Whatcom Preps Podcast Episode 456 - Week 6 Football Recap

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Greetings and welcome into the Whatcom Preps podcast. This is
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episode 456, the week six football recap. I am Tyler
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Anderson of Whatcom Preps and let's get to it. Do
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today and find out how you can get involved. All right,
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so we got some really good games that took place
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over the weekend. We're going to start off with the
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Thursday game and then go through the Friday games. No
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games on Saturday. And we'll be bringing in Coach Wood
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for the game that he was at as well. But
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let's start with the Thursday night game as Lyndon Christian
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hosted Archbishop Murphy. And with as banged up as the
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Lynx are, I was really pleasantly surprised how they competed.
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and almost pulled out the victory. So let's talk about
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this for a second, because Archbishop comes down big run
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after big run, scores a 17-yard rushing touchdown. It's like, okay,
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this is going to be tough. Then Lyndon Christian combated
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with a really strong drive, and by the time they
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got to the end of their drive, it was already
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the second quarter, because these two teams are running the ball,
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time's going fast, and Jackson Yoon kicks a 39-yard field goal.
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good by probably five or 10 yards and it's seven
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to three. And I was, I know that was at
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the end of the first quarter, my bad. So, but
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what was crazy about that was that Jackson Yoon's field goal,
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it broke the school record for career field goals. So
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he now has eight field goals in his career and
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he's just a junior. So pretty impressive there. And what
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a great kicker. I mean, he's a great athlete obviously,
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but the, you know, the kicking off is fantastic. He
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started punting this year as well. And he might be
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the third string punter, but the two guys ahead of
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him are both injured. So that just kind of tells
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you how it's going for the links. I mean, when you,
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what the links have done so far with the injuries
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is pretty amazing. Eli stamps probably out for the year,
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probably the strongest kid on the team. One of the
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strongest kids in the County guard linebacker to, you know,
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second year starting at both. And, And he's out, which
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is just a huge blow. But then you go from
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there and you say, OK, Caden Feldman, probably the best
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overall football player on the team. He's been he's been
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missing the last couple of games and he played in
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this one, but just a few series on defense late
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in the second quarter. And when he was out there.
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I knew it was an ankle injury, and you could
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take a look at both ankles, and one looked twice
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as big as the other one. I didn't see him
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play in the second half, so I'm hoping he's getting
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to be okay, because if they're going to make a
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deep run, he will be extremely crucial. Such a great player.
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They've also been without Wyatt Kamphouse the last few games,
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but he played in this one, and he looked awesome.
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He played a great game, so that was great to
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see him back out there doing things in all three phases,
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as it usually does. And then now they're without their
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starting quarterback, starting safety, Dawson Hines. So with all those things,
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you know, in play here for them to hang with
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Archbishop Murphy was pretty amazing. Archbishop Murphy on their first
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pass attempt of the game. This was in the second quarter,
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took everybody by surprise, went for a 49 yard touchdown.
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And then the Wildcats also kicked a 21 yard field
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goal at the end of the first half to take
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the lead 17 to three. And it wasn't looking great,
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but there was a lot of good things that happened
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in the third quarter, including a, I think it was
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like a 64-yard pass from Kellen Blankers to Wyatt Camphouse.
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Couldn't have been placed any better. Camphouse streaking down the sideline.
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And it put the Lynx right there. I think they
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put the Lynx at like the 12-yard line. They were
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denied there. And instead of kicking for a field goal,
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they go for it on fourth down. They don't get it.
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And then they force an Archbishop punt, get down there
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to the field once again on a good pass from
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Blankers to Kiewich. And they turn it over on fourth
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down again. And, you know, you could say, well, they
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would have kicked the field goals in both of those,
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you know, opportunities. And you say, oh, they could have
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cut into the lead even more. But, you know, when
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you're down by 14, you're down by two touchdowns, and
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it's midway through the third quarter against a team that good.
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You've got to take your chances. And they did. They
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came up empty in those. But then they were able
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to get the ball back. Once again, I tell you,
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the defense was really, especially the run defense, was really,
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really strong in the second half. led by Gavin Van Lowe,
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Peter Enfield, and Wyatt Camphouse. Those are kind of the
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three levels of those guys. Those were the leaders of
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those levels, and they played awesome. Gavin Van Lowe, nine
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and a half tackles, half a tackle for loss. Wyatt
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Camphouse had eight tackles. Peter Enfield had seven and a
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half tackles. And making short gains or causing short gains
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instead of seven-yard gains, there were one or two-yard gains,
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and that's something that a lot of teams– struggle to
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do against Archbishop Murphy. Then Lyndon Christian got the ball back,
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and then it was Chris Koiman, and he was a
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man out there, and he showed that he might be
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the best 1A back in the state, and he just
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kept plowing through and plowing through and plowing through. He
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ends up scoring a couple touchdowns in the fourth quarter
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to tie the game at 17-17. The place is going
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absolutely nuts. I was so excited that I was able
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to be there for the game because it was on
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a Thursday night. I'm not recording the show on Thursday night.
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And when Koiman scored his second touchdown, there was, let's
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see here, it was 5-10 left in the game. And
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so Archbishop has the ball and it's a tied ball
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game and they get to about midfield and you know,
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they're going to go for it on fourth down. Cause
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you know, cause I think it was like fourth and
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two and they're a little bit on their own side
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of the field there. And it's a huge play. Cause
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I think by this time there was like two and
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a half minutes to go or something like that. And
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they go for the, you know, there's the quarterback run there,
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but it's not necessarily a quarterback. They got Cole Severs
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in a quarterback and he breaks through. Everybody scores the
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57 yard touchdown run to break the tie, give Archbishop
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the lead and, And now LLC has to pass. You know,
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they're running out of time. They get sacked on third
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and fourth down to give the ball back to Archbishop Murphy.
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But Lyndon Christian still has two timeouts. They use them both.
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They're able to get the ball back one more time.
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But it was only with like 10 seconds to go
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or something like that. And they tried a couple trick plays,
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but they didn't go anywhere. And that was that. Archbishop
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wins 24-17. great, great game. Chris Koiman, 27 carries for
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106 yards and two touchdowns. Kellen Blankers, I cannot say
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enough about Kellen Blankers. I almost messaged him that night
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on Instagram just to tell him how proud of him
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I was. I just was so, I thought he played awesome.
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I thought he played with, you know, you could tell
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he was a little amped up. He had a little
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adrenaline going, but he was still under control. He wasn't
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wasn't overshooting his passes. You know, that usually is what
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happens when you're a little amped up, you overthrow everything.
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He was right on the money, but he put a
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little extra zip on it. And it was awesome to
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see Kellen Blankers, 11 of 18 through the air for
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149 yards. Wyatt Campouse, five catches for 101 yards. Justin,
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Justin Kiewik, three catches for 30 yards. The links, they
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dropped to four and two, but I tell you what, um,
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If they can start getting healthy here for the stretch
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run of the regular season, they could be the favorites
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in this very tough Northwest Conference of the 1A. And
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we'll just have to see how or when or if
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they can start getting some of their guys back because
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it's a really, really strong team. And there's a lot
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of brute force on that team. And it makes for
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some great battles in the trenches. And that's what they've
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kind of been missing in previous years is, They had
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a ton of skill guys and then a lot of
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bigger basketball player built guys playing the line. And now
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they got linemen type guys. And so it makes for
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that complete team. Now the big thing is just getting healthy.
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So we'll have to see going forward with that one.
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Then we'll go to the Friday games. First up, Meridian
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at Belain. Meridian takes this one 41 to 26. But
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I tell you what, really, really close game. It was
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all Trojans in the first quarter. Trey Alexander with a
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couple of touchdown runs. One on an eight-yard run that
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was him just kind of seeing if he can get
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the corner of the end zone. But the second one
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was on an 88-yard touchdown run. And that was pretty
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incredible to see him slicing and dicing through everybody. And
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Casey Brennan. Let me tell you about Casey Brennan. He
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was 20 yards behind the play. And he's got that
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amazing speed. And he sprinted through everybody, made a block
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to spring Alexander the final 50 yards or so. And
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that's what made the touchdown. So Casey Brennan and I
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got to give him all the props in the world
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for that play. And it was pretty amazing to see
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when you don't give up on a play and how
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you can make things just even better. Meridian was up
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15-0 after the first quarter. The rest of the way,
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it's even-steven because Meridian ended up winning by 15%. Asher
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Hagee scores on a seven-yard touchdown run. I thought they
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got some good things going in the run game. Blaine did.
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And then they made it within a two-point game when
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Hunter Candenoza caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from Connor Brown.
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That was a great catch on a one-handed catch. And
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it came one play after There was a touchdown pass
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the play before, but there happened to be a penalty,
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and that was a great play by Connor Brown, just
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buying time, running around, and then finding his receiver in
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the end zone. They had to back it up, though,
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and then they just scored again on the next play.
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Pierce Brzozowski did score on a one-yard rushing touchdown before
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the half, so Meridian was up 21-13, and it was
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a scoreless third quarter with a lot of fireworks in
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the fourth quarter. Blaine made it, again, like a two-point
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game again, when Candenoza caught another touchdown pass from Brown,
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made it 21-19. And then Meridian went on a little
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run here in the fourth quarter. And Trey Alexander, he
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rolled to his left, and there was, you know, it
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was probably a zone coverage, or it looked like it
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could have been, for Blaine. And he didn't know if
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he should drop back into coverage or if he should
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come up and try to tackle Alexander. As soon as
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the defender came up, Alexander knew exactly what to do
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with it. Tossed a six-yard touchdown pass to freshman Knox Gooden.
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which is always really exciting. First ever varsity touchdown. And
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that put Meridian up by two scores there. Cause I
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think it gave them a nine point lead, which was huge.
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And then Meridian just from there kept, you know, they
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were able to keep scoring. Trey Alexander scored on a
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one yard touchdown run. Pierce Brzozowski with the second touchdown
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run of the game. Blaine scores at the end on
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a really, really well thrown ball by Connor Brown, 30
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yard touchdown to Isaac Bama. The ball probably went 40,
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45 yards in the air. and it was a tough
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play because he had to get behind the defense but
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in front of the back of the end zone, and
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he placed it just right, and that would be that. Meridian,
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for the second week in a row with over 200
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yards rushing and 200 yards passing, the Trojans haven't done
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that since 2010. That was back in the Zach Slesk
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and Mitchell Tripp days. I mean, these were some big-time
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offensive teams back then, and Meridian just just accomplished that.
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That was in the 2010 1A playoffs against Stevenson and Kings.
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And the Borderites, I thought they did pretty well through
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the air. They did throw three interceptions, which was tough.
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Casey Brennan had an interception on the sideline on a
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really good play there. Trey Alexander intercepted a pass. I
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believe that one was on a double pass by Blaine,
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a little chicanery. And then Josiah Harris had a had
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a huge interception that kind of turned the tide of
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the game in the fourth quarter, allowed Meridian to score
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a few more touchdowns there and kind of extend that
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lead to where it needed to be. So that was
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kind of the big difference of the game was those,
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was those three interceptions by the Meridian defense. Meridian's offense,
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Trey Alexander, another big game on the ground, 15 carries
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for 126 yards and three touchdowns. Ethan Valich had 35
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yards rushing. Sawyer Strunk had 21. Through the air, Trey Alexander,
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Trey Alexander, 20 of 29 for 246 yards and a
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touchdown and receiving. Casey Brennan, five catches for 65 yards.
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Pierce Brzozowski, four catches for 70 yards. Cason Colt, three
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catches for 25 yards. Lincoln Brzozowski, two catches for 28 yards.
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Knox Gooden had two catches, and four other players had
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a reception for Meridian. For Blaine, leading the way on
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the ground, Asher Hagee, 13 carries for 54 yards and
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a touchdown and I really think he's starting to improve
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week in and week out as a running back. And
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he hits the hole so hard that he's so fast
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he only knows one speed. And it's tough to see
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how the blocks develop. So he just kind of makes
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his own gaps there and just goes. But, boy, he's explosive.
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And it's been good that he's starting to read the
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blocks a little bit more. You can see him cut it.
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left to right, and boy, the more he plays, the
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more he's going to get better. He's going to be
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a great one, just a sophomore. Through the air, Connor Brown,
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13 of 25 for 232 yards. He did also complete
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the three touchdown passes. Isaac Baum, a huge game, receiving
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eight catches for 164 yards, and he caught the late touchdown.
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Hunter Candenoza, four catches for 59 yards and two touchdowns. Defensively,
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Leading the way for Meridian was Pierce Brzozowski. He had
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four tackles, two tackles for loss, two passes broken up.
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Griffith Ingram, five and a half tackles, two and a
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half sacks. Really getting after the quarterback there. Great job
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by him. Isaac Cypress, five and a half tackles, one
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tackle for loss, and a sack. Casey Brennan had four
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and a half tackles, a pass broken up, and an interception.
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A lot of good things there by the defense. Blaine's
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defense was led by Matt Campion, who had four who
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had 13 and a half tackles and a half a
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tackle for a loss. That kid is just flies to
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where the football is. Axel Shelton, seven and a half
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tackles and a sack. Isaac Bauma, six tackles and a
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pass broken up. And Sehu Kanaji, three and a half tackles,
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a tackle for a loss and a quarterback sack. Meridian
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ups their record to three and three. And the Borderites
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fell to two and four. So the tough thing there
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for Boyne, Two losses in conference play with only two
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games to go makes it really, really difficult to get
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a postseason berth now at this point. And so we'll
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just have to wait and see. They're going to have
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to win out. They're going to need some other things
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to probably happen, and that's going to be tough. But
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you never know. We'll see how it goes right now.
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Mount Baker and Lyndon Christian each have one Northwest Conference game,
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and they each won that game. and Nooksack Valley right
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now 1-1 in the Northwest Conference, as is Meridian. So
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playing at 0-2, they've got a lot of work to do,
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and like I said, they need some other things to
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happen as well. Well, let's go to the next game.
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We're going to travel down south to Oak Harbor, where
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the Golden Eagles defeated the Wildcats 22-6. And, you know,
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I'm not really surprised by the score. I was kind
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of surprised what happened early, as Oak Harbor just drove
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down the field and scored a touchdown. And I was like, okay,
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like we were doing the show live. And when that happened,
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it was kind of like, okay, is this going to
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be a back and forth game? But that would be
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the only scoring for the Wildcats as Ferndale kind of
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took control after that. Wyatt Broyles scores a 12-yard touchdown
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in the first quarter, and then the snap goes over
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the head on the PAT. Parker McManus picks it up
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at about the 25-yard line and then went from kicker
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to wide receiver as he used that speed that he
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has and got to the corner of the end zone
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for the two-point conversion to make it 8-6. By the way,
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extra point blocked by Braden Hendrickson again? Are you kidding me?
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I don't know if I've seen... The same person blocks
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so many extra points in a season. And I'll be
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talking to Coach Plankovich later this week because I'm curious
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if he's ever seen anything like this. It seems like
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it happens week in and week out. He's always blocking
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an extra point. And once you get into the postseason,
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stuff like that, if they can get there, that is
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a huge deal. And Parker McManus never misses either. So
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you might have a game where you win it 28-27
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to 35-34. And a lot of it could be because
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of Braden Hendrickson's breaking through the middle, putting the big
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paw up there, and blocking an extra point. It's awesome
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to see. Ferndale had a few things. They turned the
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ball over twice at the one-yard line, once on downs,
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once with a fumble. So, you know, they got a
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lot of yards. They just didn't pick up the points
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that they probably could have gotten. They still win 22-6
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as Elliott Lanson scores a couple touchdown runs. He finishes
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with 22 carries. for 192 yards and the two touchdowns.
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He has 19 touchdowns on the year so far, and
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we're only through six games, so he's averaging over three
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touchdowns a game, which is a pretty incredible number there.
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Wyatt Broyles also surpassed 100 yards on the ground, 12
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carries for 103 yards, and Ferndale still looking pretty good.
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They've got a big undefeated opponent coming up, and we'll
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talk about that in the next podcast, but defensively, Chance Hatchett,
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just getting better and better every week, which is cool
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to see. You can tell he's starting to get healthier. 7.5 tackles, 2.5
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tackles for loss and a fumble recovery. Brock Hoyt, 8.5 tackles,
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half a tackle for loss. Elliott Lenson, 3.5 tackles, a
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tackle for loss and a fumble recovery as well. Yeah,
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it's really good team defense by the Golden Eagles right now,
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and they're going to need it in this next week
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because we'll see kind of how that goes against Stanwood,
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who is undefeated on the season. For our next game
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out at Civic Stadium, our very own coach, Jeff Wood,
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was at the game. Coach, how are you doing today?
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I'm doing great, Tyler.
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Great.
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So, I mean, this was a game that we kind
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of thought would be a little closer maybe uh they
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both had a lot of common opponents that had very
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similar scores and i think when you look at those
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things you kind of usually think okay this is this
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will be a pretty good game it was close after
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one quarter play the second quarter was a little different
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what did you see out there.
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Yeah they uh traded touchdowns there in the first uh
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quarter see home had kind of a long sustained drive
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and bellingham had a really short drive with a i
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think it was their maybe fourth play from scrimmage uh
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where matthew steel caught one kind of over the middle
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Behind the defensive backfield. And took off. And he's a
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very fast player. And wasn't going to get caught from behind.
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And so tied up.
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And you know.
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Thought it was going to be close. But then Bellingham.
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They had some troubles. In terms of some snaps. They
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had two safeties.
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They gave up.
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And one was on a punt snap. And the other
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was one on just a shotgun snap on an offensive play.
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So that kind of put them behind the eight ball.
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And that was after Seaholm had already scored another touchdown.
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So they were down 11, I think. And then they
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just couldn't really get a whole bunch more going on offense.
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And Seaholm did get it going on offense and kind
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of took control in the second half. or second quarter,
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right before halftime.
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Yeah, and a lot of stuff happened in that second
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quarter that was good for Sehome. You mentioned the two safeties.
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I'm sure it's happened. I can't recall two safeties in
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one quarter. You rarely get two safeties in one game.
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And from a coach's perspective, because after that, there was
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a long touchdown pass, 75-yarder from Jad Geiger to Nicky Smith,
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And from a coach's perspective, I know one is six
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points and the other is two points. But what shifts
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the momentum bigger, a safety or a long touchdown?
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Oh, again, it kind of depends on the game. But
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when you give up a safety early on in the
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game– And it's just, you got to give up the
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ball again also. So you're giving up possession as well
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as those two points. And the momentum really shifts to
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the other team.
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Although both kickoffs from the 20, right, went over or
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were kind of misplayed by Seaholm. And so Seaholm didn't
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have good possession on either of those. kick returns, but
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they kind of had the passing game going. Obviously, they
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had the run game going again, but they also had
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the passing game going. Like you said, Nicky Smith kind
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of got free. It looked like a little bit of
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a busted coverage, and Jad kind of broke contain, which
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sometimes happens, and then sometimes the defensive backs come up
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because they think the quarterback's going to run it, but
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he was still behind the line of scrimmage, and Found
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Nicky for a deep one. Then he found Gunnar Andersen
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for another one that went all the way down to
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the one-yard line.
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Right before halftime. And they got the– it was really
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interesting because they barely got the next playoff right before
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halftime to score again. So they took control and they
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just kind of had– Out of the 22 guys on
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the field at the time, Sehome probably had the best
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four or five guys. Football is definitely a team game,
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but when you have those top few guys, it makes
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a difference.
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One of those top guys I want to talk about
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is Logan Rogers. We've all seen what he does at
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offensive line, defensive line, but how about early on him
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lining up at fullback? and just brought right just busted
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through the hole and lighten up guys uh for the
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for the for the ground game going um was this
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something that you were might have been privy to that
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you teach out at seahome or when you saw this
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what did you think.
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I was not privy to it but hey it's a
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pretty good strategy in that that short yardage situation you
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know mike dick had just passed away and remember that
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you and i remember and the old guys we remember
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the days of the fridge yeah uh running the ball
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in for the Bears. So definitely when you have that
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much mass behind you, it's a pretty good strategy.
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Yeah, and he's an athletic kid. He can move his feet,
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plays basketball. I mean, so it's all kind of– it
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works in that situation. He just– in the three-point stance
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next to Jad Geiger, he looked like he was about
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450 pounds back there because you just don't see guys
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that big. in the backfield, and he had a good get-off.
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And when you get a running steam at somebody, boy,
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it was really working. You know, Cash Barnes goes for
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over 200 yards and a lot of carries, 31 carries.
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We saw Sawyer Woods do this a few times last year.
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Can you draw any comparisons between the two running backs?
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You know, Barnes is a little bit bigger of a guy.
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You know, he's only a sophomore than Sawyer, and Sawyer
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was– Uh, they both ran, uh, very hard downhill runners.
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So you got that comparison. Uh, but, uh, and Sawyer
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was a little bit more dynamic in terms of probably, uh,
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jump cuts and some breakaway speed, but Barnes's vision is,
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is good. He follows his blocks and they're both running
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a lot of plays behind a lot of double tight sets.
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So there's that extra gap and, uh, you know, the offense,
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cause some of the same guys like Logan Rogers and, uh,
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blocking on the old line. So yeah, definitely some similarities.
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Yeah. Both guys, uh, are guys that can carry the
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ball 30 times in a game, which not a lot of,
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you know, you can't just grab a high school kid
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and say, Hey, I'm going to give it to you
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30 times in a game. Uh, it's not an easy
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thing to do. And, and it's something they've both done now. And,
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and it's kind of something that seoma starting to hang
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their hat on is a strong run game and and
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uh see if they can go the rest of the
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year uh doing that bellingham a very very young team
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you saw a lot of freshmen get in there at
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the end i know the c team is very strong
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so hopefully the future is bright for them i know
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you mentioned in the story that uh they're pretty youthful
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i think only six seniors on the team uh And
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so hopefully things will start evening out in that rivalry
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down the road. Defensive wise, obviously, you know, Logan Rogers
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did some good things. Saw Gunnar Andersen with an interception.
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I thought Avery Flagg played well, the freshman. He's getting
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a little more physical. I thought in the beginning he
472
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wasn't playing. He was playing some defense, but he wasn't,
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he was kind of still, maybe the eyes were a
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little bright under the Friday night lights and And now
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he's starting to play a lot tougher. And then on the,
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you know, Bellingham's defensive side, Calvin Van Hofwegen had seven
477
00:27:10.390 --> 00:27:13.470
and a half tackles and there, but they were on
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the field a lot more, you know, I'm counting the
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plays here. And I think it was something like 66
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plays to 32. So more than twice the time. And
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you know, Did it feel that? Being there on the field,
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being there in real time, did it feel like Seaholm
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00:27:33.950 --> 00:27:36.950
had the ball twice as many plays than Bellingham did?
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00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:41.180
Oh, yeah, for sure. Again, with those safeties, you're losing
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00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:45.559
possession again. And then just starting with the first drive,
486
00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:50.720
I think it was 15 plays for Seaholm. And Bellingham
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00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:56.809
was having shorter possessions. So, yeah, Seaholm really took control
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of the clock throughout the whole game so and that's
489
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yeah that's tough to deal with but credit to Bellingham
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00:28:04.049 --> 00:28:08.410
they kept fighting and yeah they have a good young
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group sophomore and freshman group so I think you know
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you take your licks sometimes but then it you know
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drives them in the offseason and the weight room and
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all those things that they try to build for the future.
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Yeah absolutely I mean you were part of the coaching
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00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:30.670
staff when Sehome was rebuilding and and you know had
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to go to an independent schedule most teams do that
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00:28:33.410 --> 00:28:35.710
for two years i think you guys only did it
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00:28:35.769 --> 00:28:39.029
for one year ended on a winning streak came back
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the next year and had a really strong year what's
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00:28:41.890 --> 00:28:45.650
the big like obviously talent but what's the big key
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to turning a program around yeah.
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It's just uh you know keeping that group of players
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together And, you know, even when you're losing, you're taking
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those little victories and you're getting that experience and, you know,
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doing those things. And it's so hard to do because
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00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:16.289
nobody likes to lose and get your teeth kicked in.
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00:29:16.309 --> 00:29:19.390
And we started out, I remember that year with Coach
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00:29:19.430 --> 00:29:24.529
Beeson and we're 0-6. That continued a 20-some game losing streak.
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And then we Turned it around against Seton Catholic down
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there in Vancouver. It was our first win with our regime.
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And then we won our last four, ended up on
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a snowy night against Blaine. and uh that was pretty
514
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fun with that group and then uh the next year
515
00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:46.619
we had a pretty good run there was the sky
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and the lake division right one whichever one was the
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lower one and then we had to play bellingham we
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played bellingham twice that year.
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I think Yeah, back-to-back weeks, I believe. Yeah, yeah.
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And then we got to play the old Archbishop Murphy,
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and they didn't take us very seriously, and we put
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it on them. So that was pretty cool. We had DeMallo. Actually,
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Max wasn't on that team, but Tim and Cap and
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a bunch of guys, Austin Roberts and Riley Bear. Yeah,
525
00:30:17.829 --> 00:30:18.609
that was a good group.
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Dylan Roberts.
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Yep.
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Brett Magasy, and that was a fun, fun team to watch.
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I was there calling that game on the Doug Lang
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Network when you guys beat Archbishop Murphy, and Jay Travier
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just couldn't stop getting interceptions left and right. My goodness,
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that was a fun team to watch. And, Coach, again,
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thank you for it.
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I've got to give Jay some credit on that. Obviously
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a great player all the way through, but he got
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an interception as a free safety on a screen pass.
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uh yeah so that's some film study right there and
538
00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:58.269
just some great instincts that was i'll never forget that.
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00:30:58.509 --> 00:31:04.809
That is in that's incredible that's something you never see.
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The screen pass the running back we're not talking like
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00:31:05.869 --> 00:31:09.769
a outside screen receiver he just burst straight up the
542
00:31:09.809 --> 00:31:13.380
middle and that was pretty pretty good but anyway uh
543
00:31:13.410 --> 00:31:17.500
yeah uh great rivalry and bellingham and see you home
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it'll keep on going throughout the years and The crowds
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were great. And, you know, it's just a good tradition
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in the city of Bellingham.
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00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:30.380
Absolutely, Coach. So glad you're able to make it out
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00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:32.619
there for that one. And thanks for making it here
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with me for this podcast. Thank you so much for
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joining me, Coach. All right.
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Thanks, Tyler.
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Always good to talk to Coach Wood. Thank you very much, Coach,
553
00:31:41.269 --> 00:31:47.779
for explaining how that game went down. And, you know,
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after a close first quarter, it was– It kind of
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00:31:50.430 --> 00:31:55.160
went all Mariners after that. So, yeah, thank you very
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much for explaining that one. Next one up, this was
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out of Bob Tisdale Field as Mount Baker defeated Nooksack
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Valley 21-14. And this one, I don't think anybody's really
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too surprised. Even though Nooksack Valley was undefeated going into it,
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Mount Baker had lost to a B school the week before.
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00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:19.039
you know, you hear the cliche all the time. Oh,
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throw the records out when these two teams get together.
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That's kind of what this matchup is like. And it's
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been like for a little while is, uh, they're just,
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it's always a great matchup. I mean, when they played
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each other for the, for the semifinal in the semifinals
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and the one, a state playoffs at civic stadium, that
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was one of the best games you'll ever see. Winter
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was going to go to the play for the state
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championship game. And, and that came down to the very end. So, um, yeah, it's, uh,
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It's pretty impressive what these two teams have done against
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each other. And I tell you what, it was very,
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it was just a well-played football game. I don't know
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how else to explain it. It was really good defense.
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A lot of punts. Teams weren't really taking chances. They
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weren't going to kind of let something slip away. So
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I think there was a total of like, I don't know,
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13 or 14 punts in the game. Something crazy like that.
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A number that you just do not see very much,
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especially in high school football. Nooksack Valley got on the
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board first when Lucas Woodridge threw a deep pass down
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the right sideline. Tyler Martin was able to stop on
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a dime, and when that happened, his defender fell down.
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Martin jumped up, caught it at the peak of the pass,
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and then brought it 58 yards for a touchdown. And
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then from there, Mount Baker scored a couple touchdowns there
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at the end of the first half. Andrew Monteith on
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a one-yard touchdown run. And then Tyson Barksdale found Zion
589
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Paglia on a 16-yard touchdown pass on a tremendous route
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that was run. I guess you'd call it like a sluggo.
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It was kind of more like a slant and corner.
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Maybe you'd call that a slacorner. But he basically took–
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he basically went with a slant. It was on the
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left side. He went a slant. Then he broke off
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to the corner of the end zone. And as soon–
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and I think there was– a pump fake involved there too,
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which really helped throw the defender off. And then Peglia
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had that window where he was open for a little bit.
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Barksdale hit him. Tyson Barksdale had a few passes in
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that game where he put a little mustard on some
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of those balls, especially down the middle to a knock Smith.
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He threw a deep one, a gauge Smith that went
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pretty well. And his passing is just, even just from
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week one to now is really, they could tell he's
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throwing the ball with some confidence. So Mount Baker is,
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was leading 14-7 at the half. They come out in
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the second half, and it's Barksdale to Paglia again on
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a 29-yard touchdown pass to take that 21-7 lead. And
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Trevin Schoenstra scores on a one-yard touchdown run in this
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third quarter to make it 21-14. They both kind of
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punted back and forth in the fourth quarter, but Nooksack
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Valley put together a really strong drive there at the end,
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and they got down to the 13-yard line, first and
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10 at the 13. I can't tell you how much
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time was left, but I'm going to say it's probably
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less than a minute, and you're down by seven. They
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took four chances in the end zone, and they were
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denied all four times. On that fourth one, Gage Smith
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had the breakup there, and that was that as Mount
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Baker took The wind moved to 4-2 on the season.
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Nooksack Valley dropped to 5-1. You take a look at
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the stats for the Pioneers. Trevin Skeenstra led the way
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on the ground. 13 carries for 48 yards and a touchdown.
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Trey Huting, 5 carries for 31 yards. Lucas Woodridge was
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14 of 30 through the air for 208 yards. And
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in receiving, Dane Ackerman, 5 catches for 71 yards. Tyler Martin,
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3 catches for 69 yards and a touchdown. Trevin Schoenstra, A.J. Woodrich,
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00:36:02.909 --> 00:36:06.590
and Jaden Jones each had two catches. For Mount Baker,
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it was Enoch Smith leading the way on the ground,
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17 carries for 81 yards. Got his, I believe, his
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first start on offense in his varsity career. And this was,
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and this is a huge deal. Taking the place of
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Noah Nicole Mills, who we all know, great, great player,
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00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:30.340
two-way player. Noah Nicole Mills had to fill in for
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a missing pioneer or missing Mountaineer on the offensive line.
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He had to put a number 52 on, he's usually
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number nine and he had to play right guard. He
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had to learn it during the week. And coach Lepa
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told him, if we're going to win this game, we
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need you to play right guard in this game. And
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he did, he did well, and they did win the game.
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So that, you know, kudos to a kid who is
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a senior running back on a run heavy team that
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is willing to change his position to an unglorified position
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to better his own team. And I think that goes
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a long way. And a lot of kids, you know,
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I want a lot of kids to understand how important
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that is to help your team get better. And you
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will get praised for it because that was a pretty
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unbelievable job. Knowing Nicole Mills, if you've seen him, he's
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00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:21.130
over 200 pounds. He's a really, really super strong kid.
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00:37:21.530 --> 00:37:25.760
So he's perfectly fit. to play an offensive guard spot
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on that Mount, Mount Baker team. And it worked extremely well.
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We'll see what happens, you know, going forward the next
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few weeks. And if he's, if he'll be back and what,
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what'll be happening, but it's great to have a player
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that is that dynamic, but a knock Smith filled in great.
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His first run of the game. I think he picked
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up like 28 yards, 29 yards ended with 81 yards
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on the game. Andrew Monteith had 29 yards rushing, Tyson Barksdale,
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00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:57.260
eight of 14 through the air for 132 yards and
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two touchdowns. Zion Paglia and Enoch Smith each had three catches.
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Gage Smith had two catches, all averaging in double digits
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as far as yards per catch. So Mountaineers moving the
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ball down the field. Defensively for Nooksack Valley, Paxton Miller
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had a crazy great game. Eight and a half tackles,
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four tackles for loss. And, um, he really had like
668
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a standout game, a game, a game that like coaches
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will see that on film, recognize it, write stuff down.
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And then when they go to the all conference meeting, uh,
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and about a month from now, he'll be one of
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those that they'll say, yep, that guy is definitely a
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guy I'm voting for because he, he made a difference
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and you, you kind of saw it coming the last
675
00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:52.059
year or so, uh, really, really good player. And he
676
00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:55.489
made a big difference. in that game. Trey Hutink, six
677
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and a half tackles, a tackle for loss. Max Lautenbach
678
00:38:58.469 --> 00:39:00.269
was all over the field, seven and a half tackles,
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a tackle for loss. I thought he played an awesome
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game as well. He's a guy that when he gets
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to you, he's bringing you down, period. People do not
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break tackles against him. And he's not the biggest kid.
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He's just determined when he's making a tackle. And then,
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I mean, Tyler Martin had another interception. So that breaks
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seven now on the year. which has just been incredible.
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Seven interceptions through six games. We'll see if he can
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keep that going. The Whatcom County record is 10%. A
688
00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:35.440
few guys have done it. Um, Jeff Benham of Meridian,
689
00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:39.440
he intercepted 10, 10 passes in one year. Jay Travier
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00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:42.929
for Sehome, he intercepted 10 passes. And I'm going to
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say there might be another one, but, um, But 10,
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that's a lot for a season. He's at seven right now.
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Like I said, only through six games. So we'll see
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what happens going forward. He's just, boy, he knows how
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to break on the ball, and he does a tremendous job.
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The defensive guys for Mount Baker that stood out, Gage Smith,
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11 tackles, a pass broken up, and that pass broken
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up was pretty much the eventual game winner, or was
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the game winner, I should say. Kel Reardon, holy cow.
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There was a sequence there. where he was doing pretty good.
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He had a couple of sacks in the game. He
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also forced a fumble with a sack. And then there
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was a play where they tried a wide receiver end-around pass,
704
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and he was all over. He basically hit Martin as
705
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he threw the ball to cause the incompletion. And Kilruden
706
00:40:32.289 --> 00:40:35.949
just put on tape another reason why he'll be playing
707
00:40:35.989 --> 00:40:39.690
at the next level. Silas Maple, too. Silas Maple, because
708
00:40:39.730 --> 00:40:43.369
of the player that was missing– He had to get
709
00:40:43.429 --> 00:40:45.849
moved from defensive tackle to defensive end. I thought he
710
00:40:45.889 --> 00:40:48.849
did a pretty good job. Five tackles, a tackle for loss,
711
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and he recovered the fumble that Kel Reardon had caused.
712
00:40:53.690 --> 00:40:56.469
So those were kind of your main guys on defense.
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00:40:56.550 --> 00:40:58.849
I did think Noah Nicole Mills did play pretty well too.
714
00:40:58.929 --> 00:41:02.530
Six and a half tackles, wearing number 52 out there
715
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instead of his number nine. So huge win for Mount Baker.
716
00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:09.860
It was a big bounce back game for them. after
717
00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:12.420
a disappointing loss the week before Nooksack Valley, you know,
718
00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:14.489
they've been saying all year, there's a lot of stuff
719
00:41:14.530 --> 00:41:18.090
we need to work on. And, um, and I thought
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they played pretty well in this one. There was just,
721
00:41:20.750 --> 00:41:24.409
you know, a few little things. And when you play these, these, uh,
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00:41:24.530 --> 00:41:26.929
these conference games of this players and coaches that know
723
00:41:26.969 --> 00:41:29.550
you so well, you gotta, you gotta really tighten things
724
00:41:29.670 --> 00:41:31.690
up and they're going to have a big one next week.
725
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And we'll again, talk about that, uh, on the next, uh, podcast,
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which should come out, um, It's either going to come
727
00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:41.940
out Thursday night or Friday morning. We'll just kind of
728
00:41:41.980 --> 00:41:46.679
wait and see there. Next up, this was a great
729
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game that came right down to the end. The Squalicum
730
00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:54.900
Storm defeats Solton 20-17. The Stormbreaker, four-game losing streak to
731
00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:58.059
pick up the win. This was a fast game. If
732
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you were there, it probably ended pretty quickly. We were
733
00:42:01.449 --> 00:42:05.369
doing our live show, our broadcast, and it was a
734
00:42:05.429 --> 00:42:09.309
game that kicked off at 7, and it was just,
735
00:42:09.590 --> 00:42:12.329
it was by far was the first one over. I mean,
736
00:42:12.369 --> 00:42:14.309
it just, it moved along. And a lot of that
737
00:42:14.329 --> 00:42:16.210
had to do with the first quarter as it was
738
00:42:16.250 --> 00:42:19.730
basically just running plays over and over again to both teams,
739
00:42:20.230 --> 00:42:23.340
just eating up clock and both teams turning it over
740
00:42:23.449 --> 00:42:26.039
on downs. And basically it was one and a half
741
00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:28.539
possessions in the first quarter that took up the entire
742
00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:32.780
quarter moves into the second quarter. And then they finally
743
00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:35.280
broke a long run. It was Maddox Strickland on a
744
00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:39.289
43 yard touchdown run. to give Squalicum the early 7-0
745
00:42:39.630 --> 00:42:42.190
lead there in the second quarter. Sultan drove down. Then
746
00:42:42.210 --> 00:42:46.489
they went to the halfback pass, old school, and they
747
00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:50.380
converted it on a 22-yard touchdown pass. They made the kick,
748
00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:54.820
and it was 7-7 there. So it was 7-7 at halftime.
749
00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:57.619
Squalicum did have a chance to get in the end
750
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zone right before the half, but the ball was intercepted,
751
00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:03.070
a great one-handed interception by the Turks that put an
752
00:43:03.570 --> 00:43:06.789
end to that. And so it was still tied at
753
00:43:06.829 --> 00:43:09.699
the half. In the second half, it started with Elias
754
00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:13.949
Laranaga kicking a 23-yard field goal to give Squalicum a
755
00:43:13.969 --> 00:43:16.570
10-7 lead. And then early in the fourth quarter, Sultan
756
00:43:16.590 --> 00:43:18.989
did the same with a 26-yard field goal. So it
757
00:43:19.010 --> 00:43:22.489
went back to a tied game. So this had multiple ties,
758
00:43:22.570 --> 00:43:27.969
multiple– I don't know. Sultan never had the lead in
759
00:43:28.010 --> 00:43:30.170
this one, I don't believe. Yeah, they never had the lead.
760
00:43:30.489 --> 00:43:33.010
It was just Squalicum would score. Sultan would do whatever
761
00:43:33.050 --> 00:43:38.650
they did. It was 7-0, 7-7, 10-7, 10-10. 17-10, 17-17.
762
00:43:38.670 --> 00:43:42.820
And that's just kind of the way it went. And Squalicum,
763
00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:46.880
when it was tied 10-10, halfway through the fourth quarter,
764
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maybe a little further down, Phoenix Price was back to pass.
765
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This was a great, great play. And he's looking and
766
00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:56.079
he's looking and everyone's covered. And so he just took
767
00:43:56.280 --> 00:43:58.659
off and he just went to like, like he went,
768
00:43:58.699 --> 00:44:01.280
he shifted like three gears all at once and just
769
00:44:01.300 --> 00:44:04.610
started whizzing past everybody and then, and breaking a tackle
770
00:44:04.650 --> 00:44:06.969
and then, And it was a great, great run by
771
00:44:07.030 --> 00:44:10.570
Phoenix Price, who started the year as a tight end,
772
00:44:10.909 --> 00:44:13.869
especially when they went double tight. And so he displayed
773
00:44:13.909 --> 00:44:16.690
some of those ball-carrying abilities there as he scored the
774
00:44:16.710 --> 00:44:20.329
49-yard touchdown run. Sultan was able to score on a
775
00:44:20.449 --> 00:44:24.500
two-yard touchdown run extremely late in the game. Let's see
776
00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:27.980
here if I have the timestamp on that. Because, yeah,
777
00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:33.469
it was 55 seconds left in the game. when Sultan
778
00:44:33.510 --> 00:44:36.530
tied it up 17 to 17. So you're thinking, okay,
779
00:44:36.889 --> 00:44:38.530
and we were talking about this live on the show.
780
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We were showing this game and Squalicum needed some big
781
00:44:43.110 --> 00:44:45.699
things to happen for them to get down there. And
782
00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:48.340
they hadn't had that many long plays. I think the
783
00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:50.679
only real two long ones they had both were the
784
00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:53.099
touchdown plays that they had, the one rushing or the
785
00:44:53.139 --> 00:44:55.519
two rushing, I should say, as Price scored the other one.
786
00:44:56.599 --> 00:44:58.880
But there was a penalty on the kick return, which
787
00:44:58.940 --> 00:45:02.679
gave them a little extra 15 yards there. and they
788
00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:05.260
did some good things moving the ball down the field.
789
00:45:05.739 --> 00:45:08.679
I think they completed a deep pass to Mason Sone,
790
00:45:09.019 --> 00:45:11.380
and that got them into the red zone as time
791
00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:14.809
was ticking down. Phoenix Price runs down, spikes the ball,
792
00:45:15.630 --> 00:45:18.809
and they run a few plays. They had an open
793
00:45:18.849 --> 00:45:20.949
guy in the end zone. It just did not connect,
794
00:45:21.309 --> 00:45:22.969
so then they had to line up for a 30-yard
795
00:45:23.030 --> 00:45:27.010
field goal. Elias Laranaga kicks it through with 12 seconds
796
00:45:27.050 --> 00:45:29.889
to go in the game to give Squalicum a 20-17 lead,
797
00:45:29.909 --> 00:45:33.260
and you're thinking, this one's over now they got 12
798
00:45:33.260 --> 00:45:36.460
seconds and they're going to kick off. And, uh, for
799
00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:39.670
some reason it was kind of a onside kick, uh,
800
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to the right side. And this is exactly what Bellingham
801
00:45:43.849 --> 00:45:46.289
did to Sultan. And that there was a, the guy
802
00:45:46.329 --> 00:45:47.989
on the front line grabbed it and returned it for
803
00:45:48.010 --> 00:45:50.650
a touchdown. That's what he did against Bellingham. He almost
804
00:45:50.690 --> 00:45:53.130
did it here, which would have just been so demoralizing.
805
00:45:53.429 --> 00:45:55.650
He got brought down with a face mask, which gave
806
00:45:55.670 --> 00:45:58.409
them an extra 15 yards. So then they're set up.
807
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They're set up at like, you know, uh, at the
808
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13 yard line now with like one, basically one play
809
00:46:08.610 --> 00:46:10.429
and they could have lined up to kick a field
810
00:46:10.449 --> 00:46:12.460
goal would have been a 30 yard field goal, which
811
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is what, you know, Laranaga hit and Sultan just decides to,
812
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you know, take a chance. But if you're going to
813
00:46:19.679 --> 00:46:21.760
take a chance and you don't have any timeouts, you
814
00:46:21.780 --> 00:46:25.119
got to throw it into the end zone and just
815
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for one play and then kick the field goal. He didn't,
816
00:46:27.599 --> 00:46:30.239
he threw it out to the flat. Elias Laranaga makes
817
00:46:30.280 --> 00:46:33.909
the tackle and that ended the game. So Elias Laranaga
818
00:46:33.949 --> 00:46:36.389
had the game winning field goal and the game winning tackle,
819
00:46:36.710 --> 00:46:40.909
which is pretty awesome. And Squalicum wins 20 to 17.
820
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Maddox Strickland, a hundred yards on the ground. And yeah, big,
821
00:46:47.920 --> 00:46:49.780
you know, big, big game for him. He had a few,
822
00:46:50.219 --> 00:46:51.980
they were kind of getting by him behind the line
823
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of scrimmage early, but then he started as the game
824
00:46:54.570 --> 00:46:57.289
wore on, he was just getting better and better. Tucker Hofstede,
825
00:46:57.670 --> 00:47:00.190
Great game. 11 carries for 53 yards. I thought he
826
00:47:00.230 --> 00:47:02.550
was amazing on defense as well, and we'll get into
827
00:47:02.570 --> 00:47:05.949
that a little bit. Phoenix Price, 4 carries for 52 yards.
828
00:47:06.010 --> 00:47:09.389
Mason Sone, 5 carries for 21 yards. Phoenix Price, 4
829
00:47:09.389 --> 00:47:12.860
of 11 through the air for 87 yards. Mason Sone,
830
00:47:12.860 --> 00:47:16.599
2 catches for 52 yards. Tucker Hofstede, 2 catches for
831
00:47:16.599 --> 00:47:20.539
35 yards. I was talking about Hofstede on defense. He
832
00:47:20.559 --> 00:47:23.920
had 8 tackles and 3 tackles for loss. He plays
833
00:47:23.960 --> 00:47:27.349
on that defensive line. It's only a 3-man line. And
834
00:47:27.429 --> 00:47:30.230
usually when you play a three-man line, you're just there
835
00:47:30.250 --> 00:47:32.909
to kind of muck things up and have the linebackers
836
00:47:32.969 --> 00:47:35.630
get all the glory. He makes a lot of plays
837
00:47:36.630 --> 00:47:40.010
playing on that three-man line. He's just so active and
838
00:47:40.050 --> 00:47:42.900
just a sophomore too. So I'm really, really excited for
839
00:47:42.940 --> 00:47:47.320
his future. It's going to be awesome to see. Brock
840
00:47:47.340 --> 00:47:50.260
Scammell had nine tackles and a tackle for loss, another
841
00:47:50.320 --> 00:47:53.099
big game for him. There wasn't a ton of plays
842
00:47:53.119 --> 00:47:56.239
that he made early, but he really finished strong. which
843
00:47:56.280 --> 00:47:59.400
was awesome to see. Elias Laranaga, eight tackles, a pass
844
00:47:59.420 --> 00:48:01.460
broken up. Of course, a really big tackle at the
845
00:48:01.500 --> 00:48:04.539
end there. River Thompson getting some play on the defensive
846
00:48:04.579 --> 00:48:07.539
side of the ball. He was fantastic. Two tackles for loss,
847
00:48:07.599 --> 00:48:10.679
four total tackles. That was really cool to see as well.
848
00:48:11.699 --> 00:48:15.039
Squalicum Storm, they kind of hold with that win over
849
00:48:15.139 --> 00:48:19.380
Sultan and five, there's five births into that week 10
850
00:48:19.380 --> 00:48:23.460
round of 32. Squalicum now kind of holds their spot
851
00:48:23.679 --> 00:48:26.429
as that fifth team. as we speak, when you look
852
00:48:26.469 --> 00:48:29.269
at kind of who the top four are, uh, we
853
00:48:29.309 --> 00:48:31.730
really know who the top three are. Burlington's probably that
854
00:48:31.809 --> 00:48:34.670
fourth team and Squalicum is going to be nestled in
855
00:48:34.730 --> 00:48:37.119
that fifth seat. If they take care of business from
856
00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:40.260
here on out, um, they're looking pretty good to get
857
00:48:40.340 --> 00:48:42.900
that last spot. So we'll just have to see how
858
00:48:42.980 --> 00:48:46.480
that goes. And the final game of the week, and
859
00:48:46.500 --> 00:48:50.280
this was a big one, Linden defeating top ranked Anacortes
860
00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:55.820
41 to 26. And, um, you know, it, just doing
861
00:48:55.860 --> 00:48:59.900
an awesome job. Holding Ryan Harrington to under 50% passing
862
00:49:00.500 --> 00:49:05.019
is incredible to do that. Linden always has a tremendous
863
00:49:05.079 --> 00:49:11.090
game plan. I don't know if the weather really was
864
00:49:11.190 --> 00:49:14.610
rainy or not, but playing on the natural grass probably
865
00:49:14.630 --> 00:49:16.650
threw off the timing for Anacortes a little bit. But
866
00:49:16.690 --> 00:49:19.789
I tell you what, Linden's guys, they will come up
867
00:49:19.809 --> 00:49:21.159
and they will hit you in the mouth and then
868
00:49:21.199 --> 00:49:23.719
they will help you up. And it was really awesome
869
00:49:23.739 --> 00:49:27.000
to see Anacortes takes the early lead on a Harrington
870
00:49:27.019 --> 00:49:31.380
six yard touchdown run. And then Linden just started scoring
871
00:49:31.460 --> 00:49:35.039
after that Austin Postma with two touchdown runs in the
872
00:49:35.139 --> 00:49:40.489
second quarter alone, and Archbishop Anacortes was able to score
873
00:49:40.889 --> 00:49:44.210
on a 17-yard touchdown run before the half, and it
874
00:49:44.250 --> 00:49:51.230
was 14-12 at that point. In the second half, it
875
00:49:51.250 --> 00:49:54.590
just became every two touchdowns Lennon would do, Anacortes would
876
00:49:54.610 --> 00:49:56.710
only be able to score one, and it just kind
877
00:49:56.730 --> 00:49:59.590
of kept extending the lead from there. Postma found the
878
00:49:59.670 --> 00:50:02.989
end zone three more times, became the first player in
879
00:50:03.130 --> 00:50:04.989
school history, and this was kind of hard to believe.
880
00:50:05.489 --> 00:50:09.570
First player in school history to have five rushing touchdowns
881
00:50:09.650 --> 00:50:11.690
in one game. There's been a lot of guys that
882
00:50:11.710 --> 00:50:14.690
have scored four. Scott Notaboom was the first in school
883
00:50:14.730 --> 00:50:17.369
history to score four. He's now on the coaching staff,
884
00:50:17.489 --> 00:50:19.119
so that's pretty cool that he was there to witness it.
885
00:50:19.449 --> 00:50:22.090
A lot of other guys have scored four. Austin Postman,
886
00:50:22.110 --> 00:50:25.889
the first one to score five. And the other touchdown
887
00:50:25.909 --> 00:50:28.889
that took place for Linden, Gordie Bedlington with a 10-yard
888
00:50:28.929 --> 00:50:32.650
touchdown pass to Lincoln Van Rye. What a great game.
889
00:50:33.369 --> 00:50:39.130
Linden played extremely well. They ran 55 plays and 46
890
00:50:39.130 --> 00:50:42.230
of them were on the ground. Actually, both teams ran
891
00:50:42.230 --> 00:50:46.429
55 plays. So, you know, it was pretty even as
892
00:50:46.489 --> 00:50:51.809
far as that goes. Yeah, just a great, great game.
893
00:50:51.829 --> 00:50:54.590
And Linden did everything they needed to do to get
894
00:50:54.650 --> 00:50:58.170
that win. And, you know, Coach Van Dalen talked about it.
895
00:50:58.210 --> 00:51:02.010
You take away last year, the four previous years to that,
896
00:51:02.050 --> 00:51:06.460
whoever won this matchup won the state championship. So I'm
897
00:51:06.500 --> 00:51:12.980
just saying, it's an interesting stat. And how about that?
898
00:51:13.159 --> 00:51:15.570
I mean, Linden, you know, with all the transfers they
899
00:51:15.590 --> 00:51:18.969
had moving out of the district going into this year,
900
00:51:19.429 --> 00:51:21.070
you just kind of didn't know what they were going
901
00:51:21.090 --> 00:51:24.230
to be. But then if you've watched Linden football for
902
00:51:24.269 --> 00:51:27.469
the last, you know, 40 years, you just say, they'll
903
00:51:27.489 --> 00:51:30.510
be just fine. It's Linden. And they're proving that. And
904
00:51:30.550 --> 00:51:32.300
they also proved that when you put in the time
905
00:51:32.320 --> 00:51:35.150
in the weight room in the offseason and it makes
906
00:51:35.210 --> 00:51:38.690
a difference and they are making the difference right now. Defensively,
907
00:51:38.750 --> 00:51:41.550
Sam Arango, three and a half tackles, two passes broken
908
00:51:41.630 --> 00:51:44.730
up and an interception late to seal the game. And
909
00:51:44.750 --> 00:51:48.869
then the DVD burner, Dawson Van Dalen, five tackles, two
910
00:51:49.289 --> 00:51:54.289
passes broken up. Matthew Meglione had a huge fumble recovery,
911
00:51:55.230 --> 00:51:58.769
the deep into Anacortes territory. That was a big play
912
00:51:58.789 --> 00:52:02.769
for them. Zach Dykstra, five tackles and a quarterback sack.
913
00:52:03.010 --> 00:52:07.460
Great overall performance. team effort by the Linden Lions, which
914
00:52:07.500 --> 00:52:11.340
it always is. And congratulations because that was a huge,
915
00:52:11.400 --> 00:52:16.239
huge win for the Lions. On the ground, Austin Postma,
916
00:52:16.239 --> 00:52:21.179
18 carries for 163 yards and five touchdowns. Huge game
917
00:52:21.219 --> 00:52:25.199
for him. Gordie Bedlington, 12 carries for 59 yards. And
918
00:52:25.219 --> 00:52:28.440
then Dawson Van Dalen, 16 carries for 54 yards. So
919
00:52:28.460 --> 00:52:31.719
it was basically those three guys just running the ball,
920
00:52:32.030 --> 00:52:34.590
There happened to be nine pass attempts as well. Bellington
921
00:52:34.610 --> 00:52:37.409
was four of six for 59 yards. Postman one of
922
00:52:37.469 --> 00:52:40.989
three for six yards. Lincoln Van Rye and Caden Brown,
923
00:52:41.030 --> 00:52:44.519
the two tight ends, each had two receptions each. Samarango
924
00:52:44.679 --> 00:52:47.940
also caught a pass. So congratulations to the Linden Lions.
925
00:52:47.960 --> 00:52:50.760
They are now five and one on the season, and
926
00:52:50.820 --> 00:52:54.480
they move to the top of the Northwest Conference 2AA classification.
927
00:52:55.300 --> 00:52:58.090
Very big game for them. All right, let's talk about
928
00:52:58.150 --> 00:53:00.590
the players of the week. We're going to start off
929
00:53:00.619 --> 00:53:03.449
with the Walton Beverage Offensive Player of the Week. Walton
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Beverage has been a staple in our community for 95 years,
931
00:53:06.570 --> 00:53:08.489
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 community. They deliver superior quality and commitment,
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and I plan to do the very same. And this
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player is, I was just talking about him, Austin Posma
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of Linden. 18 carries, 163 yards, and 5 touchdowns. There
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was a few other players that had amazing games. Trey
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Alexander had an amazing game. There were a few of those,
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but to do this against Anacortes, breaking a school record,
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I mean, all these kinds of things, it's just incredible.
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So I'm going with Austin Postma of Linden. Congratulations. You
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are the Walton Beverage Offensive Player of the Week. Now
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the defensive player of the week is brought to you
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by Curt Mayberry Farm. Curt Mayberry Farm is a family
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farm committed to developing innovative agronomic and business practices to grow, process,
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and market high-quality berries. Curt Mayberry Farm is a Northwest
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berry supplier of choice. Visit them online at curtmayberryfarm.com. That's
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Curt with a C, M-A-B-E-R-R-Y farm.com. Again, this was really,
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really tough. I mean, it was looking like Paxton Miller. Um,
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but I rarely give an award, especially a defensive player
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of the ward, um, to a team that didn't win. Uh,
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so I, you know, that was, that was kind of
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tough there. I thought Tucker Hofstede is very deserving of
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this award as well. Um, but I'm going with Chance
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Hatchet of Ferndale, seven and a half tackles, two and
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a half tackles for loss and a fumble recovery. And, uh,
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and when he tackles you, you feel it for the
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rest of the weekend. And so, uh, There's no stats
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for that, but trust me, I don't know firsthand, thank goodness.
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And I'm not asking you to go out to football
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practice and put pads on and get hit by chance
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at it, because I want to be doing this for
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at least a few more years. But trust me, yeah,
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he lays the lumber, and he is your Curt Mary
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Farm Defensive Player of the Week. That's real estate. Pets
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Real Estate is your preferred real estate agency in Whatcom County.
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They are sponsoring the special teams player of the week.
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You can visit them online at petsrealestate.com. That's P-E-T-Z realestate.com.
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And this is the first week. We're in week– this
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is week six. It's our first week that it's actually
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a kicker winning this award. This basically was the kicker's award.
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And– This is going to Elias Laranaga. I almost called
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it as it was happening live on the show on YouTube.
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I said, if he makes this, he's going to be
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your Pets Real Estate Special Team Player of the Week.
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Not that I was putting any pressure on him. He
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couldn't hear me or anything, but he did nail that
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30-yard field goal. He was 2-for-2 on extra points, 2-for-2
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on field goals, including the game-winning field goal for Squalicum.
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So congratulations, Elias. to Squalicum's Elias Laranaga. You're the Pets
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Real Estate Special Teams Player of the Week. And finally,
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the Anytime Fitness Offensive Alignment of the Week. Check out
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Anytime Fitness in Linden, Linden North in Ferndale. They also
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sponsor the Friday Night Scoreboards, which has been a huge,
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huge exciting thing there because those football scoreboards are They
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get more views maybe than anything that I do. And so,
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you know, Anytime Fitness really getting a bang for their
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buck there. The Anytime Fitness Offensive Lineman of the Week
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is Meridian senior Isaac Cypress. And for two weeks in
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a row now, Meridian having that many yards, well over 400,
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close to 500 yards the last two weeks, doing it
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again in this game. And I got to give this
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one to Isaac Cypress of Meridian, kind of leading that
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offensive line to big, big chunks of yards, doing it
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run blocking and pass blocking. So congratulations to him for
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winning the Anytime Fitness Offensive Alignment of the Week. Be
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sure to visit our sponsors. Let them know you heard
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about their business on the Whatcom Preps podcast. Well, thank
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you very much to Coach Wood for joining again after
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taking a week off. It's good to see him back
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on the sideline doing his thing. And That has been
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the Walkin' Preps podcast. This has been episode 456, the
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week six football recap. I'm Tyler Anderson of Walkin' Preps,
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and I'll talk to you in a few days.