Full Transcript for Whatcom Preps Podcast Episode 465 - Week 9 Football Recap

always just play to the scoreboard. 71 00:04:22.420 --> 00:04:24.689 You got to play to your strengths and definitely the 72 00:04:24.740 --> 00:04:28.920 strengths are running the ball for see home this year, 73 00:04:28.939 --> 00:04:34.540 you know, up front, that's kind of their better, you know, 74 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:39.120 offensive line blocking. Those guys seem to block better downhill 75 00:04:39.459 --> 00:04:43.100 and cash is Barnes is a good runner, also downhill runner. 76 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:47.040 And yeah, so, and tied to that good blocking tight 77 00:04:47.100 --> 00:04:50.420 ends as well. So yeah, you gotta, you gotta stick 78 00:04:50.459 --> 00:04:53.769 with what you're good at and, not try to get 79 00:04:53.829 --> 00:04:57.360 away from that even if you're down on the scoreboard. 80 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:02.160 And, you know, knowing that, you. 81 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:06.139 Know, building for the next season, that's kind of part 82 00:05:06.180 --> 00:05:10.540 of it too. There's a very small likelihood that Seaholm 83 00:05:10.779 --> 00:05:13.959 was going to make the playoffs. So, you know, you 84 00:05:13.980 --> 00:05:17.120 just keep working on that stuff that you're going to 85 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:18.220 take into the next season. 86 00:05:19.470 --> 00:05:22.670 I heard someone talk about this. I can't remember if 87 00:05:22.730 --> 00:05:26.250 it was on an NFL pregame show. I heard this today, actually, 88 00:05:26.290 --> 00:05:30.269 where I heard an analyst talk about self-scouting. It might 89 00:05:30.290 --> 00:05:32.970 have been Drew Brees. And it really made me think 90 00:05:33.050 --> 00:05:36.149 about that as far as a coach, where you're used 91 00:05:36.180 --> 00:05:40.279 to scouting other teams, but talk about self-scouting where you 92 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:42.120 look at your own team and that's how you kind 93 00:05:42.180 --> 00:05:44.500 of find out what you're good at. Is that a 94 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:48.860 thing or is it Is that is there any truth 95 00:05:48.899 --> 00:05:50.819 to that or is that a thing in high school level? 96 00:05:51.370 --> 00:05:55.069 I mean, yes, you have to self scout to know 97 00:05:55.089 --> 00:06:00.829 your own tendencies so that you're not, you know, you 98 00:06:00.889 --> 00:06:04.060 definitely want to do what you're best at. But you also, 99 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:07.519 you know, want to break some of your own tendencies 100 00:06:07.579 --> 00:06:10.829 in terms of. running to the right, running to the left, 101 00:06:10.910 --> 00:06:14.040 what you're doing on, you know, first and 10, third 102 00:06:14.060 --> 00:06:17.680 and short, all those situations, you run all those numbers. 103 00:06:17.740 --> 00:06:21.120 And then again, you don't want to get away from 104 00:06:21.180 --> 00:06:24.259 what you're good at, but at the same time, you 105 00:06:24.300 --> 00:06:27.870 don't want to be overly predictable because that's what the 106 00:06:27.930 --> 00:06:31.110 opposing coaches are doing. They're scouting you. 107 00:06:31.250 --> 00:06:32.529 So if you're. 108 00:06:32.350 --> 00:06:35.310 Always doing the same thing in the same situation, right, 109 00:06:35.329 --> 00:06:37.800 they can load up and try to stop that. 110 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:43.009 So It's definitely it's chess, not checkers. Yeah, I mean, 111 00:06:43.050 --> 00:06:45.500 it really I mean, it's stuff that I kind of know. 112 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:48.040 But when I heard it said when they were talking 113 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:49.740 about it, I just thought, oh, I'm going to talk 114 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:52.610 to Coach Wood about this because it makes a lot 115 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:56.310 of sense. And and for those reasons you just said, 116 00:06:56.329 --> 00:06:58.670 I mean, when it's third and short, what do you do? Right. 117 00:06:58.730 --> 00:07:01.300 What it's. You know, if it's when you come out 118 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:03.180 of a timeout, maybe what do you do when you 119 00:07:03.220 --> 00:07:05.939 line up in trips? What do you do? All those 120 00:07:06.019 --> 00:07:08.459 kinds of different things. And so it was really interesting. 121 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:11.500 And and there's just so many layers to it that, 122 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:14.519 you know, people in the stands are just kind of 123 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:17.740 watching and just having fun. And there's there's a lot 124 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:22.040 that goes into it. And boy, it's it's pretty crazy. 125 00:07:22.060 --> 00:07:24.800 And the other thing I've really realized, too, is from 126 00:07:24.860 --> 00:07:27.319 talking to coaches, especially this year and watching all the 127 00:07:27.379 --> 00:07:32.790 film and everything is. Boy, how, like, let's say, you know, 128 00:07:33.350 --> 00:07:37.449 let's just say on offense, you know, you call whatever, 129 00:07:37.449 --> 00:07:40.829 60 plays a game, roughly something like that. You know, 130 00:07:41.149 --> 00:07:44.290 how many of those plays do all 11 people actually 131 00:07:44.629 --> 00:07:47.790 do exactly what they're supposed to do? It might be 132 00:07:47.810 --> 00:07:50.670 like less than 50%. It's hard to get everybody on 133 00:07:50.689 --> 00:07:54.040 the right page. You know, kind of talk about that. And, 134 00:07:55.060 --> 00:07:57.519 you know, how do you get 11 guys to all 135 00:07:57.540 --> 00:07:58.079 do the right thing? 136 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:02.639 It's just that's where the game's won is throughout the 137 00:08:02.699 --> 00:08:06.639 week and throughout the offseason and the camps in the 138 00:08:06.699 --> 00:08:10.800 summer and the spring and, you know, seven on seven. 139 00:08:10.939 --> 00:08:15.300 So the players, you know, know it doesn't matter how 140 00:08:15.339 --> 00:08:18.980 much the coach knows. It matters what the players know 141 00:08:19.019 --> 00:08:22.360 and

what the players can execute. So, you know, you 142 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:24.899 can be on the whiteboard drawing up everything under the 143 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:28.459 sun and, winning that, but that, that doesn't matter on 144 00:08:28.540 --> 00:08:31.879 Friday nights. So how much can you transmit to those kids? 145 00:08:31.939 --> 00:08:36.269 How much can they, uh, you know, know and execute 146 00:08:36.509 --> 00:08:40.190 and be able to, you know, do it, especially on 147 00:08:40.210 --> 00:08:44.129 the defensive side, right. Playing fast, right. You don't want 148 00:08:44.190 --> 00:08:49.049 the defensive guys thinking too much, uh, slows you down offense, uh, 149 00:08:49.490 --> 00:08:51.990 You know what you're doing, so yes, you have to think, 150 00:08:52.129 --> 00:08:55.169 but you have your play going in. So if you 151 00:08:55.210 --> 00:08:59.080 have that and you've run it however many dozen times, 152 00:08:59.750 --> 00:09:01.860 you should be able to do it in your sleep. 153 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:04.399 That doesn't mean you're always going to do it correctly, 154 00:09:04.460 --> 00:09:09.240 but if you're able to, that's going to bode well. 155 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:14.250 Yeah, absolutely. In this game, too, sophomore Caden Kirk got 156 00:09:14.309 --> 00:09:19.269 in there, played a handful of snaps at quarterback. What 157 00:09:19.309 --> 00:09:22.090 did you see from him? And, and you know, the 158 00:09:22.169 --> 00:09:24.110 one thing I noticed from him, I remember seeing him 159 00:09:24.149 --> 00:09:27.269 as a freshman and thinking, boy, he's a pretty small kid. 160 00:09:27.649 --> 00:09:29.539 Now he's out there. It looks like he's over six 161 00:09:29.580 --> 00:09:32.940 feet tall. That's the magical thing about freshmen to sophomore 162 00:09:32.980 --> 00:09:35.940 year is a lot of guys get a lot bigger. 163 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:37.100 How did he look at quarterback? 164 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:41.500 Yeah, he's definitely grown a bit and he's, He's got 165 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:46.600 a good arm, and he's a cerebral kid, so he 166 00:09:46.659 --> 00:09:51.990 knows where the ball should be going and can execute well. And, 167 00:09:52.210 --> 00:09:54.990 you know, he got in there and took advantage of 168 00:09:55.029 --> 00:09:59.090 that situation and had some real nice plays, led the offense, 169 00:09:59.149 --> 00:10:03.320 also had, you know, couple not-so-good throws, and that's what's 170 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:06.480 going to happen, especially on your first time under the 171 00:10:06.539 --> 00:10:10.799 Friday Night Lights. But, yeah, that bodes well for Seaholm 172 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:15.600 going forward to get him some reps and, you know, 173 00:10:16.419 --> 00:10:16.899 under center. 174 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:23.129 Yeah, right. Exactly. Yeah. And, and, you know, the Mariners, 175 00:10:23.169 --> 00:10:25.429 like you said, a really slim chance of making the 176 00:10:25.470 --> 00:10:28.289 playoffs going into the game. There was all sorts of 177 00:10:28.330 --> 00:10:31.279 crazy things going on about this and that, and all 178 00:10:31.299 --> 00:10:33.200 the archbishop stuff and who knows, and you got to 179 00:10:33.220 --> 00:10:35.200 win this. And then it comes down to this. And 180 00:10:35.259 --> 00:10:38.019 if not this, then this, and, But they had to win, 181 00:10:38.100 --> 00:10:40.519 first of all, to throw a wrench into all that stuff. 182 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:43.120 It didn't happen. So now they have a Thursday night 183 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:46.500 game at Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon, a 3A school with 184 00:10:46.539 --> 00:10:49.559 a lot of athletes, but not a ton of wins. 185 00:10:49.620 --> 00:10:54.259 So there's some similarities between the two teams. You know, 186 00:10:54.610 --> 00:11:00.049 you've coached teams where the season is still going, but 187 00:11:00.970 --> 00:11:03.590 playoffs are out of the picture at that point. How 188 00:11:03.610 --> 00:11:06.590 do you keep the kids going for the the final 189 00:11:06.629 --> 00:11:10.600 game when they know that there's no postseason. Yeah. 190 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:13.519 Uh, I know we've talked about it. You just, you know, 191 00:11:13.539 --> 00:11:17.360 want to give those seniors one less chance to play, uh, 192 00:11:18.419 --> 00:11:21.320 put the helmet on and have all the other guys 193 00:11:21.500 --> 00:11:24.159 motivated to play their best game to send those seniors 194 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:27.519 out on a, on a high note and get that experience. 195 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:29.759 You know, you only get 10 of them if you 196 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:33.019 don't advance past week 10. So that's, you know, 10% 197 00:11:33.019 --> 00:11:37.700 of your season. You're not, uh, you know, playing club football. Yeah. 198 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:41.700 You're doing some seven on seven stuff, but, uh, you know, 199 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:45.740 so those, every rep is super important going forward. 200 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:47.279 And, uh, yeah. 201 00:11:47.340 --> 00:11:49.340 And then on a high note, it's always a, a 202 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:52.269 great thing to do. So, you know, you take it, 203 00:11:52.610 --> 00:11:55.110 you know, it is a grind, right. And those practices 204 00:11:55.230 --> 00:11:58.730 maybe are, you know, a little different pace that last week, 205 00:11:58.850 --> 00:12:02.690 but hopefully they can, uh, you know, stay together as 206 00:12:02.730 --> 00:12:05.340 a team and, go down there to Mount Vernon and 207 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:07.120 come out with a win. 208 00:12:07.740 --> 00:12:09.879 Yeah, it'd be great to see. And I know they 209 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:12.179 did play them a few years back on a, in 210 00:12:12.220 --> 00:12:15.870 a week 10 game when they were not going to 211 00:12:15.909 --> 00:12:17.610 be making the playoffs. Of course, this was back when

212 00:12:17.629 --> 00:12:19.350 only two teams came out of the two way for 213 00:12:19.389 --> 00:12:22.230 Northwest conference. So it was really tough to get in there. 214 00:12:22.269 --> 00:12:24.289 I think it might've been three, four years ago, something 215 00:12:24.309 --> 00:12:27.009 like that. But yeah, so good to see that they 216 00:12:27.029 --> 00:12:29.889 were able to find an opponent matchup, get the game in. 217 00:12:29.929 --> 00:12:32.789 That'll be Thursday night at Mount Vernon. Coach, thank you 218 00:12:32.820 --> 00:12:35.720 so much for joining me on The Coach's Corner, and 219 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:39.259 I'll be talking to you next week. All right. Great. Thanks, Tyler. 220 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:46.419 Always great to talk to the coach, and yeah, I 221 00:12:46.539 --> 00:12:50.740 think he'll be at the Ferndale game this upcoming weekend, 222 00:12:50.830 --> 00:12:56.200 so as the crossover games are starting now, so a 223 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:58.759 lot more weighing on these games is the next game 224 00:12:58.779 --> 00:13:01.909 we'll talk about took place at Sid Lambert field out 225 00:13:01.929 --> 00:13:04.049 at Nooksack Valley high school, but Nooksack Valley did not 226 00:13:04.110 --> 00:13:07.190 play in this one. This was Meridian playing host to 227 00:13:07.250 --> 00:13:11.059 Mount Baker and, uh, the Mountaineers win 35 to 20. 228 00:13:11.029 --> 00:13:14.659 This was basically, uh, a game to see who's going 229 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:16.700 to be second place in the conference in third place. 230 00:13:16.740 --> 00:13:19.879 Both teams already going to the round of 24 to 231 00:13:20.019 --> 00:13:23.620 play in the crossovers. Um, A lot weighing on this 232 00:13:23.659 --> 00:13:28.500 was probably seeding. You know, you're playing for seeding and 233 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:31.350 you're trying to do some good things there. And it 234 00:13:31.370 --> 00:13:34.470 was a really close game right off the bat. I mean, 235 00:13:34.490 --> 00:13:37.549 it was just kind of back and forth, back and 236 00:13:37.610 --> 00:13:40.730 forth as Mount Baker scored, then Meridian scored, then Mount 237 00:13:40.750 --> 00:13:43.509 Baker scored, then Meridian scored. And it kind of looked 238 00:13:43.529 --> 00:13:45.690 like it was going to be a 14-12 game at 239 00:13:45.730 --> 00:13:49.169 the half. But late in the first half after Meridian's 240 00:13:49.250 --> 00:13:52.970 second touchdown run by Trey Alexander, The ball is kicked off, 241 00:13:53.090 --> 00:13:56.190 and Knox Smith gets a good return on it, and 242 00:13:56.250 --> 00:13:58.909 a really, really strong return past the 50-yard line. And 243 00:13:58.929 --> 00:14:03.110 a few plays later, quarterback Tyson Barksdale was able to 244 00:14:03.149 --> 00:14:07.850 hit tight end Pepe McAvoy Salgado for a 40-yard touchdown pass, 245 00:14:07.889 --> 00:14:11.789 and that gave them the 21-12 lead at the half. Also, 246 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:15.440 right before the first half, Trey Alexander was knocked out 247 00:14:15.460 --> 00:14:22.789 of the game for precautionary uh, things. I don't know 248 00:14:23.129 --> 00:14:27.649 the severity. I don't know if he'll be available next week. Um, 249 00:14:28.690 --> 00:14:31.429 I know he's okay. I know that, but, uh, as 250 00:14:31.490 --> 00:14:34.429 far as playing and stuff like that, uh, going forward, 251 00:14:34.820 --> 00:14:37.700 I'm not quite sure as he is, you know, obviously 252 00:14:37.740 --> 00:14:39.720 a big deal to what they do on offense. And 253 00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:43.360 the first half, he was 11 for 18 for 116 yards. 254 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:45.519 He also had 40 yards on the ground and ran 255 00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:48.360 in two touchdowns. That was all before the injury in 256 00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:51.879 the first half. Um, and then Baker came out in 257 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:57.659 the second half, scored the next two touchdowns on touchdown runs, 258 00:14:58.340 --> 00:15:02.490 and get a pretty big lead there, 35-12 lead. Meridian 259 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:05.870 did score late on a 32-yard touchdown pass from Pierce 260 00:15:05.889 --> 00:15:09.669 Brzozowski to Trevin Crabtree, and the two-point conversion was good, 261 00:15:10.169 --> 00:15:13.110 and the final score was 35-20. Meridian did have a 262 00:15:13.169 --> 00:15:16.250 chance late to try to tack on another touchdown. They 263 00:15:16.269 --> 00:15:18.929 had a deep pass to Casey Brennan that got them 264 00:15:18.970 --> 00:15:21.330 to about the two or three yard line. And then 265 00:15:21.370 --> 00:15:23.700 on four plays, Mount Baker was able to stop the 266 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:26.200 Meridian offense there, turn the ball over at the one 267 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:29.620 inch line. And that was essentially your game at that point. 268 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:35.279 Mount Baker ran the ball for 217 yards and passed 269 00:15:35.299 --> 00:15:38.980 for 81 yards. Andrew Monteith, 18 carries for 87 yards. 270 00:15:39.059 --> 00:15:42.500 Noah Nicole Mills, 10 carries for 52 yards. Gage Smith, 271 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:45.679 five carries for 50 yards. Tyson Barksdale, 29 yards on 272 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:50.899 Six carries through the air. Barchdale was three of seven 273 00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:56.740 for 81 yards. And McAvoy Salgado has the big target there. 274 00:15:56.799 --> 00:16:01.279 Two catches for 77 yards and the touchdown. And for Meridian, 275 00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:04.879 Alexander carried the ball for 40 yards, like I said earlier, 276 00:16:04.940 --> 00:16:08.419 which was half his team's rushing yards. Pierce Brzozowski, 21 277 00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:10.860 yards on the ground. Ethan Valich set 19 yards on 278 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:13.399 the ground. Alexander, 11 of 18 for 116 yards through 279 00:16:13.419 --> 00:16:20.210 the air. And Pierce Brzozowski was 11 for 26 for 280

00:16:20.210 --> 00:16:24.759 194 yards through the air. Casey Brennan hauled in seven 281 00:16:24.820 --> 00:16:28.200 passes for 120 yards. He has over 100 catches now 282 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:31.720 in his career. I think he broke that mark last week. 283 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:36.120 And I think there's only like 25, 26 players that 284 00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:38.700 have ever done that in Whatcom County history. And he's 285 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:40.519 still moving up the charts now. If he can get 286 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:42.870 up to 110 or so, 111, 115, somewhere in there, 287 00:16:42.889 --> 00:16:48.559 he's going to go pass some big time receivers all time. 288 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:53.149 Lincoln Brzozowski, five catches for 77 yards. Pierce Brzozowski, three 289 00:16:53.190 --> 00:16:57.330 catches for 27 yards. Ethan Valich and Knox Gooden each 290 00:16:57.370 --> 00:17:02.389 had a couple of receptions as well. And yeah, I mean, 291 00:17:02.470 --> 00:17:05.930 it was a hard fought game, a lot of hard hitting, very, 292 00:17:06.009 --> 00:17:10.849 very extremely physical on defense. Ethan Valich led the Meridian 293 00:17:10.869 --> 00:17:14.049 defense with 14 tackles. He's just a tackling machine. There's, 294 00:17:14.490 --> 00:17:17.640 Anytime they play a run-heavy team, he just loads up 295 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:20.720 on tackles, and he's very, very good at that. Ryan Wynn, 296 00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:23.980 playing with a club or a cast on one of 297 00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:27.839 his hands, still was able to get five-and-a-half tackles, and 298 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:30.099 he forced a fumble as well. So good to see 299 00:17:30.140 --> 00:17:32.309 the senior get back out there and play a little bit. 300 00:17:33.650 --> 00:17:37.190 The defense for Mount Baker, led by Ramsey Mitchell, the 301 00:17:37.210 --> 00:17:40.170 defensive end. He had six tackles, two quarterback sacks, a 302 00:17:40.210 --> 00:17:44.859 tackle for loss, and multiple hurries as well. Also on defense, 303 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:47.559 Silas Maple, six and a half tackles, a sack, a 304 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:49.759 tackle for a loss. And then a lot of other 305 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:52.349 guys just doing some good things. Noah Nicole Mills, four 306 00:17:52.369 --> 00:17:55.470 and a half tackles, an interception that he returned, I 307 00:17:55.509 --> 00:17:59.369 think like 35 yards. Zion Paglia, six and a half tackles, 308 00:17:59.470 --> 00:18:02.809 a pass broken up. Andrew Monteith, four tackles, a pass 309 00:18:02.849 --> 00:18:05.609 broken up and a fumble recovery. And Kel Reardon had 310 00:18:05.690 --> 00:18:08.549 five tackles, one and a half tackles for loss and 311 00:18:08.569 --> 00:18:12.180 a half a sack as well. So Really strong job there. 312 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:15.329 Both teams going into the round of 24. And we'll 313 00:18:15.349 --> 00:18:18.630 talk about their matchups and stuff like that in the 314 00:18:18.690 --> 00:18:23.170 next podcast. But big, big win for Mount Baker there. And, 315 00:18:23.609 --> 00:18:25.849 you know, Meridian was on a hot streak there. And 316 00:18:26.190 --> 00:18:31.490 they still played extremely well. But, yeah, it'll be interesting 317 00:18:31.509 --> 00:18:35.089 to see what both teams do in the playoffs. Next up, 318 00:18:35.349 --> 00:18:40.180 out at Civic Stadium, Squalicum all over Bellingham 56-7. As 319 00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:42.640 a matter of fact, it was 35-0 after the first 320 00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:46.089 quarter as things just kept rolling for Squalicum over and 321 00:18:46.230 --> 00:18:50.009 over again. They returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for 322 00:18:50.049 --> 00:18:53.650 a touchdown. That was Maddox Strickland. And then I think 323 00:18:53.670 --> 00:18:56.690 they forced a punt, and then Strickland ripped off a 324 00:18:56.710 --> 00:19:00.660 49-yard touchdown run. And then all of a sudden, Bellingham, 325 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:02.799 I think, fumbled on the very next play from scrimmage. 326 00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:06.519 Squalicum capitalizes. Tucker Hofstett runs in a two-yard touchdown run. 327 00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:10.930 Then they get a hand on a blocked punt. And 328 00:19:11.150 --> 00:19:14.369 that was Asher Osbjornsen who blocked the punt. And then 329 00:19:14.390 --> 00:19:16.049 a few minutes, and then I think like three or 330 00:19:16.069 --> 00:19:19.970 four plays later, Osbjornsen scored on a 28-yard touchdown run. 331 00:19:20.670 --> 00:19:25.640 And then they get a fumble recovery. Ball is stripped 332 00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:29.720 by Brock Scamo, who also recovered the fumble earlier. Osbjornsen 333 00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:34.279 returned the stripped ball and returned it pretty, you know, 334 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:38.269 about 28 yards. Mason Sone scores on an eight-yard touchdown run. 335 00:19:38.430 --> 00:19:41.130 All of this happened in the first quarter. So it 336 00:19:41.170 --> 00:19:44.180 was just everything that could happen for Squalicum did. They 337 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:46.220 had 35 points, and I don't even know how many 338 00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:49.269 plays they'd ran on offense, probably less than 10. It 339 00:19:49.309 --> 00:19:54.410 was just... constant, and they couldn't stop the firepower. It 340 00:19:55.069 --> 00:19:56.710 was like they couldn't turn off the water on the 341 00:19:56.769 --> 00:20:00.589 water faucet is basically what it was like. Bellingham in 342 00:20:00.609 --> 00:20:03.240 the second quarter had possession. They moved the ball. They 343 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:05.759 got past the 50. Things were going well. And then 344 00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:10.819 Ray Hoffman intercepted a pass, went 77 yards. for the touchdown. 345 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:14.599 That was a big pick six. And Asher Osbjornson also 346 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:17.869 ran in a 39-yard score just before halftime. So it 347

00:20:17.910 --> 00:20:20.710 was 49-0 at the half. So you had the running 348 00:20:20.750 --> 00:20:23.509 clock going in the second half. Bellingham continued to move 349 00:20:23.549 --> 00:20:27.049 the ball. They just couldn't make any stops. There was 350 00:20:27.089 --> 00:20:30.359 a fumble recovery by Calvin Van Hofwegen at one point. 351 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:34.000 Logan Huntley did score a touchdown run for Squalicum to 352 00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:38.380 make it 56-0. And then the last play from scrimmage, 353 00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:42.480 Ben Leonard hit Matthew Steele on a 75-yard touchdown pass. 354 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:48.740 And that was the big play for Bellingham. You know, 355 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:52.220 Bellingham did throw for 233 yards. Ben Leonard, 23 of 356 00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:56.950 39 for 233. Lucius White, nine catches for 79 yards. 357 00:20:57.029 --> 00:21:01.049 Matthew Steele, six catches for 116 yards. Calvin Van Hoffwing, 358 00:21:01.089 --> 00:21:05.069 five catches for 36 yards. So a lot of guys there, 359 00:21:05.670 --> 00:21:09.230 you know, catching the ball and moving the ball. But again, 360 00:21:09.269 --> 00:21:12.339 it didn't result in that many points. And then on defense, 361 00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:14.920 it was just really tough, tough to stop anybody. Asher 362 00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:18.059 Oz Bjornsson, 81 yards on the ground on just four carries. 363 00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:21.000 Strickland had 45 yards on the ground on two carries. 364 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:24.529 Tucker Hofstadt, seven carries for 32 yards. Mason Sone, two 365 00:21:24.569 --> 00:21:27.789 carries for 28 yards. A lot of backups getting some 366 00:21:27.829 --> 00:21:31.029 carries as well. Phoenix Price, I think he only played 367 00:21:31.049 --> 00:21:33.670 half the game at quarterback, only attempted two passes. Grady 368 00:21:33.710 --> 00:21:35.599 Smith came in the second half, was two for two 369 00:21:35.630 --> 00:21:39.450 through the air. for 49 yards as Tucker Hofstadt and 370 00:21:39.609 --> 00:21:45.049 Elias Laranaga each had first down receptions. On defense, leading 371 00:21:45.089 --> 00:21:48.269 the way for Squalicum was Brock Scammell, five and a 372 00:21:48.309 --> 00:21:51.390 half tackles, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery. Those happened 373 00:21:51.410 --> 00:21:53.910 on two separate plays. Like I said earlier, he was 374 00:21:53.950 --> 00:21:56.230 also in on a half of a tackle for loss. 375 00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:59.400 Asher Osbjornsen kind of all over the place, two tackles, 376 00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:03.859 a tackle for loss, an interception, a blocked punt. knocked 377 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:05.740 down a pass and had a fumble recovery that he 378 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:08.720 returned 28 yards. And then, like I said, Ray Hoffman 379 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:11.319 earlier had that pick six. So those were kind of 380 00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:16.640 your main leaders on defense. For Bellingham, Silas McGurr, four tackles, 381 00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:20.180 a tackle for loss, and a forced fumble. And Calvin 382 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:23.769 Van Hoffwagen, four tackles, and he recovered that fumble and 383 00:22:23.809 --> 00:22:27.329 returned it four yards. Those were the main guys on 384 00:22:27.450 --> 00:22:31.529 defense for Bellingham that had some good things going. Squalicum 385 00:22:31.549 --> 00:22:34.710 with the win. They get into the round of 32, 386 00:22:34.710 --> 00:22:36.410 and we know their opponent. They will be on the 387 00:22:36.450 --> 00:22:39.829 road at Eatonville. We'll talk about that in the next podcast. 388 00:22:42.450 --> 00:22:46.089 Bellingham was able to find an opponent for Week 10, 389 00:22:46.089 --> 00:22:47.910 and we'll talk about that as well on the next 390 00:22:47.970 --> 00:22:55.420 podcast as Squalicum beats Bellingham 56-7 in Week 9. Also 391 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:59.700 in Week 9, down Thursday night, this was a pretty 392 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:02.609 crazy game. I was there for the first half. as 393 00:23:03.230 --> 00:23:09.230 Lyndon Christian defeated Blaine 42-28. But Blaine was up 21-7 394 00:23:09.769 --> 00:23:14.509 at one point, and LC, they flipped it in the 395 00:23:14.549 --> 00:23:19.049 third quarter. They outscored Blaine 21-7 in the third to 396 00:23:19.089 --> 00:23:22.230 make it a 28-28 game going into the fourth, where 397 00:23:22.329 --> 00:23:25.230 LC scores a couple touchdowns and shut down Blaine. And 398 00:23:25.569 --> 00:23:27.190 There was a lot of big plays in this game, 399 00:23:27.210 --> 00:23:31.230 a lot of emotional back and forth, a lot of 400 00:23:31.250 --> 00:23:33.769 emotions on the field as far as just big things 401 00:23:33.789 --> 00:23:38.539 that happened. Opening kickoff, much like the Squalicum-Bellingham game, the 402 00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:41.960 opening kickoff was returned 95 yards for a touchdown. And 403 00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:45.029 on both returns... The same thing happened where it wasn't 404 00:23:45.130 --> 00:23:47.819 cleanly fielded, but they were able to finally get it 405 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:51.339 while the pursuit was, you know, you could say maybe 406 00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:53.160 there was some over-pursuit in that play, and then the 407 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:56.900 guys took it off. Sehu Kanagi took it back 95 yards, 408 00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:59.690 and that was a huge play for the borderites to 409 00:23:59.730 --> 00:24:03.009 get things going. Lyndon Christian was able to counter with 410 00:24:03.049 --> 00:24:07.809 a nine-yard touchdown run by Kellen Blankers, and things where 411 00:24:07.849 --> 00:24:09.859 you thought might go back and forth a little bit, 412 00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:12.640 LC gets a big first down on a diving catch 413 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:15.839 by Wyatt Camphouse. But on the very next play, Blankers 414 00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:18.400 rolls to his

right, tries to dump it off. Hunter 415 00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:22.089 Candenoza picks it off and goes 67 yards for a touchdown. 416 00:24:22.710 --> 00:24:25.539 And then he kicks the extra point to make it 14-7. 417 00:24:26.349 --> 00:24:30.349 And then after that, there were some fumbles and different things. 418 00:24:30.450 --> 00:24:33.490 Blank gets the ball back again. They drive down and 419 00:24:33.529 --> 00:24:37.190 they score another touchdown before halftime. Connor Brown hits Hunter 420 00:24:37.230 --> 00:24:40.769 Candenoza on a two-yard touchdown pass. and Blaine is up 421 00:24:40.789 --> 00:24:44.789 21-7 at the half, and so that just kind of 422 00:24:44.829 --> 00:24:50.089 shows the parity in the Northwest Conference, especially the 1As, 423 00:24:50.130 --> 00:24:52.789 where Lyndon Christian has already clinched the top as the, 424 00:24:53.009 --> 00:24:55.849 you know, the number one team, and they're the conference champions, 425 00:24:56.369 --> 00:24:59.170 and Blaine couldn't do any better than fifth place out 426 00:24:59.210 --> 00:25:01.450 of five teams, and they still came out and played 427 00:25:01.490 --> 00:25:04.630 hard and took it to the links, and, you know, 428 00:25:04.809 --> 00:25:08.039 even Coach Terpstra said before the game, he He talked 429 00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:10.140 about it on the podcast where he said, we know 430 00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:12.680 how good Blaine is. We saw them at camp out 431 00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:15.359 at Richland, and they can play with anybody. And he 432 00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:18.980 sure wasn't wrong. They played with a lot of emotion, 433 00:25:19.369 --> 00:25:21.450 did some really good things. But in the second half, 434 00:25:21.750 --> 00:25:25.130 Lynn and Christian came out. They drove right down. Justin Kiewik, 435 00:25:25.190 --> 00:25:30.589 who is not typically a running back, he ran really 436 00:25:30.630 --> 00:25:33.569 hard in that second half, had a four-yard touchdown run 437 00:25:33.970 --> 00:25:36.509 to make it a one-score game. Then Blaine was driving. 438 00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:40.140 but they are intercepted by Will McImer, the sophomore. He 439 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:44.779 goes 41 yards for the touchdown interception return, and that 440 00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:47.880 tied the game and really swung that momentum back to 441 00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:50.500 Lyndon Christian. And then Lyndon Christian takes the lead on 442 00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:54.700 Kewick's second touchdown run of the game. Blaine then ties 443 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:57.799 it up again as Connor Brown hits Isaac Bauma on 444 00:25:57.839 --> 00:26:01.519 a 12-yard touchdown pass, and they go into the fourth 445 00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:04.430 quarter tied. But like I said earlier, the Lynx scored 446 00:26:04.470 --> 00:26:07.490 two touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Jackson Yoon on an 447 00:26:07.509 --> 00:26:13.039 18-yard reception from Kellen Blankers and Justin Kiewik on a 448 00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:16.539 14-yard touchdown run. So that was Kiewik's third touchdown of 449 00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:20.569 the half. He finished with 16 carries for 122 yards 450 00:26:21.589 --> 00:26:23.630 to lead the way on the ground. Kellen Blankers, 14 451 00:26:23.630 --> 00:26:28.630 of 20. for 140 yards. Wyatt Camphouse, nine catches for 452 00:26:28.630 --> 00:26:31.710 83 yards. Jackson Yoon, Caden Feldman, each had a couple 453 00:26:31.730 --> 00:26:36.490 of receptions as well. For Blaine, Connor Brown on the ground, 454 00:26:36.490 --> 00:26:39.849 16 carries for 34 yards leading the way there. Also 455 00:26:40.089 --> 00:26:43.630 through the air, I should say, he was 14 of 456 00:26:43.630 --> 00:26:48.930 27 for 178 yards. Isaac Bauma, another huge game. You 457 00:26:48.950 --> 00:26:51.190 look like his last three or four games, their numbers 458 00:26:51.250 --> 00:26:56.079 are crazy. 11 catches for 157 yards. Hunter Cananoza had 459 00:26:56.140 --> 00:27:01.240 two catches, including the touchdown. And, yeah, it was all 460 00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:04.819 Lyndon Christian in the second half, outscoring Blaine 35-7 to 461 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:10.279 eventually take the lead and the win. And on defense, 462 00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:14.200 Lyndon Christian, led by Caden Veldman, last year's Northwest Conference, 463 00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:17.440 won a Defensive Player of the Year. He had six tackles, 464 00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:20.059 a quarterback sack, two passes broken up, and half a 465 00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:23.859 tackle for loss. Will McImar with that pick six was 466 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:28.440 also huge. Gavin Van Lowe, he had an interception late 467 00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:31.980 that really turned the tide. I think it was right 468 00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:35.019 when Lyndon Christian had just gotten... They retook the lead 469 00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:37.410 in the fourth quarter, so that was a big momentum 470 00:27:37.450 --> 00:27:42.170 stopper for them. He also had seven tackles. Trey Morlag, 471 00:27:43.009 --> 00:27:45.089 five and a half tackles, a tackle for loss, and 472 00:27:45.130 --> 00:27:48.670 a forced fumble. He's becoming a really good blitzing safety 473 00:27:49.130 --> 00:27:53.240 that teams are going to have to look out for. Yeah, 474 00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:56.130 so it was... It was a lot of really good things. 475 00:27:56.190 --> 00:27:59.069 Justin Kiewik also five tackles, a tackle for loss. I 476 00:27:59.089 --> 00:28:01.910 thought Dylan Haskell had a really good game, four tackles, 477 00:28:02.069 --> 00:28:06.579 a tackle for loss, and a forced fumble. So, yeah, 478 00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:10.660 the LC defense really, really stepped up, and they've been 479 00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:14.720 doing a great job all year. Moses Hemnes also had 480 00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:18.480 a fumble recovery. Blaine defense has also been great all year. 481 00:28:18.619 -->

00:28:21.619 Axel Shelton, again, eight tackles, a tackle for loss, a 482 00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:26.089 forced fumble, half a sack. Sehu Kanaji, huge game defensively, 483 00:28:26.170 --> 00:28:29.269 five tackles, two and a half tackles for loss, half 484 00:28:29.289 --> 00:28:32.049 a sack there. Matt Campion, four and a half tackles, 485 00:28:32.109 --> 00:28:35.599 a tackle for loss. He had two fumble recoveries, which 486 00:28:35.650 --> 00:28:39.220 is pretty huge. Freshman Dimitri Shavorak coming off the edge 487 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:42.640 with five tackles, two sacks, half a tackle for loss. 488 00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:47.460 Leif Engen, who starts at center, he started all year. 489 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:49.680 He played a lot more defense this past week, six 490 00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:52.200 and a half tackles. He forced a fumble, had half 491 00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:54.819 a sack as well. James loose six and a half 492 00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:57.519 tackles with big, and then Hunter Canada knows it with 493 00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:59.339 that pick six. So a lot of guys on that 494 00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:02.900 Blaine defense that did some really, really good things as well, 495 00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:07.539 but the links win and, uh, they, um, they are 496 00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:10.589 going to the state playoffs while the, you know, the 497 00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:14.329 round of 24 anyways, and Blaine, uh, will host Friday 498 00:29:14.390 --> 00:29:19.269 Harbor on Thursday. So that's where those two teams are 499 00:29:19.390 --> 00:29:24.630 going next up. Um, is the final Thursday night game 500 00:29:24.690 --> 00:29:27.259 that took place. This was Lyndon going on the road 501 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:31.460 to take on Archbishop Murphy. And it was all Wildcats early. 502 00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:34.670 They scored the first four touchdowns of the game. In fact, 503 00:29:34.670 --> 00:29:38.160 they were up 21, zero at the half. And, um, 504 00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:42.359 there was a long sustained drives. Um, they ran, they 505 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:44.200 had ran the ball or they ran the, well, they 506 00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:47.480 ran the ball almost every play, but, uh, they ran first, 507 00:29:47.529 --> 00:29:50.089 they ran 60 plays, 58 of them on offense, but 508 00:29:50.130 --> 00:29:53.829 they ran 60 plays total and to Linden's 34. So 509 00:29:53.869 --> 00:29:56.829 it was a, it was time of possession and it was, 510 00:29:57.029 --> 00:29:58.849 you know, keeping the ball out of Linden's hands and, 511 00:29:59.289 --> 00:30:01.470 picking up first downs when they needed to. They ran 512 00:30:01.509 --> 00:30:05.059 for 352 yards. Linden did score on a couple long 513 00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:08.279 touchdowns in the second half. Dawson Van Dalen ripped off 514 00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:12.720 a 62-yard touchdown run, and Gordie Bedlington found Lawson DeBoer 515 00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:16.039 on a 65-yard touchdown

pass. But those would be the 516 00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:19.109 two big plays, and that would be that. Van Dalen 517 00:30:19.269 --> 00:30:21.069 ends the game with 70 yards on the ground on 518 00:30:21.109 --> 00:30:24.049 just six carries. Bedlington 5 of 11 through the air 519 00:30:24.089 --> 00:30:26.369 for 120 yards. Sam Arango, two catches for 52 yards left. 520 00:30:29.509 --> 00:30:32.910 And DeBoer, Caden Brown, Austin Pease, and Van Dalen each 521 00:30:32.950 --> 00:30:37.509 had one reception. But this was all Archbishop Murphy. And it's, 522 00:30:38.089 --> 00:30:40.150 you know, you have a feeling that they might meet 523 00:30:40.230 --> 00:30:42.900 up again in the playoffs. We'll have to wait and see. But, 524 00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:46.960 you know, I really like Linden's chances if they meet 525 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:50.500 up again because that coaching staff will know exactly what 526 00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:54.509 to expect this time around. And Archbishop will have three 527 00:30:54.569 --> 00:30:57.650 weeks to game plan for a really good Linden team. 528 00:30:58.069 --> 00:31:00.069 when Linden had no clue who was going to be 529 00:31:00.109 --> 00:31:04.009 available for Archbishop Murphy. So I think things will be 530 00:31:04.029 --> 00:31:07.029 a little tighter in the playoffs. I'm not saying Linden's 531 00:31:07.069 --> 00:31:08.529 going to win in the playoffs, but I think it'd 532 00:31:08.549 --> 00:31:10.890 be a better game when they play in the playoffs. 533 00:31:10.950 --> 00:31:13.000 So if they play, we'll just have to wait and see. 534 00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:15.420 There's some other really good teams out there, obviously with 535 00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:18.900 the Anacortes and Prosser and of course, number one ranked Tumwater. So, 536 00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:23.900 but both these teams going into the round of 32 defensively, 537 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:27.779 I thought Landon Tolles made a good game, 12 tackles there. 538 00:31:28.509 --> 00:31:31.710 Zach Dykstra, six and a half tackles, two tackles for loss. 539 00:31:32.849 --> 00:31:35.289 Dawson Van Dalen, eight and a half tackles, half a 540 00:31:35.309 --> 00:31:38.910 tackle for loss coming downhill from his safety spot. And 541 00:31:38.970 --> 00:31:41.390 Adam Holman, seven and a half tackles as well. You 542 00:31:41.589 --> 00:31:44.190 know against that kind of offense, those guys in the 543 00:31:44.269 --> 00:31:47.369 middle of the field will have big games, the linebackers, 544 00:31:47.390 --> 00:31:50.130 the nose tackle, stuff like that. And then Van Dalen, 545 00:31:50.170 --> 00:31:53.119 a converted linebacker playing safety now, so that kind of 546 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:55.940 bodes well for him being able to support in the 547 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:58.539 run game A lot of times going against a wing 548 00:31:58.579 --> 00:32:00.720 T team, you'll kind of move up another safety, be 549 00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:04.359 like

that fourth linebacker. And that's kind of where he 550 00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:07.369 was able to help out there. But Archbishop Murphy does 551 00:32:07.470 --> 00:32:10.150 pick up the win. And like I said, both teams 552 00:32:10.230 --> 00:32:14.549 going into the round of 32. Next up, Ferndale was 553 00:32:14.569 --> 00:32:17.569 at home, I should say, hosting Oak Harbor. This was 554 00:32:17.650 --> 00:32:20.940 on Friday night. And this was basically a playing game 555 00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:24.349 where you had to play your way into the round 556 00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:28.970 of 32. And it was all Golden Eagles. They did 557 00:32:29.029 --> 00:32:32.369 allow one big play in the first quarter, a 90-yard 558 00:32:32.430 --> 00:32:35.549 touchdown run. But other than that, it was just the 559 00:32:35.589 --> 00:32:38.789 ground and pound, the really strong Ferndale offense that you 560 00:32:38.829 --> 00:32:42.970 become accustomed to. Elliott Lenson, another huge game, 25 carries 561 00:32:43.029 --> 00:32:49.069 for 268 yards and five touchdowns. and he is getting 562 00:32:49.130 --> 00:32:54.170 closer to that 2,000-yard mark for the season for Ferndale. 563 00:32:54.730 --> 00:32:56.849 Only a few players have done that. Of course, Matthias 564 00:32:56.910 --> 00:33:00.269 Wilson did it. He broke the state record when he 565 00:33:00.309 --> 00:33:03.619 did it back in 1997, and a few years prior 566 00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:06.599 to that, Ash Perrin, his cousin, was the first player 567 00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:09.380 in Whatcom County history to rush for over 2,000 yards 568 00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:13.180 in a season, and Elliot Linson now on the cusp. So, 569 00:33:14.170 --> 00:33:18.680 pretty impressive there. Wyatt Broyles also 17 carries for 152 yards, 570 00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:22.259 big game for him. And late in the game, Bobby 571 00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:25.480 Kelly was able to run in, get a touchdown run there. And, 572 00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:29.170 and it was, they knew what they needed to do 573 00:33:29.250 --> 00:33:31.410 against Oak Harbor. I think last time when they played, 574 00:33:31.430 --> 00:33:34.309 it was something like 22 to six, something like that. 575 00:33:34.349 --> 00:33:36.569 And they turned the ball over four times, twice at 576 00:33:36.609 --> 00:33:40.190 the one yard line. So they, You know, it was 577 00:33:40.250 --> 00:33:44.430 just they needed to finish drives and take care of business, 578 00:33:44.470 --> 00:33:46.950 and that's exactly what they did. Oak Harbor did score 579 00:33:46.970 --> 00:33:48.869 a touchdown extremely late. I think it was the last 580 00:33:48.930 --> 00:33:51.650 play of the game when there was already a running clock, 581 00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:56.220 and so they didn't even attempt the point afterwards because 582 00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:58.700 it was just, you know, there's no point in it. 583 00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:02.079 Elliott Lenson, obviously the big game on offense, but he 584 00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:04.559 did a great job on defense as well. Five tackles, 585 00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:07.660 a tackle for loss, forced fumble, and a pass broken up. 586 00:34:08.250 --> 00:34:10.409 Brock Hoik as well had a couple stops behind the 587 00:34:10.449 --> 00:34:13.130 line of scrimmage. Jacob Lindsay had the big quarterback sack 588 00:34:13.170 --> 00:34:15.179 and a huge play early on in the game that 589 00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:18.039 kind of set the tone. And the Golden Eagles are 590 00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:21.079 going into the round of 32 now where they'll host 591 00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:23.880 Liberty of Renton at 7 o'clock on Friday. And we'll 592 00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:28.760 be talking about that matchup as we get closer to 593 00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:33.059 that time in the next podcast, I should say. And 594 00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:35.909 the final game to talk about that took place, this 595 00:34:35.949 --> 00:34:39.429 was Friday night crossover game. Nothing really on the line. 596 00:34:39.869 --> 00:34:44.110 Nooksack Valley went on the road and beat Marysville Pilchuck 597 00:34:44.130 --> 00:34:49.329 21-7 and dominated in total yards and everything. But, you know, 598 00:34:49.369 --> 00:34:51.849 it was 7-7 going into the fourth quarter. So it 599 00:34:51.889 --> 00:34:55.119 was kind of an interesting game as far as that goes. 600 00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:57.760 The scoreboard wasn't really telling the story. There were a 601 00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:59.940 lot of plays. And, you know, I was joking with 602 00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.960 Jim Bring when we were doing the show on Friday 603 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:05.530 that every time Marysville Pilchuck would throw it deep, they 604 00:35:05.570 --> 00:35:07.949 would just, you know, they would get 15 yards out 605 00:35:07.969 --> 00:35:09.949 of it with a pass interference or something. And I 606 00:35:10.150 --> 00:35:13.570 think that happened four or five times. And, um, but 607 00:35:13.590 --> 00:35:16.110 there was, you know, Nookside Valley wasn't helping themselves out either. 608 00:35:16.150 --> 00:35:17.789 There were, there was a time where they threw one 609 00:35:17.809 --> 00:35:20.619 into the end zone early. It was intercepted. Uh, there 610 00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:23.599 was another, there was a second interception that Pilchuk returned 611 00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:25.400 to about the five yard line. That's how they scored 612 00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:29.800 their touchdown. So, um, so, you know, and, and the 613 00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:32.800 pioneers were without a few key players, but, uh, they 614 00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:38.440 still get the job done, um, winning 21-7. Trey Hutink, 615 00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:42.949 13 carries for 109 yards and a touchdown. Max Lautenbach 616 00:35:43.190 --> 00:35:46.489 on his final varsity game doesn't play much offense, but 617 00:35:46.510 --> 00:35:48.710 he carried the ball

one time. He got 38 yards 618 00:35:48.769 --> 00:35:52.130 out of it. Lucas Woodrich carried more than usual, which 619 00:35:52.170 --> 00:35:54.789 was kind of nice to see. He's been very much 620 00:35:54.829 --> 00:35:56.969 a pocket passer, not much of a runner, but he 621 00:35:57.010 --> 00:36:01.360 had four carries for 24 yards and a touchdown. Trevick McMillan, 622 00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:04.309 a He had what you call in the stat sheet 623 00:36:04.369 --> 00:36:08.130 a 20-yard carry, but when you watch the play, it 624 00:36:08.170 --> 00:36:10.909 was on fourth down, and it was a well-designed play. 625 00:36:10.969 --> 00:36:16.750 Trevick McMillan, the big 6'4, 225-pound left tackle, went way 626 00:36:16.829 --> 00:36:20.630 back like he's in pass coverage, goes behind the quarterback, Woodridge, 627 00:36:20.650 --> 00:36:22.969 who was rolling to his right, and then turns around 628 00:36:23.010 --> 00:36:25.380 and throws it across the field, and it's a lateral 629 00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:28.699 to McMillan, so he's eligible to catch that. And he 630 00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:30.980 took it 20 yards and had to get through some 631 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:33.679 guys to get a first down in a key play. 632 00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:35.639 And that set up the first touchdown of the game. 633 00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:38.010 So that was kind of cool to see Eli King, 634 00:36:38.050 --> 00:36:41.889 two carries for 15 yards. And really cool to see 635 00:36:42.329 --> 00:36:45.769 Brady Ackerman line up at, took the snap from center 636 00:36:46.170 --> 00:36:47.849 on the last offensive play of the game for the 637 00:36:47.889 --> 00:36:50.909 Pioneers and ran in for a touchdown. Or I'm sorry, 638 00:36:50.949 --> 00:36:54.909 not Brady Ackerman, Dane Ackerman. I apologize. Did you imagine 639 00:36:54.949 --> 00:36:58.539 Brady Ackerman at quarterback? But really cool to see that 640 00:36:58.599 --> 00:37:04.039 for Dane. Finishes his career with a touchdown. Looks like Valley, 641 00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:07.219 you know, doing it the classy way there. Lucas Woodridge, 642 00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:09.760 10 of 20 through the air for 112 yards and 643 00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:15.349 two interceptions. But like I said, those ones earlier were 644 00:37:15.389 --> 00:37:18.190 both pretty costly, kind of kept Pilchuck in the game. 645 00:37:19.170 --> 00:37:23.190 Receiving A.J. Woodridge, three catches for 48 yards. Ackerman, three 646 00:37:23.230 --> 00:37:27.170 catches for 27 yards. Ty Barron's two catches for 23 yards. 647 00:37:27.550 --> 00:37:29.949 And then Tyler Martin and Trey Hutink each had a 648 00:37:29.989 --> 00:37:33.510 reception as well. On the defensive side of the ball, 649 00:37:33.610 --> 00:37:35.869 Silas Tierna, I thought a really good game, five and 650 00:37:35.889 --> 00:37:39.289 a half tackles and a sack. Max Lautenbach, always a 651 00:37:39.329 --> 00:37:42.710 great game watching him. Four tackles, a tackle for

loss, 652 00:37:42.750 --> 00:37:45.670 a pass broken up. Evan Laerle had two tackles, two 653 00:37:45.710 --> 00:37:48.329 passes broken up, and he also intercepted his fourth pass 654 00:37:48.449 --> 00:37:52.369 on the year. And then Eli King had seven tackles 655 00:37:52.449 --> 00:37:55.800 to lead the team. So Great overall game, a great 656 00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:59.619 season by the Pioneers who finished 6-3. And, of course, 657 00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:02.539 they cannot find a Week 10 crossover because that's usually 658 00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:07.440 the case. Because, you know, teams that don't make the playoffs, 659 00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:11.590 that don't make the play-in to get to the playoffs, they're, 660 00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:16.349 you know, usually it's been a horrible season. They're way below. 500. 661 00:38:16.349 --> 00:38:18.190 Guys don't want to, you know, they don't want to 662 00:38:18.210 --> 00:38:21.969 practice for another week. Meanwhile, the Pioneers are sitting there 663 00:38:21.989 --> 00:38:25.239 6-3 going, we'll play anybody. And everybody said no. So 664 00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:29.329 that's too bad. And I know that they have to 665 00:38:29.429 --> 00:38:30.849 look at it and go, well, we have to be 666 00:38:30.889 --> 00:38:34.030 better in the conference. But, boy, they played everybody tough. 667 00:38:34.650 --> 00:38:37.610 And sometimes that's just the way that it goes. And 668 00:38:37.809 --> 00:38:40.969 there needs to be an at-large thing because when there's 669 00:38:41.010 --> 00:38:44.760 teams getting in that are 2-7 and have fired their 670 00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:48.630 coach and they're getting into this playoff, and Nooksack Valley 671 00:38:48.650 --> 00:38:52.539 is not, that's when you need to, you know, relook 672 00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:56.559 everything and say, okay, maybe let's just take the conference champions, period, 673 00:38:57.199 --> 00:39:01.079 maybe the second place team, and everything else is at large. 674 00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:03.090 You know, something like that. You've got to get the 675 00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:06.250 best 24 in there. If you're going to do 24, 676 00:39:06.250 --> 00:39:08.449 get the best 24. And if you want to say 677 00:39:08.469 --> 00:39:10.429 that Nooksack Valley, who was ranked top 10 in the 678 00:39:10.469 --> 00:39:14.670 state all year, is not one of the best 24s, then, 679 00:39:15.150 --> 00:39:16.980 you know, you have to look yourself in the mirror 680 00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:20.880 and deal with that because it's a pity. That's what 681 00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:23.340 Meridian had to deal with last year. Meridian went 7-3 682 00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:27.289 last year with multiple wins over teams that won playoff games. That's, 683 00:39:27.489 --> 00:39:30.800 you know, that's just, it just sucks. you know. And 684 00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:34.639 Nooksack Valley, you look at Kings. I mean, Kings deserves 685 00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:36.449 to be in the state playoffs, no doubt. They only 686 00:39:36.510 --> 00:39:39.170 had one loss all year. They definitely deserve to be in. 687 00:39:39.610 --> 00:39:42.469 Their one loss was a 30-point loss at home to 688 00:39:42.530 --> 00:39:45.329 Nooksack Valley. It's stuff like that. So you've got to 689 00:39:45.369 --> 00:39:47.429 get the best 24 in there. I don't care how 690 00:39:47.469 --> 00:39:49.210 you do it. You're smarter than I am. You make 691 00:39:49.269 --> 00:39:52.989 way more money. You guys figure it out. So anyways, 692 00:39:53.130 --> 00:39:55.219 I'll get off my soapbox that makes me almost six 693 00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:58.320 feet tall, and we will talk about the players of 694 00:39:58.380 --> 00:40:01.599 the week. And the offensive player of the week is 695 00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:03.800 brought to you by Walton Beverage, who's been a staple 696 00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:06.659 in our community for 95 years, and now will continue 697 00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:09.139 to work harder every day to make the fantastic people 698 00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:12.110 at Walton Beverage proud to sponsor youth sports in our community. 699 00:40:12.690 --> 00:40:15.710 They deliver superior quality and commitment, and I plan to 700 00:40:15.750 --> 00:40:18.909 do the very same. the Walton beverage offensive player of 701 00:40:18.949 --> 00:40:23.800 the week is Ferndale senior Elliot Lenson, 25 carries for 702 00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:27.719 268 yards and five touchdowns. You know, out of all 703 00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:31.780 of these games, um, the one that mattered the most, 704 00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:34.619 if you want to say it was really that Ferndale game. 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But, you know, I rarely give it to 730 00:41:58.789 --> 00:42:05.889 a team that didn't win unless they just had an amazing, amazing, 731 00:42:05.929 --> 00:42:09.699 you know, groundbreaking type of performance. but I'm giving this 732 00:42:09.780 --> 00:42:12.659 one to Ramsey Mitchell of Mount Baker because there was 733 00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:15.349 some times when he had a couple of quarterback sacks 734 00:42:15.369 --> 00:42:17.150 and they came at really timely moments. He had another 735 00:42:17.190 --> 00:42:21.199 tackle for loss, six total tackles. I didn't keep track of, 736 00:42:21.210 --> 00:42:23.679 I don't, I never keep track of hurries and that 737 00:42:23.699 --> 00:42:25.599 can be a pretty important stat. I thought he did 738 00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:28.480 a great job there as well. So Ramsey Mitchell of 739 00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:32.300 Mount Baker, congratulations. You're the Kirk Mayberry farm defensive player 740 00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:36.340 of the week. also we have this special teams player 741 00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:37.780 of the week, which is brought to you by pets, 742 00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:41.159 real estate, your preferred real estate agency in Whatcom County, 743 00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:44.750 go to pets, real estate.com. That's P E T Z 744 00:42:45.210 --> 00:42:51.010 real estate.com. And, uh, there was a few, there's some 745 00:42:51.050 --> 00:42:53.909 few big ones here. And, uh, I was looking at 746 00:42:54.010 --> 00:42:57.340 Elias Laranaga once again, because not only was he eight 747 00:42:57.360 --> 00:42:59.119 for eight on extra points, but he had a great 748 00:42:59.219 --> 00:43:02.269 punt that was down inside the 10 yard line. Um, 749 00:43:03.289 --> 00:43:05.929 And he had touchbacks on kickoffs. He did a great job. 750 00:43:05.969 --> 00:43:08.489 But I'm going with his teammate. I'm going with Maddox Strickland. 751 00:43:08.969 --> 00:43:12.239 Starting out the game with a 95-yard kickoff return really 752 00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:15.360 set the tone that was returned for a touchdown. And 753 00:43:16.139 --> 00:43:18.639 they just kind of opened the floodgates from there. I 754 00:43:18.679 --> 00:43:21.420 know Sehu Kanaji did the same thing in that game. 755 00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:26.039 But Elsie was able to right the ship and get 756 00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:29.090 the win there. Bellingham was not. So I'm giving this 757 00:43:29.170 --> 00:43:32.110 one to Maddox Strickland. Congratulations. You are the Pets for 758 00:43:32.130 --> 00:43:35.829 Real Estate Special Teams Player of the Week. And finally, 759 00:43:36.389 --> 00:43:38.840 it's the Offensive Lineman of the Week, which is brought 760 00:43:38.860 --> 00:43:41.460 to you by Anytime Fitness. Check them out in Linden, 761 00:43:41.639 --> 00:43:45.500 Linden North, and Ferndale. They also do the scoreboards. They 762 00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:49.119 also sponsor the scoreboards for football that happen on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. 763 00:43:49.820 --> 00:43:53.510 And yeah, they are a fantastic company that's been with 764 00:43:53.550 --> 00:43:56.820 Whatcom Preps almost since day one. which is a great, 765 00:43:56.880 --> 00:44:00.280 great thing. And I am giving this one, the Anytime 766 00:44:00.510 --> 00:44:04.289 Fitness Offensive Lineman of the Week, to Trevick McMillan. You know, 767 00:44:04.309 --> 00:44:06.210 he did a great job all year, but then they 768 00:44:06.289 --> 00:44:08.650 call your number, get you the ball, and you pick 769 00:44:08.690 --> 00:44:11.929 up 20 yards on a fourth down play. Got to 770 00:44:11.969 --> 00:44:15.050 love that. So congratulations to the senior left tackle of 771 00:44:15.090 --> 00:44:18.969 Nooksack Valley, Trevick McMillan. He is your Anytime Fitness Offensive 772 00:44:19.030 --> 00:44:21.619 Lineman of the Week. Be sure to visit our sponsors 773 00:44:21.679 --> 00:44:23.659 and let them know that you heard about their business 774 00:44:23.800 --> 00:44:28.300 on the Whatcom Preps podcast. This has been episode number 465, 775 00:44:28.300 --> 00:44:33.039 the Week 9 Football Recap. I am Tyler Anderson of 776 00:44:33.079 --> 00:44:34.739 Whatcom Preps, and I will talk to you in a 777 00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:35.300 couple of days.