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Whatcom Preps Podcast Episode 266 - 2024 Lynden Christian Lyncs Football Preview · Whatcom Preps Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is Senior Trade Bossman and you're listening to Lyman
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  Speaker 1: Christian football preview on Welcome Prep Podcasts with Tyler and
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  Speaker 1: Ryland go Links.
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  Speaker 2: Greetings and welcome into the watcom Preps podcast. This is
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  Speaker 2: episode two and sixty six, the third of ten team previews.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Ryland Spencer along with me as always is Tyler
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  Speaker 2: Anderson of a lotcum Prep. Tyler, how are we doing?
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  Speaker 3: While I'm doing pretty good?
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  Speaker 2: It was a wobbly walk them preps.
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  Speaker 3: And yeah, things are things are great. Like I keep
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  Speaker 3: saying on these podcasts, I love this time of year.
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  Speaker 3: It's so fun to see the players in person, see
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  Speaker 3: who grew, talk to the coaches, take the head shots,
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  Speaker 3: all that great stuff.
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  Speaker 2: It's a lot of fun. I will never forget the
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  Speaker 2: headshot like left to right, freshman to senior year of
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  Speaker 2: land in hatchet Tyler. This podcast intro provided by Trey Bosman,
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  Speaker 2: young man from Linden Christians, So that kind of gives
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  Speaker 2: away who it is we're talking about tonight. Although if
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  Speaker 2: I guess this morning, if they're listening, because it would
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  Speaker 2: be nine am when this goes live. But it's not
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  Speaker 2: like we fooled anybody. They would have seen it before
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  Speaker 2: they clicked on it. Kurt Mayberry Farm need to give
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  Speaker 2: a thank you to them. Fourth generation, family owned and
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  Speaker 2: They've got strawberries, they've got blueberries, and they've got raspberries.
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  Speaker 2: You can find them Kurt with U C M A
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  Speaker 2: B R R Y farm dot com. As I mentioned,
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  Speaker 2: this podcast will be previewing the Linden Christian Links. Actually
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  Speaker 2: I don't even know if I mentioned it, but I
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  Speaker 2: basically mentioned that everybody already knew. Yesterday we posted previews
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  Speaker 2: of the Bellingham BayHawks and Blaine Border Rights, so be
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  Speaker 2: sure to go back and listen to those. Later today
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  Speaker 2: five pm you will find the Linden Allions team previous
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  Speaker 2: its full day of lind so be sure to be
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  Speaker 2: on the lookout for that. Maybe just subscribe to the podcast.
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  Speaker 2: Then we'll have a Squalcum and lind Squalcomb and Meridian tomorrow,
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  Speaker 2: followed by Ferndale and Mount Baker. Then we finished with
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  Speaker 2: Seahome and Nooksack Valley. That being said, before we get
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  Speaker 2: into it, Tyler, I want to do two things. One,
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  Speaker 2: I want to let the people know if they're listening
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  Speaker 2: to this podcast without looking at walkompreps dot com. You
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  Speaker 2: need to get on the website, find the team preview
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  Speaker 2: because there's a lot of information. We're gonna talk about
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  Speaker 2: it here and you need to right in front of
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  Speaker 2: your face, all right, it helps. Yeah, this is like
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  Speaker 2: this is like going to class without a textbook. Pull
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  Speaker 2: it out. I got to be there. The other thing
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  Speaker 2: is really quickly. We haven't done this on any of
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  Speaker 2: the podcasts. If somebody football's here, I mean we're ready
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  Speaker 2: to go. If somebody wants to get on board with sponsoring,
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  Speaker 2: how do they do it? Oh?
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  Speaker 3: Like, get a hold of me through social media is
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  Speaker 3: really the best way. Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Just look
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  Speaker 3: for Walcome Preps and send me a message. And and
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  Speaker 3: things have been filling up fast. I mean there are
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  Speaker 3: still things that can be sponsored, it's definitely. And there's
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  Speaker 3: even stuff for volleyball that can still be sponsored as well.
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  Speaker 3: So that is the best way. And yeah, that's that's
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  Speaker 3: about it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, just get on search Watcome Preps and you'll find it.
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  Speaker 2: It's easy. Yeah, you'll look for the upside down Montreal
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  Speaker 2: Expos logo, I mean the right side up Walk Them
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  Speaker 2: Preps logo and away you go. You're ready to go.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, anyway, Tyler, first day at fall camp, you
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  Speaker 2: started at Blaine, then made your way over to lynd
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  Speaker 2: and Christian, that's who we are talking about here. If
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  Speaker 2: you haven't heard already general thoughts from your time out
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  Speaker 2: there at Linden. Christian, Well, I.
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  Speaker 3: Just thought that it was the practice was moving really
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  Speaker 3: fast as far as it looked really I don't want
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  Speaker 3: to say advanced, but it didn't look like the first
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  Speaker 3: day of fall practice, you know what I mean. They
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  Speaker 3: had some good drills going on. All these different coaches
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  Speaker 3: had all these different spots and they were moving around
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  Speaker 3: and while head coach Greg Trpshire was going from kind
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  Speaker 3: of one drill to the other and kind of seeing
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  Speaker 3: what was going on and checking in with some guys,
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  Speaker 3: and it was it was really organized, and it was
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  Speaker 3: kind of the same thing. You go out there and
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  Speaker 3: you see, you know, a ton of kids that you know,
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  Speaker 3: all look like they're six three, one hundred and eighty pounds,
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  Speaker 3: and you try to figure out, you know, okay, they're
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  Speaker 3: going to find a line here. They got a ton
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  Speaker 3: of skill looking guys, you know, and then when they
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  Speaker 3: get i mean, when they get closer than you kind
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  Speaker 3: of see the different body types, but it's you know,
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  Speaker 3: it's always uh, it's always just a lot of athletes
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  Speaker 3: out there. And I think that, you know what, I've
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  Speaker 3: been hearing a lot over the summer from different people
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  Speaker 3: and coaches and just kind of whoever is a lot
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  Speaker 3: of people come up and they go, I think Linn
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  Speaker 3: and Christian might be a little down this year. You know,
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  Speaker 3: they lost so many great players and it's just Linn
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  Speaker 3: and Christian. Out of all the schools, is probably the
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  Speaker 3: one that I don't want to say hides their underclassmen,
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  Speaker 3: but they really don't play underclassmen if they don't have
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  Speaker 3: to at the varsity level. What I mean by that
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  Speaker 3: is when they become juniors, there's these studs that I
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  Speaker 3: know nothing about, you know what I mean, And so
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  Speaker 3: you can always kind of wait for that. And so
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  Speaker 3: I would assume there's gonna be another big group coming
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  Speaker 3: that we don't really know about, and I wouldn't be
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  Speaker 3: surprised if they do really well, because they are the
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  Speaker 3: links and you know, Trajan scouting and that group right there. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: hardly any I think Zach Simmon was the only one
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  Speaker 3: that played as a sophomore. You know the rest of
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  Speaker 3: them just didn't play a varsity and when they were
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  Speaker 3: juniors they were amazing. But I did I couldn't in preseason.
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  Speaker 3: I didn't know anything about them. So you just never know.
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  Speaker 3: And the links are very good at that.
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  Speaker 2: Speaking of the links, head coach Greg Terpstraw, Tyler, you
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  Speaker 2: were out there. You took a few minutes to sit
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  Speaker 2: down with coach and yeah, a little five minute interview
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  Speaker 2: here that we're doing this year. So five minutes good
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  Speaker 2: five minutes with coach Terpstra, Tyler. Yeah, take it away.
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  Speaker 3: This is Tyler Anderson with Walking Preps and I'm sitting
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  Speaker 3: here with coach Greg Turpstra from Lennon Christian coach. You're
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  Speaker 3: in year three now being the head coach. No longer
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  Speaker 3: getting your feet wet, You're deep into the pool. How's
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  Speaker 3: that been? How's that feel for you?
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  Speaker 4: It's been very rewarding.
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  Speaker 1: To see the program and how much support it has
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  Speaker 1: to getting to know the parents better, to getting to
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  Speaker 1: know my own coaches better and to appreciate their hard work,
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  Speaker 1: what their families put into it, and then just embracing
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  Speaker 1: getting technically sound as a program, getting over the hump
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  Speaker 1: of learning a new offense, learning a new defense, and
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  Speaker 1: now just trying to get really good at both.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's true. I mean every kid has to get
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  Speaker 3: used to that, but then you have to get used
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  Speaker 3: to the kids. And now that it's been a while,
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  Speaker 3: it all kind of starts to gel. It must feel
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  Speaker 3: pretty good. The big rule change this year, Week ten
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  Speaker 3: is now the round of thirty four A and three
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  Speaker 3: A have been doing this, but for you guys, it's
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  Speaker 3: going to be brand new. How can that benefit the links?
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  Speaker 1: I am ecstatic that that new rule came in, and
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  Speaker 1: you know it, if our goal is to try to
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  Speaker 1: include more kids, to give more kids and programs hope
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  Speaker 1: when starting the year, I think you can't go wrong
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  Speaker 1: as far as Lennon Christian goes. You know, we've had
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  Speaker 1: some studs the last couple of years. You know, we
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  Speaker 1: have great expectations and expectations of making the playoffs and
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  Speaker 1: that first year, boy, that was a tough pill to swallow.
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  Speaker 4: We have hopes of making it this year too.
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  Speaker 1: And I think whether your program's up down, you always
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  Speaker 1: kind of feel like.
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  Speaker 4: You have a shot. Now with a new rule, and
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  Speaker 4: we feel like we've got a shot.
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  Speaker 3: It's almost like like in basketball you know, you can
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  Speaker 3: be the fourth team in the league and go to districts,
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  Speaker 3: and you can do well in districts and go to State.
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  Speaker 3: It kind of almost has that feel to it, and
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  Speaker 3: we'll see how it all plays out. One of my
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  Speaker 3: favorite players you had last year was a senior named
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  Speaker 3: Malachi vander May who really come on, burst onto the scene,
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  Speaker 3: played really well on both sides of the ball, and
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  Speaker 3: took me by surprise. I loved watching him play. Do
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  Speaker 3: you kind of have a player that might be under
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  Speaker 3: the under the radar in that ILK right now that
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  Speaker 3: might jump up and surprise me.
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  Speaker 1: I hope I do. And where it might come from
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  Speaker 1: is a sophomore. We have several sophomores who are going
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  Speaker 1: to see time on a Friday night, some put together
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  Speaker 1: kids who you know, need a couple more years to
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  Speaker 1: really get, you know, that muscle that that they want
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  Speaker 1: to put on. But I don't know if I can
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  Speaker 1: give you a name, But it could be a sophomore,
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  Speaker 1: it could be a sleeping junior. And you know, we
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  Speaker 1: have some seniors that maybe didn't give as much time.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, you got the Owen Boys, you got
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  Speaker 1: you know, you've got Trey Bossman, great seniors who have
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  Speaker 1: been leading, and we're looking forward to seeing what they
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  Speaker 1: do from a leadership perspective, because we had a lot
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  Speaker 1: of leader leaders leave us, and boy, they own the
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  Speaker 1: room and now it's these guys' turn and we're really
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  Speaker 1: looking forward to with what they're gonna do.
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  Speaker 3: You're an offensive minded guy. You always kind of have been,
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  Speaker 3: even though you played defense in college. What do you
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  Speaker 3: like about your offense this year? How is it looking?
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  Speaker 3: Is it gonna look a little different than what we're
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  Speaker 3: used to? Are you what are you looking at here?
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  Speaker 1: I really want to focus on being technical and smart.
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  Speaker 4: You know we are.
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  Speaker 1: We are not, you know, up front a whole bunch
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  Speaker 1: of two hundred and eighty pound bowling balls that are
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  Speaker 1: just gonna run you over. We we want to get
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  Speaker 1: really good at what we're gonna do, get really good
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  Speaker 1: at less, and be.
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  Speaker 4: Very smart and approach the game.
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  Speaker 1: From where our strengths can help us out and take
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  Speaker 1: advantage of what we see on.
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  Speaker 3: The other side defensively. I mean, man, last year, that
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  Speaker 3: linebacking crew is fantastic. You know, the secondary was nothing
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  Speaker 3: to you know, sneeze at either. But three of those
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  Speaker 3: four linebackers are gone. Is it gonna look kind of
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  Speaker 3: the same defensive wise, like as far as where they're
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  Speaker 3: lined up or what are you gonna do that?
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  Speaker 1: You know, we have our system and Kid's done a
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  Speaker 1: great job of not just putting it together, but communicating
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  Speaker 1: it and the kids. Because it's the third year with it,
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  Speaker 1: the kids know the defense, they know where.
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  Speaker 4: They fit the best.
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  Speaker 1: So I think we have less maybe fish out of
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  Speaker 1: water on the defense.
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  Speaker 4: They know what it's gonna take.
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  Speaker 1: They probably know in their head who they're behind and
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  Speaker 1: what they would have to do to pass that person
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  Speaker 1: up or to challenge them.
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  Speaker 4: So you know, I still think we.
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  Speaker 1: Have the bodies that fit that style of defense and
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  Speaker 1: we can make changes there too. But you're right that
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  Speaker 1: that defense that linebacking had last year's is a tough
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  Speaker 1: group to replace, but we've got some hungry kids that
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  Speaker 1: are ready.
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  Speaker 4: To do it.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you to coach Urpstra for his generous time. Always
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  Speaker 2: love listening to that guy talk. He's quite the character,
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  Speaker 2: fun guy and uh he's one of those guys that
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  Speaker 2: will smile at you and then like, you know, steal
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  Speaker 2: your wallet or something like you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 2: Like like he's always he's always like Uh, like that
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  Speaker 2: sounds really bad to say that, you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 2: But he's like he's he's always got to smile on
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  Speaker 2: his face. He's always having a good time, you know.
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  Speaker 3: But do you think he's always up to something? Yeah? Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: he's like three steps ahead of you. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: That's what I'm trying to say, is like, yes, he's
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  Speaker 2: smiling at you. Going four verts here it comes over
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  Speaker 2: the top and you better be ready, Bud. Yeah. Anyway,
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  Speaker 2: let's uh, let's talk about last year. Well, let's talk
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  Speaker 2: about first off, let's talk coach Terpstra third season now
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  Speaker 2: with Lynn Christian at sixteen and four in his career.
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  Speaker 2: Last season eight and three, Tyler, you mentioned it to
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  Speaker 2: me right before we went on the air. They lost
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  Speaker 2: a one, two and three, and they did. They lost
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  Speaker 2: to lakesideed nine Mile Falls, fourteen to eight. Lakeside lost
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  Speaker 2: in the state championship to Royal, who beat Lyndon Christian
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  Speaker 2: in Week four twenty eight to seven, and then Lynn
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  Speaker 2: and Christian lost to Knoksack Valley in the quarterfinals forty
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  Speaker 2: seven to fourteen. Knoksack Valley team that would end up
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  Speaker 2: finishing third in the state tournament. So they lose to one,
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  Speaker 2: two and three. I don't know who four was, but
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  Speaker 2: oh you know who it was. It was.
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  Speaker 3: Someone the Royal took care of.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah it was the you was gonna say it was
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  Speaker 2: a Seam Catholic, the school from down south that that
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  Speaker 2: got to the Semis last year kind of got hot. Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: then just got absolutely destroyed by Royal. So actually, Lynn
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  Speaker 2: Christian losing twenty at seven to Royal looks pretty good
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  Speaker 2: because everybody else lost by much more than that. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they went on a nice little run there.
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  Speaker 2: They started off two and two and then went on
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  Speaker 2: on a run, beating Napavine, who lost in the state
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  Speaker 2: championship game, and then they beat Nixack Valley twenty one
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  Speaker 2: to twenty. Then they beat Meridian Blaine Mount Baker and
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  Speaker 2: eventually beating Connell in the first round of the state tournament.
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  Speaker 2: So a nice little run through that spot. But as
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  Speaker 2: we start talking about things here and taking a look
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  Speaker 2: at the roster, they lose some serious, serious talent. I
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  Speaker 2: mean some guys. I don't know how many of these guys, Tyler,
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  Speaker 2: that you have, and the key losses were in the
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  Speaker 2: top one hundred count down. It could have been all
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  Speaker 2: of them for all I know. But these are some
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  Speaker 2: serious guys. I mean some serious names that we're talking
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  Speaker 2: about here. And we start with the quarterbacks and running
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  Speaker 2: backs in the backfield, if you will, and I mean
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  Speaker 2: the first name that they lose their Jeremiah Wright. And
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  Speaker 2: this is a guy that was doing a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of everything, it seemed like for the links. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: this is probably about as big as a loss. Well
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  Speaker 2: there is there a quarterback. I mean, just tell me
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  Speaker 2: Tyler real quick. I guess it would be maybe him
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  Speaker 2: and Joey Brown are the two quarterbacks that are missing
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  Speaker 2: that were the biggest losses. Josh Leonard, Yeah, Josh Lendard two. Okay, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: well yeah, Bishop Bootsy. You know what I always forgot
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  Speaker 2: that last year was a senior class of quarterbacks that
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  Speaker 2: will seem like every single guy was there for like
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  Speaker 2: thirty years, but they all use like a COVID red shirt,
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  Speaker 2: you know what I mean. But yeah, Jeremiah Right, that's
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  Speaker 2: a big loss. But I'll tell you what. You start
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  Speaker 2: looking at some of the pieces and maybe it's a
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  Speaker 2: little bit different team this year in terms of maybe
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  Speaker 2: they're gonna run the ball a little bit more. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: they're gonna go back to doing what they do, but
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  Speaker 2: there's still some talent in the backfield that's gonna be
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  Speaker 2: fun to watch.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. I really like what they have. And that's what's
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  Speaker 3: always fun about the Links is that you will have
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  Speaker 3: some athletes to work with. Right now at quarterback, you
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  Speaker 3: have a junior Eli Mayberry who got a lot of
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  Speaker 3: run there. You know, had no problem putting him in.
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  Speaker 3: Putting him in like in the second quarter in a
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  Speaker 3: you know, non conference game, just to get some get
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  Speaker 3: some snaps and stuff like that. He had to come
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  Speaker 3: in in the second half in that quarterfinals game play
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  Speaker 3: the rest of the way after Jeremia Wright got hurt.
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  Speaker 3: But he put up pretty good numbers last year for
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  Speaker 3: three hundred and seventy one yards, four touchdowns, just the
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  Speaker 3: one interception. Really really smart kid. That's what I keep
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  Speaker 3: hearing is that he's just the smartest kid on the team.
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  Speaker 3: He knows what to do with everything. He's a he's
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  Speaker 3: a baseball kid, like talking like next level baseball kid.
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  Speaker 3: But he's a very smart, good football player, three sport athlete,
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  Speaker 3: and he's in a he's in a battle right now
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  Speaker 3: with Dawson Heinz, who's just a sophomore Dawson. Heins. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: you recognize the last name obviously, and.
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  Speaker 2: So is it from Boys and Girls Now? Tyler?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, and he is. He's a crazy good athlete. I
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  Speaker 3: saw him come up on the varsity last year as
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  Speaker 3: a freshman playing basketball and he's, you know, he was sick.
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  Speaker 3: He's six feet tall and he's going in there with
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  Speaker 3: the trees and jumping up and blocking shots. I'm like,
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  Speaker 3: holy cow, this kid is a different kind of athlete.
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  Speaker 3: And and was in the regular rotation on a team
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  Speaker 3: that finished third in the state and as a freshman,
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  Speaker 3: and that tells me something right there. And so so
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  Speaker 3: he's you know, he's in the mix, and he's a
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  Speaker 3: guy that you know, if he doesn't win it, you'll,
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure you'll see him split out wide. You'll you're
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  Speaker 3: you know, they'll there'll be something because he's that kind
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  Speaker 3: of athlete. So right now, quarterback, it's those two going
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  Speaker 3: at each other and then but and then next to
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  Speaker 3: him at the running back spot, Halis Owen returns. He
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  Speaker 3: led them in rushing last year. He was kind of
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: a bowling ball, you know, to tackle. He was he's
• 16:34
  Speaker 3: got he was really powerful running running between the tackles,
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: had some really really good games. Uh or he just
• 16:40
  Speaker 3: kind of exploded, had some big, big moments, had eight
• 16:43
  Speaker 3: touchdowns on the ground uh during the season. His brother,
• 16:47
  Speaker 3: Mick Is is built amazingly well. I don't know if
• 16:50
  Speaker 3: there's another high school athlete in Walking County that's built
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: as well as Mick owen Is. Mick was, you know,
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: he played some receiver. He started on defense, but he
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: played a little bit of off But I think that
• 17:02
  Speaker 3: he will be kind of a guy that will get
• 17:04
  Speaker 3: more carries now, so he might be moved permanent to
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: a running back spot. But there's a lot of depth there.
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: Trayson Johnson got some good carries last year. He's the
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: catcher on the baseball team, about six foot two and
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: twenty pounds talking about another bowling ball to tackle. And
• 17:18
  Speaker 3: then there's some younger guys. Cole Larson is a really
• 17:21
  Speaker 3: good back with good hands. Hayden Herwerden, he got some
• 17:24
  Speaker 3: carries last year and did did some good things. So
• 17:27
  Speaker 3: there's there's a lot of depth there. And and with
• 17:31
  Speaker 3: the Linden Christian offense, typically there's just the one back,
• 17:34
  Speaker 3: but you know, you never know. They could coach Turpshaw
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: is one of those offensive mines that can do some
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: unique things. And you might see guys all over the place,
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: and he's got a lot of backs to work with here.
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, And I'll tell you what, when you start talking
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: about running the ball and a lot of backs and
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: different part of the reason he might want to do
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: that is because you'll lose a lot on the outside, Tyler.
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: And when I say lose a lot, I mean, my goodness,
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: Kayden Stite, Dawson Bauma, Tyson Bima, Brody Bauman, Trevin Blair.
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: I mean, there's just so many guys on the outside
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: with the tight ends and the and the receivers. But
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: I'll tell you what, Tyler, Like you said, they seem
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: to hide guys. It's like they stockpile them and they
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: just hoard them and then all of a sudden they
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: pop out and you go, who is this six foot
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: three hundred and eighty five pound guy running down the field. So, Tyler,
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: they got some of those guys this year. Who are
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: we talking about?
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: Yeah? They do?
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: You know?
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: You got the who the Hewliott brothers, Jaden and Jackson.
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: They're both really good route runners. They're not going to
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: explode you with speed or anything like that, but good hands,
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: good route runners. Boyce Robertson is a name to be
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: aware of. He was a guy that I think he
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: grew up playing quarterback. He got hurt last year, missed
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: the whole year of football and then went and played
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: basketball and did track for the first time, did like
• 18:53
  Speaker 3: long jump and stuff like that. And he's the nephew
• 18:56
  Speaker 3: of Mark Holloman, who's one of the best linen Christian
• 18:59
  Speaker 3: players of all time. And and he's he's kind of got.
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: He's about six one five. I think he could be
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: a main target on the outside. I would expect if Dyst,
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: if Dawson Heinz doesn't win the quarterback job, I would
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: expect him to be on the outside making some huge plays.
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: Uh.
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: Trey Blair, Trevn's little brother. He's a little taller than Trevn.
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: He's about six, three hundred and ninety pounds. So again,
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: you're getting these lending Christian bodies that you expect to
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: do these these big things, and and I would you know,
• 19:28
  Speaker 3: I would wouldn't expect anything less. Trey Bosman, who was
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: strictly an inside landbacker last year, you could put him
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: at tight end about six two, two hundred and ten pounds,
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: really strong, really smart. Uh, he's gonna be a good blocker,
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: but athletics, you know, will catch the ball and make
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: make some guys miss. I mean he's I'm not saying
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: he's Caden's stite, but he can fill that role and
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: there wouldn't be a huge drop off. And then there's
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: another kid that I'm really intrigued with, and that's Caden Veldman.
• 19:58
  Speaker 3: And we know the vel from Niksack Valley and so
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: I guess this was quote unquote the runt of the litter,
• 20:05
  Speaker 3: but he's not exactly the runt. At six three two
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: and fifteen pounds as a sophomore.
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: Wait wait, wait, he's a guy to say that again
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: that what was the size?
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: Yeah, six three two fifteen as a sophomore and very
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: very athletic. I think he's kind of that next you
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: know guy. You know that you and I talk about
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: you're gonna you know, you're gonna be like, oh, thinks
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: you'll get the get the stars.
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: Ready, give me give me his name right now, Tyler,
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: I'll send it to Brandon Huffman exactly.
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: Caiden Veldman, and he he ended up starting last year
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: in the beginning of the year on the basketball team
• 20:43
  Speaker 3: as a freshman, he's jumping center as a freshman, and
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: was you know, there was a game where he had
• 20:47
  Speaker 3: like almost twenty rebounds against really good schools. But then
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: once you know, Caitin and Stite was fully healthy and
• 20:53
  Speaker 3: Jeremia Wright came back, then he was one of the
• 20:56
  Speaker 3: first options off the bench in the post and just
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: a really good athlete. And I think I think he's
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: a guy that no one's seen at the varsity level
• 21:02
  Speaker 3: and he's just going to come out there and do
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: some really good things. So he could be a mismatch
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: problem if they split him out wide, But right now,
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: I think with him and Bosman as at tight ends,
• 21:12
  Speaker 3: you might see more of a traditional tight end this
• 21:13
  Speaker 3: year with the links.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: Let's talk about the trenches. Tyler's let's go offensive and
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: defensive line here. And I mean they're again key losses.
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: I mean we're talking I don't know if they lose
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: their entire offensive line, but they lose guys. I mean,
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: they absolutely lose guys with Carter Siegman, the Malachi Vander May, Jace,
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: Ryan Carson Leibolt. I mean, there are dudes yeah. I
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: mean we're talking about some of the best players in
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: the county. So Tyler, offensive line, defensive line. What are
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: we talking about here?
• 21:48
  Speaker 3: Well, it was fun talking to Turp about it. I
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: don't know how fun it was for him, but he
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: just kinda he kind of smiled and shook his head
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: and he's like, you know, third year with a pretty
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: much a whole new line. It's I think the last
• 21:58
  Speaker 3: I think Carter Sigmund the one returner last year, and
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: now this year, Kyler Sturk is the lone returner and
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: he was a start. He started as a freshman the
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: entire year right tackle. Don't know if he'll be at
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: right tackle now, he's the one, by far with the
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: most experienced. He's the biggest kid on the team about
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: six six three two sixty five and can move, and
• 22:20
  Speaker 3: so you never know if he'll be a left guard
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: or where he'll be, but wherever he ends up, he's
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: gonna anchor that line. There's a lot of guys in
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: the running for those other spots might go to some
• 22:30
  Speaker 3: seniors first, like like Nico Bromer, Jack Perreira, Luke Van Ruin,
• 22:36
  Speaker 3: Judah Calvin. These are kind of some of the guys
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: that you know, it's it's it's gonna be tough. And
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: I think that you know, if you look at I mean,
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: even though there, even though their schedule is not exactly easy,
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: you're gonna have some some non league games where they're
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: gonna try to figure it out. And like Coach Turp
• 22:53
  Speaker 3: told me, it's like, you know, who are the guys
• 22:55
  Speaker 3: that are gonna go in a back alley fight with you?
• 22:57
  Speaker 3: You got to figure those things out, especially for those
• 23:00
  Speaker 3: offensive linemen, and then hopefully they'll be all gelled together
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: by the time they meet up and blamed for the
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: league opener.
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'll tell you what you want a game
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: that could be a little physical there, Tyler. I mean
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: that's that that might be one of those car accident
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: after car accident after car accident type games, you know
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: what I mean. On the defensive line, Yeah, just gonna
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: say defensive line. There, there's you know, you start talking
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: about some of these guys with Tyler and it's like
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: you look at the numbers for returning in terms of
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: on defense, there's some nice pieces to work with, but
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: it's kind of what's the word I'm looking for here,
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: It's kind of spread out in the way, you know
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: what I mean. And unfortunately, if you're Nukzack Valley, it's
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: or Knukzack Valley. Well, unfortunately, if you Knucksack Value, you
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: haven't been able to beat them in the regular season. No,
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: if you're Linnen Christian, it's it's not enough upfront.
• 23:54
  Speaker 3: Though, Yeah, it's it's gonna be tough.
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: You know.
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: Linna Christian likes to They don't test. They don't necessarily
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: put their big offensive lineman in the front three. They
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: might here and there in certain situations, but they like
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: to go with some backup running backs back there, like
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: a Traycon Johnson, who probably has the most experience coming
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: back as a defensive lineman. He'll probably anchor that along
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: with Judah Calvin, Austin Engels, the great baseball player. You know,
• 24:22
  Speaker 3: those are the kinds of guys that are gonna be
• 24:24
  Speaker 3: down there. Yeah, you might see Kyler Sturk get in
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: there or a Nico Bromer get in there, but there,
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: I think he really wants to have his five offensive
• 24:32
  Speaker 3: linemen be those guys and then if they have to
• 24:35
  Speaker 3: rotate on defense, they can. But I think Traycon Johnson's
• 24:38
  Speaker 3: gonna kind of lead that charge. A really really athletic
• 24:41
  Speaker 3: kid at two hundred and twenty pounds and can move,
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: and so if he can get low, you know, he's
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: used to crouching down playing playing catcher. If he can
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: stay low and play with leverage, he's not going to
• 24:51
  Speaker 3: rack up a ton of numbers. But you know, that's
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: not what they're asked to do. But you can cause
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: some havoc in there and let you know, Trey Bosman
• 25:00
  Speaker 3: and Hallis Owen and those guys clean up after that.
• 25:03
  Speaker 3: It's not too bad.
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah, And I mean that's that's the thing is I
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: think I think Lynna Christian is one of those teams
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: that they're going to be just fine, you know what
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: I mean, They're going to be just fine. Again, we
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: don't know some of these names. And you know what,
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: we didn't know Cadence Stite, and we didn't really know
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: Jeremiah Wright. You know, we didn't we didn't know some
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: of these guys. You know, maybe we knew them from
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: different sports, you know, but but on the football field,
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: we didn't know who they were.
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: Yeah, at one point we just didn't know and then
• 25:27
  Speaker 3: all of a sudden, it's like, who's this guy. Who's
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: that guy?
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, that's the way it happens. Yeah, and a
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: lot of them it was junior year, you know what
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: I mean, And so all of a sudden you're going whoa, Like,
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: how did this guy? How was this guy not playing
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: last year? And then you look at last year's roster
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: and you go, oh, okay, it makes a little sense. Right,
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: let's talk linebackers, Tyler. I mean, Trey Bosman is the
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: name we've been talking about here, Hollis Owen, you know
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: Trey Bosman. I mean, this is a guy that just,
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: I mean very much looks the part, but is also
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: one of those guys that when you turned the film on,
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: you can't miss him, you know what I mean. He's
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: just he does so much.
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: Yeah, nobody returning this year had more tackles last year
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: than him, ninety two and a half tackles and I'm
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: very stingy with my tackles when I do stats.
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: Tyler, is it even close?
• 26:18
  Speaker 3: Yeah? I don't know. I think there might have been
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: someone with seventy maybe.
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I say, I think the one that we had earlier,
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: was it sixty something from from Kreski or Yeah, I
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: was Tyler Frosts, who I was thinking was was in
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: the sixties. But I mean ninety two and a half
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: tackles and nine tackles for a loss and five passes
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: defended in four interceptions, Tyler, that is ridiculous for an
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: inside linebacker.
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: He's very, very smart. And out of those four that
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: he intercepted, the return yard it was over two hundred yards.
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: Oh my goodness.
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: Yeah, two of them are returned for touchdowns and the
• 26:52
  Speaker 3: other two should have been. I was kind of joking
• 26:55
  Speaker 3: with him about that as he helped out at the
• 26:57
  Speaker 3: at the Walk and Preps youth camp, and he just
• 27:00
  Speaker 3: kind of smiling and go, I know, but he is
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: a monster the inside linebacker. He is an All Conference
• 27:06
  Speaker 3: first team selection last year, so he's he's going to
• 27:09
  Speaker 3: return as one of the big time players of that defense.
• 27:11
  Speaker 3: Holis Owen was kind of that first linebacker in and
• 27:15
  Speaker 3: so he returns with quite a bit experience. Those those
• 27:18
  Speaker 3: two are pretty much cemented on the inside, I would say,
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: outside linebacker, which has been a staple at Lyndon Christian
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: with so many good ones. You know, you lost Jeremiah
• 27:27
  Speaker 3: Wright and Brody Bauman last year. You know, both All
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: Conference first team guys as well, and they've got four
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: sophomores that all kind of look the part, and I
• 27:38
  Speaker 3: think they're just going to be battling it out and
• 27:40
  Speaker 3: finding out who's going to be in that spot. But
• 27:42
  Speaker 3: I you know Caden Veldman, who we talked about earlier,
• 27:45
  Speaker 3: I think he could easily fit in one of those spots.
• 27:47
  Speaker 3: He just has that body. I could see him perfectly
• 27:50
  Speaker 3: doing that and just being a terror ride right away.
• 27:54
  Speaker 3: Chris Coyman is another kid about six three, one hundred
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: and ninety pounds, and these again, these are all sophomore
• 28:00
  Speaker 3: ELI stamps who came on late last year in the
• 28:02
  Speaker 3: baseball season. It did some good things. I think I
• 28:05
  Speaker 3: think he could be there. He's about six foot, two
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: hundred pounds. And then how about this justin Kwick another
• 28:11
  Speaker 3: quick coming up? Was it kick exactly at six three
• 28:15
  Speaker 3: and you know, close to two hundred pounds as well.
• 28:17
  Speaker 3: So all these kids are kind of built the same way.
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: And if the if coach Turp and coach Kent Bauman
• 28:23
  Speaker 3: Baluma the defensive coordinator, if they find the two that
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: they really like, then they have them for three years.
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: And it reminds me a lot of I mean it's
• 28:32
  Speaker 3: a different. It's it's different. But you know when Squalalkum
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: had Schlemp, Baker and Lamb on the outside asmark, then
• 28:40
  Speaker 3: you knew you had that for three years and it
• 28:42
  Speaker 3: was just so beneficial, uh to do that. So we'll
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: see what they do. I would imagine they're going to
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: find their two out of those four and and just
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: and go forward from there.
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: Let's talk secondary Tyler. And you know, it's kind of
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: funny when you look at it, because I mean, sure
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: they they return, you know, five interceptions from a safety spot,
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: but you know, four interceptions from an inside linebacker spot also,
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: so they returned ten total interceptions, but uh, you know,
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: only what five of them come from the defensive backfield.
• 29:18
  Speaker 3: Right yeah? Bank Mick Owen had one as a corner.
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: Oh that's right, Yeah, he's a corner. I was thinking
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: the other Owen Yeah.
• 29:25
  Speaker 3: Right right, yeah, And so I think Mick returns as
• 29:28
  Speaker 3: a lockdown corner. That's a you know, that's pretty much
• 29:31
  Speaker 3: set that the team at eleven pass is defended. He's
• 29:34
  Speaker 3: a he's such a dynamic player, such a great player. Again,
• 29:37
  Speaker 3: kind of like Bli Henderson we were talking about in Bellingham.
• 29:40
  Speaker 3: It's like a guy that's built like that and is
• 29:43
  Speaker 3: so strong, do you want to get him closer to
• 29:45
  Speaker 3: the ball. It's you know, yeah, it's so valuable to
• 29:49
  Speaker 3: have that lockdown corner. But man, I don't know.
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: Was he the one that didn't one of the two
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: return a kickoff or a touchdown? When I watched them.
• 29:58
  Speaker 3: Oh boy, it was against like Ton you know, maybe
• 30:01
  Speaker 3: well a couple of years ago, you saw them against
• 30:03
  Speaker 3: Bellevue Christian it was.
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: I thought it was No, I thought it was in
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: the playoffs.
• 30:06
  Speaker 3: Oh, the playoff game. Yeah, it's very possible Mick could
• 30:10
  Speaker 3: have done that. I could see that happening.
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I don't think it was like a
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: deep kick. I think it was maybe caught it like
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: the thirty or something. And then yeah, I was sideline.
• 30:18
  Speaker 3: I was at that game. That was my quote unquote
• 30:22
  Speaker 3: lunch break from totally. I remember that because I booked
• 30:25
  Speaker 3: it back down. Then I had to.
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: Get You went flying right by me. It was a
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: bright green flash.
• 30:31
  Speaker 3: I didn't even know you were there.
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: It was like the screaming down the stairs.
• 30:34
  Speaker 3: All right. Yeah, So but yeah, Mick Owen is very
• 30:38
  Speaker 3: very dynamic. I think Jackson Hooliot could be another good corner,
• 30:41
  Speaker 3: Jacob Penner. I remember Sam Penner a few years ago
• 30:45
  Speaker 3: was a really good corner. So there are some guys there.
• 30:47
  Speaker 3: I think Dawson Heights could fill a spot. There's he's
• 30:51
  Speaker 3: just so athletic that he could play any four of
• 30:54
  Speaker 3: the secondary spots. And then you mentioned Jade and Houiot
• 30:57
  Speaker 3: with the five interceptions last year. I remember his first
• 31:00
  Speaker 3: start came against Royal. He had three picks in that
• 31:02
  Speaker 3: game alone, and he just kept making really good plays
• 31:05
  Speaker 3: and you know, not afraid to take chances at the
• 31:08
  Speaker 3: right time. I think Boyce Robertson would be a good
• 31:11
  Speaker 3: strong safety rover type, much like his uncle Mark was
• 31:15
  Speaker 3: U uncle, I mean Mark Call. He had to be
• 31:17
  Speaker 3: withheld at practice because he was hitting too hard against
• 31:19
  Speaker 3: his own teammates. He's just one of there's guys like
• 31:22
  Speaker 3: that where they get across the lines and it's they
• 31:25
  Speaker 3: only know one's one speed. And I would imagine boys
• 31:28
  Speaker 3: could be a lot like that. Trey Blair again six
• 31:32
  Speaker 3: three hundred and ninety five pounds, really athletic and just
• 31:36
  Speaker 3: runs like a deer. I could see him being back
• 31:39
  Speaker 3: there and and and you know, going out going out
• 31:42
  Speaker 3: there and just intercepting a pass out of nowhere. So
• 31:45
  Speaker 3: they got you know, they got seven guys that I
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: think they could really rely on in the secondary, and
• 31:50
  Speaker 3: you know, we'll see who which which four they they
• 31:52
  Speaker 3: lean on at the end.
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: H Special Teams Tyler. It seems like H seems like
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: they always have like good return game up there. LS.
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: Who are we looking at there? I mean, I got
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: a feeling it's gonna have something to do with the Owens, Huh.
• 32:07
  Speaker 3: I would imagine, you know, Mick going. I could see
• 32:09
  Speaker 3: Trey Blair getting in that too, just just the natural
• 32:11
  Speaker 3: kind of runner that he is, maybe Dawson Hinz just
• 32:14
  Speaker 3: because of his athleticism. Unless he wins the starting quarterback job,
• 32:18
  Speaker 3: you don't see a ton of starting quarterbacks return kicks.
• 32:20
  Speaker 3: I know Bishop Boozi did it last year. Is pretty
• 32:22
  Speaker 3: pretty rare, but there are some guys that could do that.
• 32:26
  Speaker 3: Jacob Penner returns as the kicker, so that's set. Trey
• 32:30
  Speaker 3: Blair did some punning last year. He did that in
• 32:33
  Speaker 3: the in the quarterfinals when Jeremiah Wright went down. Jeremiah
• 32:36
  Speaker 3: was the starting punter. I know coach likes to have
• 32:39
  Speaker 3: a quarterback back there just in case, so you know,
• 32:42
  Speaker 3: it could be whoever wins the quarterback job, or it
• 32:44
  Speaker 3: could be Trey Blair as the punter. And again, you know,
• 32:47
  Speaker 3: having a guy that could run like Trey Blair, it's
• 32:49
  Speaker 3: not a bad that's not a bad thing back there
• 32:51
  Speaker 3: at punter. So but you were right. Every year it
• 32:54
  Speaker 3: seems like they have some big time special team stuff.
• 32:57
  Speaker 3: I remember Dawson Baluma had a return for a touchdown
• 33:00
  Speaker 3: last year. I couldn't tell you the last year they
• 33:02
  Speaker 3: had where they didn't have a special team's touchdown. It's
• 33:05
  Speaker 3: like they have. They have multiple ones every year. It
• 33:07
  Speaker 3: seems like, and that's and and and that's. You know,
• 33:11
  Speaker 3: it's weird. It's interesting when you get a team that
• 33:13
  Speaker 3: practices that and really does well at that, because maybe
• 33:15
  Speaker 3: some teams don't practice it very well, and that could
• 33:17
  Speaker 3: be a big time game changer. And uh and he
• 33:21
  Speaker 3: could really you know, flip the momentum and all that stuff,
• 33:24
  Speaker 3: and it just kind of happens out of nowhere. And
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: they always have those kind of athletes, so uh, don't
• 33:28
  Speaker 3: be surprised if it happens again, Tyler.
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: I looked it up. Hmm, it was twenty twenty one.
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: Zach Owen is who ran that's right? Yeah, yeah, eighty
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: three yards down the sideline.
• 33:42
  Speaker 3: That's right. Yes, okay that was a while ago. Yeah yeah,
• 33:45
  Speaker 3: so it wouldn't have been one of them.
• 33:46
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: Wow, I got the Owen part right, I mean, yes
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: you did, Yes, you did. There's just too many of them.
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: It's not fair. It's not fair, Tyler, it's not fair. Yeah,
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: I don't have the memory like that.
• 33:57
  Speaker 4: Uh.
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: Let's see here, Tyler. Let's talk breakout player. And this one,
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: I'm gonna say it surprises me just a little bit
• 34:03
  Speaker 2: because you told me this guy's a I mean, okay,
• 34:08
  Speaker 2: it surprises me, but it also won't surprise me, right
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: because you said he's in a quarterback battle and potentially
• 34:14
  Speaker 2: the starting quarterback. So is he's a starting quarterback? I
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: don't know who knows, But you also have wide receiver
• 34:21
  Speaker 2: and defensive back. Here. The guy you're looking at, Dawson Heins.
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: That's your your sophomore Lennon Christian breakout player.
• 34:27
  Speaker 3: Huh yeah. This is kind of a tough one to choose,
• 34:30
  Speaker 3: you know. Caden Veldman came to mind. You know, I
• 34:35
  Speaker 3: can't really put Kyler Stirk because he started the whole
• 34:37
  Speaker 3: year last year and did pretty well. You know, maybe
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: Boyce Robertson. But there's just when I saw him on
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: the basketball court, the things that he was doing, like
• 34:48
  Speaker 3: against Lyndon, like the stage the third three year state champions,
• 34:52
  Speaker 3: like him jumping up in blocking shots of guys that
• 34:54
  Speaker 3: are half a foot taller than him. I was like,
• 34:57
  Speaker 3: this guy's a freak like this. I can't wait till
• 34:59
  Speaker 3: he ca growing and does some stuff on the football field.
• 35:03
  Speaker 3: And I was just at the time, I was just
• 35:04
  Speaker 3: hoping he was a football player. I don't think he's
• 35:06
  Speaker 3: ever suited up for a varsity game, and I think
• 35:08
  Speaker 3: he can come out and just be like, Holy cow,
• 35:11
  Speaker 3: where did this guy come from? I think he's so
• 35:13
  Speaker 3: dynamic and he's going to open a lot of eyes.
• 35:17
  Speaker 3: But he's not. But like you said, he's not going
• 35:18
  Speaker 3: to surprise a lot of people because of that last name.
• 35:20
  Speaker 3: I think that I think it's just going to be like, oh, yeah,
• 35:23
  Speaker 3: that's that's Jamison right there, you know, just a smaller version.
• 35:26
  Speaker 3: And I think that I think he can you know,
• 35:30
  Speaker 3: if he doesn't win the quarterback spot, he'll be on
• 35:32
  Speaker 3: the field THAT'ST eleven and Coach Turp will find interesting
• 35:35
  Speaker 3: ways to get him the ball because he's going to
• 35:38
  Speaker 3: make plays and get first downs and score touchdowns.
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it really would not surprise me one bit. I
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: mean it just I guess it wouldn't. It's surprises me
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: to see that name because I figured maybe you'd go
• 35:49
  Speaker 2: you know, maybe you'd go Eli Mayberry because because yeah,
• 35:51
  Speaker 2: sure he played, but breakout is not you know, just
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: because he played a little bit doesn't mean breakout. Right,
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: So yeah, let's take a look at the schedule, Jewel Tyler,
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: and they start off with Vancouver College, a team full
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: of grown men that are you know, off taking lectures
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: and stuff. No, Vancouver College out of British Columbia, a
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: school that has played quite a few times I believe
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: in Watkom County over the years.
• 36:15
  Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, they're they're they're traditionally one of the better
• 36:18
  Speaker 3: teams up there. So you know, and from what I've
• 36:22
  Speaker 3: been told a lot of times, these Canadian teams, they
• 36:25
  Speaker 3: come down, they look the part, but they're just not
• 36:27
  Speaker 3: They don't know the game very well. But as far
• 36:29
  Speaker 3: as I know from their coaching staff, from what I've
• 36:32
  Speaker 3: been told, these guys will be ready and they know
• 36:34
  Speaker 3: the game, so it'll be a really good challenge right
• 36:36
  Speaker 3: off the bat.
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and Vancouver College over the years, I've seen them
• 36:39
  Speaker 2: play oday, I've seen them play at the Eastern Washington
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: team camp quite a few times. And yeah, at thease
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: You're Wathington team camp. It's always hard at that camp
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: because especially when you have teams from out of state
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: or you know, in British Columbia, it's always hard because
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: you never know where they're at in their season, you
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: know what I mean, And so maybe a team from Idaho,
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: who knows, Maybe they've had four weeks of camp, you
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: know what I mean, and so maybe they've got more
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: work in and such. But there's been a couple of
• 37:08
  Speaker 2: years where Vancouver College looked, i mean, really really tough
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: out at Eastern that's a home game on It's Friday,
• 37:17
  Speaker 2: the sixth of September. That is a seven pm game,
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: and then they hit the road for a game at
• 37:22
  Speaker 2: North Kitsap. Now, I think North Kidsap is going to
• 37:26
  Speaker 2: be down a little bit from what they have been,
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: but I still think they're going to be a very
• 37:30
  Speaker 2: good football team. And then they come home for Okanagan,
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: the defending state champions, so that'll be an interesting one.
• 37:38
  Speaker 2: Then they get back to back because they get Lakes
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: had a Nine Mile Falls who lost in the state
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: championship game and you know, got a little revenge maybe
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: if you will. That's a team that loses quite a bit.
• 37:49
  Speaker 2: So it'll be interesting to see what happens with Lake
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: Lakes sided. Nine Mile Falls is one of those interesting
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: places because it's it's basically part of Spokane. Yeah, but
• 38:00
  Speaker 2: it's it's kind of like it's on the outside of
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: Spokane where more and more people are wanting to move to,
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: you know, because they want to be close to Spokane,
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: but they don't want to be in Spokane, right, you know.
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: And I mean it's very Linden in a way, you
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: know what I mean, Like it's, hey, we want to
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: be part of Bellingham, or we want to be close
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: to Bellingham, but we don't want to be in Bellingham.
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: We want to be, you know, somewhere outside. So very interesting.
• 38:24
  Speaker 3: You might see them be become a two A teams
• 38:26
  Speaker 3: at some point just because the.
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: Growth maybe I would think they probably will. I don't
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: know where they're at numbers wise, but it's one of
• 38:31
  Speaker 2: those ones that they're eventually they're going to just have
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: to grow into it. But really that's a program that
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: I don't want to say they should be able to
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: just reload because you just kind of never know about
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: the actual talent. Just because you have numbers doesn't necessarily
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: mean you have talent. But that's a school that I
• 38:48
  Speaker 2: think is going to consist and they consistently are one
• 38:51
  Speaker 2: of the better programs. But that's the school that I
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: think is going to be able to sustain some things
• 38:54
  Speaker 2: here going forward. Then they come home, or excuse me,
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: Then they go on the road for their first league
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: game that's at Blaine. That's one that you talked about
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: potentially being a you know, in the trench's tough, physical game.
• 39:10
  Speaker 2: And then they get their last non conference game of
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: the year that is at Sea Home. That is a
• 39:16
  Speaker 2: I assume it's a Saturday, but it's a one pm
• 39:18
  Speaker 2: game at Civic Stadium. So Tyler, I know you're excited
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: for that because you get it. You're gonna you're gonna
• 39:24
  Speaker 2: get an opportunity to go to it. But then they
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: finished it off with home versus Mount Baker at Meridian
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: home versus Nooksack Valley. That is a three game stretch
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: right there. That's I mean, who knows it could tell
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: you a lot about their season.
• 39:39
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's going to be really tough. I am very
• 39:41
  Speaker 3: intrigued by that Sea Home game. You're right for many reasons,
• 39:45
  Speaker 3: Walking County versus Walk County coach Turp was at Sea
• 39:48
  Speaker 3: Home coaching for a long time. And I could be wrong.
• 39:55
  Speaker 3: I don't think Seahome and Linen Christian have played a
• 39:57
  Speaker 3: football game ever. Really, I really can't. I just can't
• 40:02
  Speaker 3: picture in my head. But I, like I said, I
• 40:06
  Speaker 3: could be wrong, but I just don't. I just don't
• 40:09
  Speaker 3: see it in my head. So that's gonna be really interesting.
• 40:13
  Speaker 3: I'm really excited about that. So we'll see. But I
• 40:18
  Speaker 3: think it's I think that's a really really cool game
• 40:20
  Speaker 3: and a good test for both teams because you know,
• 40:23
  Speaker 3: I think that I think that these are two teams
• 40:25
  Speaker 3: that have a lot of talent. And again, I think
• 40:28
  Speaker 3: that's gonna fill up Civic Stadium pretty well on a
• 40:30
  Speaker 3: Saturday afternoon. And yeah, you're absolutely right. I mean i
• 40:33
  Speaker 3: I'm like, oh, this is this will be fun. I'm
• 40:35
  Speaker 3: going to go out to this for sure. So uh yeah,
• 40:38
  Speaker 3: it's a it's a tough schedule, but like you said,
• 40:40
  Speaker 3: North kidsap Okanagan Lakeside, Nyemouth Falls. These are teams that
• 40:43
  Speaker 3: made huge runs in the playoffs.
• 40:44
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, so, I mean seems that have been
• 40:47
  Speaker 2: doing it for a few years now, getting consistently to
• 40:50
  Speaker 2: the state tournament. You know.
• 40:51
  Speaker 3: Yeah, maybe maybe van maybe Vancouver College makes a big
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: run in the provincials. Who knows. I don't no idea,
• 40:56
  Speaker 3: but but I mean that's I mean, this is this
• 40:59
  Speaker 3: could be the toughest long league schedule in the county.
• 41:03
  Speaker 2: And yeah, I mean, especially when you throw Sea Home
• 41:06
  Speaker 2: into the mix, right exactly.
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: So they're gonna they're gonna try to prove themselves all
• 41:12
  Speaker 3: season long and they'll be battle tested. If they can
• 41:14
  Speaker 3: get into the round of thirty two and then keep playing, uh,
• 41:17
  Speaker 3: they're gonna be They're gonna have earned it, that's for sure.
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that is a heck of a non
• 41:23
  Speaker 2: conference schedule, that's for sure. I Mean I didn't even
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: think about it until you just kind of said it
• 41:28
  Speaker 2: right there, as like, yeah, actually, you're right, Tyler, that
• 41:30
  Speaker 2: is wow. I mean that's heavy and duty. But you know,
• 41:34
  Speaker 2: those are games also that as far as getting to
• 41:37
  Speaker 2: the state tournament technically do not matter. So you know,
• 41:41
  Speaker 2: why not challenge yourself. I mean, look what they did
• 41:43
  Speaker 2: last year by playing Napa Vine, you know what I mean,
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: like worked out pretty well for them. Yeah, let's see Tyler.
• 41:50
  Speaker 2: Is that it we got anything else?
• 41:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah? I just again that that that that schedule we
• 41:55
  Speaker 3: were just touching on. But if you look at you know,
• 41:57
  Speaker 3: if a team like Okanagan or Lakeside, Now I'm out
• 42:00
  Speaker 3: falls and there and and they're you know, two guys
• 42:02
  Speaker 3: that are doing the same thing on their side, They're
• 42:04
  Speaker 3: looking at Andy, going, man, we're playing Lynn and Christian.
• 42:06
  Speaker 3: They're pretty good. So that's you know, that's kind of
• 42:08
  Speaker 3: the other side of that, right, It's it's, uh, you know,
• 42:11
  Speaker 3: they're gonna look at Lynn and Christian and think, you
• 42:13
  Speaker 3: know this, these guys are pretty darn good every year,
• 42:16
  Speaker 3: So it kind of it kind of goes both ways.
• 42:18
  Speaker 5: But yeah, I I think that I think, how do
• 42:23
  Speaker 5: I put this? I think it's the team that we'll
• 42:25
  Speaker 5: see a kind of kind of along with Linden, maybe
• 42:29
  Speaker 5: a team that will see a.
• 42:30
  Speaker 3: Lot of first year varsity starters but still have pretty
• 42:34
  Speaker 3: high expectations for you know what I mean. And that's
• 42:38
  Speaker 3: I think that's what's going to be interesting with them.
• 42:41
  Speaker 3: There's you know, Trey Bosman has a lot of experience,
• 42:44
  Speaker 3: Mick Owen, Hollis Owen. But there's you know, there's just
• 42:47
  Speaker 3: not a ton after that. And and but you know,
• 42:53
  Speaker 3: and I don't look at the JV records or anything.
• 42:55
  Speaker 3: I don't know what's going on, but I just know
• 42:58
  Speaker 3: that Lynn and Christian is really tough year in and
• 43:01
  Speaker 3: year out. I really liked the coaching staff. I think
• 43:04
  Speaker 3: that I think that you're you know, like I said,
• 43:06
  Speaker 3: people have come up to me and go, I don't know,
• 43:09
  Speaker 3: I think they're down. They lost a lot of guys. Well,
• 43:11
  Speaker 3: the one thing I can say is, yes, they did
• 43:13
  Speaker 3: lose a lot of guys. But we just don't know
• 43:16
  Speaker 3: about these guys coming up, and from what I've seen
• 43:18
  Speaker 3: from other sports, I think they'll be pretty darn good.
• 43:22
  Speaker 3: And uh, we'll just have to wait and see. And
• 43:24
  Speaker 3: you know, the season starts really quickly, and I can't wait.
• 43:27
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I got a feeling they're gonna find a way.
• 43:29
  Speaker 2: I just do. By the way, Tyler, we'll get we'll
• 43:33
  Speaker 2: get into it more of the week of the game.
• 43:34
  Speaker 2: But the Okanagan does have a young man that's committed
• 43:37
  Speaker 2: to Boise State.
• 43:38
  Speaker 3: By the way, oh Wow, there you go.
• 43:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah six, oh yeah, listed as a tight end. By
• 43:45
  Speaker 2: the way, he's.
• 43:46
  Speaker 3: His name Cayden Stite.
• 43:48
  Speaker 2: He make a little east Side stit, but yeah, I
• 43:54
  Speaker 2: mean anything else. Tyler will be done.
• 43:56
  Speaker 3: We're done.
• 43:57
  Speaker 2: We are done already. Well he is Tyler Andrews and
• 44:00
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• 44:03
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• 44:08
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• 44:11
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