:37.480
We had about, you know, 10 or so guys, close
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00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:39.240
to a dozen guys out. We got some of about
601
00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.619
half those guys back, so we knew we'd be a
602
00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:43.240
little bit different team going into week two. We also
603
00:32:43.309 --> 00:32:45.769
know that our game plan is we're definitely out of match.
604
00:32:45.849 --> 00:32:50.009
Sultan's anywhere between 6'4 and 6'7 on their O-line. You know,
605
00:32:50.089 --> 00:32:52.269
they probably have our guys by about 75 to 80
606
00:32:52.269 --> 00:32:52.970
pounds per man.
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00:32:53.369 --> 00:32:53.470
So.
608
00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:56.079
um, you know, running the ball was in our game plan.
609
00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:57.619
And, you know, we threw the ball about 90% of
610
00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:00.589
our offense. So part of the game off, uh, first
611
00:33:00.609 --> 00:33:03.630
play from scrimmage, uh, they get a, uh, if we
612
00:33:03.670 --> 00:33:05.369
go hard count, they, they jump off.
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00:33:05.250 --> 00:33:07.750
Sides first and five. So basically first place, we're going.
614
00:33:07.670 --> 00:33:10.630
To throw a 60 yard, uh, post route for a touchdown.
615
00:33:10.670 --> 00:33:12.980
So we're feeling pretty good about our game plan of
616
00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.980
attacking them through the air.
617
00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:14.559
Yeah.
618
00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:17.160
We had trouble stopping their run. Like I said, they
619
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were big up front. They run hard. Um, They're physical.
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00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:23.049
When I watched Linden.
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00:33:22.789 --> 00:33:24.789
Have trouble running against them, I knew that we would
622
00:33:24.809 --> 00:33:27.250
have trouble running against them. So we stuck to our
623
00:33:27.269 --> 00:33:29.509
game plan. They ran the ball. They kind of controlled
624
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the clock a little bit. But it definitely was a
625
00:33:30.990 --> 00:33:34.109
back-and-forth game. I think for us, you know, we have
626
00:33:34.130 --> 00:33:36.609
to clean up so much of our penalties, you know,
627
00:33:37.130 --> 00:33:39.910
between the different false starts we had and holding penalties.
628
00:33:39.950 --> 00:33:42.630
You know, it was probably the most penalized game I've
629
00:33:42.670 --> 00:33:44.410
had in my five years coaching at Bellingham.
630
00:33:45.190 --> 00:33:47.450
And so that was one of the big factors in
631
00:33:47.470 --> 00:33:48.859
the outcome of the game, I believe, was, you know,
632
00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:51.119
we had to clean up some of that. Other than that,
633
00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:53.480
our offense made some amazing plays.
634
00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:57.160
Matthew Steele goes for over 100 yards receiving again, a
635
00:33:57.279 --> 00:34:01.829
couple touchdowns, a two-point conversion. Julius Seyfried, you know, gets
636
00:34:01.890 --> 00:34:05.529
a touchdown pass to keep us in the game. Ben
637
00:34:05.569 --> 00:34:07.970
Leonard goes for almost 300 yards passing on 21 of
638
00:34:07.970 --> 00:34:08.329
37 from the air.
639
00:34:08.389 --> 00:34:13.460
And it was just– You know, it was a large
640
00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:16.420
passing attack against a team that likes to control.
641
00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:18.800
And pound the ball. And, you know, overall, it was
642
00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:20.840
a very exciting game to watch. Fewer in the stands,
643
00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:24.840
a back-and-forth game, and really, you know, a fun one. And, unfortunately,
644
00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:26.619
we just came out on the short end of the stick.
645
00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:29.599
Well, so let's talk a little bit about– so your
646
00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:33.460
son Ben is a quarterback, and him and Steele have
647
00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:37.090
connected four touchdowns already this year in just two games?
648
00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:40.170
Yeah, Ben has five touchdowns on the season, four of
649
00:34:40.190 --> 00:34:41.130
those with a Matthew Steele.
650
00:34:41.349 --> 00:34:46.389
Yeah. Yeah. Talk about that relationship and how they're working together.
651
00:34:46.409 --> 00:34:49.030
That obviously didn't just start this year, so give us
652
00:34:49.050 --> 00:34:50.750
a little background on those two.
653
00:34:51.269 --> 00:34:54.250
Well, they've been playing together since they were in youth ball.
654
00:34:54.269 --> 00:34:56.670
They played in the Bellingham Youth Program, which plays in
655
00:34:56.690 --> 00:34:59.090
the North Cascades League. Unlike some of the county schools
656
00:34:59.110 --> 00:35:02.280
that play middle school football, they play a little more
657
00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:06.840
of an expansive schedule, which includes Lake Stevens, Arlington, Glacier Peak,
658
00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:08.820
and schools like that. So they've been battle-tested for a
659
00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:10.639
while at the youth level, and they played together, too.
660
00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:12.929
So they have a lot of chemistry. going back to
661
00:35:12.969 --> 00:35:17.210
their youth days, and they played together on South Varsity.
662
00:35:17.409 --> 00:35:19.849
Ben got the start after we made the switch of
663
00:35:20.030 --> 00:35:23.230
Joe Harwood to Ben at quarterback since his sophomore year.
664
00:35:23.289 --> 00:35:26.050
Since then, this is a year that Matthew was really
665
00:35:26.110 --> 00:35:29.210
looking forward to. Always kind of feeling like he was
666
00:35:29.250 --> 00:35:31.320
maybe in the shadow of Harwood a little bit. It's
667
00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:33.539
an opportunity to go out there and really show how
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00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:36.079
athletic he is. He's a very athletic kid.
669
00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:36.949
He's a track kid.
670
00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:41.940
He has a 40-plus-inch vertical leap. He's just a very
671
00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:43.679
athletic guy, and the chemistry he has. He's kind of
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00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:47.780
unassuming and quiet. He's a great kid, but they have
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00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:50.900
a great friendship, too. In fact, I only have five
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00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:52.980
seniors in the program right now. We have 75 kids
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00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:56.019
and five seniors. So I took them all out to
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00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:58.619
get some food at Applebee's after that tough loss, and
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00:35:58.639 --> 00:36:01.179
we had a really good discussion. But they're a good
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00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:02.880
group of kids, and I think the chemistry they have
679
00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:05.280
is just going to continue. Matthew Steele is looking like
680
00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:06.639
one of the top receivers in the conference.
681
00:36:06.989 --> 00:36:10.670
Yeah, 75 kids, that's incredible. That's really good. That's a
682
00:36:10.690 --> 00:36:12.849
testament to you and your staff and what you guys
683
00:36:12.889 --> 00:36:15.650
are doing there. Let's go to the defensive side of
684
00:36:15.869 --> 00:36:19.929
the ball. Siegfried and Van Hofwagen countered for, what, 23 tackles?
685
00:36:19.949 --> 00:36:23.510
It was just over 23 tackles last game. I don't
686
00:36:23.550 --> 00:36:26.409
know where those two play, so can you kind of
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00:36:26.449 --> 00:36:31.250
give us where they play and what kind of leaders
688
00:36:31.289 --> 00:36:32.269
they are for your defense?
689
00:36:33.190 --> 00:36:37.289
Well, we'll start with Calvin Van Hofwagen. He's When we
690
00:36:37.309 --> 00:36:40.909
talk about leadership, I mean, Calvin's the definition of leadership.
691
00:36:40.969 --> 00:36:44.050
He has been. I coach his older brother, Gabe Van Hoffwagen,
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00:36:44.070 --> 00:36:45.150
who was just like his brother.
693
00:36:45.170 --> 00:36:47.570
He's more of a vocal leader, but Calvin is just
694
00:36:47.590 --> 00:36:48.969
a complete football player.
695
00:36:49.969 --> 00:36:52.989
He had 10 of those tackles that we're talking about.
696
00:36:53.010 --> 00:36:55.719
He's just a very consistent, he's a smart football player.
697
00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:56.280
He's tough.
698
00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:58.880
He plays both sides of the ball. People don't know this,
699
00:36:58.920 --> 00:37:01.519
but in the game against Archbishop Murphy, he played with
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00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:05.099
a grapefruit ankle that he just taped up and just
701
00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:09.199
played through it. He's just Like I said, he defines
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00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:11.400
leadership for our team, and he's one of those guys
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00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:16.579
that we just love having. Julius Siegfried actually came up
704
00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:19.360
to school at Bellingham his sophomore year, moved here from Arizona.
705
00:37:19.889 --> 00:37:23.610
He's a very physical, athletic young man, 6'3, 225. He
706
00:37:23.650 --> 00:37:28.570
can play running back, plays tight end, plays kind of
707
00:37:28.590 --> 00:37:32.940
a DN, outside linebacker type role. He's new to football,
708
00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:36.230
but But he is learning so quick. It's kind of
709
00:37:36.269 --> 00:37:38.210
getting him up to speed about the game of football.
710
00:37:38.250 --> 00:37:40.570
And once he's there, he's going to be spectacular. He's
711
00:37:40.630 --> 00:37:43.090
already showing glimpses of what he can and can be.
712
00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:44.360
He's a junior right now.
713
00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:44.579
Okay.
714
00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.860
Good stuff.
715
00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:50.239
So this week, Friday, you travel your first away game
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this year down to Lakewood. Last year, you had some
717
00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:57.130
revenge from two years ago, a 42-0 win last year.
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00:37:57.150 --> 00:38:03.349
What do you see? from Lakewood this year, and is
719
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your game plan similar to last year, or without revealing
720
00:38:06.469 --> 00:38:08.730
too much, but kind of what's your thoughts going into
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your first away game?
722
00:38:09.869 --> 00:38:11.880
Well, I'm not going to reveal too much.
723
00:38:11.909 --> 00:38:14.679
I will tell you, watching them against Linden, their first drive,
724
00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:17.820
they moved the ball very well against Linden. They came down,
725
00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:20.760
and they're a pass-happy team. They like to spread it out.
726
00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:24.079
They like to go empty in the backfield. Their quarterback,
727
00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:26.059
I believe he's a senior now. I remember him being
728
00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:28.360
thrust into his first game when he was a freshman,
729
00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:30.989
but that group of that group of kids over there
730
00:38:31.010 --> 00:38:33.309
at Lakewood have, uh, you know, they've had some tough years,
731
00:38:33.349 --> 00:38:35.949
but they're all seniors now. So there are much, I
732
00:38:35.969 --> 00:38:38.389
know they're owing to them and it doesn't say, speak
733
00:38:38.409 --> 00:38:40.670
too much about, but they're a, they're a very solid team.
734
00:38:40.710 --> 00:38:41.690
They're very athletic.
735
00:38:42.329 --> 00:38:44.050
Uh, I watched them a lot at seven on seven
736
00:38:44.090 --> 00:38:45.750
this summer in some tournaments and they're.
737
00:38:46.010 --> 00:38:47.730
You know, they're a very, very athletic team.
738
00:38:48.369 --> 00:38:50.769
Um, you know, they're playing Linden, Linden high school is
739
00:38:50.889 --> 00:38:53.610
a phenomenal team. And, uh, I thought they played them
740
00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:56.599
closer than that, that I believe it was 42, six
741
00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:57.360
score was.
742
00:38:57.960 --> 00:39:00.280
So we, we're, uh, We're going to have to switch
743
00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:01.329
up the game plan a little bit.
744
00:39:02.329 --> 00:39:04.750
This is one of those weeks where I believe that
745
00:39:05.570 --> 00:39:07.329
with moving some guys and getting some guys back at
746
00:39:07.349 --> 00:39:11.210
the running back position, making some changes, putting more physical
747
00:39:11.250 --> 00:39:15.659
guys in that role to help complement MJ Maenu's and
748
00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:17.219
then our starting running back, I think we're going to
749
00:39:17.239 --> 00:39:19.920
have a little bit of a different game plan. Most
750
00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:22.440
people think this is going to be an absolute shootout,
751
00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:25.440
probably 40 passes on each side, but I think we're
752
00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:27.539
going to switch it up a little bit and see
753
00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:29.969
if we can control the clock and we'll be on
754
00:39:29.989 --> 00:39:30.889
more balance this week.
755
00:39:31.670 --> 00:39:33.320
Could be a long game with all those passes. Is
756
00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:33.909
that what you're saying?
757
00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:35.179
Could be.
758
00:39:35.530 --> 00:39:36.900
Those are the games that referees hate.
759
00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:40.179
Yeah, right? So with a younger team, you said you
760
00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:43.820
had five seniors. How do you prepare them to travel
761
00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:46.940
for the first game this year? It's not just a
762
00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:49.539
Skagit County. You're heading down to Snohomish County.
763
00:39:51.050 --> 00:39:53.320
Uh, you know, we have so many guys playing up
764
00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:55.420
and we do have, um, we have a, you know,
765
00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:59.039
very solid sophomore class and we have a huge freshman class.
766
00:39:59.119 --> 00:40:00.739
And it's not just a freshman class of kids that
767
00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:01.480
are new to football.
768
00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:03.719
We have a huge freshman class that our kids have
769
00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:06.000
been playing since tackle, since they were second, third grade.
770
00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:07.480
So they have a ton of experience. And some of
771
00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:11.110
those guys besides playing sub varsity are also, you know,
772
00:40:11.230 --> 00:40:13.920
some of our twos and threes on varsity as freshmen. So, uh,
773
00:40:13.969 --> 00:40:16.349
it's getting those guys ready for, Hey, here's, here's what
774
00:40:16.369 --> 00:40:18.190
a bus ride, you know, here's what the trip looks like.
775
00:40:18.269 --> 00:40:22.210
Here's what, pregame meal looks like here's what travel consists of. Here's,
776
00:40:22.250 --> 00:40:24.929
you know, cause there's some, sometimes when you're talking to
777
00:40:24.929 --> 00:40:26.829
14 year olds that are playing varsity, they're, you know,
778
00:40:26.849 --> 00:40:30.190
they're a little starstruck by the whole thing, but, um, it's, you.
779
00:40:30.150 --> 00:40:32.630
Know, it's, it's, they're older guys and, uh, you know,
780
00:40:32.710 --> 00:40:33.679
educating younger guys.
781
00:40:33.699 --> 00:40:36.480
I do have another son, uh, Ben's little brother is
782
00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:38.599
a freshman. Uh, he'll be traveling with us.
783
00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:39.460
He's his backup.
784
00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:42.500
So, um, you know, it's, it's them. It's, it's the
785
00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:45.670
older brothers basically, you know, teaching the younger brothers how to,
786
00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:47.230
how to, how to manage their first trip.
787
00:40:47.409 --> 00:40:50.130
And, Lakewood, you know, Lakewood's an intense place to play.
788
00:40:50.170 --> 00:40:51.409
They have a great fan base.
789
00:40:51.429 --> 00:40:53.710
You know, there'll be a lot of, you know, a
790
00:40:53.789 --> 00:40:56.559
lot of intensity coming from the stands.
791
00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:58.920
It's always been down there. So we're looking forward to it,
792
00:40:58.920 --> 00:41:00.619
and I know the kids are excited about it.
793
00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:00.840
Good.
794
00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:04.179
All right, so I have two final questions here. So
795
00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:09.929
kind of what Tyler does, what is your pregame playlist?
796
00:41:09.949 --> 00:41:13.329
So if you're driving to the school for your pregame,
797
00:41:13.710 --> 00:41:15.469
what are you listening to on the radio or your
798
00:41:15.489 --> 00:41:16.469
headphones or whatever it is?
799
00:41:16.989 --> 00:41:17.889
Well, that's a great question.
800
00:41:17.909 --> 00:41:21.780
So we're talking about pregame football or pregame baseball coaching?
801
00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:22.880
Pregame football.
802
00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:23.619
Okay.
803
00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:25.840
Coach Leonard, what is he listening to on the way
804
00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:26.280
to the game?
805
00:41:27.139 --> 00:41:31.480
Oh, it's, you know, it's anything. If you asked me baseball,
806
00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:34.059
it would be country. I'd be listening to like 80s
807
00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:36.920
and 90s country. But for baseball, it's probably going to
808
00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:44.090
be a mixture of 80s, 90s, metal, rock, classic rock,
809
00:41:44.590 --> 00:41:49.070
maybe some 90s grunge. maybe I love old I love
810
00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:51.909
90s rap too so it's that era you know I'm
811
00:41:51.969 --> 00:41:54.489
in my late 40s so that's about the era where
812
00:41:55.070 --> 00:41:58.090
I listen to it just brings you I connect with
813
00:41:58.130 --> 00:42:01.329
what I when I played college baseball and basketball I
814
00:42:01.409 --> 00:42:03.210
used to that was what I listened to more for
815
00:42:03.389 --> 00:42:07.579
basketball and then baseball season my baseball coach in college
816
00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:09.300
said there's only two types of music you listen to
817
00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:12.179
on the road he said it's country and western and
818
00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:15.139
so I used to that's where I get I have
819
00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:17.860
those flashbacks to When I was playing college baseball, I
820
00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:19.840
was in the country, but yeah, from football, it's definitely,
821
00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:23.300
it's more hyped up, you know, a lot of Metallica,
822
00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:24.000
things like that.
823
00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:26.239
All right.
824
00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:29.360
Last question. So this time of year, you got pumpkin spice,
825
00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:32.739
you got football, you got everything. Okay. But there's also
826
00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:35.920
something that's, that's flies around in everybody's houses is these
827
00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:40.400
dang fruit flies. What's your best remedy to get rid
828
00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:41.099
of these fruit flies?
829
00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:46.099
I would, Fruit flies drive me crazy. That's a great question.
830
00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:49.059
My wife uses the vinegar.
831
00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:52.070
And she pours the vinegar in on the counter. I
832
00:42:52.110 --> 00:42:54.170
hate the smell of it, but it seems to trap them.
833
00:42:54.230 --> 00:42:57.590
It seems to get the job done. So that's not
834
00:42:57.630 --> 00:43:00.150
my remedy. That's her remedy, and it seems to be
835
00:43:00.170 --> 00:43:00.710
pretty effective.
836
00:43:01.230 --> 00:43:04.780
All right. Well, again, you guys are at Lakewood this
837
00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:08.440
Friday at 7 o'clock. Appreciate your time, and good luck
838
00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:09.119
to you guys this week.
839
00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:11.559
Thanks for having me, Coach. Appreciate it. All right.
840
00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:11.840
Thanks.
841
00:43:12.809 --> 00:43:16.090
Thank you very much to Coach Leonard for joining Coach
842
00:43:16.130 --> 00:43:18.530
Bartle there. And we're going to move on now to
843
00:43:18.840 --> 00:43:23.000
Mount Baker going on the road to take on 4A Kamiak.
844
00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:26.380
Mount Baker 1-1 on the season. They are ranked 12th
845
00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:30.960
now in the 1A class division in max preps rankings.
846
00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:35.030
Kamiak is ranked 47th in 4A. They have not had
847
00:43:35.070 --> 00:43:38.289
a win yet. They are 0-2 on the season. And
848
00:43:38.329 --> 00:43:40.210
when you think about it, you would think a class
849
00:43:40.230 --> 00:43:43.570
4A four a school even ranked 47th and four a
850
00:43:44.110 --> 00:43:47.690
would probably be better than a 12th ranked team one a,
851
00:43:48.250 --> 00:43:50.429
but I, I do believe Mount Baker would still be
852
00:43:50.449 --> 00:43:54.389
the favorites here. Um, they just have that, that, that
853
00:43:54.469 --> 00:43:57.530
football tradition that Kamiak does not have. You know, we
854
00:43:57.610 --> 00:44:00.429
saw them a few years ago, get Meridian by one
855
00:44:00.530 --> 00:44:03.559
point Kamiak did, um, really, really close game.
856
00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:04.110
I believe it was 35, 34.
857
00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:07.840
They had a pair of defensive ends that I think
858
00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:12.469
were both going to UW. Um, But last year, they
859
00:44:12.590 --> 00:44:15.849
struggled against Meridian. And that was at Meridian. I was
860
00:44:15.869 --> 00:44:18.050
there for a little bit of that game. And I'm
861
00:44:18.070 --> 00:44:20.010
not quite sure what they have this year. They are
862
00:44:20.050 --> 00:44:23.510
looking for their first win. Mount Baker, it was a
863
00:44:23.550 --> 00:44:28.039
rough second half for them last week against North Kitsap.
864
00:44:28.820 --> 00:44:30.780
And so they're going to be looking to bounce back.
865
00:44:30.860 --> 00:44:33.739
And Coach Bartle was able to hook up with Coach
866
00:44:33.800 --> 00:44:35.639
Lepper and talk to him about it. Let's hear what
867
00:44:35.659 --> 00:44:36.099
they had to say.
868
00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:40.199
I'm here with Coach Lepper from Mount Baker Mountaineers. Coach,
869
00:44:40.260 --> 00:44:43.179
good to have you today. How are things going?
870
00:44:43.579 --> 00:44:44.719
Well, they're going pretty well.
871
00:44:44.780 --> 00:44:46.820
Not quite as well as Tyler was here, but you're
872
00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:48.900
a pretty good fill-in, so I'm excited to see what
873
00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:50.199
you can bring to the show today.
874
00:44:50.800 --> 00:44:53.199
You know, he set the bar really high, and it's
875
00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:58.590
really hard to even come close to that. So, one-on-one,
876
00:44:59.510 --> 00:45:04.989
had a pretty good opponent last week in a bigger school.
877
00:45:07.199 --> 00:45:09.320
run us through that game a little bit. It's kind
878
00:45:09.340 --> 00:45:11.159
of a tale between two halves, right?
879
00:45:11.469 --> 00:45:14.429
Yeah, I mean, it's, yeah, I mean, they, they're pretty,
880
00:45:14.489 --> 00:45:17.309
they're pretty solid. They had, you know, they're faster than us.
881
00:45:17.329 --> 00:45:19.369
That's one thing we noticed and we kind of thought
882
00:45:19.389 --> 00:45:21.510
maybe that going in just watching film, but really kind
883
00:45:21.550 --> 00:45:26.010
of showed up. Both teams kind of, you know, back
884
00:45:26.050 --> 00:45:31.739
and forth early. So, you know, ultimately, you know, we
885
00:45:31.780 --> 00:45:35.059
tie it up. It's 14-14 going in with lateness in
886
00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:37.679
the first half and then they're able to, to make
887
00:45:37.699 --> 00:45:39.480
a couple plays and get in position to kick a
888
00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:43.139
field goal with no time left, take the lead. And then,
889
00:45:43.659 --> 00:45:47.340
you know, we just weren't able to sustain anything in
890
00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:49.840
the second half and, you know, give a few more
891
00:45:49.889 --> 00:45:52.449
touchdowns there and end up losing, you know, the game there. But,
892
00:45:52.909 --> 00:45:57.110
you know, coming back and watching it, you know, just
893
00:45:57.150 --> 00:45:59.449
how it goes sometimes, especially on the road. There was
894
00:45:59.489 --> 00:46:03.039
a couple situations where, you know, You know, momentum swings that,
895
00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:04.840
you know, we had a, we had a, we caused
896
00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:07.760
a fumble on a sack and an inadvertent whistle is blown.
897
00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:12.880
Another time where we have, excuse me, where we, you know,
898
00:46:13.659 --> 00:46:16.380
get called on a penalty that was questionable and stuff.
899
00:46:16.980 --> 00:46:18.639
But we also turned the ball over three times.
900
00:46:18.719 --> 00:46:21.000
I mean, you know, we turned them over a couple times, but,
901
00:46:21.420 --> 00:46:23.619
you know, they had a bad snap on a punt.
902
00:46:24.909 --> 00:46:28.829
And we just kind of lost our leverage. And deep,
903
00:46:28.849 --> 00:46:30.889
we would have got the ball inside the 15-yard line,
904
00:46:30.949 --> 00:46:32.809
and they ended up getting the first down out of it.
905
00:46:32.829 --> 00:46:35.130
So just a lot of little things like that that
906
00:46:35.610 --> 00:46:37.090
you can't– I don't think you can really point to
907
00:46:37.280 --> 00:46:39.340
one thing, but it was all those add-up on the
908
00:46:39.380 --> 00:46:42.480
road against a quality team. That's why we lost the game,
909
00:46:42.539 --> 00:46:44.260
and we've got to be better at that. We can't
910
00:46:44.659 --> 00:46:48.219
give that stuff away. And so that's been our focus
911
00:46:48.239 --> 00:46:51.139
starting yesterday. is you know as we watched the film
912
00:46:51.420 --> 00:46:53.110
with the team and said here are the things and
913
00:46:53.130 --> 00:46:55.949
we were pretty straightforward about it here's things we got
914
00:46:55.989 --> 00:46:58.230
to clean up if we're gonna you know go on
915
00:46:58.250 --> 00:47:00.849
but but also at the same time it's not the
916
00:47:00.869 --> 00:47:03.070
end of the world non-league game against a good school
917
00:47:03.630 --> 00:47:06.300
a good opponent so you know if guys were thinking
918
00:47:06.480 --> 00:47:08.460
looking ahead a little bit i think this kind of
919
00:47:08.579 --> 00:47:10.500
came back and said hey we still have work to.
920
00:47:10.460 --> 00:47:13.920
Do yeah well just uh i haven't watched your games
921
00:47:13.940 --> 00:47:15.840
yet but just stats wise it looks like you guys
922
00:47:15.860 --> 00:47:18.409
are pretty balanced right now a few running backs they're
923
00:47:18.469 --> 00:47:20.309
they're get a lot of carries and a lot of
924
00:47:20.349 --> 00:47:23.570
yards in your passing attack. It seems to be a
925
00:47:23.570 --> 00:47:26.119
pretty good mix between run and pass. Can you talk
926
00:47:26.159 --> 00:47:27.559
about the dynamics of that a little bit?
927
00:47:27.920 --> 00:47:30.579
Yeah, I mean, obviously we don't have the speed we
928
00:47:30.599 --> 00:47:33.219
had last year with the Cooper kid. And then we
929
00:47:33.280 --> 00:47:38.139
had a first-year starter, even though Barksdale got a chance
930
00:47:38.159 --> 00:47:41.519
to start a game last year for us. Toga, it
931
00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:44.690
was her junior year, but had a whole sophomore year behind,
932
00:47:44.769 --> 00:47:46.650
almost a whole sophomore year until he played you guys.
933
00:47:47.179 --> 00:47:50.030
And then, but you know, and Jet Ross was a beginner,
934
00:47:50.050 --> 00:47:51.449
but we're just trying to figure those things out a
935
00:47:51.469 --> 00:47:51.869
little bit.
936
00:47:52.769 --> 00:47:52.929
Yeah.
937
00:47:52.949 --> 00:47:54.889
We're, you know, you know, you know, we want to
938
00:47:54.929 --> 00:47:55.670
run the ball first.
939
00:47:55.730 --> 00:47:59.489
And so we've, we felt we had multiple guys who
940
00:47:59.570 --> 00:48:01.650
could help them. We're still trying to find out our
941
00:48:01.690 --> 00:48:04.230
combinations a little bit there. So if one kid isn't
942
00:48:04.269 --> 00:48:06.090
quite getting something there, we can go to another kid
943
00:48:06.130 --> 00:48:08.909
and we feel pretty good about that. And so we
944
00:48:08.929 --> 00:48:13.090
like that there, but yeah, it's just, you know, still,
945
00:48:13.530 --> 00:48:16.510
we knew that going in with in the backfield wise and, and,
946
00:48:17.320 --> 00:48:19.880
um you know we still have some guys we're looking
947
00:48:19.940 --> 00:48:21.480
at and then up front you know we just got
948
00:48:21.500 --> 00:48:23.420
to be you know we're doing some really good things
949
00:48:23.440 --> 00:48:25.920
but we just got to be more consistent when.
950
00:48:25.860 --> 00:48:28.280
You guys play always play pretty good team defense is
951
00:48:28.300 --> 00:48:30.599
there anybody emerging kind of as a leader on that
952
00:48:30.780 --> 00:48:31.699
on that side of the ball.
953
00:48:32.039 --> 00:48:34.199
Um i think it's you know obviously we you know
954
00:48:34.219 --> 00:48:36.590
we all everybody wants to talk about kel and and
955
00:48:36.610 --> 00:48:38.750
you know reardon and stuff and he's still you know
956
00:48:38.789 --> 00:48:41.329
kind of the guy that leads our defense but that
957
00:48:41.369 --> 00:48:44.110
Aaron Torres is having, you know, quietly, you know, he
958
00:48:44.130 --> 00:48:46.489
was an all conference guy last year. It doesn't not
959
00:48:46.570 --> 00:48:49.469
overly flashy, but he's just really does. He's the kind
960
00:48:49.489 --> 00:48:51.059
of guy you want to D line. Like he's a
961
00:48:51.099 --> 00:48:54.900
defensive tackle. Like he's, he's awesome at what he does
962
00:48:55.000 --> 00:48:57.239
and stuff. And so, and then our linebackers, you know,
963
00:48:57.519 --> 00:48:59.900
a couple of guys back from last year, you know,
964
00:49:00.059 --> 00:49:03.539
we're trying to work those guys in. And, and so, yeah,
965
00:49:03.679 --> 00:49:05.900
it's nobody, no, not one or two, but it's like,
966
00:49:05.960 --> 00:49:07.860
I think we're trying to do that. We just, again, we,
967
00:49:08.360 --> 00:49:10.090
We put ourselves in a little bit of trouble. Offense
968
00:49:10.110 --> 00:49:12.769
didn't help us out much, but, you know, and then
969
00:49:12.809 --> 00:49:14.829
with some penalties, I think we had 8,000 yards in
970
00:49:14.869 --> 00:49:18.349
penalties on Saturday or Friday night, which doesn't help. But,
971
00:49:18.849 --> 00:49:21.280
you know, like I said, ultimately. too, looking back, is
972
00:49:22.119 --> 00:49:24.039
it a game we could have won?
973
00:49:24.519 --> 00:49:25.179
Yeah, we could have won.
974
00:49:25.199 --> 00:49:26.679
I'm not saying we should have, but that's a game,
975
00:49:26.719 --> 00:49:27.639
you know.
976
00:49:27.679 --> 00:49:30.039
But they were good. They were better than they were
977
00:49:30.059 --> 00:49:30.480
last year.
978
00:49:30.519 --> 00:49:33.260
And, you know, and so it was a challenge, and
979
00:49:33.280 --> 00:49:34.639
we just didn't quite do enough there.
980
00:49:35.920 --> 00:49:40.289
This week at Cameo, before I schooled them, down south.
981
00:49:40.969 --> 00:49:45.190
How do they look? Anything that jumps out with them?
982
00:49:48.389 --> 00:49:52.440
Right now, they throw the ball probably close to 65-70%
983
00:49:52.460 --> 00:49:52.880
of the time.
984
00:49:53.900 --> 00:49:56.420
They spread you out like most teams do nowadays.
985
00:49:56.440 --> 00:50:01.300
They've got a big running back that I think they
986
00:50:01.320 --> 00:50:03.480
didn't use quite as much as they probably can at times,
987
00:50:03.500 --> 00:50:06.679
but they're also behind in a couple games. They played
988
00:50:06.699 --> 00:50:10.840
Lincoln of Tacoma, who's pretty good traditionally. in Woodinville last week. And,
989
00:50:10.849 --> 00:50:13.849
you know, but he's, uh, the quarterback is kind of,
990
00:50:14.650 --> 00:50:16.489
he looks though, he gets the ball out pretty quick.
991
00:50:17.190 --> 00:50:19.110
Um, I don't think he wants to run a ton,
992
00:50:20.170 --> 00:50:22.869
but he can run. I mean, he's, uh, he's a little.
993
00:50:22.710 --> 00:50:25.420
Left-handed guy that gets that ball around and they have,
994
00:50:25.519 --> 00:50:27.139
they have some good concepts with there and they've got,
995
00:50:27.320 --> 00:50:30.340
you know, some good receivers. So offensively, we just got
996
00:50:30.360 --> 00:50:32.980
to make sure that we're, we're taking our angles and
997
00:50:33.179 --> 00:50:35.000
we're wrapping up, you know, tackling was a little bit
998
00:50:35.039 --> 00:50:37.039
better than the first week and we just still got
999
00:50:37.059 --> 00:50:42.320
to get there. Um, and then, Defensively, they want to
1000
00:50:42.340 --> 00:50:43.599
play a four-man front, but they're going to play a
1001
00:50:43.599 --> 00:50:46.280
lot of games with their linebackers. And so for us, it's, again,
1002
00:50:46.360 --> 00:50:48.659
it's knowing pre-snap where we need to be and then
1003
00:50:48.679 --> 00:50:50.920
making that adjustment on the fly a little bit.
1004
00:50:50.980 --> 00:50:55.369
So they've got a really good kicker. So I think,
1005
00:50:55.409 --> 00:50:57.570
you know, it's going to be a good challenge for us.
1006
00:50:57.630 --> 00:50:59.090
I mean, it's a game we should be in, and
1007
00:51:00.110 --> 00:51:01.289
I think it's a good chance for us to get
1008
00:51:01.329 --> 00:51:03.610
us back, you know, in the right direction this week.
1009
00:51:04.809 --> 00:51:08.510
It sounds cliche, but I think we all believe it,
1010
00:51:08.750 --> 00:51:12.650
that– between week one and week two is your biggest improvements.
1011
00:51:13.409 --> 00:51:15.690
What sort of things do you think you make great
1012
00:51:15.710 --> 00:51:18.469
strides on in between week one and two? And what's
1013
00:51:18.510 --> 00:51:20.360
something that you need to work on still?
1014
00:51:20.860 --> 00:51:24.139
Well, I'm going with the mentality that we're going to
1015
00:51:24.159 --> 00:51:26.960
make our biggest between week two and three. I don't
1016
00:51:26.980 --> 00:51:29.760
think we made as much there in it. And it
1017
00:51:30.019 --> 00:51:31.380
had to do with the opponent a little bit. But, yeah,
1018
00:51:31.420 --> 00:51:33.619
we just had to make sure that we're where we're
1019
00:51:33.639 --> 00:51:35.719
supposed to be a couple times. We weren't lined up
1020
00:51:35.739 --> 00:51:39.110
where we're supposed to be. You know, and it's funny
1021
00:51:39.130 --> 00:51:41.769
because you don't think it's that big a deal until
1022
00:51:41.809 --> 00:51:45.309
you watch the film. And because during live, it's like, okay,
1023
00:51:45.329 --> 00:51:48.179
that's where he should be. But, oh, before this play started,
1024
00:51:48.199 --> 00:51:50.280
he should have been a foot wider. And it makes
1025
00:51:50.340 --> 00:51:52.099
a huge difference. You know that, you know, I mean,
1026
00:51:52.179 --> 00:51:55.900
and those things. So making sure we're aligned, communicating, and then,
1027
00:51:56.000 --> 00:51:59.219
you know, and then, you know, just go and play
1028
00:51:59.239 --> 00:52:01.519
a little bit. I think sometimes we're still a little
1029
00:52:01.559 --> 00:52:04.989
kind of, you know, hesitant a little bit, like you
1030
00:52:05.010 --> 00:52:07.730
don't want to make a mistake. But, you know, like
1031
00:52:07.750 --> 00:52:09.110
we tell them, we don't have to make a mistake
1032
00:52:09.179 --> 00:52:11.139
on 100 miles an hour than sitting back. You know,
1033
00:52:11.159 --> 00:52:13.760
you sit back in football, you're going to be in trouble. Yeah. So,
1034
00:52:13.840 --> 00:52:15.059
you know, we got to, you know, so that's what
1035
00:52:15.079 --> 00:52:16.860
we're kind of looking forward to this week and doing
1036
00:52:16.880 --> 00:52:20.320
that and rallying a little bit more and just kind of,
1037
00:52:20.340 --> 00:52:22.530
you know, just clean up the penalties that we just had.
1038
00:52:23.050 --> 00:52:23.750
And some we earned.
1039
00:52:23.809 --> 00:52:25.530
I mean, I'm not going to lie. We earned some penalties,
1040
00:52:25.550 --> 00:52:27.090
but there were some that were, you know, we just
1041
00:52:27.130 --> 00:52:28.130
got to be smart about that.
1042
00:52:28.590 --> 00:52:28.829
Sure.
1043
00:52:29.809 --> 00:52:30.230
Okay.
1044
00:52:30.349 --> 00:52:32.909
Two questions. Last two questions we've been asking all coaches.
1045
00:52:34.039 --> 00:52:37.840
Your pre-game playlist. When Coach Lepper is heading from his
1046
00:52:37.860 --> 00:52:40.900
house to the school, what's your pre-game playlist?
1047
00:52:41.340 --> 00:52:43.400
Well, I only got one song I can play.
1048
00:52:43.440 --> 00:52:49.460
I'm so close to the school. We have a playlist
1049
00:52:49.719 --> 00:52:54.190
in the locker room that has been there for over
1050
00:52:54.190 --> 00:52:58.550
25 years, probably a couple of little changes. One of
1051
00:52:58.590 --> 00:53:00.650
the songs from the movie Last of the Weekends plays.
1052
00:53:01.889 --> 00:53:04.769
It's just kind of instrumental. for me personally, I got
1053
00:53:04.789 --> 00:53:07.260
to have a little bit of glamorous from, you know,
1054
00:53:07.900 --> 00:53:09.800
from Fergie there. I got to, that's the one.
1055
00:53:09.840 --> 00:53:11.000
Did you just say Fergie?
1056
00:53:11.300 --> 00:53:13.019
Yeah.
1057
00:53:14.480 --> 00:53:20.590
In her Lululemon stuff. So it's like, but that's just
1058
00:53:20.630 --> 00:53:22.929
one of those songs. I just find a way to
1059
00:53:22.949 --> 00:53:24.829
get that somewhere during the day on Friday.
1060
00:53:24.889 --> 00:53:25.809
I got to listen to that song.
1061
00:53:26.429 --> 00:53:30.050
All right. All right. I never would have pictured that,
1062
00:53:30.090 --> 00:53:33.489
but I'm glad to know that. Uh, So the other thing,
1063
00:53:34.150 --> 00:53:37.780
you know, this time of year, pumpkin spice. You probably
1064
00:53:37.820 --> 00:53:40.179
don't know what that is, but it's a spice, you know,
1065
00:53:40.320 --> 00:53:43.500
it's a latte flavor and that kind of stuff.
1066
00:53:43.519 --> 00:53:44.860
What's a latte?
1067
00:53:44.920 --> 00:53:50.199
Yeah, exactly. But the other thing, the other staple I
1068
00:53:50.219 --> 00:53:54.440
make in the fall are fruit flies. What's your home
1069
00:53:54.519 --> 00:53:55.320
remedy to get rid.
1070
00:53:55.219 --> 00:53:57.719
Of fruit flies? Oh, man, my wife. Okay, there's two
1071
00:53:57.739 --> 00:53:59.380
things in the fall like that. My other one is
1072
00:53:59.460 --> 00:54:03.320
candy corn. I am. Actually, I'm going to do it
1073
00:54:03.380 --> 00:54:05.780
right now.
1074
00:54:05.800 --> 00:54:07.929
So last week, I had my birthday last week.
1075
00:54:08.269 --> 00:54:09.230
Yeah, happy birthday.
1076
00:54:09.510 --> 00:54:11.030
One of my students came and.
1077
00:54:12.650 --> 00:54:14.590
Industrial-sized candy corn.
1078
00:54:14.670 --> 00:54:15.590
Love it.
1079
00:54:15.710 --> 00:54:19.679
My wife takes a mason jar, takes a piece of
1080
00:54:19.719 --> 00:54:24.420
paper to put into like a funnel, and puts some
1081
00:54:24.480 --> 00:54:25.119
fruit in there.
1082
00:54:26.690 --> 00:54:28.730
And I want to say there's something else in it.
1083
00:54:28.750 --> 00:54:29.329
I'm not 100% sure.
1084
00:54:29.449 --> 00:54:31.269
And she puts it on the counter and it attracts
1085
00:54:31.309 --> 00:54:32.849
all the fruit flies. They go in there to eat that.
1086
00:54:32.949 --> 00:54:34.739
And there's some liquid in it with it. And they
1087
00:54:34.760 --> 00:54:35.389
can't fly out.
1088
00:54:35.409 --> 00:54:36.280
All right.
1089
00:54:36.599 --> 00:54:39.679
That works really well. So it's great. It's a home remedy.
1090
00:54:39.699 --> 00:54:42.639
She started doing it a couple years ago. And when
1091
00:54:42.659 --> 00:54:44.159
that comes out, I know the weather's getting a little
1092
00:54:44.199 --> 00:54:45.099
bit cooler outside.
1093
00:54:45.119 --> 00:54:45.300
Yep.
1094
00:54:45.739 --> 00:54:46.320
Yep.
1095
00:54:46.360 --> 00:54:47.059
That's true.
1096
00:54:47.099 --> 00:54:47.280
Yeah.
1097
00:54:48.019 --> 00:54:49.900
All right, Coach.
1098
00:54:49.920 --> 00:54:52.719
Well, thank you for your time. And good luck Friday
1099
00:54:52.760 --> 00:54:53.619
down at Cameo.
1100
00:54:54.300 --> 00:54:56.300
Well, thank you. Good luck to you too.
1101
00:54:56.579 --> 00:54:59.480
And you know, I know you guys are off to
1102
00:54:59.500 --> 00:55:02.099
a good start also. And I really think it's cool
1103
00:55:02.119 --> 00:55:04.780
that you're stepping in for Tyler. I would, I would
1104
00:55:04.820 --> 00:55:06.840
love to do it, but I can't do all the
1105
00:55:07.139 --> 00:55:10.539
technical stuff you're doing. So maybe, maybe next week, if
1106
00:55:10.559 --> 00:55:12.480
it's still like that, we'll have to get on together
1107
00:55:12.539 --> 00:55:16.019
and grill some coaches, but I love it, but no,
1108
00:55:16.039 --> 00:55:16.820
I appreciate having you.
1109
00:55:16.840 --> 00:55:17.440
Thank you very much.
1110
00:55:17.460 --> 00:55:19.260
All right. Thanks coach. Thanks.
1111
00:55:20.079 --> 00:55:22.929
All right. Thank you very much guys. And next up,
1112
00:55:23.449 --> 00:55:25.449
Seaholm will be on the road to take on the
1113
00:55:25.550 --> 00:55:29.530
Sultan Turks in a conference game. Sultan is new to
1114
00:55:29.550 --> 00:55:32.269
the conference, as we've seen from last week when they
1115
00:55:32.309 --> 00:55:35.420
knocked off Bellingham. So Sultan is 1-1 on the year,
1116
00:55:35.500 --> 00:55:39.840
currently ranked 29th in the 2A classification. And Seaholm still
1117
00:55:39.860 --> 00:55:42.920
looking for their first win. They're ranked 42nd. So as
1118
00:55:42.980 --> 00:55:50.090
Max Preps sees it, Sultan is the favorite here. But Seaholm,
1119
00:55:50.849 --> 00:55:53.789
See home played a lot better. I thought in week two,
1120
00:55:53.809 --> 00:55:55.710
then they did week one, even though they played against
1121
00:55:56.269 --> 00:55:59.510
a much tougher opponent. I think as they get used to,
1122
00:55:59.530 --> 00:56:01.989
there have a lot of new faces on the varsity level.
1123
00:56:02.110 --> 00:56:05.920
So as they get used to gelling together and seeing
1124
00:56:05.960 --> 00:56:09.659
what works, what doesn't work, getting things figured out, uh,
1125
00:56:09.920 --> 00:56:13.179
personnel wise, uh, they're going to start picking up wins.
1126
00:56:13.239 --> 00:56:16.179
And this is one that, you know, could, it could
1127
00:56:16.260 --> 00:56:19.159
happen here. And this is, and we got to, you know,
1128
00:56:20.010 --> 00:56:22.260
hope that the Mariners can pick that one up. Now,
1129
00:56:23.360 --> 00:56:25.599
Sultan is big. They are huge. They're going to be
1130
00:56:25.659 --> 00:56:29.619
bigger than Sehome up front. Logan Rogers, of course, is
1131
00:56:29.679 --> 00:56:32.699
huge for Sehome, but none of the other linemen are
1132
00:56:32.760 --> 00:56:34.820
as big as he is, where Sultan's linemen, they've got
1133
00:56:34.860 --> 00:56:38.139
three or four that are that size or bigger. So
1134
00:56:38.260 --> 00:56:41.860
Sehome is going to have to use, you know, just
1135
00:56:42.059 --> 00:56:45.880
skill and, you know, speed and and agility and that
1136
00:56:45.920 --> 00:56:48.139
kind of stuff. And it could come down to a
1137
00:56:48.239 --> 00:56:50.659
kick at the end. And I like Seaholm's chances with,
1138
00:56:50.820 --> 00:56:54.800
with Bain Mitchell. So even though it looks like Sultan
1139
00:56:55.119 --> 00:56:57.710
is technically favored in this one and they are at home,
1140
00:56:58.170 --> 00:57:00.349
I'm looking for Seaholm to pick up the wind here
1141
00:57:00.869 --> 00:57:03.409
and get that one in the wind column for the
1142
00:57:03.449 --> 00:57:06.550
first time in the 2026 season. We'll have to wait
1143
00:57:06.610 --> 00:57:10.139
and see. Next up, Lyndon Christian. This is a matchup
1144
00:57:10.179 --> 00:57:12.360
that a lot of people have been looking forward to.
1145
00:57:13.059 --> 00:57:14.659
They are going to be on the road against the
1146
00:57:14.760 --> 00:57:19.800
Bellevue Wolverines. Lyndon Christian 2-0, ranked second in the 1A classification.
1147
00:57:19.909 --> 00:57:24.090
Bellevue 1-1, but they are the top-ranked team in 3A
1148
00:57:24.550 --> 00:57:28.010
as far as max preps is concerned. And they also
1149
00:57:28.070 --> 00:57:30.989
had Bellevue, I believe, as the second-best team in the state,
1150
00:57:31.130 --> 00:57:35.840
regardless of classification. So I would say this is probably
1151
00:57:35.880 --> 00:57:40.099
the best team Lyndon Christian's ever played in school history.
1152
00:57:40.659 --> 00:57:42.659
And they will be on the road. So Bellevue is
1153
00:57:42.699 --> 00:57:46.239
a huge favorite here. But you just never know, right?
1154
00:57:46.420 --> 00:57:49.860
They're 15, 16, 17-year-old kids just like everybody else. So
1155
00:57:49.900 --> 00:57:52.949
you never really know. And it's a great test, you know,
1156
00:57:53.230 --> 00:57:56.710
playing that wing tee. And you're going to learn some stuff.
1157
00:57:57.110 --> 00:58:01.449
And going from that and playing Archbishop later and then
1158
00:58:01.510 --> 00:58:03.130
being able to play Baker, it's going to give you
1159
00:58:03.150 --> 00:58:03.650
a lot.
1160
00:58:03.489 --> 00:58:04.239
Of looks of that.
1161
00:58:05.090 --> 00:58:07.719
And, you know, playing Franklin Pierce earlier in the year
1162
00:58:08.340 --> 00:58:11.500
taught you how to you know, play in your lane
1163
00:58:11.559 --> 00:58:15.400
and do your job and tackle your guy. And I
1164
00:58:15.659 --> 00:58:19.179
think because of how well they did there, it might
1165
00:58:19.239 --> 00:58:22.360
match up pretty well against Bellevue. Coach Terpstra of the
1166
00:58:22.400 --> 00:58:24.800
Lynx was able to catch up with Coach Bartle. Let's
1167
00:58:24.820 --> 00:58:25.610
hear what they had to say.
1168
00:58:25.630 --> 00:58:30.590
All right, here with Lyndon Christian, Coach Greg Terpstra. Coach,
1169
00:58:31.469 --> 00:58:32.449
good to have you today.
1170
00:58:32.909 --> 00:58:34.829
Hey, thanks. Good.
1171
00:58:34.849 --> 00:58:37.510
Thanks for filling in. You know, you're not as good
1172
00:58:37.530 --> 00:58:39.610
looking as Tyler, but you're doing your best.
1173
00:58:40.269 --> 00:58:42.349
You know, he sets the bar pretty high for that.
1174
00:58:42.409 --> 00:58:48.690
So it's tough to follow. So 2-0. Facing some pretty
1175
00:58:48.710 --> 00:58:53.570
good teams so far. Went up to Canada last week.
1176
00:58:54.369 --> 00:58:56.699
Pretty balanced attack, it looks like. You have three guys
1177
00:58:56.719 --> 00:59:00.139
with over 50 yards receiving and a running back, you know,
1178
00:59:00.139 --> 00:59:03.820
with over 200 yards rushing. So tell us a little
1179
00:59:03.820 --> 00:59:05.369
bit about that game.
1180
00:59:05.369 --> 00:59:09.780
Yeah, you know, um, the approach was going to be
1181
00:59:09.980 --> 00:59:12.079
to be balanced and see what they gave us and
1182
00:59:12.139 --> 00:59:15.539
so on. Um, they are a vastly improved team from
1183
00:59:15.599 --> 00:59:17.730
when we saw them last year. Uh, they got a
1184
00:59:17.829 --> 00:59:20.789
great staff, very deep staff, a lot of guys from
1185
00:59:20.809 --> 00:59:23.349
the CFL and a lot of ties up there and.
1186
00:59:23.309 --> 00:59:24.989
A lot of, uh, uh, support.
1187
00:59:25.690 --> 00:59:30.539
Um, they, they gave us fits. Um, And we also
1188
00:59:30.579 --> 00:59:33.599
shot ourselves in the foot. You know, we got a
1189
00:59:33.639 --> 00:59:38.280
young to the position quarterback in Dawson being a senior.
1190
00:59:38.800 --> 00:59:42.699
And just sort of managing the game was something that
1191
00:59:43.619 --> 00:59:48.889
he needed to be put through. Some stress added to him.
1192
00:59:49.349 --> 00:59:53.449
And we did it. It was a nail-biter. It was,
1193
00:59:54.849 --> 00:59:57.170
you know, it was a hard-fought game. Hats off to
1194
00:59:57.190 --> 01:00:00.559
Vancouver College. You know, our kids at the end of
1195
01:00:00.599 --> 01:00:03.219
the game is kind of like that Lombardi quote, I
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01:00:03.260 --> 01:00:06.900
firmly believe that a man's finest hour is the greatest
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01:00:06.940 --> 01:00:09.539
fulfillment of all he holds dear in that moment when
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01:00:09.579 --> 01:00:12.300
he's worked his heart out in a good cause and
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01:00:12.340 --> 01:00:15.210
lies exhausted on the field of battle victorious. You know,
1200
01:00:15.630 --> 01:00:17.590
it was one of those things where they're playing both
1201
01:00:17.670 --> 01:00:20.690
ways and all the special teams and they were just
1202
01:00:20.809 --> 01:00:23.670
drenched with their own sweat and blood. And I don't know,
1203
01:00:23.690 --> 01:00:25.789
a lot of the kids came up afterwards and said
1204
01:00:25.809 --> 01:00:28.289
that was the most fun we've ever had playing a game.
1205
01:00:29.639 --> 01:00:34.360
The environment was crazy. It was bananas. But, yeah, really
1206
01:00:34.380 --> 01:00:35.000
proud of the boys.
1207
01:00:35.699 --> 01:00:37.969
Good. Hey, so a lot of coaches, you know, it's
1208
01:00:38.010 --> 01:00:41.250
kind of cliche, but it's actually true, I think. You know,
1209
01:00:41.289 --> 01:00:45.750
from week one to week two, you make your greatest improvements.
1210
01:00:46.389 --> 01:00:48.849
What do you think was your biggest improvement from week
1211
01:00:48.989 --> 01:00:52.889
one to week two? And where do you see areas
1212
01:00:52.949 --> 01:00:54.670
that you still would like to work on?
1213
01:00:56.230 --> 01:01:01.639
So defensively, I think we made huge improvements. I think
1214
01:01:01.679 --> 01:01:06.480
the three keys to that victory were defense, defense, and
1215
01:01:06.519 --> 01:01:12.960
the O-line running the ball behind those guys. Managing the
1216
01:01:13.019 --> 01:01:18.099
game was a difficult thing, and I'm going to take
1217
01:01:18.139 --> 01:01:21.530
the ownership of that. So I don't think I made
1218
01:01:21.570 --> 01:01:24.590
the best improvements from week one to two, and I
1219
01:01:24.670 --> 01:01:28.590
owe the boys a little bit better than that. But defensively,
1220
01:01:28.650 --> 01:01:33.170
just bowing up and taking on what came at them
1221
01:01:33.860 --> 01:01:38.440
was really impressive. So as far as moving forward, we've
1222
01:01:38.480 --> 01:01:42.659
just got to be sharper. Ironically, our word for last
1223
01:01:42.719 --> 01:01:46.480
week was details, and that's where we fell short, to
1224
01:01:46.500 --> 01:01:47.239
be perfectly honest.
1225
01:01:48.679 --> 01:01:51.630
Well, so far in two games this year, you've got
1226
01:01:51.630 --> 01:01:55.769
424 yards rushing and 366 passing. And your skill guys
1227
01:01:55.809 --> 01:01:58.260
are really good. But we all know that it comes
1228
01:01:58.300 --> 01:02:01.050
down to the line. So talk about your line and
1229
01:02:01.070 --> 01:02:04.570
kind of who's stepping up as a leader of that
1230
01:02:05.289 --> 01:02:10.010
and how they contribute to those balanced numbers and making
1231
01:02:10.050 --> 01:02:12.590
holes for the running game and helping out with passing game.
1232
01:02:13.610 --> 01:02:17.389
Yeah, Kyler Sterk is a captain of ours. He's our
1233
01:02:17.449 --> 01:02:22.789
only four-year starter, which is pretty rare, I'm sure, on
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01:02:22.869 --> 01:02:25.519
any team. I don't even know if that's been done
1235
01:02:25.559 --> 01:02:26.139
at Linden Christian.
1236
01:02:26.159 --> 01:02:26.599
Maybe it has.
1237
01:02:27.840 --> 01:02:31.880
And he and Eli Stamps, both seniors, who are anchoring
1238
01:02:31.920 --> 01:02:35.039
those guard spots. Moses Hemnes is doing a great job.
1239
01:02:35.679 --> 01:02:38.900
And Silas Houston has come in as a center. Big
1240
01:02:38.960 --> 01:02:41.780
body kid, learning the position. And then we got a
1241
01:02:41.820 --> 01:02:48.199
new kid, Dylan Haskell, sophomore. Technically, really sound for a sophomore.
1242
01:02:48.699 --> 01:02:53.539
But yeah, our two guards, just punishers. And they like contact.
1243
01:02:54.340 --> 01:02:56.780
We didn't get to play with Kyler in the first game.
1244
01:02:58.590 --> 01:03:01.150
Too much show on cows and pigs and things like that.
1245
01:03:01.349 --> 01:03:05.010
We're just short a practice. But, yeah, those guys are
1246
01:03:05.110 --> 01:03:07.369
kind of an anchor for our front and really good
1247
01:03:07.409 --> 01:03:08.050
guys to lean on.
1248
01:03:08.070 --> 01:03:12.429
All right, this week coming up, Friday night at Bellevue,
1249
01:03:12.469 --> 01:03:18.789
the Mighty Wolverines. What are your thoughts? We kind of
1250
01:03:18.809 --> 01:03:20.929
know what they're going to do, but give us some
1251
01:03:20.969 --> 01:03:21.750
thoughts on that game.
1252
01:03:22.730 --> 01:03:25.610
Yeah, we're really excited about this game. We got to
1253
01:03:25.650 --> 01:03:28.909
see Baker play them last year and go toe-to-toe. It's
1254
01:03:28.929 --> 01:03:32.190
a real testament to our Northwest Conference up here. It's
1255
01:03:32.239 --> 01:03:37.960
great football, 1A, 2A, 3A. And we're confident going in
1256
01:03:38.000 --> 01:03:40.079
that we're going to get better. We're going to give
1257
01:03:40.099 --> 01:03:43.059
them a good game. I always think we're going to
1258
01:03:43.079 --> 01:03:48.610
win every game. When we approach this game, just like
1259
01:03:48.630 --> 01:03:50.469
when we set it up in the schedule, we just
1260
01:03:50.510 --> 01:03:52.860
want teams that are going to make us better. And
1261
01:03:53.340 --> 01:03:55.199
I know there's that thought that, well, you know, if
1262
01:03:55.219 --> 01:03:56.639
you go up against a big team, you might get
1263
01:03:56.679 --> 01:03:59.519
hurt and things like that. We've had injuries against, you know,
1264
01:03:59.539 --> 01:04:02.179
teams where we were beating 40-0, you know, that kind
1265
01:04:02.219 --> 01:04:05.860
of thing. It's just we can't schedule with that in
1266
01:04:05.900 --> 01:04:10.440
mind so much. So with Bellevue, they were going to
1267
01:04:10.460 --> 01:04:12.000
have a bye. We were going to have a bye
1268
01:04:12.360 --> 01:04:14.820
if we didn't get that filled. And, you know, this
1269
01:04:14.880 --> 01:04:17.400
Northwest Conference being so tough, it is hard, as you
1270
01:04:17.440 --> 01:04:21.079
probably know. to try to make that non-conference schedule to
1271
01:04:21.119 --> 01:04:24.519
get teams to actually play us. And, and you know,
1272
01:04:24.539 --> 01:04:27.849
the more success we have, the harder that is to do. And,
1273
01:04:28.150 --> 01:04:30.710
and Bellevue stepped up and they filled that spot for
1274
01:04:30.789 --> 01:04:32.670
us and we filled it for them. And we're really
1275
01:04:32.690 --> 01:04:33.829
excited about going down there.
1276
01:04:34.489 --> 01:04:34.690
Good.
1277
01:04:35.150 --> 01:04:37.670
Good. And you probably saw some things that you could
1278
01:04:37.710 --> 01:04:42.139
take advantage of from Puyallup. I'm guessing similar offense to
1279
01:04:42.179 --> 01:04:46.260
you guys and good luck to you on that. So,
1280
01:04:46.730 --> 01:04:48.699
I've asked all the coaches these two questions.
1281
01:04:49.199 --> 01:04:49.519
Okay.
1282
01:04:51.059 --> 01:04:54.119
What's your playlist? When Coach Terps is driving to school
1283
01:04:54.199 --> 01:04:56.960
for pregame, what are you listening to on the radio
1284
01:04:57.039 --> 01:04:59.599
or on your headphones or your ear pods?
1285
01:05:01.059 --> 01:05:01.800
There's only one.
1286
01:05:02.550 --> 01:05:03.110
Bagpipes.
1287
01:05:03.789 --> 01:05:04.329
Bagpipes.
1288
01:05:04.670 --> 01:05:04.929
Really?
1289
01:05:04.949 --> 01:05:05.590
Oh, God.
1290
01:05:05.630 --> 01:05:06.369
That's not true.
1291
01:05:06.889 --> 01:05:07.250
It is.
1292
01:05:07.690 --> 01:05:11.190
I'm a huge fan of bagpipes. Don't tell Lepper, but
1293
01:05:11.230 --> 01:05:15.090
I'll tell you what. I love the bagpipes. Locke LeMond.
1294
01:05:15.210 --> 01:05:15.880
Oh, I just love it.
1295
01:05:16.320 --> 01:05:18.880
Yeah, you'll know it. If you ever hear us, you know,
1296
01:05:19.139 --> 01:05:21.500
getting after it on a Thursday night practice and we're
1297
01:05:21.539 --> 01:05:24.579
going at it hard, there's usually bagpipes playing. I've almost
1298
01:05:24.619 --> 01:05:26.250
got all the kids to buy in on it.
1299
01:05:26.599 --> 01:05:26.900
All right.
1300
01:05:27.500 --> 01:05:27.719
All right.
1301
01:05:28.179 --> 01:05:33.340
And here's the other question. Fall. Okay. Pumpkin spice lattes, football,
1302
01:05:33.840 --> 01:05:36.920
fruit flies. What's your secret remedy to get rid of
1303
01:05:36.940 --> 01:05:37.480
fruit flies?
1304
01:05:40.840 --> 01:05:43.090
Don't leave fresh fruit out. Put it in the fridge.
1305
01:05:44.320 --> 01:05:44.949
All right.
1306
01:05:44.969 --> 01:05:46.969
That's a good one. When they are out, what do
1307
01:05:46.989 --> 01:05:47.309
you do?
1308
01:05:49.989 --> 01:05:53.369
In the past, I put out some sort of dish
1309
01:05:53.429 --> 01:05:55.909
of something to collect them, but I'm convinced that just
1310
01:05:55.949 --> 01:05:56.590
attracts more.
1311
01:05:57.070 --> 01:05:59.809
I don't do a thing. I'll tell you what.
1312
01:05:59.889 --> 01:06:03.389
My house is so clean, thanks to my wife. I mean,
1313
01:06:03.409 --> 01:06:05.730
you could do surgery in our house. Those fruit flies
1314
01:06:05.789 --> 01:06:08.969
go for little bits of food, and we don't have it.
1315
01:06:10.130 --> 01:06:10.449
Like it.
1316
01:06:10.989 --> 01:06:13.510
Well, good luck to you this Friday. Have a good
1317
01:06:13.530 --> 01:06:16.530
trip down to Bellevue, and look forward to talking to
1318
01:06:16.550 --> 01:06:17.710
you soon after that game.
1319
01:06:17.730 --> 01:06:19.219
Thanks.
1320
01:06:19.320 --> 01:06:20.820
Yeah, good luck to you guys as well.
1321
01:06:21.260 --> 01:06:21.840
All right, thanks.
1322
01:06:22.360 --> 01:06:22.639
Bye-bye.
1323
01:06:23.659 --> 01:06:28.260
And the final game on Friday night, Burlington Edison comes
1324
01:06:28.300 --> 01:06:31.360
to town to Civic Stadium to take on Squalicum. This
1325
01:06:31.400 --> 01:06:34.929
is about as even-steven as it gets. Both teams are 1-1,
1326
01:06:35.519 --> 01:06:38.219
and they're only ranked one spot away from each other
1327
01:06:38.280 --> 01:06:41.690
in the Max Preps rankings in the 2A classification. Burlington
1328
01:06:41.750 --> 01:06:45.929
Edison is 13th. Squalicum is 14th. Now, the big thing
1329
01:06:45.969 --> 01:06:50.769
for the Storm is how healthy are they? Because, you know,
1330
01:06:50.789 --> 01:06:54.250
they lost Asher Osbjornsen in that last game. Hunter Callaway
1331
01:06:54.289 --> 01:06:56.250
was knocked out of the game. He was holding his back.
1332
01:06:56.769 --> 01:06:59.880
Mason Sone, not quite sure. Maddox Strickland, I think, went
1333
01:06:59.909 --> 01:07:05.179
into the game not 100%. So will they be fully
1334
01:07:05.260 --> 01:07:07.820
ready for this game? Because the last few years, this
1335
01:07:07.860 --> 01:07:11.659
has been the game. squalicum versus burlington edison where kind
1336
01:07:11.699 --> 01:07:13.739
of it was you know you win and you're in
1337
01:07:13.800 --> 01:07:16.630
you lose you're not and i don't know if that's
1338
01:07:16.650 --> 01:07:18.789
going to be the same you know how it's going
1339
01:07:18.809 --> 01:07:22.809
to line up this year but they're again they're very
1340
01:07:22.849 --> 01:07:26.869
very even and it the win over the other team
1341
01:07:26.929 --> 01:07:28.690
is going to be huge so squalicum has a little
1342
01:07:28.710 --> 01:07:31.809
bit of an advantage playing at home but it's not
1343
01:07:31.829 --> 01:07:34.030
going to be an easy game by any means burlington
1344
01:07:34.070 --> 01:07:37.760
edison they lost their two best running players last year
1345
01:07:37.780 --> 01:07:40.909
they're kind of their quarterback running back uh duo that
1346
01:07:40.929 --> 01:07:43.210
they had back there that they relied upon a lot
1347
01:07:43.269 --> 01:07:46.389
i believe they both graduated so um but the tigers
1348
01:07:46.429 --> 01:07:49.210
are so well coached and they just have that tradition
1349
01:07:49.269 --> 01:07:53.409
and squalicum's really well coached too and if grady smith
1350
01:07:53.550 --> 01:07:55.789
is the new starting quarterback now are they going to
1351
01:07:55.849 --> 01:07:59.210
change the offense a little bit he's a left-handed quarterback
1352
01:07:59.269 --> 01:08:01.349
do you flip things so he rolls to his left
1353
01:08:01.389 --> 01:08:03.739
instead of his right How much of that did they
1354
01:08:03.800 --> 01:08:05.679
work on over the week? And we'll just have to
1355
01:08:05.739 --> 01:08:08.869
wait and see as Squalicum hosts Burlington Edison in a
1356
01:08:08.989 --> 01:08:12.289
huge game. One of the most important games of the
1357
01:08:12.409 --> 01:08:14.809
early part of the season, I think, just because of
1358
01:08:15.449 --> 01:08:20.270
the conference. They're both one and one. And it could
1359
01:08:20.369 --> 01:08:24.340
really determine down the road which team's in, which team's out.
1360
01:08:24.840 --> 01:08:26.420
So we'll just have to wait and see. So those
1361
01:08:26.479 --> 01:08:29.659
are all the Friday night games. We go to the
1362
01:08:29.800 --> 01:08:36.229
Saturday games and Unfortunately, one of these games has been canceled.
1363
01:08:36.850 --> 01:08:40.500
Bellevue Christian was supposed to host Blaine. Bellevue Christian has
1364
01:08:40.680 --> 01:08:45.340
forfeited the game due to a mass outbreak of the
1365
01:08:45.420 --> 01:08:50.539
school of a sickness. So they had to do a
1366
01:08:50.579 --> 01:08:53.750
lot of the schooling remotely. And I would imagine a
1367
01:08:53.810 --> 01:08:55.930
lot of their sports has been canceled for the week.
1368
01:08:55.949 --> 01:08:58.600
So Blaine picks up the wind. So they are already
1369
01:08:58.699 --> 01:09:01.380
two and one on the season now, but it's really
1370
01:09:01.420 --> 01:09:04.020
too bad because with that's still a very young team
1371
01:09:04.090 --> 01:09:06.430
and you want to get experience. And that would have
1372
01:09:06.449 --> 01:09:09.569
been a great game to go down there and play
1373
01:09:09.630 --> 01:09:12.489
hard and most likely get a win there. And now
1374
01:09:12.550 --> 01:09:16.590
it's not going to happen. So hopefully they'll be able to,
1375
01:09:18.060 --> 01:09:20.529
you know, if there's any, injury type things. They can
1376
01:09:20.590 --> 01:09:23.149
rest up. I know Isaac Bauma was out in week two.
1377
01:09:23.210 --> 01:09:26.130
So maybe it gives him an extra week to rest up. Uh,
1378
01:09:26.189 --> 01:09:30.189
the really unique thing is the next two opponents are
1379
01:09:30.399 --> 01:09:36.819
Kings and Nooksack Valley, I believe. And so is it
1380
01:09:36.840 --> 01:09:37.560
the next two?
1381
01:09:38.420 --> 01:09:38.920
It could be.
1382
01:09:39.720 --> 01:09:43.039
So it's like, and they play each other. So that's
1383
01:09:43.140 --> 01:09:47.319
something that they can, um, you know, they can, uh,
1384
01:09:47.829 --> 01:09:50.310
look at and see them playing each other and learn
1385
01:09:50.329 --> 01:09:53.210
a lot of things and watch that film for two weeks, basically.
1386
01:09:54.069 --> 01:09:58.140
And so that's kind of a benefit for Blaine. And
1387
01:09:59.659 --> 01:10:04.119
Coach Bartle did connect with Coach Olsen before the news
1388
01:10:04.300 --> 01:10:07.060
of the forfeited game. Let's hear what they had to
1389
01:10:07.119 --> 01:10:09.239
say about talking about last week's game.
1390
01:10:10.210 --> 01:10:14.430
All right, today we're here with Blaine football coach Andy Olson. Coach,
1391
01:10:14.489 --> 01:10:17.529
thanks for joining us today. Thanks for doing this for Tyler.
1392
01:10:17.789 --> 01:10:18.949
Just a little bit under the weather.
1393
01:10:20.149 --> 01:10:20.850
How's your day going?
1394
01:10:21.609 --> 01:10:23.180
It's going good. Thanks for having me, Craig.
1395
01:10:24.399 --> 01:10:28.659
So last week, Meadowdale came up to Blaine. You guys
1396
01:10:28.699 --> 01:10:30.359
had a really good first quarter, it looked like.
1397
01:10:30.380 --> 01:10:31.239
Yeah.
1398
01:10:31.260 --> 01:10:33.199
Kind of established some things. Talk about the game.
1399
01:10:33.970 --> 01:10:34.250
Yeah.
1400
01:10:34.289 --> 01:10:35.689
So first quarter, we were able to go out and
1401
01:10:35.750 --> 01:10:38.710
execute the game plan, which is great to see. Fourteen-point
1402
01:10:38.729 --> 01:10:40.680
drives in high school football are hard, which that's a
1403
01:10:40.699 --> 01:10:43.539
testament to the level of focus and preparedness we had
1404
01:10:43.579 --> 01:10:46.720
when we came out. So that was awesome. And we
1405
01:10:46.739 --> 01:10:48.239
knew we were going up against a really good opponent
1406
01:10:48.260 --> 01:10:51.710
this week. So we were able to battle. I was
1407
01:10:51.869 --> 01:10:54.649
most proud of our defense, actually. There was three different
1408
01:10:54.689 --> 01:10:56.609
occasions they got the ball into the red zone, and
1409
01:10:56.649 --> 01:10:59.510
we turned them away without giving up any points. And
1410
01:11:00.529 --> 01:11:03.260
That's something new for Blaine defenses that we can start
1411
01:11:03.279 --> 01:11:05.399
to hang our hat on is the idea of, you know,
1412
01:11:05.420 --> 01:11:08.380
stealing a Linden mantra from Kirk Creamy, the bend, but
1413
01:11:08.420 --> 01:11:08.880
don't break.
1414
01:11:08.960 --> 01:11:11.220
Like we, we, we kept them on the field.
1415
01:11:11.260 --> 01:11:13.520
We kept making them run plays and eventually they did
1416
01:11:13.560 --> 01:11:17.109
make some mistakes and we were able to capitalize. We
1417
01:11:17.130 --> 01:11:19.250
talked about how our game for the first 38 minutes
1418
01:11:19.329 --> 01:11:21.229
of it, we're really proud of our efforts. I mean,
1419
01:11:21.329 --> 01:11:22.630
it was 21 to seven and we had the ball
1420
01:11:22.649 --> 01:11:25.710
in the fourth. And then we went through three minutes
1421
01:11:25.810 --> 01:11:28.449
of just kind of anarchy and, where it got away
1422
01:11:28.489 --> 01:11:31.569
from us. And with young teams, that can happen sometimes.
1423
01:11:31.640 --> 01:11:34.859
And we identified, like, what was our mindset like when
1424
01:11:34.880 --> 01:11:40.319
it slipped away? And, you know, again, overall, proud of
1425
01:11:40.340 --> 01:11:43.319
the efforts. Again, competitive football, one of our goals as
1426
01:11:43.380 --> 01:11:44.840
a staff when we go into it was like, hey,
1427
01:11:44.859 --> 01:11:46.079
we want to make sure that these guys have to
1428
01:11:46.100 --> 01:11:47.239
play a full game against us.
1429
01:11:48.520 --> 01:11:49.060
And they did.
1430
01:11:49.079 --> 01:11:50.579
They had to play the whole game, which was great
1431
01:11:50.600 --> 01:11:52.720
to see. And our kids battled, and we got some
1432
01:11:52.739 --> 01:11:54.619
stuff to improve on, which is great, too, for week two.
1433
01:11:55.989 --> 01:11:58.149
What do you think your biggest improvements were for week
1434
01:11:58.250 --> 01:11:58.869
one and week two?
1435
01:12:00.170 --> 01:12:04.229
I thought the biggest improvement, honestly, was physicality. You know,
1436
01:12:04.409 --> 01:12:06.380
week one, we were pointing us to 2B school. Then
1437
01:12:06.409 --> 01:12:08.279
week two, we're pointing us to 3A school. That's pretty
1438
01:12:08.319 --> 01:12:10.979
good with 27 seniors. You know, we got about 40
1439
01:12:10.979 --> 01:12:13.819
kids suited up. So we knew that we had to
1440
01:12:13.880 --> 01:12:17.579
match the physicality of it in order to be competitive.
1441
01:12:18.060 --> 01:12:19.560
And our kids rose to that occasion.
1442
01:12:20.399 --> 01:12:22.510
I also just think that, in general, the mental approach
1443
01:12:22.529 --> 01:12:25.510
to football was a great improvement, too. I don't think
1444
01:12:25.550 --> 01:12:29.149
that we were capable of sustaining 14-point drives, methodically moving
1445
01:12:29.550 --> 01:12:31.189
the ball down the field without shooting ourselves in the
1446
01:12:31.229 --> 01:12:34.220
foot last year. So, like, the kids feel that, too,
1447
01:12:34.260 --> 01:12:36.739
because we're coaching at Boyne basically the same team we
1448
01:12:36.760 --> 01:12:39.199
had last year, which in many ways will basically be
1449
01:12:39.220 --> 01:12:39.699
the same team.
1450
01:12:39.600 --> 01:12:40.319
We have next year.
1451
01:12:40.779 --> 01:12:43.579
So, you know, it's those progress things that we can
1452
01:12:43.619 --> 01:12:46.050
point to and, like, okay, that's what that feels like.
1453
01:12:46.189 --> 01:12:46.970
So that was great.
1454
01:12:48.729 --> 01:12:53.640
The first two games, you've had a pretty balanced attack.
1455
01:12:53.840 --> 01:12:55.880
What's been a change from last year to this year?
1456
01:12:57.260 --> 01:12:59.880
You know, part of it, simply put, is we're a
1457
01:12:59.899 --> 01:13:00.359
year older.
1458
01:13:01.340 --> 01:13:02.939
You know, it's hard when you've got a bunch of
1459
01:13:02.979 --> 01:13:06.800
sophomores and in some cases freshmen, like offensive linemen out
1460
01:13:06.840 --> 01:13:11.140
there competing against 17-year-olds. That's going to be tough. We're
1461
01:13:11.159 --> 01:13:12.979
kind of running back by committee so far this year.
1462
01:13:13.239 --> 01:13:14.840
I mean, we have an idea of what that pecking
1463
01:13:14.859 --> 01:13:19.000
order eventually will kind of become. But right now it's
1464
01:13:19.020 --> 01:13:21.460
just great to, you know, get different guys' touches and
1465
01:13:21.619 --> 01:13:23.640
see some different things and find out a little bit
1466
01:13:23.659 --> 01:13:26.520
more about ourselves in the non-conference before we get into
1467
01:13:26.539 --> 01:13:27.020
league play.
1468
01:13:28.319 --> 01:13:30.649
But, yeah, again, those kids worked hard this summer.
1469
01:13:30.659 --> 01:13:32.289
We were able to go to a team camp for
1470
01:13:32.329 --> 01:13:35.369
the first time, like, away from Whatcom County, which I
1471
01:13:35.390 --> 01:13:38.250
think was super beneficial. It's just that confidence. We played
1472
01:13:38.289 --> 01:13:41.710
against four A teams in eastern Washington. And, you know,
1473
01:13:41.750 --> 01:13:43.489
we were able to go get three yards if we
1474
01:13:43.529 --> 01:13:48.420
needed to on the ground. So that experience is really important. Ultimately,
1475
01:13:48.460 --> 01:13:49.960
that's what it boils down to, is experience.
1476
01:13:50.479 --> 01:13:51.779
Yeah.
1477
01:13:51.819 --> 01:13:56.039
Defensively, Axel Sheldon, he continues to be a dominant player
1478
01:13:56.100 --> 01:14:00.090
for you on defense. Talk a little bit about him
1479
01:14:00.159 --> 01:14:02.710
and what he means to your team and your defense.
1480
01:14:03.390 --> 01:14:05.289
Yeah, Axel is one of those guys, this is year
1481
01:14:05.310 --> 01:14:07.689
four for us on staff, right? And we had him
1482
01:14:07.829 --> 01:14:12.329
as a freshman. So being able to watch him progress freshman, sophomore,
1483
01:14:12.350 --> 01:14:15.199
junior to senior year has just been really fun. Um,
1484
01:14:15.380 --> 01:14:17.899
seeing him develop as a leader to this year, more
1485
01:14:17.939 --> 01:14:20.260
so than in years past and step into that role
1486
01:14:20.279 --> 01:14:22.500
has been really cool to see. Um, those are those
1487
01:14:22.539 --> 01:14:25.859
life skills that we talked about developing beyond high school football. Um,
1488
01:14:25.899 --> 01:14:28.649
he is a tough nosed, you know, just lunch pail
1489
01:14:28.670 --> 01:14:30.989
type of guy. Um, Tyler likes to reference him being
1490
01:14:31.010 --> 01:14:32.869
from like the 1980s. I mean, he's even got the
1491
01:14:32.909 --> 01:14:36.989
horse collar. Um, and he, he, he fits that. Like
1492
01:14:37.090 --> 01:14:39.810
he just kind of fits that mold. Um, very physical
1493
01:14:39.829 --> 01:14:42.739
football player. Um, and he, he gives us something to
1494
01:14:42.800 --> 01:14:45.539
where he's a leader by example, um, So when he
1495
01:14:45.579 --> 01:14:47.420
goes and thumps a guy in the A-gap, our guys
1496
01:14:47.460 --> 01:14:48.819
kind of get excited and be like, oh, yeah, that's
1497
01:14:48.840 --> 01:14:49.640
what that feels like.
1498
01:14:49.680 --> 01:14:50.619
That's what that sounds like.
1499
01:14:51.319 --> 01:14:55.760
So this time of year, Pumpkin Spice is here. Football
1500
01:14:55.800 --> 01:14:58.970
is here. The other thing they're here is fruit flies.
1501
01:15:00.210 --> 01:15:02.810
What's your secret recipe to get rid of fruit flies?
1502
01:15:05.989 --> 01:15:07.069
That's a great question.
1503
01:15:07.229 --> 01:15:08.909
A lot of it's, like, I live out in the
1504
01:15:08.930 --> 01:15:11.630
woods off of H Street. So we have, like, little
1505
01:15:11.670 --> 01:15:12.329
citrus bowls.
1506
01:15:12.829 --> 01:15:13.010
Yeah.
1507
01:15:13.210 --> 01:15:15.729
And that seems to work pretty well inside the house.
1508
01:15:15.789 --> 01:15:17.640
My other secret is having the kids shut the dang
1509
01:15:17.649 --> 01:15:20.340
door when they come back in the house. But that's
1510
01:15:20.399 --> 01:15:24.060
a constant battle that I'm losing frequently with five.
1511
01:15:23.899 --> 01:15:25.680
Of them at home. So that just kind of happens.
1512
01:15:26.520 --> 01:15:30.590
But yeah, I'd much prefer pumpkin spice and football over
1513
01:15:30.630 --> 01:15:31.189
fruit flies.
1514
01:15:31.489 --> 01:15:32.569
Yeah, exactly.
1515
01:15:32.590 --> 01:15:35.670
All right, coach. Well, thank you for your time.
1516
01:15:35.689 --> 01:15:36.529
All right.
1517
01:15:36.569 --> 01:15:36.890
Thank you.
1518
01:15:36.909 --> 01:15:37.390
Appreciate it.
1519
01:15:38.069 --> 01:15:40.300
Thank you very much, guys. And the final game on
1520
01:15:40.380 --> 01:15:43.319
Saturday is Meridians finally playing a home game here at
1521
01:15:43.399 --> 01:15:48.979
Bob Ames Stadium. And they will be hosting Colville. And
1522
01:15:49.020 --> 01:15:51.859
this will be a Saturday afternoon game at one o'clock,
1523
01:15:51.920 --> 01:15:54.779
which makes it great for me. I will be able
1524
01:15:54.840 --> 01:15:57.180
to be out there for that. I think I'm going
1525
01:15:57.199 --> 01:15:59.060
to be going to a soccer game at noon out
1526
01:15:59.079 --> 01:16:00.840
at Mount Baker. And then I'm going to pop out
1527
01:16:00.880 --> 01:16:03.930
to the football game at one o'clock and and see
1528
01:16:03.939 --> 01:16:07.039
the Trojans up close and And at field level. So
1529
01:16:07.060 --> 01:16:09.060
I'm really, really excited about that. Even though it's a
1530
01:16:09.100 --> 01:16:12.779
Saturday game, I hope they got the grill going and
1531
01:16:12.819 --> 01:16:16.829
cooking those awesome burgers. Such a fantastic atmosphere out at
1532
01:16:16.890 --> 01:16:20.939
Bob Ames Field. So really excited about this one. Meridian 0-2,
1533
01:16:20.949 --> 01:16:24.250
looking for their first win on the year. Colville 1-1,
1534
01:16:24.350 --> 01:16:29.579
both in 1A with Meridian ranked 21st and Colville ranked 24th.
1535
01:16:30.399 --> 01:16:32.460
So they're looking at this as a very close game.
1536
01:16:32.880 --> 01:16:35.460
Meridian with a slight edge, playing at home, looking for
1537
01:16:35.500 --> 01:16:38.180
their first win. So we're hoping for some good things
1538
01:16:38.199 --> 01:16:42.579
from the Trojans. Meridian coach Patrick Ames was able to
1539
01:16:42.619 --> 01:16:46.270
talk with Coach Bartle about this past week and this
1540
01:16:46.649 --> 01:16:47.189
upcoming game.
1541
01:16:47.779 --> 01:16:50.829
All right, hey, we're here with Meridian coach Ames. How's
1542
01:16:50.890 --> 01:16:51.550
it going today?
1543
01:16:51.970 --> 01:16:53.590
I'm not doing too bad. This is fun.
1544
01:16:54.649 --> 01:16:56.050
Yeah, this is fun stuff.
1545
01:16:56.090 --> 01:16:56.489
You know what?
1546
01:16:56.510 --> 01:16:58.550
This has been fun for me to kind of talk
1547
01:16:58.569 --> 01:17:00.489
to all the coaches in just kind of a different
1548
01:17:00.529 --> 01:17:03.689
light and and being on this side and, uh, yeah,
1549
01:17:03.729 --> 01:17:07.850
having fun with this. Um, so, well, first of all,
1550
01:17:07.869 --> 01:17:10.659
I look at your schedule, man, you've got, you're a
1551
01:17:10.720 --> 01:17:13.500
road warrior this year. You've got some long road games,
1552
01:17:13.979 --> 01:17:15.539
non-leagues and non-leaguers.
1553
01:17:16.319 --> 01:17:16.579
Yeah.
1554
01:17:17.479 --> 01:17:21.970
That, uh, down to Puyallup, uh, last week. Tell us
1555
01:17:22.029 --> 01:17:22.970
a little bit about that game.
1556
01:17:24.149 --> 01:17:27.060
Uh, That one didn't go the way that we, um,
1557
01:17:27.189 --> 01:17:29.590
I think planned on it going midway through the second
1558
01:17:29.630 --> 01:17:33.470
quarter when we had taken a lead and they ended up, um,
1559
01:17:33.630 --> 01:17:36.149
leaning into their strengths, which was not putting the game
1560
01:17:36.189 --> 01:17:40.300
in the hands of their freshman quarterback and, um, just
1561
01:17:40.399 --> 01:17:42.680
the looks we were trying to give them on defense
1562
01:17:43.359 --> 01:17:45.210
kind of played into what they ended up trying to
1563
01:17:45.250 --> 01:17:47.590
do after that. And, and we obviously watched your game
1564
01:17:47.609 --> 01:17:50.510
with them the week before and saw, you know, a
1565
01:17:50.550 --> 01:17:52.949
play that they were running an inside double lead to,
1566
01:17:52.989 --> 01:17:57.000
to a motion guy. And you guys defended it pretty well.
1567
01:17:57.100 --> 01:17:58.479
And they ran it a couple of times and that's
1568
01:17:58.520 --> 01:18:01.439
what they leaned on against us. And, um that was
1569
01:18:01.520 --> 01:18:03.899
a look that we didn't respond to well enough until
1570
01:18:04.220 --> 01:18:06.500
until the second half after we already got down a
1571
01:18:06.520 --> 01:18:08.729
little bit um and then the the second half we
1572
01:18:08.770 --> 01:18:12.310
played it relatively even with them um but we still
1573
01:18:12.350 --> 01:18:16.210
ended up uh losers down there and um starting off
1574
01:18:16.229 --> 01:18:18.029
the season oh and two is not the way anybody
1575
01:18:18.069 --> 01:18:22.550
wants to however um playing tough non-league opponents like i
1576
01:18:22.590 --> 01:18:24.810
know we are and i know like you are that's
1577
01:18:24.850 --> 01:18:26.560
how you end up getting better figuring out what you
1578
01:18:26.579 --> 01:18:27.220
need to work on.
1579
01:18:28.020 --> 01:18:31.430
Yeah absolutely And, you know, it sounds cliche, but teams say,
1580
01:18:31.489 --> 01:18:33.810
you know, between week one and two, you make your
1581
01:18:33.829 --> 01:18:36.630
greatest strides. So what's something that you think you did
1582
01:18:36.670 --> 01:18:38.970
really well between those two weeks and what's something that
1583
01:18:38.989 --> 01:18:39.689
you need to work on?
1584
01:18:41.369 --> 01:18:44.289
We're still trying to settle in, honestly, to find a
1585
01:18:44.310 --> 01:18:47.770
little bit better rhythm on offense. In our first game,
1586
01:18:47.779 --> 01:18:51.399
um i don't think we had a single penalty in
1587
01:18:51.439 --> 01:18:53.279
the in the rule book that we didn't get called
1588
01:18:53.319 --> 01:18:55.529
for at one time or another it felt like so
1589
01:18:55.590 --> 01:18:57.210
we were out of whack and out of rhythm there
1590
01:18:57.270 --> 01:19:00.029
certainly um we weren't as as sharp and efficient in
1591
01:19:00.050 --> 01:19:03.189
the passing game uh we ran the ball relatively well
1592
01:19:03.270 --> 01:19:05.390
but you know, we gave it away three times in
1593
01:19:05.409 --> 01:19:07.270
the first half. And then in this last game, uh,
1594
01:19:07.930 --> 01:19:09.810
kind of the same thing we, you know, the penalties
1595
01:19:09.829 --> 01:19:11.609
didn't hurt us quite as much, but we had a
1596
01:19:11.649 --> 01:19:15.079
couple that were really costly and timely against us. Uh,
1597
01:19:15.119 --> 01:19:17.560
we didn't execute as crisply as we needed to against
1598
01:19:17.619 --> 01:19:20.840
a really good football team. Um, so we're still looking
1599
01:19:20.859 --> 01:19:24.399
to find that rhythm offensively and then just to continue
1600
01:19:24.439 --> 01:19:27.500
to grow, uh, on defense in, in trying to get
1601
01:19:27.619 --> 01:19:29.119
in and out of the looks that we want to, um,
1602
01:19:30.319 --> 01:19:32.880
hopefully settle into a group that is going to be
1603
01:19:33.180 --> 01:19:36.880
healthy and consistent on that side of the ball. And
1604
01:19:36.899 --> 01:19:39.239
we know that we're not quite there yet, but hoping
1605
01:19:39.310 --> 01:19:45.050
to try to solidify, you know, both units really sooner
1606
01:19:45.069 --> 01:19:47.529
rather than later, obviously, as we continue to build into
1607
01:19:47.569 --> 01:19:49.010
some tougher competition.
1608
01:19:49.409 --> 01:19:49.649
Yeah.
1609
01:19:50.250 --> 01:19:53.300
Well, just, you know, by stats wise and just kind
1610
01:19:53.319 --> 01:19:56.449
of from what I read in Alexander's, I mean, we've
1611
01:19:56.510 --> 01:19:58.760
all known that he's a pretty good offensive player, but
1612
01:19:58.850 --> 01:20:01.659
he's starting to establish himself on the defensive side as well.
1613
01:20:02.560 --> 01:20:04.560
Just talk about what he means to your program on
1614
01:20:04.579 --> 01:20:05.760
both offense and defense.
1615
01:20:06.180 --> 01:20:08.380
He's just really steady and consistent.
1616
01:20:09.520 --> 01:20:13.300
And, you know, sometimes in high school football, we know
1617
01:20:13.439 --> 01:20:16.899
so much of the game can hinge on the momentum
1618
01:20:16.930 --> 01:20:19.689
and the attitude that your team brings. And sometimes you
1619
01:20:19.989 --> 01:20:23.489
need guys to– to, to play a little fiery.
1620
01:20:23.550 --> 01:20:25.630
And sometimes you need some of those guys to dial
1621
01:20:25.649 --> 01:20:26.010
it back.
1622
01:20:26.090 --> 01:20:28.500
But with Trey, what we know we've always got is
1623
01:20:28.560 --> 01:20:33.890
just steady, consistent leadership, right? He's the guy that, um, it,
1624
01:20:34.119 --> 01:20:36.359
it wouldn't matter what the score is. He's going to
1625
01:20:36.380 --> 01:20:38.619
be the same guy for you. And you really value
1626
01:20:38.680 --> 01:20:41.569
that in a court. And we value that in a quarterback. Um,
1627
01:20:41.829 --> 01:20:44.510
so we really appreciate that about him as, as much
1628
01:20:44.550 --> 01:20:46.689
as anything else. And the talent that he brings is
1629
01:20:46.729 --> 01:20:48.409
just his, uh, his presence.
1630
01:20:49.550 --> 01:20:53.010
Yeah. And, and you did, Distributing the ball pretty well,
1631
01:20:53.390 --> 01:20:57.090
kind of between at least four receivers, Brazowski, Colt Fisher,
1632
01:20:57.130 --> 01:21:01.130
and Brennan. And, you know, we're really familiar with all four.
1633
01:21:00.949 --> 01:21:01.590
Of those names.
1634
01:21:03.470 --> 01:21:05.949
Talk about kind of the dynamics that those guys have
1635
01:21:06.010 --> 01:21:09.010
with Alexander and the work that I know they've put
1636
01:21:09.069 --> 01:21:12.270
in on the offseason and kind of what you see
1637
01:21:12.310 --> 01:21:12.930
out of that group.
1638
01:21:14.720 --> 01:21:17.319
You mentioned, you know, the seniors there that are Case
1639
01:21:17.359 --> 01:21:21.479
and Colt and Casey Brennan and Pierce Brazowski. And then
1640
01:21:21.510 --> 01:21:24.909
we've got Braden Fisher, a sophomore who's elevated into being
1641
01:21:24.930 --> 01:21:28.210
a valuable offensive player for us. And we're really excited
1642
01:21:28.250 --> 01:21:30.789
to get another guy back in that mix, who is
1643
01:21:30.810 --> 01:21:33.199
his name is River Todd, who played for us as
1644
01:21:33.239 --> 01:21:35.960
a freshman and sophomore and just battled like crazy to
1645
01:21:36.000 --> 01:21:39.039
come back from knee surgery. And we're hoping to get
1646
01:21:39.100 --> 01:21:40.850
him back really, really soon.
1647
01:21:41.649 --> 01:21:42.869
And he's just been one that.
1648
01:21:44.439 --> 01:21:46.699
He's been good to go and practice just hasn't had
1649
01:21:46.760 --> 01:21:49.279
clearance yet, but I consider him as part of that group,
1650
01:21:49.340 --> 01:21:51.239
even though he hasn't been on Friday, you know, on
1651
01:21:51.260 --> 01:21:53.300
the field on Friday nights yet, because he challenges us,
1652
01:21:53.699 --> 01:21:56.579
you know, whether he's playing scout team corner or running routes,
1653
01:21:56.619 --> 01:21:58.739
like he's absolutely in that mix for us right now.
1654
01:21:58.800 --> 01:22:01.520
And Trevin Crabtree is another kid, um, that's been on
1655
01:22:01.560 --> 01:22:03.979
the field for us in those spots and having a,
1656
01:22:03.970 --> 01:22:08.109
a good experience group like that with an experienced quarterback, um,
1657
01:22:08.920 --> 01:22:11.010
is a strength that we're going to need to continue
1658
01:22:11.020 --> 01:22:13.329
to lean into, even though we haven't been as sharp
1659
01:22:13.649 --> 01:22:15.329
as we would have liked or planned to, to be
1660
01:22:15.369 --> 01:22:18.470
quite honest, this early in the season. But, yeah, Trey's
1661
01:22:18.489 --> 01:22:19.989
got great chemistry with all those guys.
1662
01:22:21.109 --> 01:22:24.189
Who's stepping up on defense for you? It seems like
1663
01:22:24.250 --> 01:22:27.270
there's a handful of guys that are getting some sacks,
1664
01:22:27.369 --> 01:22:30.329
and it seems to be a pretty collaborative effort. But
1665
01:22:30.649 --> 01:22:34.710
who's kind of emerging as that leader for you on defense? Yeah.
1666
01:22:36.119 --> 01:22:39.109
Landon Rowley is a kid that has been on the
1667
01:22:39.149 --> 01:22:41.569
field for us a lot in his career.
1668
01:22:41.609 --> 01:22:42.229
He's a senior.
1669
01:22:42.250 --> 01:22:45.029
He broke his leg in our first league game last year,
1670
01:22:45.050 --> 01:22:48.289
so missed most of the season. Getting him back is
1671
01:22:48.829 --> 01:22:50.850
a big deal for us, so we're happy to have
1672
01:22:50.909 --> 01:22:55.310
him back on playing in the trenches. Pierce Brzozowski made
1673
01:22:55.329 --> 01:22:57.630
a position change for us this year, and he's been
1674
01:22:57.670 --> 01:22:59.449
a really effective player on.
1675
01:22:59.390 --> 01:23:00.050
The edge for us.
1676
01:23:01.130 --> 01:23:03.409
We ended up losing a guy in our first game
1677
01:23:03.590 --> 01:23:06.609
that we just found out– He had the results of
1678
01:23:06.670 --> 01:23:10.149
his imaging come back within the last 48 hours and
1679
01:23:10.390 --> 01:23:12.029
found out he's going to need a surgery, and that's
1680
01:23:12.090 --> 01:23:13.850
Lincoln Burgess, and we're going to miss him a ton.
1681
01:23:14.479 --> 01:23:15.180
But it wasn't as.
1682
01:23:15.159 --> 01:23:17.100
Bad as it could have been, but he's going to
1683
01:23:17.119 --> 01:23:17.699
miss the rest of.
1684
01:23:17.720 --> 01:23:18.819
His junior season of football.
1685
01:23:18.840 --> 01:23:20.720
And I wanted to mention him, even though he's not
1686
01:23:20.760 --> 01:23:23.159
one of the guys that we're going to have going forward,
1687
01:23:23.199 --> 01:23:25.960
but he was the guy that was bringing physicality and
1688
01:23:26.000 --> 01:23:29.340
presence and attitude for us as we were still trying
1689
01:23:29.359 --> 01:23:30.720
to get our traction defensively.
1690
01:23:31.310 --> 01:23:32.869
Um, and he's going to continue to.
1691
01:23:32.850 --> 01:23:35.369
Be there for us, like literally every day at practice
1692
01:23:35.430 --> 01:23:37.210
on the sidelines, he's, he's still going to be that
1693
01:23:37.229 --> 01:23:39.810
for us. And then on the field, um, we got
1694
01:23:39.829 --> 01:23:43.250
an experience secondary. Um, some of the guys we already mentioned,
1695
01:23:43.329 --> 01:23:46.149
Trey's played back there. Casey's played back there. Braden's played
1696
01:23:46.189 --> 01:23:48.920
back there. Cason's played back there. We'll, we'll get river back.
1697
01:23:48.779 --> 01:23:49.300
In that mix.
1698
01:23:50.199 --> 01:23:53.220
Um, and then we're, we're trying to gain, uh, traction
1699
01:23:53.260 --> 01:23:56.590
with the health of our, our inside linebackers. Um, we've
1700
01:23:56.630 --> 01:23:58.869
got a guy named Ethan Valich, who's a senior who's
1701
01:23:58.909 --> 01:23:59.770
played for us before.
1702
01:23:59.869 --> 01:24:01.369
And, you know, we're ready to go down to.
1703
01:24:01.270 --> 01:24:05.489
Puyallup on Saturday and he's sick and can't make the trip. And, um,
1704
01:24:05.640 --> 01:24:07.579
he's back at practice now, but he's a guy that,
1705
01:24:07.619 --> 01:24:10.859
you know, we expect to continue to give that for us. And, um,
1706
01:24:11.079 --> 01:24:14.100
it was just his turn as the sickness has cycled
1707
01:24:14.119 --> 01:24:16.579
through our team over the course of the last two weeks. But, um,
1708
01:24:17.220 --> 01:24:21.359
Ethan and Ryan Wynn, um, Jackton Fantasteel, uh, have all
1709
01:24:21.399 --> 01:24:23.140
taken some turns there at inside linebacker.
1710
01:24:23.520 --> 01:24:24.779
Um, and that's a.
1711
01:24:24.760 --> 01:24:27.180
Group that we're, we're continuing to grow with, but like
1712
01:24:27.260 --> 01:24:29.539
on any team, right? You, it really has to start
1713
01:24:30.020 --> 01:24:31.899
in the center of your defense with the guys, with
1714
01:24:31.920 --> 01:24:34.399
the hands on the ground and, and, and the guys
1715
01:24:34.470 --> 01:24:37.229
right behind them. So at least as far as the,
1716
01:24:37.350 --> 01:24:39.090
the guys that we're hoping to continue to grow in
1717
01:24:39.130 --> 01:24:41.909
those positions and in their leadership and presence, like those
1718
01:24:41.930 --> 01:24:43.329
are the guys that come to mind first.
1719
01:24:43.350 --> 01:24:44.909
Okay. Nice.
1720
01:24:45.470 --> 01:24:48.550
So this, this Saturday you play Colville first home game,
1721
01:24:48.569 --> 01:24:51.069
actually your only home game in the first six games.
1722
01:24:51.550 --> 01:24:51.869
Yes.
1723
01:24:52.149 --> 01:24:55.960
On Saturday. So, A couple, two questions on this. Tell
1724
01:24:55.979 --> 01:24:57.619
us a little bit about Colville and then what do
1725
01:24:57.659 --> 01:24:59.319
you do with it? Well, I guess you didn't really
1726
01:24:59.359 --> 01:25:00.779
have an extra day, did you? Cause you played on
1727
01:25:00.800 --> 01:25:01.300
a Saturday.
1728
01:25:01.800 --> 01:25:02.140
We did.
1729
01:25:02.159 --> 01:25:02.539
Yeah.
1730
01:25:02.840 --> 01:25:07.100
So what in the, in this, this, the routine of
1731
01:25:07.159 --> 01:25:10.390
playing on Friday nights, what's different playing on a Saturday?
1732
01:25:11.130 --> 01:25:12.710
And then tell us a little bit about Colville if
1733
01:25:12.750 --> 01:25:13.029
you could.
1734
01:25:13.949 --> 01:25:17.729
Yeah, we, so last, last week and this week we're
1735
01:25:17.810 --> 01:25:20.989
using our, our extra day. um, to, to work a
1736
01:25:21.010 --> 01:25:23.470
little bit more on, on some situations that we wanted
1737
01:25:23.489 --> 01:25:25.970
to get better at. Um, and we'll continue to do
1738
01:25:26.010 --> 01:25:28.710
that with our, with our Thursday practice this week. And then,
1739
01:25:28.850 --> 01:25:31.449
so our, our Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays look the same
1740
01:25:31.510 --> 01:25:34.449
or Fridays will look the same, but Thursdays, um, last
1741
01:25:34.470 --> 01:25:37.479
week and this week give us that, um, that flexibility
1742
01:25:37.529 --> 01:25:40.640
to be able to, to focus on some specific things
1743
01:25:40.680 --> 01:25:42.460
that we knew coming out of week one that we
1744
01:25:42.500 --> 01:25:45.340
needed to, to be a little bit better in situationally.
1745
01:25:45.399 --> 01:25:48.020
And we'll use this Thursday for the, uh, for the same,
1746
01:25:48.279 --> 01:25:50.579
for the same reason, for the same purpose, at least
1747
01:25:50.619 --> 01:25:52.739
as far as Colville goes, they're going to see our
1748
01:25:52.760 --> 01:25:55.619
game from Saturday. And the fact that, um, we didn't
1749
01:25:55.680 --> 01:25:57.880
stop the run nearly as, as well as we would
1750
01:25:57.920 --> 01:26:01.140
have hoped or needed to. And that's their strength. And, um,
1751
01:26:01.279 --> 01:26:04.460
and they're, they're huge, Craig, they really are, uh, to,
1752
01:26:05.180 --> 01:26:07.520
to win their first game against deer park. What they
1753
01:26:07.560 --> 01:26:10.670
settled into was an old school power. I, where they
1754
01:26:10.710 --> 01:26:15.550
brought in an extra, uh, 299 pounds sophomore tackle to
1755
01:26:15.560 --> 01:26:18.489
play one of the tight ends brought in an extra
1756
01:26:18.489 --> 01:26:20.890
250 pounds sophomore guard to play one of the fullbacks
1757
01:26:21.510 --> 01:26:25.710
and just ran downhill so to be honest we're excited
1758
01:26:25.770 --> 01:26:29.170
by that challenge knowing that uh we need to improve
1759
01:26:29.369 --> 01:26:32.250
operationally and physically to be able to stop somebody's run
1760
01:26:32.449 --> 01:26:34.390
and and having a team that's going to come right
1761
01:26:34.409 --> 01:26:37.109
back at us with that kind of approach is is
1762
01:26:37.170 --> 01:26:39.630
actually what we're what we're craving at this point right
1763
01:26:39.649 --> 01:26:43.369
to try to um to fix what, what we need to,
1764
01:26:43.390 --> 01:26:45.989
to get right on defense. So what they're going to
1765
01:26:46.010 --> 01:26:47.909
bring is exactly what we need.
1766
01:26:48.989 --> 01:26:52.590
Boy, that's old school nineties smash mouth football, isn't it?
1767
01:26:52.810 --> 01:26:53.529
Yeah, it is.
1768
01:26:54.180 --> 01:26:55.239
Yeah.
1769
01:26:55.340 --> 01:26:55.619
Okay.
1770
01:26:55.640 --> 01:26:58.220
Last two questions. All right. You're ready for these?
1771
01:26:58.800 --> 01:26:59.000
Yeah.
1772
01:26:59.460 --> 01:27:05.220
Okay. What is coach Ames' playlist, pregame playlist? When you're
1773
01:27:05.260 --> 01:27:07.359
on your way back to the school for the game,
1774
01:27:07.899 --> 01:27:08.909
what are you listening to?
1775
01:27:08.930 --> 01:27:10.750
Oh, that's a good question.
1776
01:27:11.260 --> 01:27:15.760
And I'll tell you honestly, um, I think, so I'm
1777
01:27:15.800 --> 01:27:18.260
not into that rhythm yet. And here's why, at least
1778
01:27:18.279 --> 01:27:20.619
for this season, we left early from, we left at
1779
01:27:20.659 --> 01:27:23.819
lunchtime on Friday to go to week one in Eastern Washington,
1780
01:27:24.359 --> 01:27:26.439
week two, Saturday, we.
1781
01:27:26.359 --> 01:27:28.659
Left in the middle of the afternoon and let's see,
1782
01:27:28.720 --> 01:27:29.939
I was, I was with.
1783
01:27:29.840 --> 01:27:33.090
My daughter at a, at a soccer game and back
1784
01:27:33.100 --> 01:27:35.609
to immediately back to the high school for another soccer
1785
01:27:35.630 --> 01:27:38.630
game and then got on the bus and, this week
1786
01:27:38.689 --> 01:27:41.050
is going to be another Saturday afternoon and I'm going
1787
01:27:41.069 --> 01:27:41.890
to be again.
1788
01:27:41.689 --> 01:27:46.189
At a soccer game. So, uh, shoot. Uh, that's a
1789
01:27:46.229 --> 01:27:48.710
really good question. I don't have a, a really good answer.
1790
01:27:48.850 --> 01:27:50.800
It's probably going to be, it's going to be the, the,
1791
01:27:50.899 --> 01:27:54.359
the soundtrack of fatherhood, right? Listen to my daughters, right. Or,
1792
01:27:54.720 --> 01:27:56.739
or my son now who's on our, our, our high
1793
01:27:56.760 --> 01:27:59.939
school football team. Um, just listening to them, it would have,
1794
01:28:00.119 --> 01:28:02.199
you know, that answer would have been different, you know, five,
1795
01:28:02.199 --> 01:28:04.689
10 years ago or even further, but right now it's
1796
01:28:04.729 --> 01:28:05.479
completely different.
1797
01:28:05.560 --> 01:28:06.550
I know, you know what that's like.
1798
01:28:06.930 --> 01:28:09.029
Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely.
1799
01:28:09.449 --> 01:28:09.699
All right.
1800
01:28:09.720 --> 01:28:15.039
The last question. So fall is, you know, pumpkin spice,
1801
01:28:15.319 --> 01:28:19.640
it's football, but it's also fruit flies. So what's the
1802
01:28:19.859 --> 01:28:22.100
AIMS home remedy to get rid of fruit flies?
1803
01:28:22.479 --> 01:28:22.699
Okay.
1804
01:28:22.760 --> 01:28:25.300
I'm on my front porch. Otherwise I'd go in and
1805
01:28:25.319 --> 01:28:25.659
show you.
1806
01:28:26.500 --> 01:28:29.819
So we have, it's a little, it's a little plugin
1807
01:28:30.420 --> 01:28:33.670
and it's got like this lit sticky strip that attracts
1808
01:28:33.689 --> 01:28:34.510
them and then they.
1809
01:28:34.449 --> 01:28:35.590
Just get stuck to it and die.
1810
01:28:36.189 --> 01:28:36.909
And that works well?
1811
01:28:37.420 --> 01:28:39.010
It has been, yeah. That thing in there is just
1812
01:28:39.170 --> 01:28:39.970
packed full of those bugs.
1813
01:28:40.430 --> 01:28:40.729
Okay.
1814
01:28:41.289 --> 01:28:44.909
That's good to know. I've seen it on videos and stuff,
1815
01:28:44.949 --> 01:28:48.949
but now we have some testimonial, some real testimonial that
1816
01:28:49.010 --> 01:28:50.720
I trust that it works.
1817
01:28:51.340 --> 01:28:51.529
Yeah.
1818
01:28:51.649 --> 01:28:54.079
Are we influencers now? If this is on social media,
1819
01:28:54.100 --> 01:28:55.500
we're just like trying to promote a product. You are
1820
01:28:55.539 --> 01:28:56.460
now an influencer, yes.
1821
01:28:56.699 --> 01:28:57.100
Right on.
1822
01:28:57.420 --> 01:28:58.659
I don't even know what it's called, to be honest.
1823
01:28:58.979 --> 01:29:03.399
Yeah. Well, I appreciate your time, and again, this Saturday, Colville,
1824
01:29:03.520 --> 01:29:05.720
at your place, 1 o'clock. I just want to say
1825
01:29:05.739 --> 01:29:06.520
good luck to you, Coach.
1826
01:29:07.000 --> 01:29:07.939
Thank you. Same to you.
1827
01:29:07.960 --> 01:29:08.520
All right.
1828
01:29:08.579 --> 01:29:09.060
Thanks, Coach.
1829
01:29:09.579 --> 01:29:09.939
Of course.
1830
01:29:11.100 --> 01:29:11.399
All right.
1831
01:29:11.439 --> 01:29:14.659
So that wraps it up for this episode 445, the
1832
01:29:14.880 --> 01:29:19.680
Week 3 Gatorade Game Day Football Preview. Again, very, very
1833
01:29:19.800 --> 01:29:23.420
much a huge thank you to Craig Bartle for doing
1834
01:29:23.439 --> 01:29:25.500
these interviews. He did not have to do it. He
1835
01:29:25.560 --> 01:29:27.729
did it on his own. And thank you to all
1836
01:29:27.770 --> 01:29:33.930
the coaches for understanding. and still doing the interview anyways.
1837
01:29:34.050 --> 01:29:37.710
Pretty unbelievable that they all came through and did this
1838
01:29:38.189 --> 01:29:41.430
for me. And I'm going to try to get back
1839
01:29:41.489 --> 01:29:43.979
to it at some point where I can do these interviews,
1840
01:29:44.739 --> 01:29:48.239
and we'll be able to go from there. But as
1841
01:29:48.279 --> 01:29:51.000
of now, this has been Episode 445, the Week 3
1842
01:29:51.000 --> 01:29:54.779
Gatorade Game Day Football Preview. Be sure to tune in tonight.
1843
01:29:55.439 --> 01:29:59.359
on YouTube, the Walkin' Preps channel, and watch Gatorade Game
1844
01:29:59.380 --> 01:30:03.239
Day Live. It'll be four straight hours, starting at six o'clock,
1845
01:30:03.359 --> 01:30:06.920
covering all the Walkin' County games that have been going on.
1846
01:30:06.939 --> 01:30:09.640
We'll cut in with highlights of different games. There are
1847
01:30:09.739 --> 01:30:12.380
also other games that we'll probably be able to show live.
1848
01:30:12.779 --> 01:30:14.600
I believe we'll be able to show the Sehome Sultan
1849
01:30:14.649 --> 01:30:17.109
game live. We'll be able to show the Nooksack Valley
1850
01:30:17.189 --> 01:30:21.789
Kings game live, and who knows, maybe some other stuff
1851
01:30:21.829 --> 01:30:23.729
that we'll be able to bounce around to and watch
1852
01:30:23.810 --> 01:30:27.380
replays and stuff like that. So Pretty excited. Pre-game starts
1853
01:30:27.420 --> 01:30:31.989
at 6, and the full show will follow right after
1854
01:30:32.010 --> 01:30:35.039
that at 7 as everybody starts to kick off. So
1855
01:30:35.060 --> 01:30:37.020
thank you very much for listening, and I'll catch you
1856
01:30:37.060 --> 01:30:37.739
in a couple days.