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

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  Speaker 1: Greetings and welcome into the Whatcom Preps podcast. This is
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  Speaker 1: episode 445. It's the week three Gatorade game day football preview.
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  Speaker 1: And I am Tyler Anderson of Whatcom Preps. Walton Beverage
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  Speaker 1: has been a staple in our community for 95 years.
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  Speaker 1: And I will continue to work harder every day to
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  Speaker 1: make the fantastic people at Walton Beverage proud to sponsor
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  Speaker 1: youth sports in our communities. They deliver superior quality and commitment,
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  Speaker 1: and I plan to do the very same. Well, it's
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  Speaker 1: been an interesting week for me. And one of the
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  Speaker 1: big things about this podcast, as we preview all the
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  Speaker 1: games for this weekend, is I get to sit down
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  Speaker 1: with all the coaches and do interviews. And it was
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  Speaker 1: kind of a rough weekend for me. And I reached
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  Speaker 1: out to the coaches and I said, Hey, I got
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  Speaker 1: to take a few things off my plate going forward. And, um,
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  Speaker 1: so I won't be able to do the coaches interviews.
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  Speaker 1: And I was going to combine this podcast with the,
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  Speaker 1: you know, kind of the week that was in football. And,
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  Speaker 1: but the coaches rallied as they do. And especially coach
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  Speaker 1: Bartle from Nooksack Valley, who took it upon himself to
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  Speaker 1: get ahold of as many coaches as he could and
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  Speaker 1: do the interviews himself for me.
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  Speaker 2: So that was.
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  Speaker 1: Just a, an amazing gesture on his part and something
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  Speaker 1: he didn't have to.
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  Speaker 3: Do, but he did.
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  Speaker 1: So when I thought there wouldn't be coaches interviews this week,
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  Speaker 1: there actually will be. And we'll be talking about all
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  Speaker 1: the games. And there are no games Thursday night. That's
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  Speaker 1: why this podcast is coming out on Friday morning. And
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  Speaker 1: we're actually going to start with Coach Bartle's game as
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  Speaker 1: he will be back on the road against Kings. And
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  Speaker 1: this has been a matchup where Boy, they seem to
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  Speaker 1: play each other every single year. They've got a great
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  Speaker 1: rivalry going. Believe it or not, Kings was a league
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  Speaker 1: game back in the late 90s just for a couple years.
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  Speaker 1: But Nooksack Valley and Kings, even going back to the mid-90s,
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  Speaker 1: would play each other. They had an amazing 41-40 game
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  Speaker 1: back in, I think, 94, 93, 94, something like that.
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  Speaker 1: They had that crazy playoff game in 2000. 8 or 9,
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  Speaker 1: something like that. So they have this tremendous rivalry, and
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  Speaker 1: both teams are undefeated. And as the Max Preps rankings go,
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  Speaker 1: Nooksack Valley is ranked number 4 already in the classification
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  Speaker 1: for 1A. Kings is number 8 in 1A. So this is,
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  Speaker 1: as Max Preps sees it, this is a top 10
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  Speaker 1: matchup in 1A. So a great, great game. And we're
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  Speaker 1: going to have– and Coach Bartle– He's going to give
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  Speaker 1: us some insight for how things went last week and
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  Speaker 1: what are things to look forward to this week.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, last week was fun. It was good for our
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  Speaker 4: community to be there, to dedicate the field.
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  Speaker 5: We had a.
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  Speaker 4: Community barbecue. The line was the longest I've seen it
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  Speaker 4: in a few years and What a cool atmosphere. I
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  Speaker 4: had to fly over with a helicopter. It was really
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  Speaker 4: cool to have our community there to dedicate the field
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  Speaker 4: that really is a community field. It's not just for
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  Speaker 4: football or the high school or soccer. It's truly a
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  Speaker 4: community field. It was nice to be on there. I
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  Speaker 4: had a quality opponent with Okanagan. I think they won
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  Speaker 4: the state championship two two or three years out of
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  Speaker 4: the last four or five years. And so, um, they
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  Speaker 4: were a good team. We, we moved the ball. Um, but, uh,
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  Speaker 4: you know, I think we had chances to, to maybe
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  Speaker 4: put that game away and, um, you know, we just,
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  Speaker 4: we made some mistakes. We've got to take care of
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  Speaker 4: the ball, um, a little bit better, uh, to eliminate
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  Speaker 4: some penalties. Um, but I think overall, you know, we
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  Speaker 4: did a pretty good job of, of, uh, establishing, you know,
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  Speaker 4: some of the things that we wanted to establish it and,
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  Speaker 4: you know, Second week in a row, our defense did
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  Speaker 4: really well. And so we're making good strides on that offensively.
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  Speaker 4: It's going to come along. We have some young guys
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  Speaker 4: there who are learning. And so, you know, we'll get
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  Speaker 4: some things fixed. And, you know, we'll just keep building.
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  Speaker 4: You know, between that week one and two, it's a
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  Speaker 4: little cliche, but I think we made some pretty good strides.
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  Speaker 4: We had some kids. just not in the right spots
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  Speaker 4: week one. And, um, you know, this was a tough
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  Speaker 4: week for the kids. We got after them a little bit,
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  Speaker 4: challenged them a little bit. Um, I think our pad
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  Speaker 4: level was a little bit high and just kind of
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  Speaker 4: the overall, um, I don't want to say complacency, but, um,
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  Speaker 4: you know, just learning how to practice and play at
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  Speaker 4: a game speed. Um, you know, we, we had to
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  Speaker 4: really dial that in this week and I thought the
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  Speaker 4: kids responded pretty well. Um, you know, we've got a
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  Speaker 4: pretty dynamic backfield, you know, with two backs. But I
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  Speaker 4: think our line is really starting to, to gel a
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  Speaker 4: little bit, you know, we're in that beginning stages and
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  Speaker 4: it takes a line a little bit of time to,
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  Speaker 4: to get to know each other. And it's, it's a,
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  Speaker 4: it's a different relationship that those guys have with each other.
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  Speaker 4: And so, They're developing that, and Lucas Woodruff, quarterback, he's
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  Speaker 4: doing a really good job. He's making some plays that
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  Speaker 4: veteran quarterbacks don't make. And then some other times, I
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  Speaker 4: think he's just trying to force the ball a little bit,
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  Speaker 4: but really happy with his leadership and the way he's
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  Speaker 4: approaching the game. Defensively, I think it's kind of a
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  Speaker 4: team effort right now. We've got 11 guys. playing really hard.
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  Speaker 4: Trevick McMillan had a pretty good game last week. And
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  Speaker 4: so he's starting to figure some things out. So overall,
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  Speaker 4: we're pretty pleased with what's going on. This week, we're
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  Speaker 4: at Kings. It's become a rival. And we've played them, gosh,
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  Speaker 4: I think every year for, I don't know, the last
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  Speaker 4: 10 years or so. And so Um, you know, we
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  Speaker 4: get to know their staff pretty well, text back and
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  Speaker 4: forth with, with the head coach apparel. Um, and so
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  Speaker 4: we know each other. This is the second year in
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  Speaker 4: a row. We've got to, we have to go down there. Um, it's,
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  Speaker 4: it's a great atmosphere. It's, it's, uh, you know, kind
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  Speaker 4: of a bowl down the fields down lower, uh, than,
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  Speaker 4: than the main street. And so kind of a cool
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  Speaker 4: atmosphere and. You know, Kings is, is like, they usually
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  Speaker 4: are there. They're big. they're pretty balanced attack this year.
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  Speaker 4: They can run the ball. They've got a quarterback that's
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  Speaker 4: really impressive, the way he throws the ball. And they
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  Speaker 4: have some receivers that have speed and have the ability
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  Speaker 4: to make plays. And so, you know, it's going to
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  Speaker 4: be a test going down there. And, you know, we'll
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  Speaker 4: just focus on what we need to do the last couple,
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  Speaker 4: you know, non-league games and just try to get better ourselves.
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  Speaker 4: Appreciate you, uh, Tyler and, uh, go partners.
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  Speaker 1: Again, thank you so much to coach Bartle for, you know,
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  Speaker 1: not even, not just doing the, the interviews for me,
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  Speaker 1: but even doing one himself for himself, uh, for this podcast.
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  Speaker 1: It's something he definitely did not have to do, but, uh,
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  Speaker 1: but that's, what's amazing about this community is, um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: they help each other. And so, uh, If I'm not
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  Speaker 1: doing my best, other people will step in and help,
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  Speaker 1: and that's.
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  Speaker 6: What's been great.
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  Speaker 1: So we're going to move on now. Thank you very much,
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  Speaker 1: Coach Bartle. But we will be hearing from Coach Bartle
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  Speaker 1: throughout this podcast as he interviewed many of the coaches.
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  Speaker 1: And the big matchup that we look forward to every
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  Speaker 1: year is Linden at Ferndale. That will be Friday night,
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  Speaker 1: 7 o'clock. Always, always a big matchup. I love that
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  Speaker 1: both these teams are coming into it undefeated. Um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: both two and O Linden is ranked fourth and two
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  Speaker 1: way as far as max preps goes and Ferndale's ranks
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  Speaker 1: 10th and three a as max preps goes. Um, I'm
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  Speaker 1: excited to get the coaches poll when that comes out.
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  Speaker 1: I want to say it's going to be after maybe
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  Speaker 1: week four or so, cause those would be much more.
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  Speaker 3: Um, I.
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  Speaker 1: Don't know how to put it. Like, respectable rankings, I guess,
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  Speaker 1: because they, they, they, they do their work and it's
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  Speaker 1: really cool that they do that. This is a fantastic rivalry.
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  Speaker 1: They've been playing each other every year since the fall
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  Speaker 1: of 1993. Even when, even like now where it's not
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  Speaker 1: a league game and Linden only has one non-league game
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  Speaker 1: and they make sure that it is Ferndale. And it's
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  Speaker 1: great that they were able to get it in this way.
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  Speaker 1: And it's a tremendous thing for our community. And it'll
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  Speaker 1: be out at Ferndale High School. And I don't think
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  Speaker 1: that ever, I don't think Linden's lost on the Ferndale's
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  Speaker 1: new field yet. Not just that they've played Ferndale there
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  Speaker 1: every time, but they've hosted playoff games there quite a
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  Speaker 1: bit the last few years. So they like playing there. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: Ferndale likes playing there. I think it's going to be
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  Speaker 1: an extremely competitive game. I don't really know where the
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  Speaker 1: edge would be. It seems like in the last handful
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  Speaker 1: of years, whenever I felt like it was close, but
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  Speaker 1: I leaned one way, it went the other way. You
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  Speaker 1: just never know. But Coach Bartle was able to catch
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  Speaker 1: up with both coaches. We're going to start off with
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  Speaker 1: his interview with Coach Van Dalen.
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  Speaker 4: 2-0 going into rivalry week, and we'll talk about that
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  Speaker 4: in a second. But you've been playing a two-quarterback system
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  Speaker 4: the first couple games. What's unique about that, and how
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  Speaker 4: do you have to prepare? I know other teams have
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  Speaker 4: to prepare, but do you have to do anything offensively
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  Speaker 4: to prepare for both quarterbacks?
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  Speaker 7: No.
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  Speaker 8: With each combination of quarterbacks, it's been a little bit
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  Speaker 8: different because we have done this before. This one, I
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  Speaker 8: would say, has been the easiest of all of them
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  Speaker 8: because Gordy and Austin are so similar.
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  Speaker 6: They're both extremely athletic young men.
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  Speaker 8: Who are dual threat athletes. And so from a preparation standpoint,
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  Speaker 8: it's actually been easier. I used to have to, you know,
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  Speaker 8: have two scripts, if you will, you know, one for
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  Speaker 8: this type of quarterback, one for this type. These guys
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  Speaker 8: are pretty plug and play. So I can just prepare
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  Speaker 8: like I normally would, but knowing I have an athletic
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  Speaker 8: quarterback back there that can run whenever I need them to.
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  Speaker 8: The coolest part about it for me, 100%, is then
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  Speaker 8: I have both of them on defense. So that was
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  Speaker 8: always what scared me was, You know, how do you
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  Speaker 8: play your quarterback on defense and hope he doesn't get hurt?
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  Speaker 8: Whereas now I can just let these two and look at,
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  Speaker 8: I mean, for example, Austin has two pick sixes. So
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  Speaker 8: if I had been protecting him and keeping him off
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  Speaker 8: the field on defense, you know, that would have never happened.
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  Speaker 6: And Gordy got an interception this week.
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  Speaker 8: And so, you know, pretty blessed to have two really
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  Speaker 8: good athletes, two really good kids, smart. So our offense
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  Speaker 8: kind of doesn't skip a beat. It's just a different
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  Speaker 8: voice back there.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: And you have two pretty good running backs with Van
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  Speaker 4: Dale and Imposable back there, too. Talk about kind of
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  Speaker 4: the dynamics with those two guys.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, and so our backfield, you know, Dawson has kind
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  Speaker 8: of earned his stripes. He came in when Max Austin
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  Speaker 8: got hurt last year, so he's the returner. And then
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  Speaker 8: when we lost Malachi Kanan, It allowed us to bring
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  Speaker 8: up a young sophomore. Nick Brantes has kind of filled
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  Speaker 8: in that role there. But then Austin Postma and a
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  Speaker 8: bunch of other juniors. We've got three juniors that can
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  Speaker 8: rotate in in that backup running back spot. But then
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  Speaker 8: you're right. With Gordy and Austin at quarterback, we always
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  Speaker 8: have two running backs back there. So it makes, I
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  Speaker 8: would think, more difficult to defend us.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: So I've asked a couple coaches, you know, it's kind
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  Speaker 4: of cliche to say, hey, between weeks one and two,
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  Speaker 4: you make your biggest improvements. But What do you think
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  Speaker 4: was your biggest improvement between week one and two? And
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  Speaker 4: what's something maybe that you're hoping to work on this week?
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  Speaker 8: I would say the biggest adjustment for us was the
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  Speaker 8: style of play. So we went from Sultan wanted to
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  Speaker 8: ground and pound it to Lakewood, who I think had
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  Speaker 8: less than other than the quarterback scramble, less than 10
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  Speaker 8: carries the whole game. And so for us, the biggest
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  Speaker 8: adjustment was the two styles of play and having to
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  Speaker 8: adjust to that. And then now this week, getting to face,
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  Speaker 8: you know, the ultimate test with Ferndale's ground game. And
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  Speaker 8: so for us, I think that's what it was, having
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  Speaker 8: two extremely unique opponents week one and two. Offensively, we
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  Speaker 8: did okay. I think we're averaging like 49 points a game.
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  Speaker 8: So Ferndale's definitely not going to let that happen. So
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  Speaker 8: we'll get to see how well we adjust to some adversities.
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  Speaker 5: Perfect.
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  Speaker 4: Dijkstra is kind of a staple on offense and defense.
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  Speaker 4: What does he mean to both sides of the ball
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  Speaker 4: for you guys?
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  Speaker 8: You know, I think, you know, he's a four-year starter
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  Speaker 8: on the offensive line, two-year captain. All summer long, college
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  Speaker 8: coaches calling me saying, wow, that kid's special.
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  Speaker 6: And he is.
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  Speaker 8: In fact, this year, Coach Roper recruited him to come
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  Speaker 8: out for the basketball team. Maybe not because he's the
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  Speaker 8: best basketball player, but he's one of the best human
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  Speaker 8: beings in our school. And he wanted Roper wanted that
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  Speaker 8: to be part of his program. So that those are
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  Speaker 8: the intangibles. Well, then, because he plays offense, sometimes we
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  Speaker 8: give him a blow on defense. And I think every
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  Speaker 8: single time he has subbed in this year, someone on
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  Speaker 8: the headset has said, whoa, Zach's in the game.
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  Speaker 6: He's just a difference maker.
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  Speaker 8: You know, he gets to decide if he plays offense
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  Speaker 8: or defense in college as getting recruited for both. But
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  Speaker 8: he is an impact player on both sides of the ball.
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  Speaker 8: You know, I can even see him going to if
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  Speaker 8: he was at a 3A or 4A school and they
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  Speaker 8: needed a tight end, he's that athletic that he could
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  Speaker 8: go in there and and play that position.
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  Speaker 6: So really fun to have.
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  Speaker 8: Him, great human being, hardest worker in the weight room
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  Speaker 8: and hardest hitter on the field and best human being
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  Speaker 8: in general.
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  Speaker 4: This week's a big week at Ferndale, Friday at 7 o'clock.
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  Speaker 4: Tell us about Ferndale and kind of what this rivalry
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  Speaker 4: means or how it's changed the past, you know, 10 years.
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  Speaker 4: Just talk a little bit about that.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, it's interesting because the rivalry was born in the 90s,
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  Speaker 8: and there was a year I remember we were 9-1
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  Speaker 8: and didn't get to go to the playoffs because we
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  Speaker 8: lost to Fernandes. And they were 9-1 one year and
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  Speaker 8: didn't get to go to the playoffs. So back then...
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  Speaker 8: One team got to go. We were all 3A, and
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  Speaker 8: it was cutthroat. So that was the birth of how
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  Speaker 8: a rivalry gets born. And then we were lucky that
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  Speaker 8: when we went to 2A, they saw the value in
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  Speaker 8: this game, as did we. And so we've kept it going,
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  Speaker 8: even though we've been 20 years now in different conferences.
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  Speaker 8: You know, selfishly, they help us get ready for the
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  Speaker 8: Tumwaters and the Archbishops of the world.
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  Speaker 6: So we want to keep this game.
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  Speaker 8: I think they want to keep it, too, because it's
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  Speaker 8: kind of like in NASCAR when you have the Daytona
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  Speaker 8: 500 week one.
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  Speaker 6: Well, this used to be the week one game. This
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  Speaker 6: is the first year.
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  Speaker 8: It's week three in what's been quite a while. But
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  Speaker 8: it's a great litmus test. You know, we know they
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  Speaker 8: play the top in football. Pretty cool last week with
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  Speaker 8: Elliot Lenson, you know, 368 yards rushing in a game
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  Speaker 8: is unbelievable. So we know and they got two other
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  Speaker 8: really good backs as well. So so, you know, this
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  Speaker 8: is going to be a great test for our kids.
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  Speaker 8: to see how we can do against an elite machine,
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  Speaker 8: but it does have all the intangibles, you know, I've
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  Speaker 8: got all the phone calls from former players and, and
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  Speaker 8: a lot of our parents work with their parents, whether
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  Speaker 8: it be a VP and telco or wherever, uh, And so,
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  Speaker 8: you know, Jamie and I go way back. We've both
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  Speaker 8: been doing this for over 30 years. And we have
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  Speaker 8: a healthy rivalry. That's what I really like about it, too,
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  Speaker 8: is it is one of the best. I think they
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  Speaker 8: said over the last 34 years, both teams are 17
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  Speaker 8: and 17 or something like that. And wow, that just
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  Speaker 8: tells you how great the game's going to be. And
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  Speaker 8: we all have memories of when we should have won
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  Speaker 8: and didn't. And we all have memories when we should
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  Speaker 8: have lost and didn't. And so the game will be
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  Speaker 8: decided Friday night. based on how these players play on
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  Speaker 8: both sides of the ball. And I think the kids
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  Speaker 8: embrace that, know that, coaches know that. It really is
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  Speaker 8: one of the more special nights in the state of
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  Speaker 8: Washington for both our programs. But it's interesting, I'll have
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  Speaker 8: coaches from all over the state tell me that they're
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  Speaker 8: watching our game, you know, either right after or, you know,
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  Speaker 8: when they can.
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  Speaker 6: And so it's kind of a fun one.
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  Speaker 4: So in anticipation of you and Coach Polankovic not giving
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  Speaker 4: too much and bulletin board material. I have a question
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  Speaker 4: specific for Coach Plankovich. If they make a movie about
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  Speaker 4: the current Ferndale team, which actor plays Coach Plankovich? Well, just.
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  Speaker 8: based on him as a human being, it's got to
• 18:02
  Speaker 8: be Matthew McConaughey. I mean, he is just, you know, so,
• 18:06
  Speaker 8: so entertaining. But that's the first name that popped, you know, the,
• 18:11
  Speaker 8: I mean, the Bill Belichick, all that would be an
• 18:13
  Speaker 8: easy answer, but I'm going to go with Matthew McConaughey
• 18:16
  Speaker 8: just because I don't know anybody that doesn't love Matthew McConaughey.
• 18:19
  Speaker 8: And I don't know anybody that doesn't love Jamie Plankovich.
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: And, you know, if you put a picture of them
• 18:24
  Speaker 4: right next to each other, it'd be really hard to
• 18:26
  Speaker 4: kind of, Kind of pick out which one was which.
• 18:29
  Speaker 8: I would think so. I would think so. And I
• 18:31
  Speaker 8: would imagine on the headset they're going to hear, all right,
• 18:33
  Speaker 8: all right, all right, at least once throughout the game.
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: All right, last two questions I've asked all the coaches.
• 18:40
  Speaker 4: What is your pregame playlist? When you're on your way
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: to the school before the game, what's on the radio
• 18:46
  Speaker 4: for you?
• 18:48
  Speaker 6: You know, I bounce between two things.
• 18:49
  Speaker 8: If I'm feeling amped up, I try to play some
• 18:52
  Speaker 8: Jack Johnson and just kind of chill out and calm
• 18:55
  Speaker 8: down a little bit. And then if I'm feeling a
• 18:57
  Speaker 8: little lethargic, I've got to go right back to the
• 19:00
  Speaker 8: 80s and play my Guns N' Roses and ACDC. So
• 19:03
  Speaker 8: I'm not usually in between. It's either trying to calm
• 19:06
  Speaker 8: down or trying to pump up. I'm pretty sure for Ferndale,
• 19:10
  Speaker 8: it'll be ACDC and Guns N' Roses.
• 19:14
  Speaker 4: And last question. So fall, pumpkin spice, football, those are staples.
• 19:20
  Speaker 4: So are fruit flies. What does Blake Van Dalen do
• 19:23
  Speaker 4: to get rid of fruit flies in your house?
• 19:26
  Speaker 8: The good news is my wife hates them so much
• 19:28
  Speaker 8: more than me that every day there's this apple cider
• 19:32
  Speaker 8: vinegar thing and she replaces it every day and it
• 19:36
  Speaker 8: fills up every day. And I just get to live
• 19:39
  Speaker 8: my life and live the dream because she hates fruit
• 19:41
  Speaker 8: flies more than me.
• 19:43
  Speaker 4: Perfect. Hey, I appreciate your time and good luck this week.
• 19:47
  Speaker 6: Hey, thanks for doing this and get well soon.
• 19:50
  Speaker 5: Yep.
• 19:50
  Speaker 6: All right.
• 19:51
  Speaker 4: Thanks.
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: Thank you very much to coach Van Dalen and coach Bartle.
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: Coach Bartle was also able to catch up with coach
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: Plankovich of Ferndale.
• 20:01
  Speaker 4: All right. We're here with Ferndale coach Plankovich, coach two
• 20:05
  Speaker 4: and oh, start the season. Uh, let's, uh, Talk about
• 20:09
  Speaker 4: the last game, Edmonds-Woodway. You went down there at length
• 20:14
  Speaker 4: and had 368 yards rushing. Talk about that a little bit.
• 20:18
  Speaker 10: We started fast in that game. We talked about this
• 20:23
  Speaker 10: on Monday in our team meeting. Coach Locker brought it up.
• 20:27
  Speaker 10: It's what's really great about our game. Elliot obviously got
• 20:31
  Speaker 10: a lot of attention for setting a school record for rushing,
• 20:34
  Speaker 10: but It comes down to the guys up front doing
• 20:37
  Speaker 10: their job, and there is no better team game than football.
• 20:43
  Speaker 10: And Elliot's a great kid. He recognizes the fact that
• 20:47
  Speaker 10: this is not a one-person record. It's a team record.
• 20:52
  Speaker 10: And I really had no idea during the game that
• 20:55
  Speaker 10: he was at that many yards.
• 21:00
  Speaker 11: I felt after the game we were talking, and it's like, well, yeah,
• 21:02
  Speaker 11: he probably had 250 yards. And, yeah, we were a
• 21:06
  Speaker 11: little off on that. So I like how we started
• 21:10
  Speaker 11: in that game.
• 21:12
  Speaker 10: We, again, scored three touchdowns in the first quarter like
• 21:16
  Speaker 10: we did the week before. And we just got to
• 21:18
  Speaker 10: keep maintaining that momentum. Once we had it, we kind
• 21:22
  Speaker 10: of let them back in the game a little bit.
• 21:25
  Speaker 10: They're very good at throwing the football. So we gave
• 21:29
  Speaker 10: up some points, but our kids finished that game well.
• 21:33
  Speaker 4: You played them in the playoffs last year, that first
• 21:35
  Speaker 4: round of playoffs last year. How do you think that
• 21:38
  Speaker 4: helped you prepare for them?
• 21:42
  Speaker 10: We knew their quarterback was very good after playing him
• 21:46
  Speaker 10: last year. We really went in with a much different
• 21:50
  Speaker 10: game plan defensively, which is a little bit unusual for us.
• 21:55
  Speaker 10: We're going to take away the run and make Teams
• 22:00
  Speaker 10: throw it, and this week we played a lot of
• 22:03
  Speaker 10: drop aid and coverage, kind of daring them to run
• 22:06
  Speaker 10: the football. Our kids still did a really good job.
• 22:09
  Speaker 10: I think they averaged two yards a carry in that game.
• 22:12
  Speaker 10: So it was a lot different playing than we're used
• 22:16
  Speaker 10: to having defensively.
• 22:17
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 22:18
  Speaker 4: It looks like, was it Broyles? Broyles and Buttonshone had
• 22:22
  Speaker 4: a pretty good day defensively. Talk about how important those
• 22:25
  Speaker 4: two guys are, and I know it's a team– team effort,
• 22:28
  Speaker 4: but those guys had a pretty good game last week.
• 22:32
  Speaker 4: So talk about their influence on the defense.
• 22:36
  Speaker 10: Yeah, starting with Broyles, he's a guy that plays our
• 22:40
  Speaker 10: anchor in spot, which now with when we go to
• 22:44
  Speaker 10: some three down, drop eight, or he drops back to linebacker.
• 22:50
  Speaker 10: He was a linebacker last year, so he has a
• 22:52
  Speaker 10: lot of versatility. He's a very strong kid. is one
• 22:57
  Speaker 10: of our best pass rushers when he does play on
• 23:00
  Speaker 10: the edge. So he's asked to do a lot of
• 23:03
  Speaker 10: different things defensively, especially in a game plan like we
• 23:07
  Speaker 10: had last week. Button Shone has just gotten better and better.
• 23:12
  Speaker 10: We've been without chance here the first couple weeks, Hatchet.
• 23:17
  Speaker 10: So he's had to really carry the load at linebacker.
• 23:22
  Speaker 10: He played Incredibly well the first week and continued that
• 23:26
  Speaker 10: this past week at our inside backer spot and calling
• 23:30
  Speaker 10: the defense and having a lot of responsibility on his shoulders.
• 23:34
  Speaker 10: He's long, so he affects some passing lanes as well and.
• 23:40
  Speaker 11: Did a great job against the run against Edmonds Woodway.
• 23:43
  Speaker 12: All right.
• 23:44
  Speaker 4: It's rivalry week, right? It's Lyndon at Ferndale this Friday.
• 23:51
  Speaker 4: You've been at Ferndale now, what, 20 years?
• 23:52
  Speaker 8: 23.
• 23:54
  Speaker 11: That's my 23rd.
• 23:57
  Speaker 4: Is the rivalry changed at all in the last 20 years?
• 24:02
  Speaker 10: Maybe just a little because, one, when I started, we
• 24:06
  Speaker 10: were both in the same league and competing for the
• 24:12
  Speaker 10: same league championship and playoff seeding and all that. And
• 24:16
  Speaker 10: our game was typically late in the year. So the
• 24:21
  Speaker 10: last few years, it's been week one. It's something that
• 24:25
  Speaker 10: both schools feel is important to continue that rivalry. I
• 24:29
  Speaker 10: don't think the intensity of it has lessened much over
• 24:34
  Speaker 10: the years. I think, you know, it's two teams that
• 24:39
  Speaker 10: typically have been pretty good.
• 24:42
  Speaker 11: It's two communities.
• 24:43
  Speaker 10: That care about high school athletics and especially football and
• 24:48
  Speaker 10: I tell our kids every year coming into this week
• 24:51
  Speaker 10: that there's a lot of high school kids that never
• 24:54
  Speaker 10: get to play in an atmosphere like we're going to
• 24:56
  Speaker 10: have here on Friday night. It's really special, and we
• 25:00
  Speaker 10: need to enjoy that piece of it. We want to
• 25:03
  Speaker 10: play our best game, obviously, and we're all super competitive,
• 25:07
  Speaker 10: but there's just a lot of really cool things about
• 25:10
  Speaker 10: getting to play in this game.
• 25:12
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 25:13
  Speaker 4: Talk about the Lions and kind of what you see
• 25:16
  Speaker 4: in them this year.
• 25:17
  Speaker 11: Well, you know, they just kind of keep running it back.
• 25:22
  Speaker 10: It's just amazing how they graduate some guys, and then
• 25:26
  Speaker 10: all of a sudden a couple guys with different numbers
• 25:28
  Speaker 10: come in, and they look very similar to the year before,
• 25:33
  Speaker 10: especially up front.
• 25:35
  Speaker 11: They've got some guys up front that are super talented.
• 25:39
  Speaker 10: Obviously, they've controlled the line of scrimmages in both their
• 25:42
  Speaker 10: games thus far.
• 25:45
  Speaker 11: They do what they do really well. They're very well coached.
• 25:50
  Speaker 10: They're going to take advantage of things that you do
• 25:52
  Speaker 10: scheme-wise on either side of the ball. So we've got
• 25:56
  Speaker 10: to do a good job now with them. They are
• 25:58
  Speaker 10: going to be disciplined and patient with the running game.
• 26:02
  Speaker 10: And then they spread you out, which causes you some
• 26:04
  Speaker 10: issues in the passing game.
• 26:07
  Speaker 11: They've got some really good receivers.
• 26:09
  Speaker 5: They're quarterbacks.
• 26:11
  Speaker 10: Their quarterbacks both run the ball well, which adds that
• 26:15
  Speaker 10: element when they spread you out. You can't give up
• 26:18
  Speaker 10: on the run game. They both can pull it and
• 26:21
  Speaker 10: create plays when things break down. Defensively, they're aggressive. They
• 26:28
  Speaker 10: run a scheme that can cause you problems with all
• 26:32
  Speaker 10: their up-front movement. So it will be a challenge Friday.
• 26:36
  Speaker 4: All right, I'll ask Coach Vandale on this. Obviously, we'll
• 26:41
  Speaker 4: flip it a little bit, but if they're making a
• 26:43
  Speaker 4: movie about Linden football, which actor plays Blake?
• 26:49
  Speaker 11: Oh, my goodness.
• 26:52
  Speaker 5: My goodness.
• 26:54
  Speaker 10: I'm going to go Woody Harrelson.
• 26:57
  Speaker 4: Woody Harrelson. That's actually a pretty good one.
• 27:00
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 27:02
  Speaker 4: You know what's ironic is those two... This isn't a
• 27:06
  Speaker 4: movie plug, but it's going to turn into a movie
• 27:08
  Speaker 4: plug because him and Matthew McConaughey have a new series
• 27:12
  Speaker 4: coming out. Right. And ironically, he said the person to
• 27:16
  Speaker 4: play you would be Matthew McConaughey. So that is.
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: Wow.
• 27:20
  Speaker 5: That is bizarre.
• 27:21
  Speaker 4: Yeah. We haven't talked. The hair is a little bit different.
• 27:25
  Speaker 10: Yeah, I'd say I'd say he's being a little bit
• 27:28
  Speaker 10: kind if he's calling Matthew McConaughey.
• 27:31
  Speaker 4: But that's kind of funny that you guys both said that.
• 27:35
  Speaker 4: Two good friends are down at the Texas game this weekend.
• 27:39
  Speaker 4: So that's pretty funny.
• 27:41
  Speaker 11: All right.
• 27:44
  Speaker 4: All the coaches have been asked this. Coach Plankovich's playlist,
• 27:48
  Speaker 4: pregame playlist. When you're coming from home to the school
• 27:51
  Speaker 4: to get ready for the game, what are you listening to?
• 27:54
  Speaker 11: I'm listening to The Zone.
• 27:55
  Speaker 4: The Zone.
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 27:57
  Speaker 7: Okay.
• 28:00
  Speaker 10: We'll get a plug-in for Alan Fee and them. They
• 28:05
  Speaker 10: do a great job too, right?
• 28:06
  Speaker 5: Yep, they do.
• 28:07
  Speaker 11: Getting ready for the game. But if it's going to
• 28:10
  Speaker 11: be music, it's going to be.
• 28:12
  Speaker 10: Old school, you know, a little ACDC, a little Guns
• 28:16
  Speaker 10: N' Roses, something to get the blood going a little bit.
• 28:20
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 28:21
  Speaker 11: Inner Sandman, you know.
• 28:23
  Speaker 4: Yeah, right.
• 28:24
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 28:26
  Speaker 4: Are you still vibing to that when you get out
• 28:29
  Speaker 4: of your vehicle as you're coming in?
• 28:31
  Speaker 10: I'd like to think so. I have no moods, but
• 28:34
  Speaker 10: I'd like to think so. It'll get you going at least.
• 28:36
  Speaker 4: I've coached with you for a few years ago, and, yeah,
• 28:40
  Speaker 4: I can tell you're not vibing. You're focused, and you're
• 28:43
  Speaker 4: ready to go.
• 28:46
  Speaker 13: Okay, last question. So pumpkin spice is a staple in
• 28:49
  Speaker 13: the fall. Football is a staple in the fall. Fruit
• 28:52
  Speaker 13: flies is a staple in the fall. What's Coach Plankovich's
• 28:57
  Speaker 13: home remedy for fruit flies?
• 28:59
  Speaker 11: Oh, that's funny. That falls under my wife.
• 29:03
  Speaker 10: And basically, we love having a garden and we got
• 29:08
  Speaker 10: apple trees and all that.
• 29:09
  Speaker 11: So the response is to put everything outside.
• 29:13
  Speaker 4: Okay.
• 29:14
  Speaker 10: So the fruit basket goes outside. The tomatoes stay outside
• 29:19
  Speaker 10: or in the fridge. She's... She's really good about trying
• 29:23
  Speaker 10: to– because that irritates her too. They don't like the
• 29:26
  Speaker 10: fruit flies.
• 29:27
  Speaker 5: In the house.
• 29:28
  Speaker 9: Yeah.
• 29:30
  Speaker 4: All right. Well, good luck this Friday. Again, it's at
• 29:32
  Speaker 4: Ferndale against Linden Rivalry Week. And thanks for your time
• 29:36
  Speaker 4: and good luck to you.
• 29:37
  Speaker 11: Thanks for doing this. We miss Tyler.
• 29:41
  Speaker 10: You did a good job trying to wear the right
• 29:44
  Speaker 10: shirt and hat.
• 29:45
  Speaker 11: So appreciate that effort. And thanks for doing this.
• 29:48
  Speaker 5: You bet. Thank you.
• 29:50
  Speaker 4: All right.
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: Talk to you later.
• 29:51
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: Thank you very much to Coach Plankovich as well. And
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: I believe, and I want to say that coach Blankovich
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: might have been on the staff as an assistant when
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: Bartle was a player at Sehome. It's very, very possible.
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: I know that they go way back. So that's pretty
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: cool to have them, uh, doing an interview together. And,
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: but of course, and that's simply a, just a tremendous game.
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: And who would have known who, who, who'd have thought
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: about the, the actors thing. That's pretty, that's pretty funny. Um,
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: That would be a movie I would want to see,
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: this Lyndon Ferndale rivalry. That'd be pretty awesome. I'll cast
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: a few other people too. So let's move on now.
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: Let's head down to Arlington as Bellingham will take on Lakewood.
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: Neither team has won a game yet, but both have
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: been putting points on the board. They're moving, you know,
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: the offenses have been moving. Bellingham is ranked 47th in 2A,
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: Lakewood 44th. So as far as Max Preps sees them,
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: They are very, very comparable to each other. The Cougars,
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: although they just scored the one touchdown last week, they
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: moved the ball for a lot of yards, especially through
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: the air. Bellingham's been doing okay against the pass game,
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: but they've been giving up big chunks in the run
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: game in the first two games. But Lakewood, they want
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: to air it out. They don't hand it off very much.
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: Usually when they run, it's the quarterback that's running. So
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: I think the matchup kind of looks good for Bellingham here.
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: But again, of course, on the road and the Lakewood's hungry,
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: they're looking for their first win. And they've been probably
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: circling this saying, this is one that we can get.
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: Of course, Bellingham is thinking the same thing. And coach
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: Bartle was able to track down coach Leonard. And here's
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: what they had to say.
• 31:42
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 31:44
  Speaker 4: Hey, we're joined with, by or with Bellingham head coach,
• 31:49
  Speaker 4: coach Leonard. Thanks for, thanks for coming on board and
• 31:53
  Speaker 4: doing this for Tyler is, Kind of under the weather
• 31:55
  Speaker 4: a little bit, so we thought we'd get together as
• 31:57
  Speaker 4: coaches and provide him with what he does for us weekly.
• 32:01
  Speaker 4: So welcome aboard.
• 32:03
  Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you for having me, and thank you for
• 32:04
  Speaker 3: putting this together. I think this is great.
• 32:06
  Speaker 4: All right, let's jump. Talk about last week's game. You
• 32:11
  Speaker 4: had a tough opponent the first week with the defending
• 32:14
  Speaker 4: state champs right out of the gate. And then last
• 32:17
  Speaker 4: week was kind of a back-and-forth game from my understanding.
• 32:22
  Speaker 4: Kind of give a little recap of that, would you?
• 32:25
  Speaker 9: Well, yeah, you know, we returned some guys, you know,
• 32:27
  Speaker 9: first week, obviously, against Archbishop Murphy, going against the best
• 32:31
  Speaker 9: team in 2A of the state, one of the best
• 32:33
  Speaker 9: teams overall class.
• 32:34
  Speaker 5: You know, that was a tough task.
• 32:35
  Speaker 9: We had about, you know, 10 or so guys, close
• 32:37
  Speaker 9: to a dozen guys out. We got some of about
• 32:39
  Speaker 9: half those guys back, so we knew we'd be a
• 32:40
  Speaker 9: little bit different team going into week two. We also
• 32:43
  Speaker 9: know that our game plan is we're definitely out of match.
• 32:45
  Speaker 9: Sultan's anywhere between 6'4 and 6'7 on their O-line. You know,
• 32:50
  Speaker 9: they probably have our guys by about 75 to 80
• 32:52
  Speaker 9: pounds per man.
• 32:53
  Speaker 2: So.
• 32:54
  Speaker 3: um, you know, running the ball was in our game plan.
• 32:56
  Speaker 9: And, you know, we threw the ball about 90% of
• 32:57
  Speaker 9: our offense. So part of the game off, uh, first
• 33:00
  Speaker 9: play from scrimmage, uh, they get a, uh, if we
• 33:03
  Speaker 9: go hard count, they, they jump off.
• 33:05
  Speaker 3: Sides first and five. So basically first place, we're going.
• 33:07
  Speaker 9: To throw a 60 yard, uh, post route for a touchdown.
• 33:10
  Speaker 9: So we're feeling pretty good about our game plan of
• 33:13
  Speaker 9: attacking them through the air.
• 33:14
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 33:15
  Speaker 3: We had trouble stopping their run. Like I said, they
• 33:17
  Speaker 3: were big up front. They run hard. Um, They're physical.
• 33:21
  Speaker 3: When I watched Linden.
• 33:22
  Speaker 9: Have trouble running against them, I knew that we would
• 33:24
  Speaker 9: have trouble running against them. So we stuck to our
• 33:27
  Speaker 9: game plan. They ran the ball. They kind of controlled
• 33:29
  Speaker 9: the clock a little bit. But it definitely was a
• 33:30
  Speaker 9: back-and-forth game. I think for us, you know, we have
• 33:34
  Speaker 9: to clean up so much of our penalties, you know,
• 33:37
  Speaker 9: between the different false starts we had and holding penalties.
• 33:39
  Speaker 9: You know, it was probably the most penalized game I've
• 33:42
  Speaker 9: had in my five years coaching at Bellingham.
• 33:45
  Speaker 3: And so that was one of the big factors in
• 33:47
  Speaker 3: the outcome of the game, I believe, was, you know,
• 33:48
  Speaker 3: we had to clean up some of that. Other than that,
• 33:51
  Speaker 3: our offense made some amazing plays.
• 33:54
  Speaker 9: Matthew Steele goes for over 100 yards receiving again, a
• 33:57
  Speaker 9: couple touchdowns, a two-point conversion. Julius Seyfried, you know, gets
• 34:01
  Speaker 9: a touchdown pass to keep us in the game. Ben
• 34:05
  Speaker 9: Leonard goes for almost 300 yards passing on 21 of
• 34:07
  Speaker 9: 37 from the air.
• 34:08
  Speaker 3: And it was just– You know, it was a large
• 34:13
  Speaker 3: passing attack against a team that likes to control.
• 34:16
  Speaker 9: And pound the ball. And, you know, overall, it was
• 34:19
  Speaker 9: a very exciting game to watch. Fewer in the stands,
• 34:20
  Speaker 9: a back-and-forth game, and really, you know, a fun one. And, unfortunately,
• 34:24
  Speaker 9: we just came out on the short end of the stick.
• 34:27
  Speaker 4: Well, so let's talk a little bit about– so your
• 34:29
  Speaker 4: son Ben is a quarterback, and him and Steele have
• 34:33
  Speaker 4: connected four touchdowns already this year in just two games?
• 34:38
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Ben has five touchdowns on the season, four of
• 34:40
  Speaker 3: those with a Matthew Steele.
• 34:41
  Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah. Talk about that relationship and how they're working together.
• 34:46
  Speaker 4: That obviously didn't just start this year, so give us
• 34:49
  Speaker 4: a little background on those two.
• 34:51
  Speaker 9: Well, they've been playing together since they were in youth ball.
• 34:54
  Speaker 9: They played in the Bellingham Youth Program, which plays in
• 34:56
  Speaker 9: the North Cascades League. Unlike some of the county schools
• 34:59
  Speaker 9: that play middle school football, they play a little more
• 35:02
  Speaker 9: of an expansive schedule, which includes Lake Stevens, Arlington, Glacier Peak,
• 35:06
  Speaker 9: and schools like that. So they've been battle-tested for a
• 35:08
  Speaker 9: while at the youth level, and they played together, too.
• 35:10
  Speaker 9: So they have a lot of chemistry. going back to
• 35:12
  Speaker 9: their youth days, and they played together on South Varsity.
• 35:17
  Speaker 9: Ben got the start after we made the switch of
• 35:20
  Speaker 9: Joe Harwood to Ben at quarterback since his sophomore year.
• 35:23
  Speaker 9: Since then, this is a year that Matthew was really
• 35:26
  Speaker 9: looking forward to. Always kind of feeling like he was
• 35:29
  Speaker 9: maybe in the shadow of Harwood a little bit. It's
• 35:31
  Speaker 9: an opportunity to go out there and really show how
• 35:33
  Speaker 9: athletic he is. He's a very athletic kid.
• 35:36
  Speaker 5: He's a track kid.
• 35:38
  Speaker 9: He has a 40-plus-inch vertical leap. He's just a very
• 35:41
  Speaker 9: athletic guy, and the chemistry he has. He's kind of
• 35:43
  Speaker 9: unassuming and quiet. He's a great kid, but they have
• 35:47
  Speaker 9: a great friendship, too. In fact, I only have five
• 35:50
  Speaker 9: seniors in the program right now. We have 75 kids
• 35:53
  Speaker 9: and five seniors. So I took them all out to
• 35:56
  Speaker 9: get some food at Applebee's after that tough loss, and
• 35:58
  Speaker 9: we had a really good discussion. But they're a good
• 36:01
  Speaker 9: group of kids, and I think the chemistry they have
• 36:02
  Speaker 9: is just going to continue. Matthew Steele is looking like
• 36:05
  Speaker 9: one of the top receivers in the conference.
• 36:06
  Speaker 4: Yeah, 75 kids, that's incredible. That's really good. That's a
• 36:10
  Speaker 4: testament to you and your staff and what you guys
• 36:12
  Speaker 4: are doing there. Let's go to the defensive side of
• 36:15
  Speaker 4: the ball. Siegfried and Van Hofwagen countered for, what, 23 tackles?
• 36:19
  Speaker 4: It was just over 23 tackles last game. I don't
• 36:23
  Speaker 4: know where those two play, so can you kind of
• 36:26
  Speaker 4: give us where they play and what kind of leaders
• 36:31
  Speaker 4: they are for your defense?
• 36:33
  Speaker 9: Well, we'll start with Calvin Van Hofwagen. He's When we
• 36:37
  Speaker 9: talk about leadership, I mean, Calvin's the definition of leadership.
• 36:40
  Speaker 3: He has been. I coach his older brother, Gabe Van Hoffwagen,
• 36:44
  Speaker 3: who was just like his brother.
• 36:45
  Speaker 9: He's more of a vocal leader, but Calvin is just
• 36:47
  Speaker 9: a complete football player.
• 36:49
  Speaker 3: He had 10 of those tackles that we're talking about.
• 36:53
  Speaker 3: He's just a very consistent, he's a smart football player.
• 36:55
  Speaker 3: He's tough.
• 36:56
  Speaker 9: He plays both sides of the ball. People don't know this,
• 36:58
  Speaker 9: but in the game against Archbishop Murphy, he played with
• 37:01
  Speaker 9: a grapefruit ankle that he just taped up and just
• 37:05
  Speaker 9: played through it. He's just Like I said, he defines
• 37:09
  Speaker 9: leadership for our team, and he's one of those guys
• 37:11
  Speaker 9: that we just love having. Julius Siegfried actually came up
• 37:16
  Speaker 9: to school at Bellingham his sophomore year, moved here from Arizona.
• 37:19
  Speaker 9: He's a very physical, athletic young man, 6'3, 225. He
• 37:23
  Speaker 9: can play running back, plays tight end, plays kind of
• 37:28
  Speaker 9: a DN, outside linebacker type role. He's new to football,
• 37:33
  Speaker 9: but But he is learning so quick. It's kind of
• 37:36
  Speaker 9: getting him up to speed about the game of football.
• 37:38
  Speaker 9: And once he's there, he's going to be spectacular. He's
• 37:40
  Speaker 9: already showing glimpses of what he can and can be.
• 37:43
  Speaker 3: He's a junior right now.
• 37:44
  Speaker 4: Okay.
• 37:45
  Speaker 5: Good stuff.
• 37:46
  Speaker 4: So this week, Friday, you travel your first away game
• 37:50
  Speaker 4: this year down to Lakewood. Last year, you had some
• 37:54
  Speaker 4: revenge from two years ago, a 42-0 win last year.
• 37:57
  Speaker 4: What do you see? from Lakewood this year, and is
• 38:03
  Speaker 4: your game plan similar to last year, or without revealing
• 38:06
  Speaker 4: too much, but kind of what's your thoughts going into
• 38:08
  Speaker 4: your first away game?
• 38:09
  Speaker 3: Well, I'm not going to reveal too much.
• 38:11
  Speaker 9: I will tell you, watching them against Linden, their first drive,
• 38:14
  Speaker 9: they moved the ball very well against Linden. They came down,
• 38:17
  Speaker 9: and they're a pass-happy team. They like to spread it out.
• 38:20
  Speaker 9: They like to go empty in the backfield. Their quarterback,
• 38:24
  Speaker 9: I believe he's a senior now. I remember him being
• 38:26
  Speaker 9: thrust into his first game when he was a freshman,
• 38:28
  Speaker 9: but that group of that group of kids over there
• 38:31
  Speaker 9: at Lakewood have, uh, you know, they've had some tough years,
• 38:33
  Speaker 9: but they're all seniors now. So there are much, I
• 38:35
  Speaker 9: know they're owing to them and it doesn't say, speak
• 38:38
  Speaker 9: too much about, but they're a, they're a very solid team.
• 38:40
  Speaker 3: They're very athletic.
• 38:42
  Speaker 9: Uh, I watched them a lot at seven on seven
• 38:44
  Speaker 9: this summer in some tournaments and they're.
• 38:46
  Speaker 3: You know, they're a very, very athletic team.
• 38:48
  Speaker 9: Um, you know, they're playing Linden, Linden high school is
• 38:50
  Speaker 9: a phenomenal team. And, uh, I thought they played them
• 38:53
  Speaker 9: closer than that, that I believe it was 42, six
• 38:56
  Speaker 9: score was.
• 38:57
  Speaker 3: So we, we're, uh, We're going to have to switch
• 39:00
  Speaker 3: up the game plan a little bit.
• 39:02
  Speaker 9: This is one of those weeks where I believe that
• 39:05
  Speaker 9: with moving some guys and getting some guys back at
• 39:07
  Speaker 9: the running back position, making some changes, putting more physical
• 39:11
  Speaker 9: guys in that role to help complement MJ Maenu's and
• 39:15
  Speaker 9: then our starting running back, I think we're going to
• 39:17
  Speaker 9: have a little bit of a different game plan. Most
• 39:19
  Speaker 9: people think this is going to be an absolute shootout,
• 39:22
  Speaker 9: probably 40 passes on each side, but I think we're
• 39:25
  Speaker 9: going to switch it up a little bit and see
• 39:27
  Speaker 9: if we can control the clock and we'll be on
• 39:29
  Speaker 9: more balance this week.
• 39:31
  Speaker 4: Could be a long game with all those passes. Is
• 39:33
  Speaker 4: that what you're saying?
• 39:34
  Speaker 11: Could be.
• 39:35
  Speaker 3: Those are the games that referees hate.
• 39:37
  Speaker 4: Yeah, right? So with a younger team, you said you
• 39:40
  Speaker 4: had five seniors. How do you prepare them to travel
• 39:44
  Speaker 4: for the first game this year? It's not just a
• 39:46
  Speaker 4: Skagit County. You're heading down to Snohomish County.
• 39:51
  Speaker 9: Uh, you know, we have so many guys playing up
• 39:53
  Speaker 9: and we do have, um, we have a, you know,
• 39:55
  Speaker 9: very solid sophomore class and we have a huge freshman class.
• 39:59
  Speaker 3: And it's not just a freshman class of kids that
• 40:00
  Speaker 3: are new to football.
• 40:02
  Speaker 9: We have a huge freshman class that our kids have
• 40:03
  Speaker 9: been playing since tackle, since they were second, third grade.
• 40:06
  Speaker 9: So they have a ton of experience. And some of
• 40:07
  Speaker 9: those guys besides playing sub varsity are also, you know,
• 40:11
  Speaker 9: some of our twos and threes on varsity as freshmen. So, uh,
• 40:13
  Speaker 9: it's getting those guys ready for, Hey, here's, here's what
• 40:16
  Speaker 9: a bus ride, you know, here's what the trip looks like.
• 40:18
  Speaker 9: Here's what, pregame meal looks like here's what travel consists of. Here's,
• 40:22
  Speaker 9: you know, cause there's some, sometimes when you're talking to
• 40:24
  Speaker 9: 14 year olds that are playing varsity, they're, you know,
• 40:26
  Speaker 9: they're a little starstruck by the whole thing, but, um, it's, you.
• 40:30
  Speaker 3: Know, it's, it's, they're older guys and, uh, you know,
• 40:32
  Speaker 3: educating younger guys.
• 40:33
  Speaker 9: I do have another son, uh, Ben's little brother is
• 40:36
  Speaker 9: a freshman. Uh, he'll be traveling with us.
• 40:38
  Speaker 3: He's his backup.
• 40:39
  Speaker 9: So, um, you know, it's, it's them. It's, it's the
• 40:42
  Speaker 9: older brothers basically, you know, teaching the younger brothers how to,
• 40:45
  Speaker 9: how to, how to manage their first trip.
• 40:47
  Speaker 3: And, Lakewood, you know, Lakewood's an intense place to play.
• 40:50
  Speaker 3: They have a great fan base.
• 40:51
  Speaker 9: You know, there'll be a lot of, you know, a
• 40:53
  Speaker 9: lot of intensity coming from the stands.
• 40:56
  Speaker 3: It's always been down there. So we're looking forward to it,
• 40:58
  Speaker 3: and I know the kids are excited about it.
• 41:00
  Speaker 5: Good.
• 41:01
  Speaker 4: All right, so I have two final questions here. So
• 41:04
  Speaker 4: kind of what Tyler does, what is your pregame playlist?
• 41:09
  Speaker 4: So if you're driving to the school for your pregame,
• 41:13
  Speaker 4: what are you listening to on the radio or your
• 41:15
  Speaker 4: headphones or whatever it is?
• 41:16
  Speaker 3: Well, that's a great question.
• 41:17
  Speaker 9: So we're talking about pregame football or pregame baseball coaching?
• 41:21
  Speaker 4: Pregame football.
• 41:23
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 41:23
  Speaker 4: Coach Leonard, what is he listening to on the way
• 41:25
  Speaker 4: to the game?
• 41:27
  Speaker 9: Oh, it's, you know, it's anything. If you asked me baseball,
• 41:31
  Speaker 9: it would be country. I'd be listening to like 80s
• 41:34
  Speaker 9: and 90s country. But for baseball, it's probably going to
• 41:36
  Speaker 9: be a mixture of 80s, 90s, metal, rock, classic rock,
• 41:44
  Speaker 9: maybe some 90s grunge. maybe I love old I love
• 41:49
  Speaker 9: 90s rap too so it's that era you know I'm
• 41:51
  Speaker 9: in my late 40s so that's about the era where
• 41:55
  Speaker 9: I listen to it just brings you I connect with
• 41:58
  Speaker 9: what I when I played college baseball and basketball I
• 42:01
  Speaker 9: used to that was what I listened to more for
• 42:03
  Speaker 9: basketball and then baseball season my baseball coach in college
• 42:07
  Speaker 9: said there's only two types of music you listen to
• 42:09
  Speaker 9: on the road he said it's country and western and
• 42:12
  Speaker 9: so I used to that's where I get I have
• 42:15
  Speaker 9: those flashbacks to When I was playing college baseball, I
• 42:17
  Speaker 9: was in the country, but yeah, from football, it's definitely,
• 42:19
  Speaker 9: it's more hyped up, you know, a lot of Metallica,
• 42:23
  Speaker 9: things like that.
• 42:24
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 42:26
  Speaker 4: Last question. So this time of year, you got pumpkin spice,
• 42:29
  Speaker 4: you got football, you got everything. Okay. But there's also
• 42:32
  Speaker 4: something that's, that's flies around in everybody's houses is these
• 42:35
  Speaker 4: dang fruit flies. What's your best remedy to get rid
• 42:40
  Speaker 4: of these fruit flies?
• 42:41
  Speaker 3: I would, Fruit flies drive me crazy. That's a great question.
• 42:47
  Speaker 3: My wife uses the vinegar.
• 42:49
  Speaker 9: And she pours the vinegar in on the counter. I
• 42:52
  Speaker 9: hate the smell of it, but it seems to trap them.
• 42:54
  Speaker 9: It seems to get the job done. So that's not
• 42:57
  Speaker 9: my remedy. That's her remedy, and it seems to be
• 43:00
  Speaker 9: pretty effective.
• 43:01
  Speaker 4: All right. Well, again, you guys are at Lakewood this
• 43:04
  Speaker 4: Friday at 7 o'clock. Appreciate your time, and good luck
• 43:08
  Speaker 4: to you guys this week.
• 43:09
  Speaker 3: Thanks for having me, Coach. Appreciate it. All right.
• 43:11
  Speaker 12: Thanks.
• 43:12
  Speaker 1: Thank you very much to Coach Leonard for joining Coach
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: Bartle there. And we're going to move on now to
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: Mount Baker going on the road to take on 4A Kamiak.
• 43:23
  Speaker 1: Mount Baker 1-1 on the season. They are ranked 12th
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: now in the 1A class division in max preps rankings.
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: Kamiak is ranked 47th in 4A. They have not had
• 43:35
  Speaker 1: a win yet. They are 0-2 on the season. And
• 43:38
  Speaker 1: when you think about it, you would think a class
• 43:40
  Speaker 1: 4A four a school even ranked 47th and four a
• 43:44
  Speaker 1: would probably be better than a 12th ranked team one a,
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: but I, I do believe Mount Baker would still be
• 43:50
  Speaker 1: the favorites here. Um, they just have that, that, that
• 43:54
  Speaker 1: football tradition that Kamiak does not have. You know, we
• 43:57
  Speaker 1: saw them a few years ago, get Meridian by one
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: point Kamiak did, um, really, really close game.
• 44:03
  Speaker 2: I believe it was 35, 34.
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: They had a pair of defensive ends that I think
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: were both going to UW. Um, But last year, they
• 44:12
  Speaker 1: struggled against Meridian. And that was at Meridian. I was
• 44:15
  Speaker 1: there for a little bit of that game. And I'm
• 44:18
  Speaker 1: not quite sure what they have this year. They are
• 44:20
  Speaker 1: looking for their first win. Mount Baker, it was a
• 44:23
  Speaker 1: rough second half for them last week against North Kitsap.
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: And so they're going to be looking to bounce back.
• 44:30
  Speaker 1: And Coach Bartle was able to hook up with Coach
• 44:33
  Speaker 1: Lepper and talk to him about it. Let's hear what
• 44:35
  Speaker 1: they had to say.
• 44:37
  Speaker 4: I'm here with Coach Lepper from Mount Baker Mountaineers. Coach,
• 44:40
  Speaker 4: good to have you today. How are things going?
• 44:43
  Speaker 5: Well, they're going pretty well.
• 44:44
  Speaker 7: Not quite as well as Tyler was here, but you're
• 44:46
  Speaker 7: a pretty good fill-in, so I'm excited to see what
• 44:48
  Speaker 7: you can bring to the show today.
• 44:50
  Speaker 4: You know, he set the bar really high, and it's
• 44:53
  Speaker 4: really hard to even come close to that. So, one-on-one,
• 44:59
  Speaker 4: had a pretty good opponent last week in a bigger school.
• 45:07
  Speaker 4: run us through that game a little bit. It's kind
• 45:09
  Speaker 4: of a tale between two halves, right?
• 45:11
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, it's, yeah, I mean, they, they're pretty,
• 45:14
  Speaker 7: they're pretty solid. They had, you know, they're faster than us.
• 45:17
  Speaker 7: That's one thing we noticed and we kind of thought
• 45:19
  Speaker 7: maybe that going in just watching film, but really kind
• 45:21
  Speaker 7: of showed up. Both teams kind of, you know, back
• 45:26
  Speaker 7: and forth early. So, you know, ultimately, you know, we
• 45:31
  Speaker 7: tie it up. It's 14-14 going in with lateness in
• 45:35
  Speaker 7: the first half and then they're able to, to make
• 45:37
  Speaker 7: a couple plays and get in position to kick a
• 45:39
  Speaker 7: field goal with no time left, take the lead. And then,
• 45:43
  Speaker 7: you know, we just weren't able to sustain anything in
• 45:47
  Speaker 7: the second half and, you know, give a few more
• 45:49
  Speaker 7: touchdowns there and end up losing, you know, the game there. But,
• 45:52
  Speaker 7: you know, coming back and watching it, you know, just
• 45:57
  Speaker 7: how it goes sometimes, especially on the road. There was
• 45:59
  Speaker 7: a couple situations where, you know, You know, momentum swings that,
• 46:03
  Speaker 7: you know, we had a, we had a, we caused
• 46:04
  Speaker 7: a fumble on a sack and an inadvertent whistle is blown.
• 46:09
  Speaker 7: Another time where we have, excuse me, where we, you know,
• 46:13
  Speaker 7: get called on a penalty that was questionable and stuff.
• 46:16
  Speaker 5: But we also turned the ball over three times.
• 46:18
  Speaker 7: I mean, you know, we turned them over a couple times, but,
• 46:21
  Speaker 7: you know, they had a bad snap on a punt.
• 46:24
  Speaker 7: And we just kind of lost our leverage. And deep,
• 46:28
  Speaker 7: we would have got the ball inside the 15-yard line,
• 46:30
  Speaker 7: and they ended up getting the first down out of it.
• 46:32
  Speaker 7: So just a lot of little things like that that
• 46:35
  Speaker 7: you can't– I don't think you can really point to
• 46:37
  Speaker 7: one thing, but it was all those add-up on the
• 46:39
  Speaker 7: road against a quality team. That's why we lost the game,
• 46:42
  Speaker 7: and we've got to be better at that. We can't
• 46:44
  Speaker 7: give that stuff away. And so that's been our focus
• 46:48
  Speaker 7: starting yesterday. is you know as we watched the film
• 46:51
  Speaker 7: with the team and said here are the things and
• 46:53
  Speaker 7: we were pretty straightforward about it here's things we got
• 46:55
  Speaker 7: to clean up if we're gonna you know go on
• 46:58
  Speaker 7: but but also at the same time it's not the
• 47:00
  Speaker 7: end of the world non-league game against a good school
• 47:03
  Speaker 7: a good opponent so you know if guys were thinking
• 47:06
  Speaker 7: looking ahead a little bit i think this kind of
• 47:08
  Speaker 7: came back and said hey we still have work to.
• 47:10
  Speaker 4: Do yeah well just uh i haven't watched your games
• 47:13
  Speaker 4: yet but just stats wise it looks like you guys
• 47:15
  Speaker 4: are pretty balanced right now a few running backs they're
• 47:18
  Speaker 4: they're get a lot of carries and a lot of
• 47:20
  Speaker 4: yards in your passing attack. It seems to be a
• 47:23
  Speaker 4: pretty good mix between run and pass. Can you talk
• 47:26
  Speaker 4: about the dynamics of that a little bit?
• 47:27
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, obviously we don't have the speed we
• 47:30
  Speaker 7: had last year with the Cooper kid. And then we
• 47:33
  Speaker 7: had a first-year starter, even though Barksdale got a chance
• 47:38
  Speaker 7: to start a game last year for us. Toga, it
• 47:41
  Speaker 7: was her junior year, but had a whole sophomore year behind,
• 47:44
  Speaker 7: almost a whole sophomore year until he played you guys.
• 47:47
  Speaker 7: And then, but you know, and Jet Ross was a beginner,
• 47:50
  Speaker 7: but we're just trying to figure those things out a
• 47:51
  Speaker 7: little bit.
• 47:52
  Speaker 14: Yeah.
• 47:52
  Speaker 5: We're, you know, you know, you know, we want to
• 47:54
  Speaker 5: run the ball first.
• 47:55
  Speaker 7: And so we've, we felt we had multiple guys who
• 47:59
  Speaker 7: could help them. We're still trying to find out our
• 48:01
  Speaker 7: combinations a little bit there. So if one kid isn't
• 48:04
  Speaker 7: quite getting something there, we can go to another kid
• 48:06
  Speaker 7: and we feel pretty good about that. And so we
• 48:08
  Speaker 7: like that there, but yeah, it's just, you know, still,
• 48:13
  Speaker 7: we knew that going in with in the backfield wise and, and,
• 48:17
  Speaker 7: um you know we still have some guys we're looking
• 48:19
  Speaker 7: at and then up front you know we just got
• 48:21
  Speaker 7: to be you know we're doing some really good things
• 48:23
  Speaker 7: but we just got to be more consistent when.
• 48:25
  Speaker 4: You guys play always play pretty good team defense is
• 48:28
  Speaker 4: there anybody emerging kind of as a leader on that
• 48:30
  Speaker 4: on that side of the ball.
• 48:32
  Speaker 7: Um i think it's you know obviously we you know
• 48:34
  Speaker 7: we all everybody wants to talk about kel and and
• 48:36
  Speaker 7: you know reardon and stuff and he's still you know
• 48:38
  Speaker 7: kind of the guy that leads our defense but that
• 48:41
  Speaker 7: Aaron Torres is having, you know, quietly, you know, he
• 48:44
  Speaker 7: was an all conference guy last year. It doesn't not
• 48:46
  Speaker 7: overly flashy, but he's just really does. He's the kind
• 48:49
  Speaker 7: of guy you want to D line. Like he's a
• 48:51
  Speaker 7: defensive tackle. Like he's, he's awesome at what he does
• 48:55
  Speaker 7: and stuff. And so, and then our linebackers, you know,
• 48:57
  Speaker 7: a couple of guys back from last year, you know,
• 49:00
  Speaker 7: we're trying to work those guys in. And, and so, yeah,
• 49:03
  Speaker 7: it's nobody, no, not one or two, but it's like,
• 49:05
  Speaker 7: I think we're trying to do that. We just, again, we,
• 49:08
  Speaker 7: We put ourselves in a little bit of trouble. Offense
• 49:10
  Speaker 7: didn't help us out much, but, you know, and then
• 49:12
  Speaker 7: with some penalties, I think we had 8,000 yards in
• 49:14
  Speaker 7: penalties on Saturday or Friday night, which doesn't help. But,
• 49:18
  Speaker 7: you know, like I said, ultimately. too, looking back, is
• 49:22
  Speaker 7: it a game we could have won?
• 49:24
  Speaker 5: Yeah, we could have won.
• 49:25
  Speaker 7: I'm not saying we should have, but that's a game,
• 49:26
  Speaker 7: you know.
• 49:27
  Speaker 5: But they were good. They were better than they were
• 49:30
  Speaker 5: last year.
• 49:30
  Speaker 7: And, you know, and so it was a challenge, and
• 49:33
  Speaker 7: we just didn't quite do enough there.
• 49:35
  Speaker 4: This week at Cameo, before I schooled them, down south.
• 49:40
  Speaker 4: How do they look? Anything that jumps out with them?
• 49:48
  Speaker 7: Right now, they throw the ball probably close to 65-70%
• 49:52
  Speaker 7: of the time.
• 49:53
  Speaker 5: They spread you out like most teams do nowadays.
• 49:56
  Speaker 7: They've got a big running back that I think they
• 50:01
  Speaker 7: didn't use quite as much as they probably can at times,
• 50:03
  Speaker 7: but they're also behind in a couple games. They played
• 50:06
  Speaker 7: Lincoln of Tacoma, who's pretty good traditionally. in Woodinville last week. And,
• 50:10
  Speaker 7: you know, but he's, uh, the quarterback is kind of,
• 50:14
  Speaker 7: he looks though, he gets the ball out pretty quick.
• 50:17
  Speaker 5: Um, I don't think he wants to run a ton,
• 50:20
  Speaker 5: but he can run. I mean, he's, uh, he's a little.
• 50:22
  Speaker 7: Left-handed guy that gets that ball around and they have,
• 50:25
  Speaker 7: they have some good concepts with there and they've got,
• 50:27
  Speaker 7: you know, some good receivers. So offensively, we just got
• 50:30
  Speaker 7: to make sure that we're, we're taking our angles and
• 50:33
  Speaker 7: we're wrapping up, you know, tackling was a little bit
• 50:35
  Speaker 7: better than the first week and we just still got
• 50:37
  Speaker 7: to get there. Um, and then, Defensively, they want to
• 50:42
  Speaker 7: play a four-man front, but they're going to play a
• 50:43
  Speaker 7: lot of games with their linebackers. And so for us, it's, again,
• 50:46
  Speaker 7: it's knowing pre-snap where we need to be and then
• 50:48
  Speaker 7: making that adjustment on the fly a little bit.
• 50:50
  Speaker 5: So they've got a really good kicker. So I think,
• 50:55
  Speaker 5: you know, it's going to be a good challenge for us.
• 50:57
  Speaker 7: I mean, it's a game we should be in, and
• 51:00
  Speaker 7: I think it's a good chance for us to get
• 51:01
  Speaker 7: us back, you know, in the right direction this week.
• 51:04
  Speaker 4: It sounds cliche, but I think we all believe it,
• 51:08
  Speaker 4: that– between week one and week two is your biggest improvements.
• 51:13
  Speaker 4: What sort of things do you think you make great
• 51:15
  Speaker 4: strides on in between week one and two? And what's
• 51:18
  Speaker 4: something that you need to work on still?
• 51:20
  Speaker 7: Well, I'm going with the mentality that we're going to
• 51:24
  Speaker 7: make our biggest between week two and three. I don't
• 51:26
  Speaker 7: think we made as much there in it. And it
• 51:30
  Speaker 7: had to do with the opponent a little bit. But, yeah,
• 51:31
  Speaker 7: we just had to make sure that we're where we're
• 51:33
  Speaker 7: supposed to be a couple times. We weren't lined up
• 51:35
  Speaker 7: where we're supposed to be. You know, and it's funny
• 51:39
  Speaker 7: because you don't think it's that big a deal until
• 51:41
  Speaker 7: you watch the film. And because during live, it's like, okay,
• 51:45
  Speaker 7: that's where he should be. But, oh, before this play started,
• 51:48
  Speaker 7: he should have been a foot wider. And it makes
• 51:50
  Speaker 7: a huge difference. You know that, you know, I mean,
• 51:52
  Speaker 7: and those things. So making sure we're aligned, communicating, and then,
• 51:56
  Speaker 7: you know, and then, you know, just go and play
• 51:59
  Speaker 7: a little bit. I think sometimes we're still a little
• 52:01
  Speaker 7: kind of, you know, hesitant a little bit, like you
• 52:05
  Speaker 7: don't want to make a mistake. But, you know, like
• 52:07
  Speaker 7: we tell them, we don't have to make a mistake
• 52:09
  Speaker 7: on 100 miles an hour than sitting back. You know,
• 52:11
  Speaker 7: you sit back in football, you're going to be in trouble. Yeah. So,
• 52:13
  Speaker 7: you know, we got to, you know, so that's what
• 52:15
  Speaker 7: we're kind of looking forward to this week and doing
• 52:16
  Speaker 7: that and rallying a little bit more and just kind of,
• 52:20
  Speaker 7: you know, just clean up the penalties that we just had.
• 52:23
  Speaker 5: And some we earned.
• 52:23
  Speaker 7: I mean, I'm not going to lie. We earned some penalties,
• 52:25
  Speaker 7: but there were some that were, you know, we just
• 52:27
  Speaker 7: got to be smart about that.
• 52:28
  Speaker 4: Sure.
• 52:29
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 52:30
  Speaker 4: Two questions. Last two questions we've been asking all coaches.
• 52:34
  Speaker 4: Your pre-game playlist. When Coach Lepper is heading from his
• 52:37
  Speaker 4: house to the school, what's your pre-game playlist?
• 52:41
  Speaker 5: Well, I only got one song I can play.
• 52:43
  Speaker 7: I'm so close to the school. We have a playlist
• 52:49
  Speaker 7: in the locker room that has been there for over
• 52:54
  Speaker 7: 25 years, probably a couple of little changes. One of
• 52:58
  Speaker 7: the songs from the movie Last of the Weekends plays.
• 53:01
  Speaker 7: It's just kind of instrumental. for me personally, I got
• 53:04
  Speaker 7: to have a little bit of glamorous from, you know,
• 53:07
  Speaker 7: from Fergie there. I got to, that's the one.
• 53:09
  Speaker 3: Did you just say Fergie?
• 53:11
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 53:14
  Speaker 7: In her Lululemon stuff. So it's like, but that's just
• 53:20
  Speaker 7: one of those songs. I just find a way to
• 53:22
  Speaker 7: get that somewhere during the day on Friday.
• 53:24
  Speaker 5: I got to listen to that song.
• 53:26
  Speaker 4: All right. All right. I never would have pictured that,
• 53:30
  Speaker 4: but I'm glad to know that. Uh, So the other thing,
• 53:34
  Speaker 4: you know, this time of year, pumpkin spice. You probably
• 53:37
  Speaker 4: don't know what that is, but it's a spice, you know,
• 53:40
  Speaker 4: it's a latte flavor and that kind of stuff.
• 53:43
  Speaker 5: What's a latte?
• 53:44
  Speaker 4: Yeah, exactly. But the other thing, the other staple I
• 53:50
  Speaker 4: make in the fall are fruit flies. What's your home
• 53:54
  Speaker 4: remedy to get rid.
• 53:55
  Speaker 5: Of fruit flies? Oh, man, my wife. Okay, there's two
• 53:57
  Speaker 5: things in the fall like that. My other one is
• 53:59
  Speaker 5: candy corn. I am. Actually, I'm going to do it
• 54:03
  Speaker 5: right now.
• 54:05
  Speaker 7: So last week, I had my birthday last week.
• 54:08
  Speaker 5: Yeah, happy birthday.
• 54:09
  Speaker 4: One of my students came and.
• 54:12
  Speaker 5: Industrial-sized candy corn.
• 54:14
  Speaker 4: Love it.
• 54:15
  Speaker 7: My wife takes a mason jar, takes a piece of
• 54:19
  Speaker 7: paper to put into like a funnel, and puts some
• 54:24
  Speaker 7: fruit in there.
• 54:26
  Speaker 5: And I want to say there's something else in it.
• 54:28
  Speaker 5: I'm not 100% sure.
• 54:29
  Speaker 7: And she puts it on the counter and it attracts
• 54:31
  Speaker 7: all the fruit flies. They go in there to eat that.
• 54:32
  Speaker 7: And there's some liquid in it with it. And they
• 54:34
  Speaker 7: can't fly out.
• 54:35
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 54:36
  Speaker 7: That works really well. So it's great. It's a home remedy.
• 54:39
  Speaker 7: She started doing it a couple years ago. And when
• 54:42
  Speaker 7: that comes out, I know the weather's getting a little
• 54:44
  Speaker 7: bit cooler outside.
• 54:45
  Speaker 14: Yep.
• 54:45
  Speaker 5: Yep.
• 54:46
  Speaker 4: That's true.
• 54:47
  Speaker 14: Yeah.
• 54:48
  Speaker 5: All right, Coach.
• 54:49
  Speaker 4: Well, thank you for your time. And good luck Friday
• 54:52
  Speaker 4: down at Cameo.
• 54:54
  Speaker 5: Well, thank you. Good luck to you too.
• 54:56
  Speaker 7: And you know, I know you guys are off to
• 54:59
  Speaker 7: a good start also. And I really think it's cool
• 55:02
  Speaker 7: that you're stepping in for Tyler. I would, I would
• 55:04
  Speaker 7: love to do it, but I can't do all the
• 55:07
  Speaker 7: technical stuff you're doing. So maybe, maybe next week, if
• 55:10
  Speaker 7: it's still like that, we'll have to get on together
• 55:12
  Speaker 7: and grill some coaches, but I love it, but no,
• 55:16
  Speaker 7: I appreciate having you.
• 55:16
  Speaker 5: Thank you very much.
• 55:17
  Speaker 4: All right. Thanks coach. Thanks.
• 55:20
  Speaker 1: All right. Thank you very much guys. And next up,
• 55:23
  Speaker 1: Seaholm will be on the road to take on the
• 55:25
  Speaker 1: Sultan Turks in a conference game. Sultan is new to
• 55:29
  Speaker 1: the conference, as we've seen from last week when they
• 55:32
  Speaker 1: knocked off Bellingham. So Sultan is 1-1 on the year,
• 55:35
  Speaker 1: currently ranked 29th in the 2A classification. And Seaholm still
• 55:39
  Speaker 1: looking for their first win. They're ranked 42nd. So as
• 55:42
  Speaker 1: Max Preps sees it, Sultan is the favorite here. But Seaholm,
• 55:50
  Speaker 1: See home played a lot better. I thought in week two,
• 55:53
  Speaker 1: then they did week one, even though they played against
• 55:56
  Speaker 1: a much tougher opponent. I think as they get used to,
• 55:59
  Speaker 1: there have a lot of new faces on the varsity level.
• 56:02
  Speaker 1: So as they get used to gelling together and seeing
• 56:05
  Speaker 1: what works, what doesn't work, getting things figured out, uh,
• 56:09
  Speaker 1: personnel wise, uh, they're going to start picking up wins.
• 56:13
  Speaker 1: And this is one that, you know, could, it could
• 56:16
  Speaker 1: happen here. And this is, and we got to, you know,
• 56:20
  Speaker 1: hope that the Mariners can pick that one up. Now,
• 56:23
  Speaker 1: Sultan is big. They are huge. They're going to be
• 56:25
  Speaker 1: bigger than Sehome up front. Logan Rogers, of course, is
• 56:29
  Speaker 1: huge for Sehome, but none of the other linemen are
• 56:32
  Speaker 1: as big as he is, where Sultan's linemen, they've got
• 56:34
  Speaker 1: three or four that are that size or bigger. So
• 56:38
  Speaker 1: Sehome is going to have to use, you know, just
• 56:42
  Speaker 1: skill and, you know, speed and and agility and that
• 56:45
  Speaker 1: kind of stuff. And it could come down to a
• 56:48
  Speaker 1: kick at the end. And I like Seaholm's chances with,
• 56:50
  Speaker 1: with Bain Mitchell. So even though it looks like Sultan
• 56:55
  Speaker 1: is technically favored in this one and they are at home,
• 56:58
  Speaker 1: I'm looking for Seaholm to pick up the wind here
• 57:00
  Speaker 1: and get that one in the wind column for the
• 57:03
  Speaker 1: first time in the 2026 season. We'll have to wait
• 57:06
  Speaker 1: and see. Next up, Lyndon Christian. This is a matchup
• 57:10
  Speaker 1: that a lot of people have been looking forward to.
• 57:13
  Speaker 1: They are going to be on the road against the
• 57:14
  Speaker 1: Bellevue Wolverines. Lyndon Christian 2-0, ranked second in the 1A classification.
• 57:19
  Speaker 1: Bellevue 1-1, but they are the top-ranked team in 3A
• 57:24
  Speaker 1: as far as max preps is concerned. And they also
• 57:28
  Speaker 1: had Bellevue, I believe, as the second-best team in the state,
• 57:31
  Speaker 1: regardless of classification. So I would say this is probably
• 57:35
  Speaker 1: the best team Lyndon Christian's ever played in school history.
• 57:40
  Speaker 1: And they will be on the road. So Bellevue is
• 57:42
  Speaker 1: a huge favorite here. But you just never know, right?
• 57:46
  Speaker 1: They're 15, 16, 17-year-old kids just like everybody else. So
• 57:49
  Speaker 1: you never really know. And it's a great test, you know,
• 57:53
  Speaker 1: playing that wing tee. And you're going to learn some stuff.
• 57:57
  Speaker 1: And going from that and playing Archbishop later and then
• 58:01
  Speaker 1: being able to play Baker, it's going to give you
• 58:03
  Speaker 1: a lot.
• 58:03
  Speaker 4: Of looks of that.
• 58:05
  Speaker 1: And, you know, playing Franklin Pierce earlier in the year
• 58:08
  Speaker 1: taught you how to you know, play in your lane
• 58:11
  Speaker 1: and do your job and tackle your guy. And I
• 58:15
  Speaker 1: think because of how well they did there, it might
• 58:19
  Speaker 1: match up pretty well against Bellevue. Coach Terpstra of the
• 58:22
  Speaker 1: Lynx was able to catch up with Coach Bartle. Let's
• 58:24
  Speaker 1: hear what they had to say.
• 58:25
  Speaker 4: All right, here with Lyndon Christian, Coach Greg Terpstra. Coach,
• 58:31
  Speaker 4: good to have you today.
• 58:32
  Speaker 5: Hey, thanks. Good.
• 58:34
  Speaker 15: Thanks for filling in. You know, you're not as good
• 58:37
  Speaker 15: looking as Tyler, but you're doing your best.
• 58:40
  Speaker 4: You know, he sets the bar pretty high for that.
• 58:42
  Speaker 4: So it's tough to follow. So 2-0. Facing some pretty
• 58:48
  Speaker 4: good teams so far. Went up to Canada last week.
• 58:54
  Speaker 4: Pretty balanced attack, it looks like. You have three guys
• 58:56
  Speaker 4: with over 50 yards receiving and a running back, you know,
• 59:00
  Speaker 4: with over 200 yards rushing. So tell us a little
• 59:03
  Speaker 4: bit about that game.
• 59:05
  Speaker 15: Yeah, you know, um, the approach was going to be
• 59:09
  Speaker 15: to be balanced and see what they gave us and
• 59:12
  Speaker 15: so on. Um, they are a vastly improved team from
• 59:15
  Speaker 15: when we saw them last year. Uh, they got a
• 59:17
  Speaker 15: great staff, very deep staff, a lot of guys from
• 59:20
  Speaker 15: the CFL and a lot of ties up there and.
• 59:23
  Speaker 12: A lot of, uh, uh, support.
• 59:25
  Speaker 15: Um, they, they gave us fits. Um, And we also
• 59:30
  Speaker 15: shot ourselves in the foot. You know, we got a
• 59:33
  Speaker 15: young to the position quarterback in Dawson being a senior.
• 59:38
  Speaker 15: And just sort of managing the game was something that
• 59:43
  Speaker 15: he needed to be put through. Some stress added to him.
• 59:49
  Speaker 15: And we did it. It was a nail-biter. It was,
• 59:54
  Speaker 15: you know, it was a hard-fought game. Hats off to
• 59:57
  Speaker 15: Vancouver College. You know, our kids at the end of
• 1:00:00
  Speaker 15: the game is kind of like that Lombardi quote, I
• 1:00:03
  Speaker 15: firmly believe that a man's finest hour is the greatest
• 1:00:06
  Speaker 15: fulfillment of all he holds dear in that moment when
• 1:00:09
  Speaker 15: he's worked his heart out in a good cause and
• 1:00:12
  Speaker 15: lies exhausted on the field of battle victorious. You know,
• 1:00:15
  Speaker 15: it was one of those things where they're playing both
• 1:00:17
  Speaker 15: ways and all the special teams and they were just
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 15: drenched with their own sweat and blood. And I don't know,
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 15: a lot of the kids came up afterwards and said
• 1:00:25
  Speaker 15: that was the most fun we've ever had playing a game.
• 1:00:29
  Speaker 15: The environment was crazy. It was bananas. But, yeah, really
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 15: proud of the boys.
• 1:00:35
  Speaker 4: Good. Hey, so a lot of coaches, you know, it's
• 1:00:38
  Speaker 4: kind of cliche, but it's actually true, I think. You know,
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 4: from week one to week two, you make your greatest improvements.
• 1:00:46
  Speaker 4: What do you think was your biggest improvement from week
• 1:00:48
  Speaker 4: one to week two? And where do you see areas
• 1:00:52
  Speaker 4: that you still would like to work on?
• 1:00:56
  Speaker 15: So defensively, I think we made huge improvements. I think
• 1:01:01
  Speaker 15: the three keys to that victory were defense, defense, and
• 1:01:06
  Speaker 15: the O-line running the ball behind those guys. Managing the
• 1:01:13
  Speaker 15: game was a difficult thing, and I'm going to take
• 1:01:18
  Speaker 15: the ownership of that. So I don't think I made
• 1:01:21
  Speaker 15: the best improvements from week one to two, and I
• 1:01:24
  Speaker 15: owe the boys a little bit better than that. But defensively,
• 1:01:28
  Speaker 15: just bowing up and taking on what came at them
• 1:01:33
  Speaker 15: was really impressive. So as far as moving forward, we've
• 1:01:38
  Speaker 15: just got to be sharper. Ironically, our word for last
• 1:01:42
  Speaker 15: week was details, and that's where we fell short, to
• 1:01:46
  Speaker 15: be perfectly honest.
• 1:01:48
  Speaker 4: Well, so far in two games this year, you've got
• 1:01:51
  Speaker 4: 424 yards rushing and 366 passing. And your skill guys
• 1:01:55
  Speaker 4: are really good. But we all know that it comes
• 1:01:58
  Speaker 4: down to the line. So talk about your line and
• 1:02:01
  Speaker 4: kind of who's stepping up as a leader of that
• 1:02:05
  Speaker 4: and how they contribute to those balanced numbers and making
• 1:02:10
  Speaker 4: holes for the running game and helping out with passing game.
• 1:02:13
  Speaker 15: Yeah, Kyler Sterk is a captain of ours. He's our
• 1:02:17
  Speaker 15: only four-year starter, which is pretty rare, I'm sure, on
• 1:02:22
  Speaker 15: any team. I don't even know if that's been done
• 1:02:25
  Speaker 15: at Linden Christian.
• 1:02:26
  Speaker 5: Maybe it has.
• 1:02:27
  Speaker 15: And he and Eli Stamps, both seniors, who are anchoring
• 1:02:31
  Speaker 15: those guard spots. Moses Hemnes is doing a great job.
• 1:02:35
  Speaker 15: And Silas Houston has come in as a center. Big
• 1:02:38
  Speaker 15: body kid, learning the position. And then we got a
• 1:02:41
  Speaker 15: new kid, Dylan Haskell, sophomore. Technically, really sound for a sophomore.
• 1:02:48
  Speaker 15: But yeah, our two guards, just punishers. And they like contact.
• 1:02:54
  Speaker 15: We didn't get to play with Kyler in the first game.
• 1:02:58
  Speaker 15: Too much show on cows and pigs and things like that.
• 1:03:01
  Speaker 15: We're just short a practice. But, yeah, those guys are
• 1:03:05
  Speaker 15: kind of an anchor for our front and really good
• 1:03:07
  Speaker 15: guys to lean on.
• 1:03:08
  Speaker 4: All right, this week coming up, Friday night at Bellevue,
• 1:03:12
  Speaker 4: the Mighty Wolverines. What are your thoughts? We kind of
• 1:03:18
  Speaker 4: know what they're going to do, but give us some
• 1:03:20
  Speaker 4: thoughts on that game.
• 1:03:22
  Speaker 15: Yeah, we're really excited about this game. We got to
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 15: see Baker play them last year and go toe-to-toe. It's
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 15: a real testament to our Northwest Conference up here. It's
• 1:03:32
  Speaker 15: great football, 1A, 2A, 3A. And we're confident going in
• 1:03:38
  Speaker 15: that we're going to get better. We're going to give
• 1:03:40
  Speaker 15: them a good game. I always think we're going to
• 1:03:43
  Speaker 15: win every game. When we approach this game, just like
• 1:03:48
  Speaker 15: when we set it up in the schedule, we just
• 1:03:50
  Speaker 15: want teams that are going to make us better. And
• 1:03:53
  Speaker 15: I know there's that thought that, well, you know, if
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 15: you go up against a big team, you might get
• 1:03:56
  Speaker 15: hurt and things like that. We've had injuries against, you know,
• 1:03:59
  Speaker 15: teams where we were beating 40-0, you know, that kind
• 1:04:02
  Speaker 15: of thing. It's just we can't schedule with that in
• 1:04:05
  Speaker 15: mind so much. So with Bellevue, they were going to
• 1:04:10
  Speaker 15: have a bye. We were going to have a bye
• 1:04:12
  Speaker 15: if we didn't get that filled. And, you know, this
• 1:04:14
  Speaker 15: Northwest Conference being so tough, it is hard, as you
• 1:04:17
  Speaker 15: probably know. to try to make that non-conference schedule to
• 1:04:21
  Speaker 15: get teams to actually play us. And, and you know,
• 1:04:24
  Speaker 15: the more success we have, the harder that is to do. And,
• 1:04:28
  Speaker 15: and Bellevue stepped up and they filled that spot for
• 1:04:30
  Speaker 15: us and we filled it for them. And we're really
• 1:04:32
  Speaker 15: excited about going down there.
• 1:04:34
  Speaker 2: Good.
• 1:04:35
  Speaker 4: Good. And you probably saw some things that you could
• 1:04:37
  Speaker 4: take advantage of from Puyallup. I'm guessing similar offense to
• 1:04:42
  Speaker 4: you guys and good luck to you on that. So,
• 1:04:46
  Speaker 4: I've asked all the coaches these two questions.
• 1:04:49
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 1:04:51
  Speaker 4: What's your playlist? When Coach Terps is driving to school
• 1:04:54
  Speaker 4: for pregame, what are you listening to on the radio
• 1:04:57
  Speaker 4: or on your headphones or your ear pods?
• 1:05:01
  Speaker 15: There's only one.
• 1:05:02
  Speaker 5: Bagpipes.
• 1:05:03
  Speaker 4: Bagpipes.
• 1:05:04
  Speaker 9: Really?
• 1:05:04
  Speaker 11: Oh, God.
• 1:05:05
  Speaker 5: That's not true.
• 1:05:06
  Speaker 4: It is.
• 1:05:07
  Speaker 15: I'm a huge fan of bagpipes. Don't tell Lepper, but
• 1:05:11
  Speaker 15: I'll tell you what. I love the bagpipes. Locke LeMond.
• 1:05:15
  Speaker 5: Oh, I just love it.
• 1:05:16
  Speaker 15: Yeah, you'll know it. If you ever hear us, you know,
• 1:05:19
  Speaker 15: getting after it on a Thursday night practice and we're
• 1:05:21
  Speaker 15: going at it hard, there's usually bagpipes playing. I've almost
• 1:05:24
  Speaker 15: got all the kids to buy in on it.
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 13: All right.
• 1:05:27
  Speaker 8: All right.
• 1:05:28
  Speaker 4: And here's the other question. Fall. Okay. Pumpkin spice lattes, football,
• 1:05:33
  Speaker 4: fruit flies. What's your secret remedy to get rid of
• 1:05:36
  Speaker 4: fruit flies?
• 1:05:40
  Speaker 15: Don't leave fresh fruit out. Put it in the fridge.
• 1:05:44
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 1:05:44
  Speaker 4: That's a good one. When they are out, what do
• 1:05:46
  Speaker 4: you do?
• 1:05:49
  Speaker 15: In the past, I put out some sort of dish
• 1:05:53
  Speaker 15: of something to collect them, but I'm convinced that just
• 1:05:55
  Speaker 15: attracts more.
• 1:05:57
  Speaker 5: I don't do a thing. I'll tell you what.
• 1:05:59
  Speaker 15: My house is so clean, thanks to my wife. I mean,
• 1:06:03
  Speaker 15: you could do surgery in our house. Those fruit flies
• 1:06:05
  Speaker 15: go for little bits of food, and we don't have it.
• 1:06:10
  Speaker 12: Like it.
• 1:06:10
  Speaker 4: Well, good luck to you this Friday. Have a good
• 1:06:13
  Speaker 4: trip down to Bellevue, and look forward to talking to
• 1:06:16
  Speaker 4: you soon after that game.
• 1:06:17
  Speaker 3: Thanks.
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  Speaker 15: Yeah, good luck to you guys as well.
• 1:06:21
  Speaker 4: All right, thanks.
• 1:06:22
  Speaker 3: Bye-bye.
• 1:06:23
  Speaker 1: And the final game on Friday night, Burlington Edison comes
• 1:06:28
  Speaker 1: to town to Civic Stadium to take on Squalicum. This
• 1:06:31
  Speaker 1: is about as even-steven as it gets. Both teams are 1-1,
• 1:06:35
  Speaker 1: and they're only ranked one spot away from each other
• 1:06:38
  Speaker 1: in the Max Preps rankings in the 2A classification. Burlington
• 1:06:41
  Speaker 1: Edison is 13th. Squalicum is 14th. Now, the big thing
• 1:06:45
  Speaker 1: for the Storm is how healthy are they? Because, you know,
• 1:06:50
  Speaker 1: they lost Asher Osbjornsen in that last game. Hunter Callaway
• 1:06:54
  Speaker 1: was knocked out of the game. He was holding his back.
• 1:06:56
  Speaker 1: Mason Sone, not quite sure. Maddox Strickland, I think, went
• 1:06:59
  Speaker 1: into the game not 100%. So will they be fully
• 1:07:05
  Speaker 1: ready for this game? Because the last few years, this
• 1:07:07
  Speaker 1: has been the game. squalicum versus burlington edison where kind
• 1:07:11
  Speaker 1: of it was you know you win and you're in
• 1:07:13
  Speaker 1: you lose you're not and i don't know if that's
• 1:07:16
  Speaker 1: going to be the same you know how it's going
• 1:07:18
  Speaker 1: to line up this year but they're again they're very
• 1:07:22
  Speaker 1: very even and it the win over the other team
• 1:07:26
  Speaker 1: is going to be huge so squalicum has a little
• 1:07:28
  Speaker 1: bit of an advantage playing at home but it's not
• 1:07:31
  Speaker 1: going to be an easy game by any means burlington
• 1:07:34
  Speaker 1: edison they lost their two best running players last year
• 1:07:37
  Speaker 1: they're kind of their quarterback running back uh duo that
• 1:07:40
  Speaker 1: they had back there that they relied upon a lot
• 1:07:43
  Speaker 1: i believe they both graduated so um but the tigers
• 1:07:46
  Speaker 1: are so well coached and they just have that tradition
• 1:07:49
  Speaker 1: and squalicum's really well coached too and if grady smith
• 1:07:53
  Speaker 1: is the new starting quarterback now are they going to
• 1:07:55
  Speaker 1: change the offense a little bit he's a left-handed quarterback
• 1:07:59
  Speaker 1: do you flip things so he rolls to his left
• 1:08:01
  Speaker 1: instead of his right How much of that did they
• 1:08:03
  Speaker 1: work on over the week? And we'll just have to
• 1:08:05
  Speaker 1: wait and see as Squalicum hosts Burlington Edison in a
• 1:08:08
  Speaker 1: huge game. One of the most important games of the
• 1:08:12
  Speaker 1: early part of the season, I think, just because of
• 1:08:15
  Speaker 1: the conference. They're both one and one. And it could
• 1:08:20
  Speaker 1: really determine down the road which team's in, which team's out.
• 1:08:24
  Speaker 1: So we'll just have to wait and see. So those
• 1:08:26
  Speaker 1: are all the Friday night games. We go to the
• 1:08:29
  Speaker 1: Saturday games and Unfortunately, one of these games has been canceled.
• 1:08:36
  Speaker 1: Bellevue Christian was supposed to host Blaine. Bellevue Christian has
• 1:08:40
  Speaker 1: forfeited the game due to a mass outbreak of the
• 1:08:45
  Speaker 1: school of a sickness. So they had to do a
• 1:08:50
  Speaker 1: lot of the schooling remotely. And I would imagine a
• 1:08:53
  Speaker 1: lot of their sports has been canceled for the week.
• 1:08:55
  Speaker 1: So Blaine picks up the wind. So they are already
• 1:08:58
  Speaker 1: two and one on the season now, but it's really
• 1:09:01
  Speaker 1: too bad because with that's still a very young team
• 1:09:04
  Speaker 1: and you want to get experience. And that would have
• 1:09:06
  Speaker 1: been a great game to go down there and play
• 1:09:09
  Speaker 1: hard and most likely get a win there. And now
• 1:09:12
  Speaker 1: it's not going to happen. So hopefully they'll be able to,
• 1:09:18
  Speaker 1: you know, if there's any, injury type things. They can
• 1:09:20
  Speaker 1: rest up. I know Isaac Bauma was out in week two.
• 1:09:23
  Speaker 1: So maybe it gives him an extra week to rest up. Uh,
• 1:09:26
  Speaker 1: the really unique thing is the next two opponents are
• 1:09:30
  Speaker 1: Kings and Nooksack Valley, I believe. And so is it
• 1:09:36
  Speaker 1: the next two?
• 1:09:38
  Speaker 12: It could be.
• 1:09:39
  Speaker 1: So it's like, and they play each other. So that's
• 1:09:43
  Speaker 1: something that they can, um, you know, they can, uh,
• 1:09:47
  Speaker 1: look at and see them playing each other and learn
• 1:09:50
  Speaker 1: a lot of things and watch that film for two weeks, basically.
• 1:09:54
  Speaker 1: And so that's kind of a benefit for Blaine. And
• 1:09:59
  Speaker 1: Coach Bartle did connect with Coach Olsen before the news
• 1:10:04
  Speaker 1: of the forfeited game. Let's hear what they had to
• 1:10:07
  Speaker 1: say about talking about last week's game.
• 1:10:10
  Speaker 4: All right, today we're here with Blaine football coach Andy Olson. Coach,
• 1:10:14
  Speaker 4: thanks for joining us today. Thanks for doing this for Tyler.
• 1:10:17
  Speaker 4: Just a little bit under the weather.
• 1:10:20
  Speaker 5: How's your day going?
• 1:10:21
  Speaker 12: It's going good. Thanks for having me, Craig.
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  Speaker 4: So last week, Meadowdale came up to Blaine. You guys
• 1:10:28
  Speaker 4: had a really good first quarter, it looked like.
• 1:10:30
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Kind of established some things. Talk about the game.
• 1:10:33
  Speaker 12: Yeah.
• 1:10:34
  Speaker 16: So first quarter, we were able to go out and
• 1:10:35
  Speaker 16: execute the game plan, which is great to see. Fourteen-point
• 1:10:38
  Speaker 16: drives in high school football are hard, which that's a
• 1:10:40
  Speaker 16: testament to the level of focus and preparedness we had
• 1:10:43
  Speaker 16: when we came out. So that was awesome. And we
• 1:10:46
  Speaker 16: knew we were going up against a really good opponent
• 1:10:48
  Speaker 16: this week. So we were able to battle. I was
• 1:10:51
  Speaker 16: most proud of our defense, actually. There was three different
• 1:10:54
  Speaker 16: occasions they got the ball into the red zone, and
• 1:10:56
  Speaker 16: we turned them away without giving up any points. And
• 1:11:00
  Speaker 16: That's something new for Blaine defenses that we can start
• 1:11:03
  Speaker 16: to hang our hat on is the idea of, you know,
• 1:11:05
  Speaker 16: stealing a Linden mantra from Kirk Creamy, the bend, but
• 1:11:08
  Speaker 16: don't break.
• 1:11:08
  Speaker 12: Like we, we, we kept them on the field.
• 1:11:11
  Speaker 16: We kept making them run plays and eventually they did
• 1:11:13
  Speaker 16: make some mistakes and we were able to capitalize. We
• 1:11:17
  Speaker 16: talked about how our game for the first 38 minutes
• 1:11:19
  Speaker 16: of it, we're really proud of our efforts. I mean,
• 1:11:21
  Speaker 16: it was 21 to seven and we had the ball
• 1:11:22
  Speaker 16: in the fourth. And then we went through three minutes
• 1:11:25
  Speaker 16: of just kind of anarchy and, where it got away
• 1:11:28
  Speaker 16: from us. And with young teams, that can happen sometimes.
• 1:11:31
  Speaker 16: And we identified, like, what was our mindset like when
• 1:11:34
  Speaker 16: it slipped away? And, you know, again, overall, proud of
• 1:11:40
  Speaker 16: the efforts. Again, competitive football, one of our goals as
• 1:11:43
  Speaker 16: a staff when we go into it was like, hey,
• 1:11:44
  Speaker 16: we want to make sure that these guys have to
• 1:11:46
  Speaker 16: play a full game against us.
• 1:11:48
  Speaker 12: And they did.
• 1:11:49
  Speaker 16: They had to play the whole game, which was great
• 1:11:50
  Speaker 16: to see. And our kids battled, and we got some
• 1:11:52
  Speaker 16: stuff to improve on, which is great, too, for week two.
• 1:11:55
  Speaker 4: What do you think your biggest improvements were for week
• 1:11:58
  Speaker 4: one and week two?
• 1:12:00
  Speaker 16: I thought the biggest improvement, honestly, was physicality. You know,
• 1:12:04
  Speaker 16: week one, we were pointing us to 2B school. Then
• 1:12:06
  Speaker 16: week two, we're pointing us to 3A school. That's pretty
• 1:12:08
  Speaker 16: good with 27 seniors. You know, we got about 40
• 1:12:10
  Speaker 16: kids suited up. So we knew that we had to
• 1:12:13
  Speaker 16: match the physicality of it in order to be competitive.
• 1:12:18
  Speaker 12: And our kids rose to that occasion.
• 1:12:20
  Speaker 16: I also just think that, in general, the mental approach
• 1:12:22
  Speaker 16: to football was a great improvement, too. I don't think
• 1:12:25
  Speaker 16: that we were capable of sustaining 14-point drives, methodically moving
• 1:12:29
  Speaker 16: the ball down the field without shooting ourselves in the
• 1:12:31
  Speaker 16: foot last year. So, like, the kids feel that, too,
• 1:12:34
  Speaker 16: because we're coaching at Boyne basically the same team we
• 1:12:36
  Speaker 16: had last year, which in many ways will basically be
• 1:12:39
  Speaker 16: the same team.
• 1:12:39
  Speaker 12: We have next year.
• 1:12:40
  Speaker 16: So, you know, it's those progress things that we can
• 1:12:43
  Speaker 16: point to and, like, okay, that's what that feels like.
• 1:12:46
  Speaker 12: So that was great.
• 1:12:48
  Speaker 4: The first two games, you've had a pretty balanced attack.
• 1:12:53
  Speaker 4: What's been a change from last year to this year?
• 1:12:57
  Speaker 12: You know, part of it, simply put, is we're a
• 1:12:59
  Speaker 12: year older.
• 1:13:01
  Speaker 16: You know, it's hard when you've got a bunch of
• 1:13:02
  Speaker 16: sophomores and in some cases freshmen, like offensive linemen out
• 1:13:06
  Speaker 16: there competing against 17-year-olds. That's going to be tough. We're
• 1:13:11
  Speaker 16: kind of running back by committee so far this year.
• 1:13:13
  Speaker 16: I mean, we have an idea of what that pecking
• 1:13:14
  Speaker 16: order eventually will kind of become. But right now it's
• 1:13:19
  Speaker 16: just great to, you know, get different guys' touches and
• 1:13:21
  Speaker 16: see some different things and find out a little bit
• 1:13:23
  Speaker 16: more about ourselves in the non-conference before we get into
• 1:13:26
  Speaker 16: league play.
• 1:13:28
  Speaker 12: But, yeah, again, those kids worked hard this summer.
• 1:13:30
  Speaker 16: We were able to go to a team camp for
• 1:13:32
  Speaker 16: the first time, like, away from Whatcom County, which I
• 1:13:35
  Speaker 16: think was super beneficial. It's just that confidence. We played
• 1:13:38
  Speaker 16: against four A teams in eastern Washington. And, you know,
• 1:13:41
  Speaker 16: we were able to go get three yards if we
• 1:13:43
  Speaker 16: needed to on the ground. So that experience is really important. Ultimately,
• 1:13:48
  Speaker 16: that's what it boils down to, is experience.
• 1:13:50
  Speaker 12: Yeah.
• 1:13:51
  Speaker 4: Defensively, Axel Sheldon, he continues to be a dominant player
• 1:13:56
  Speaker 4: for you on defense. Talk a little bit about him
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 4: and what he means to your team and your defense.
• 1:14:03
  Speaker 16: Yeah, Axel is one of those guys, this is year
• 1:14:05
  Speaker 16: four for us on staff, right? And we had him
• 1:14:07
  Speaker 16: as a freshman. So being able to watch him progress freshman, sophomore,
• 1:14:12
  Speaker 16: junior to senior year has just been really fun. Um,
• 1:14:15
  Speaker 16: seeing him develop as a leader to this year, more
• 1:14:17
  Speaker 16: so than in years past and step into that role
• 1:14:20
  Speaker 16: has been really cool to see. Um, those are those
• 1:14:22
  Speaker 16: life skills that we talked about developing beyond high school football. Um,
• 1:14:25
  Speaker 16: he is a tough nosed, you know, just lunch pail
• 1:14:28
  Speaker 16: type of guy. Um, Tyler likes to reference him being
• 1:14:31
  Speaker 16: from like the 1980s. I mean, he's even got the
• 1:14:32
  Speaker 16: horse collar. Um, and he, he, he fits that. Like
• 1:14:37
  Speaker 16: he just kind of fits that mold. Um, very physical
• 1:14:39
  Speaker 16: football player. Um, and he, he gives us something to
• 1:14:42
  Speaker 16: where he's a leader by example, um, So when he
• 1:14:45
  Speaker 16: goes and thumps a guy in the A-gap, our guys
• 1:14:47
  Speaker 16: kind of get excited and be like, oh, yeah, that's
• 1:14:48
  Speaker 16: what that feels like.
• 1:14:49
  Speaker 12: That's what that sounds like.
• 1:14:51
  Speaker 4: So this time of year, Pumpkin Spice is here. Football
• 1:14:55
  Speaker 4: is here. The other thing they're here is fruit flies.
• 1:15:00
  Speaker 4: What's your secret recipe to get rid of fruit flies?
• 1:15:05
  Speaker 12: That's a great question.
• 1:15:07
  Speaker 16: A lot of it's, like, I live out in the
• 1:15:08
  Speaker 16: woods off of H Street. So we have, like, little
• 1:15:11
  Speaker 16: citrus bowls.
• 1:15:12
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 1:15:13
  Speaker 16: And that seems to work pretty well inside the house.
• 1:15:15
  Speaker 16: My other secret is having the kids shut the dang
• 1:15:17
  Speaker 16: door when they come back in the house. But that's
• 1:15:20
  Speaker 16: a constant battle that I'm losing frequently with five.
• 1:15:23
  Speaker 12: Of them at home. So that just kind of happens.
• 1:15:26
  Speaker 16: But yeah, I'd much prefer pumpkin spice and football over
• 1:15:30
  Speaker 16: fruit flies.
• 1:15:31
  Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly.
• 1:15:32
  Speaker 4: All right, coach. Well, thank you for your time.
• 1:15:35
  Speaker 9: All right.
• 1:15:36
  Speaker 5: Thank you.
• 1:15:36
  Speaker 12: Appreciate it.
• 1:15:38
  Speaker 1: Thank you very much, guys. And the final game on
• 1:15:40
  Speaker 1: Saturday is Meridians finally playing a home game here at
• 1:15:43
  Speaker 1: Bob Ames Stadium. And they will be hosting Colville. And
• 1:15:49
  Speaker 1: this will be a Saturday afternoon game at one o'clock,
• 1:15:51
  Speaker 1: which makes it great for me. I will be able
• 1:15:54
  Speaker 1: to be out there for that. I think I'm going
• 1:15:57
  Speaker 1: to be going to a soccer game at noon out
• 1:15:59
  Speaker 1: at Mount Baker. And then I'm going to pop out
• 1:16:00
  Speaker 1: to the football game at one o'clock and and see
• 1:16:03
  Speaker 1: the Trojans up close and And at field level. So
• 1:16:07
  Speaker 1: I'm really, really excited about that. Even though it's a
• 1:16:09
  Speaker 1: Saturday game, I hope they got the grill going and
• 1:16:12
  Speaker 1: cooking those awesome burgers. Such a fantastic atmosphere out at
• 1:16:16
  Speaker 1: Bob Ames Field. So really excited about this one. Meridian 0-2,
• 1:16:20
  Speaker 1: looking for their first win on the year. Colville 1-1,
• 1:16:24
  Speaker 1: both in 1A with Meridian ranked 21st and Colville ranked 24th.
• 1:16:30
  Speaker 1: So they're looking at this as a very close game.
• 1:16:32
  Speaker 1: Meridian with a slight edge, playing at home, looking for
• 1:16:35
  Speaker 1: their first win. So we're hoping for some good things
• 1:16:38
  Speaker 1: from the Trojans. Meridian coach Patrick Ames was able to
• 1:16:42
  Speaker 1: talk with Coach Bartle about this past week and this
• 1:16:46
  Speaker 1: upcoming game.
• 1:16:47
  Speaker 4: All right, hey, we're here with Meridian coach Ames. How's
• 1:16:50
  Speaker 4: it going today?
• 1:16:51
  Speaker 2: I'm not doing too bad. This is fun.
• 1:16:54
  Speaker 4: Yeah, this is fun stuff.
• 1:16:56
  Speaker 5: You know what?
• 1:16:56
  Speaker 4: This has been fun for me to kind of talk
• 1:16:58
  Speaker 4: to all the coaches in just kind of a different
• 1:17:00
  Speaker 4: light and and being on this side and, uh, yeah,
• 1:17:03
  Speaker 4: having fun with this. Um, so, well, first of all,
• 1:17:07
  Speaker 4: I look at your schedule, man, you've got, you're a
• 1:17:10
  Speaker 4: road warrior this year. You've got some long road games,
• 1:17:13
  Speaker 4: non-leagues and non-leaguers.
• 1:17:16
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 1:17:17
  Speaker 4: That, uh, down to Puyallup, uh, last week. Tell us
• 1:17:22
  Speaker 4: a little bit about that game.
• 1:17:24
  Speaker 14: Uh, That one didn't go the way that we, um,
• 1:17:27
  Speaker 14: I think planned on it going midway through the second
• 1:17:29
  Speaker 14: quarter when we had taken a lead and they ended up, um,
• 1:17:33
  Speaker 14: leaning into their strengths, which was not putting the game
• 1:17:36
  Speaker 14: in the hands of their freshman quarterback and, um, just
• 1:17:40
  Speaker 14: the looks we were trying to give them on defense
• 1:17:43
  Speaker 14: kind of played into what they ended up trying to
• 1:17:45
  Speaker 14: do after that. And, and we obviously watched your game
• 1:17:47
  Speaker 14: with them the week before and saw, you know, a
• 1:17:50
  Speaker 14: play that they were running an inside double lead to,
• 1:17:52
  Speaker 14: to a motion guy. And you guys defended it pretty well.
• 1:17:57
  Speaker 14: And they ran it a couple of times and that's
• 1:17:58
  Speaker 14: what they leaned on against us. And, um that was
• 1:18:01
  Speaker 14: a look that we didn't respond to well enough until
• 1:18:04
  Speaker 14: until the second half after we already got down a
• 1:18:06
  Speaker 14: little bit um and then the the second half we
• 1:18:08
  Speaker 14: played it relatively even with them um but we still
• 1:18:12
  Speaker 14: ended up uh losers down there and um starting off
• 1:18:16
  Speaker 14: the season oh and two is not the way anybody
• 1:18:18
  Speaker 14: wants to however um playing tough non-league opponents like i
• 1:18:22
  Speaker 14: know we are and i know like you are that's
• 1:18:24
  Speaker 14: how you end up getting better figuring out what you
• 1:18:26
  Speaker 14: need to work on.
• 1:18:28
  Speaker 4: Yeah absolutely And, you know, it sounds cliche, but teams say,
• 1:18:31
  Speaker 4: you know, between week one and two, you make your
• 1:18:33
  Speaker 4: greatest strides. So what's something that you think you did
• 1:18:36
  Speaker 4: really well between those two weeks and what's something that
• 1:18:38
  Speaker 4: you need to work on?
• 1:18:41
  Speaker 14: We're still trying to settle in, honestly, to find a
• 1:18:44
  Speaker 14: little bit better rhythm on offense. In our first game,
• 1:18:47
  Speaker 14: um i don't think we had a single penalty in
• 1:18:51
  Speaker 14: the in the rule book that we didn't get called
• 1:18:53
  Speaker 14: for at one time or another it felt like so
• 1:18:55
  Speaker 14: we were out of whack and out of rhythm there
• 1:18:57
  Speaker 14: certainly um we weren't as as sharp and efficient in
• 1:19:00
  Speaker 14: the passing game uh we ran the ball relatively well
• 1:19:03
  Speaker 14: but you know, we gave it away three times in
• 1:19:05
  Speaker 14: the first half. And then in this last game, uh,
• 1:19:07
  Speaker 14: kind of the same thing we, you know, the penalties
• 1:19:09
  Speaker 14: didn't hurt us quite as much, but we had a
• 1:19:11
  Speaker 14: couple that were really costly and timely against us. Uh,
• 1:19:15
  Speaker 14: we didn't execute as crisply as we needed to against
• 1:19:17
  Speaker 14: a really good football team. Um, so we're still looking
• 1:19:20
  Speaker 14: to find that rhythm offensively and then just to continue
• 1:19:24
  Speaker 14: to grow, uh, on defense in, in trying to get
• 1:19:27
  Speaker 14: in and out of the looks that we want to, um,
• 1:19:30
  Speaker 14: hopefully settle into a group that is going to be
• 1:19:33
  Speaker 14: healthy and consistent on that side of the ball. And
• 1:19:36
  Speaker 14: we know that we're not quite there yet, but hoping
• 1:19:39
  Speaker 14: to try to solidify, you know, both units really sooner
• 1:19:45
  Speaker 14: rather than later, obviously, as we continue to build into
• 1:19:47
  Speaker 14: some tougher competition.
• 1:19:49
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 1:19:50
  Speaker 4: Well, just, you know, by stats wise and just kind
• 1:19:53
  Speaker 4: of from what I read in Alexander's, I mean, we've
• 1:19:56
  Speaker 4: all known that he's a pretty good offensive player, but
• 1:19:58
  Speaker 4: he's starting to establish himself on the defensive side as well.
• 1:20:02
  Speaker 4: Just talk about what he means to your program on
• 1:20:04
  Speaker 4: both offense and defense.
• 1:20:06
  Speaker 2: He's just really steady and consistent.
• 1:20:09
  Speaker 14: And, you know, sometimes in high school football, we know
• 1:20:13
  Speaker 14: so much of the game can hinge on the momentum
• 1:20:16
  Speaker 14: and the attitude that your team brings. And sometimes you
• 1:20:19
  Speaker 14: need guys to– to, to play a little fiery.
• 1:20:23
  Speaker 2: And sometimes you need some of those guys to dial
• 1:20:25
  Speaker 2: it back.
• 1:20:26
  Speaker 14: But with Trey, what we know we've always got is
• 1:20:28
  Speaker 14: just steady, consistent leadership, right? He's the guy that, um, it,
• 1:20:34
  Speaker 14: it wouldn't matter what the score is. He's going to
• 1:20:36
  Speaker 14: be the same guy for you. And you really value
• 1:20:38
  Speaker 14: that in a court. And we value that in a quarterback. Um,
• 1:20:41
  Speaker 14: so we really appreciate that about him as, as much
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  Speaker 14: as anything else. And the talent that he brings is
• 1:20:46
  Speaker 14: just his, uh, his presence.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. And, and you did, Distributing the ball pretty well,
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  Speaker 4: kind of between at least four receivers, Brazowski, Colt Fisher,
• 1:20:57
  Speaker 4: and Brennan. And, you know, we're really familiar with all four.
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  Speaker 12: Of those names.
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  Speaker 4: Talk about kind of the dynamics that those guys have
• 1:21:06
  Speaker 4: with Alexander and the work that I know they've put
• 1:21:09
  Speaker 4: in on the offseason and kind of what you see
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  Speaker 4: out of that group.
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  Speaker 14: You mentioned, you know, the seniors there that are Case
• 1:21:17
  Speaker 14: and Colt and Casey Brennan and Pierce Brazowski. And then
• 1:21:21
  Speaker 14: we've got Braden Fisher, a sophomore who's elevated into being
• 1:21:24
  Speaker 14: a valuable offensive player for us. And we're really excited
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  Speaker 14: to get another guy back in that mix, who is
• 1:21:30
  Speaker 14: his name is River Todd, who played for us as
• 1:21:33
  Speaker 14: a freshman and sophomore and just battled like crazy to
• 1:21:36
  Speaker 14: come back from knee surgery. And we're hoping to get
• 1:21:39
  Speaker 14: him back really, really soon.
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  Speaker 2: And he's just been one that.
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  Speaker 14: He's been good to go and practice just hasn't had
• 1:21:46
  Speaker 14: clearance yet, but I consider him as part of that group,
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  Speaker 14: even though he hasn't been on Friday, you know, on
• 1:21:51
  Speaker 14: the field on Friday nights yet, because he challenges us,
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  Speaker 14: you know, whether he's playing scout team corner or running routes,
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  Speaker 14: like he's absolutely in that mix for us right now.
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  Speaker 14: And Trevin Crabtree is another kid, um, that's been on
• 1:22:01
  Speaker 14: the field for us in those spots and having a,
• 1:22:03
  Speaker 14: a good experience group like that with an experienced quarterback, um,
• 1:22:08
  Speaker 14: is a strength that we're going to need to continue
• 1:22:11
  Speaker 14: to lean into, even though we haven't been as sharp
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  Speaker 14: as we would have liked or planned to, to be
• 1:22:15
  Speaker 14: quite honest, this early in the season. But, yeah, Trey's
• 1:22:18
  Speaker 14: got great chemistry with all those guys.
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  Speaker 4: Who's stepping up on defense for you? It seems like
• 1:22:24
  Speaker 4: there's a handful of guys that are getting some sacks,
• 1:22:27
  Speaker 4: and it seems to be a pretty collaborative effort. But
• 1:22:30
  Speaker 4: who's kind of emerging as that leader for you on defense? Yeah.
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  Speaker 14: Landon Rowley is a kid that has been on the
• 1:22:39
  Speaker 14: field for us a lot in his career.
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  Speaker 2: He's a senior.
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  Speaker 14: He broke his leg in our first league game last year,
• 1:22:45
  Speaker 14: so missed most of the season. Getting him back is
• 1:22:48
  Speaker 14: a big deal for us, so we're happy to have
• 1:22:50
  Speaker 14: him back on playing in the trenches. Pierce Brzozowski made
• 1:22:55
  Speaker 14: a position change for us this year, and he's been
• 1:22:57
  Speaker 14: a really effective player on.
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  Speaker 2: The edge for us.
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  Speaker 14: We ended up losing a guy in our first game
• 1:23:03
  Speaker 14: that we just found out– He had the results of
• 1:23:06
  Speaker 14: his imaging come back within the last 48 hours and
• 1:23:10
  Speaker 14: found out he's going to need a surgery, and that's
• 1:23:12
  Speaker 14: Lincoln Burgess, and we're going to miss him a ton.
• 1:23:14
  Speaker 2: But it wasn't as.
• 1:23:15
  Speaker 14: Bad as it could have been, but he's going to
• 1:23:17
  Speaker 14: miss the rest of.
• 1:23:17
  Speaker 2: His junior season of football.
• 1:23:18
  Speaker 14: And I wanted to mention him, even though he's not
• 1:23:20
  Speaker 14: one of the guys that we're going to have going forward,
• 1:23:23
  Speaker 14: but he was the guy that was bringing physicality and
• 1:23:26
  Speaker 14: presence and attitude for us as we were still trying
• 1:23:29
  Speaker 14: to get our traction defensively.
• 1:23:31
  Speaker 2: Um, and he's going to continue to.
• 1:23:32
  Speaker 14: Be there for us, like literally every day at practice
• 1:23:35
  Speaker 14: on the sidelines, he's, he's still going to be that
• 1:23:37
  Speaker 14: for us. And then on the field, um, we got
• 1:23:39
  Speaker 14: an experience secondary. Um, some of the guys we already mentioned,
• 1:23:43
  Speaker 14: Trey's played back there. Casey's played back there. Braden's played
• 1:23:46
  Speaker 14: back there. Cason's played back there. We'll, we'll get river back.
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  Speaker 2: In that mix.
• 1:23:50
  Speaker 14: Um, and then we're, we're trying to gain, uh, traction
• 1:23:53
  Speaker 14: with the health of our, our inside linebackers. Um, we've
• 1:23:56
  Speaker 14: got a guy named Ethan Valich, who's a senior who's
• 1:23:58
  Speaker 14: played for us before.
• 1:23:59
  Speaker 2: And, you know, we're ready to go down to.
• 1:24:01
  Speaker 14: Puyallup on Saturday and he's sick and can't make the trip. And, um,
• 1:24:05
  Speaker 14: he's back at practice now, but he's a guy that,
• 1:24:07
  Speaker 14: you know, we expect to continue to give that for us. And, um,
• 1:24:11
  Speaker 14: it was just his turn as the sickness has cycled
• 1:24:14
  Speaker 14: through our team over the course of the last two weeks. But, um,
• 1:24:17
  Speaker 14: Ethan and Ryan Wynn, um, Jackton Fantasteel, uh, have all
• 1:24:21
  Speaker 14: taken some turns there at inside linebacker.
• 1:24:23
  Speaker 2: Um, and that's a.
• 1:24:24
  Speaker 14: Group that we're, we're continuing to grow with, but like
• 1:24:27
  Speaker 14: on any team, right? You, it really has to start
• 1:24:30
  Speaker 14: in the center of your defense with the guys, with
• 1:24:31
  Speaker 14: the hands on the ground and, and, and the guys
• 1:24:34
  Speaker 14: right behind them. So at least as far as the,
• 1:24:37
  Speaker 14: the guys that we're hoping to continue to grow in
• 1:24:39
  Speaker 14: those positions and in their leadership and presence, like those
• 1:24:41
  Speaker 14: are the guys that come to mind first.
• 1:24:43
  Speaker 7: Okay. Nice.
• 1:24:45
  Speaker 4: So this, this Saturday you play Colville first home game,
• 1:24:48
  Speaker 4: actually your only home game in the first six games.
• 1:24:51
  Speaker 7: Yes.
• 1:24:52
  Speaker 4: On Saturday. So, A couple, two questions on this. Tell
• 1:24:55
  Speaker 4: us a little bit about Colville and then what do
• 1:24:57
  Speaker 4: you do with it? Well, I guess you didn't really
• 1:24:59
  Speaker 4: have an extra day, did you? Cause you played on
• 1:25:00
  Speaker 4: a Saturday.
• 1:25:01
  Speaker 5: We did.
• 1:25:02
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 1:25:02
  Speaker 4: So what in the, in this, this, the routine of
• 1:25:07
  Speaker 4: playing on Friday nights, what's different playing on a Saturday?
• 1:25:11
  Speaker 4: And then tell us a little bit about Colville if
• 1:25:12
  Speaker 4: you could.
• 1:25:13
  Speaker 14: Yeah, we, so last, last week and this week we're
• 1:25:17
  Speaker 14: using our, our extra day. um, to, to work a
• 1:25:21
  Speaker 14: little bit more on, on some situations that we wanted
• 1:25:23
  Speaker 14: to get better at. Um, and we'll continue to do
• 1:25:26
  Speaker 14: that with our, with our Thursday practice this week. And then,
• 1:25:28
  Speaker 14: so our, our Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays look the same
• 1:25:31
  Speaker 14: or Fridays will look the same, but Thursdays, um, last
• 1:25:34
  Speaker 14: week and this week give us that, um, that flexibility
• 1:25:37
  Speaker 14: to be able to, to focus on some specific things
• 1:25:40
  Speaker 14: that we knew coming out of week one that we
• 1:25:42
  Speaker 14: needed to, to be a little bit better in situationally.
• 1:25:45
  Speaker 14: And we'll use this Thursday for the, uh, for the same,
• 1:25:48
  Speaker 14: for the same reason, for the same purpose, at least
• 1:25:50
  Speaker 14: as far as Colville goes, they're going to see our
• 1:25:52
  Speaker 14: game from Saturday. And the fact that, um, we didn't
• 1:25:55
  Speaker 14: stop the run nearly as, as well as we would
• 1:25:57
  Speaker 14: have hoped or needed to. And that's their strength. And, um,
• 1:26:01
  Speaker 14: and they're, they're huge, Craig, they really are, uh, to,
• 1:26:05
  Speaker 14: to win their first game against deer park. What they
• 1:26:07
  Speaker 14: settled into was an old school power. I, where they
• 1:26:10
  Speaker 14: brought in an extra, uh, 299 pounds sophomore tackle to
• 1:26:15
  Speaker 14: play one of the tight ends brought in an extra
• 1:26:18
  Speaker 14: 250 pounds sophomore guard to play one of the fullbacks
• 1:26:21
  Speaker 14: and just ran downhill so to be honest we're excited
• 1:26:25
  Speaker 14: by that challenge knowing that uh we need to improve
• 1:26:29
  Speaker 14: operationally and physically to be able to stop somebody's run
• 1:26:32
  Speaker 14: and and having a team that's going to come right
• 1:26:34
  Speaker 14: back at us with that kind of approach is is
• 1:26:37
  Speaker 14: actually what we're what we're craving at this point right
• 1:26:39
  Speaker 14: to try to um to fix what, what we need to,
• 1:26:43
  Speaker 14: to get right on defense. So what they're going to
• 1:26:46
  Speaker 14: bring is exactly what we need.
• 1:26:48
  Speaker 4: Boy, that's old school nineties smash mouth football, isn't it?
• 1:26:52
  Speaker 14: Yeah, it is.
• 1:26:54
  Speaker 12: Yeah.
• 1:26:55
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 1:26:55
  Speaker 4: Last two questions. All right. You're ready for these?
• 1:26:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 1:26:59
  Speaker 4: Okay. What is coach Ames' playlist, pregame playlist? When you're
• 1:27:05
  Speaker 4: on your way back to the school for the game,
• 1:27:07
  Speaker 4: what are you listening to?
• 1:27:08
  Speaker 2: Oh, that's a good question.
• 1:27:11
  Speaker 14: And I'll tell you honestly, um, I think, so I'm
• 1:27:15
  Speaker 14: not into that rhythm yet. And here's why, at least
• 1:27:18
  Speaker 14: for this season, we left early from, we left at
• 1:27:20
  Speaker 14: lunchtime on Friday to go to week one in Eastern Washington,
• 1:27:24
  Speaker 14: week two, Saturday, we.
• 1:27:26
  Speaker 2: Left in the middle of the afternoon and let's see,
• 1:27:28
  Speaker 2: I was, I was with.
• 1:27:29
  Speaker 14: My daughter at a, at a soccer game and back
• 1:27:33
  Speaker 14: to immediately back to the high school for another soccer
• 1:27:35
  Speaker 14: game and then got on the bus and, this week
• 1:27:38
  Speaker 14: is going to be another Saturday afternoon and I'm going
• 1:27:41
  Speaker 14: to be again.
• 1:27:41
  Speaker 2: At a soccer game. So, uh, shoot. Uh, that's a
• 1:27:46
  Speaker 2: really good question. I don't have a, a really good answer.
• 1:27:48
  Speaker 14: It's probably going to be, it's going to be the, the,
• 1:27:50
  Speaker 14: the soundtrack of fatherhood, right? Listen to my daughters, right. Or,
• 1:27:54
  Speaker 14: or my son now who's on our, our, our high
• 1:27:56
  Speaker 14: school football team. Um, just listening to them, it would have,
• 1:28:00
  Speaker 14: you know, that answer would have been different, you know, five,
• 1:28:02
  Speaker 14: 10 years ago or even further, but right now it's
• 1:28:04
  Speaker 14: completely different.
• 1:28:05
  Speaker 2: I know, you know what that's like.
• 1:28:06
  Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely.
• 1:28:09
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 1:28:09
  Speaker 4: The last question. So fall is, you know, pumpkin spice,
• 1:28:15
  Speaker 4: it's football, but it's also fruit flies. So what's the
• 1:28:19
  Speaker 4: AIMS home remedy to get rid of fruit flies?
• 1:28:22
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 1:28:22
  Speaker 2: I'm on my front porch. Otherwise I'd go in and
• 1:28:25
  Speaker 2: show you.
• 1:28:26
  Speaker 14: So we have, it's a little, it's a little plugin
• 1:28:30
  Speaker 14: and it's got like this lit sticky strip that attracts
• 1:28:33
  Speaker 14: them and then they.
• 1:28:34
  Speaker 2: Just get stuck to it and die.
• 1:28:36
  Speaker 4: And that works well?
• 1:28:37
  Speaker 2: It has been, yeah. That thing in there is just
• 1:28:39
  Speaker 2: packed full of those bugs.
• 1:28:40
  Speaker 14: Okay.
• 1:28:41
  Speaker 4: That's good to know. I've seen it on videos and stuff,
• 1:28:44
  Speaker 4: but now we have some testimonial, some real testimonial that
• 1:28:49
  Speaker 4: I trust that it works.
• 1:28:51
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 1:28:51
  Speaker 14: Are we influencers now? If this is on social media,
• 1:28:54
  Speaker 14: we're just like trying to promote a product. You are
• 1:28:55
  Speaker 14: now an influencer, yes.
• 1:28:56
  Speaker 4: Right on.
• 1:28:57
  Speaker 2: I don't even know what it's called, to be honest.
• 1:28:58
  Speaker 4: Yeah. Well, I appreciate your time, and again, this Saturday, Colville,
• 1:29:03
  Speaker 4: at your place, 1 o'clock. I just want to say
• 1:29:05
  Speaker 4: good luck to you, Coach.
• 1:29:07
  Speaker 2: Thank you. Same to you.
• 1:29:07
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 1:29:08
  Speaker 3: Thanks, Coach.
• 1:29:09
  Speaker 2: Of course.
• 1:29:11
  Speaker 12: All right.
• 1:29:11
  Speaker 1: So that wraps it up for this episode 445, the
• 1:29:14
  Speaker 1: Week 3 Gatorade Game Day Football Preview. Again, very, very
• 1:29:19
  Speaker 1: much a huge thank you to Craig Bartle for doing
• 1:29:23
  Speaker 1: these interviews. He did not have to do it. He
• 1:29:25
  Speaker 1: did it on his own. And thank you to all
• 1:29:27
  Speaker 1: the coaches for understanding. and still doing the interview anyways.
• 1:29:34
  Speaker 1: Pretty unbelievable that they all came through and did this
• 1:29:38
  Speaker 1: for me. And I'm going to try to get back
• 1:29:41
  Speaker 1: to it at some point where I can do these interviews,
• 1:29:44
  Speaker 1: and we'll be able to go from there. But as
• 1:29:48
  Speaker 1: of now, this has been Episode 445, the Week 3
• 1:29:51
  Speaker 1: Gatorade Game Day Football Preview. Be sure to tune in tonight.
• 1:29:55
  Speaker 1: on YouTube, the Walkin' Preps channel, and watch Gatorade Game
• 1:29:59
  Speaker 1: Day Live. It'll be four straight hours, starting at six o'clock,
• 1:30:03
  Speaker 1: covering all the Walkin' County games that have been going on.
• 1:30:06
  Speaker 1: We'll cut in with highlights of different games. There are
• 1:30:09
  Speaker 1: also other games that we'll probably be able to show live.
• 1:30:12
  Speaker 1: I believe we'll be able to show the Sehome Sultan
• 1:30:14
  Speaker 1: game live. We'll be able to show the Nooksack Valley
• 1:30:17
  Speaker 1: Kings game live, and who knows, maybe some other stuff
• 1:30:21
  Speaker 1: that we'll be able to bounce around to and watch
• 1:30:23
  Speaker 1: replays and stuff like that. So Pretty excited. Pre-game starts
• 1:30:27
  Speaker 1: at 6, and the full show will follow right after
• 1:30:32
  Speaker 1: that at 7 as everybody starts to kick off. So
• 1:30:35
  Speaker 1: thank you very much for listening, and I'll catch you
• 1:30:37
  Speaker 1: in a couple days.