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Whatcom Preps Podcast Episode 396 - Gatorade Gameday Football Preview - State Semifinals · Whatcom Preps Podcast

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Speaker 1: This is Lynn Christian Senior Boys Robertson, and you're listening
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Speaker 1: to the walk and Preps Podcast with Tyler Anderson Bill Links.
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Speaker 2: Greetings, and welcome to the Gatorade Game Day Preview on
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Speaker 2: the Walkham Preps Podcast. This is episode three and ninety six,
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Speaker 2: and I am Tyler Anderson with Walkham Preps and we're
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Speaker 2: gonna recap all four games from this past weekend involving
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Speaker 2: Walkham County teams and we're also going to preview the
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Speaker 2: two state semi final matchups. Got to give it thank
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Speaker 2: you to Lynnon Christians senior Boyce Robertson for the intro.
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Speaker 2: Holy cowa. That kid has been making plays left and right,
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Speaker 2: not just this year, but last year as well. All
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Speaker 2: State receiver last year. Pretty sure it's gonna happen again
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Speaker 2: this year. Already, with twenty receiving touchdowns this season, only
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Speaker 2: three players in Walker County history have hit that mark
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Speaker 2: in a season. Yeah, pretty pretty incredible. Bryce Vandenhawk from
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Speaker 2: Meridian did it in twenty seventeen. He was the first
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Speaker 2: to do it, Andre Watson did it last year with
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Speaker 2: twenty four, and Boyce Robertson this year. So incredible numbers.
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Speaker 2: Incredible kid, incredible athlete, So congratulations to him as his
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Speaker 2: team the links move forward. Also, I got to give
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Speaker 2: it congratulations to Mount Baker senior Toka tiggle Out on
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Speaker 2: winning the Week twelve Pepsi Play of the Week with
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Speaker 2: his forty five yard touchdown run late in the fourth
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Speaker 2: quarter against Omak. He won a case of Gatorade thanks
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Speaker 2: and it's NW officials dot com. Okay, let's talk some football.
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Speaker 2: We have four games to talk about from this past
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Speaker 2: weekend and that's kind of let's go over there. Let's
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Speaker 2: go over those games in chronological order. The first game
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Speaker 2: that took place on Saturday was at noon out at
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Speaker 2: Blaine High Schools. Mount Baker defeated Omak thirty two to
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Speaker 2: twenty two in a game that was a lot of
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Speaker 2: back and forth. I mean it was kind of first
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Speaker 2: quarter belonged to Omac, second quarter belonged to Baker, third
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Speaker 2: quarter belonged to Omac, fourth quarter belonged to Baker. I
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Speaker 2: mean that's kind of how it went. But when Baker
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Speaker 2: had their quarters where they just played that much better
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Speaker 2: to where they were able to get the win. The
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Speaker 2: you know, the Omac Pioneers were coming off a big
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Speaker 2: win off against Rochester where they won fourteen to twelve
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Speaker 2: in the game where they you know, were probably not favored,
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Speaker 2: so they're you know, they were riding high and Mount
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Speaker 2: Baker had a bye week and so they were it
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Speaker 2: was kind of a slow start. Omac came out and
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Speaker 2: just ran the ball, ran the ball, ran the ball,
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Speaker 2: ran the ball, and scored raft back and then go
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Speaker 2: and then went for two and scored and that's kind
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Speaker 2: of what they do. They go for two all the time.
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Speaker 2: But it showed the dominance that they had despite being
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Speaker 2: shut out a few weeks prior at Mountain Baker. So
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Speaker 2: you know, you go a whole game with Mount Baker
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Speaker 2: without scoring point and then you go down and you
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Speaker 2: just done the field and score touchdown and a two
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Speaker 2: point conversion to begin the game. And it was kind
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Speaker 2: of like, okay, you know, they came to play Baker
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Speaker 2: bed to'd be ready as well, and Bryce Cooper broke
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Speaker 2: off a big run early, but it was only but
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Speaker 2: once they got inside the ten yard line, they just
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Speaker 2: couldn't you know, get a first down or I should
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Speaker 2: say a touchdown. After that, settled for a field goal
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Speaker 2: and Knox Smith with a twenty six yard field goal.
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Speaker 2: Yeah it was. It was. It was kind of back
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Speaker 2: and forth, but Mount Baker was able to put some
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Speaker 2: some strong drives together in this in the second quarter,
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Speaker 2: both of them ending with Toga Tigelau touchdown runs, both
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Speaker 2: on the zero wedge right up the middle, and you
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Speaker 2: know his second is the first one was from six
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Speaker 2: yards out and I was, you know, I'm pretty sure
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Speaker 2: it was you know, we'll run this play twice to
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Speaker 2: get six yards, but they got it all in that
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Speaker 2: one run. And then the second one was just a
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Speaker 2: one yard touchdown run where they were ready for it,
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Speaker 2: but he was able to reach across the goal line
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Speaker 2: and uh, just for a split second, just get the
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Speaker 2: all across boom and that's all the refs need to
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Speaker 2: lift up their hands in signal touchdown. Omak does score
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Speaker 2: before the half, and it was a It was an
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Speaker 2: eighteen fourteen to Mount Baker lead at halftime, so much
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Speaker 2: closer than the game they had earlier in the In
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Speaker 2: the third quarter, it was kind of back and forth,
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Speaker 2: not a lot going on, but then Mount Baker had
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Speaker 2: to punt, and yeah, it was. It did not go well.
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Speaker 2: As right as the punter punted the ball, I mean
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Speaker 2: as soon as it happened. It was just engulfed into
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Speaker 2: the mid section of an Omac Pioneer where he just
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Speaker 2: grabbed it, never broke stride, kept running and he went
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Speaker 2: untouched forty seven yards for a touchdown. They go for
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Speaker 2: two and get it, so that meant that they were
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Speaker 2: up twenty two to eighteen going into the fourth quarter.
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Speaker 2: So what I loved about Mount Baker's resilience here is
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Speaker 2: that after that play, they you know, that could that
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Speaker 2: could really demoralize a team. I mean, that could shift
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Speaker 2: the momentum so much, and they can right back drove
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Speaker 2: down the field, had a big pass to jet Ross
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Speaker 2: in double coverage where he jumped up and over both guys,
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Speaker 2: caught it at the five yard line. Very next play,
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Speaker 2: go to jet Ross again, touchdown, and that, you know,
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Speaker 2: that showed me a lot. That showed Okay, they just
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Speaker 2: went right past that. They you know, sixteen and seventeen
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Speaker 2: year old kids there are are not supposed to get
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Speaker 2: right past that. But they they believed in themselves and
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Speaker 2: they knew, okay, that was a fluky play. Let's go
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Speaker 2: down and do what we're capable of doing. And they
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Speaker 2: went and did it. And that's a huge edge that
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Speaker 2: Mount Baker can have in this and they did that,
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Speaker 2: and then Omax driving and they were stopped. They were
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Speaker 2: I think the score is twenty five to twenty two
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Speaker 2: Mount Baker. Now about five minutes to go and Omax
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Speaker 2: driving on Mount Baker's side of the field. They go
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Speaker 2: for it on fourth and two or something like that
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Speaker 2: or fourth and three, and they're stopped and it's so
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Speaker 2: close and had to bring the chains out and it's
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Speaker 2: short and that was huge. So Mount Baker's just gonna
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Speaker 2: run some clock. They get past the fifty yard line,
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Speaker 2: they got a third and about six from the forty
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Speaker 2: five going in, and they went with the zero wedge
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Speaker 2: once again and it broke open. Toga Tiglau goes all
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Speaker 2: the way forty five yards for a touchdown and that
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Speaker 2: really salted the game away because then Omac had a
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Speaker 2: resort to passing that's not really their forte kel run
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Speaker 2: goes in there, gets a bunch of sacks and that
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Speaker 2: that basically ended it. Mount Baker moves on to the
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Speaker 2: semi finals and we will talk to coach Lepper later
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Speaker 2: on this podcast. Well, we'll talk about that semifinal matchup.
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Speaker 2: In the game, Mount Baker ran for two hundred and
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Speaker 2: sixty seven yards, passed for one hundred and fifteen. Bryce
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Speaker 2: Cooper sixteen carries for one hundred yards even knowing Nicole
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Speaker 2: Mills eleven carries for fifty two yards. Toka Tiglau three
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Speaker 2: carries for fifty two yards. All three ended up in touchdowns.
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Speaker 2: Gage Smick's Gage Smith six carries for thirty four yards.
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Speaker 2: Came to Moas seven carries for twenty nine yards. He
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Speaker 2: did miss a big chunk of the game with an
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Speaker 2: ankle injury, but I think he came back and played
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Speaker 2: a little bit at one point, so I'm pretty sure
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Speaker 2: he'll be ready to go in the semi finals. He's
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Speaker 2: a big, big part of what they do. Toka tik
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Speaker 2: about nine of eighteen through the air for one hundred
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Speaker 2: and fifteen yards and the touchdown passed a jet Ross
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Speaker 2: who caught five passes for sixty two yards. Kel Reardon
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Speaker 2: with two catches for forty three yards. That tight end
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Speaker 2: drag was working there for a little bit, flipped the
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Speaker 2: field at one point on a huge play. Gage Smith
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Speaker 2: two catches for ten yards. On the defensive side of
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Speaker 2: the ball. Jet Ross led them with eleven and a
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Speaker 2: half tackles, two tackles for loss, and a forced fumble,
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Speaker 2: and playing against a run heavy team like that, the
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Speaker 2: usual safety will come up and be kind of that
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Speaker 2: fourth linebacker did a great job doing that. Kel Reardon
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Speaker 2: ten tackles and three quarterback sacks causing all sorts of disruption.
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Speaker 2: Zion pegli A seven tackles, one forced fumble, a pass
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Speaker 2: broken up, and a fumble recovery. That kid every single
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Speaker 2: week just amazes me and how much he's been improving
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Speaker 2: all year. Aaron Torres Beast seven tackles, half of a sack.
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Speaker 2: Jeremiah Sheridan also a best six and a half tackles,
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Speaker 2: a tackle for loss and half a sack. So a
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Speaker 2: lot of good things on the defensive side of the ball.
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Speaker 2: Know one n Cole Mills had five tackles. He also
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Speaker 2: deflected a couple passes, so great all around team defense
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Speaker 2: as well, and just a great, you know, overall performance.
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Speaker 2: Like I said, Mount Baker, we'll move on to the
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Speaker 2: semi finals. Well, we'll talk about that matchup in a
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Speaker 2: little bit. Next up, though, we will go east of
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Speaker 2: the Mountains to Clayson Field in Yakama, where Lyndon took
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Speaker 2: on East Valley of Yakima, and the season came to
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Speaker 2: a close. I mean that East Valley team. This was
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Speaker 2: a very very even game. I mean it was it
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Speaker 2: was back and forth, back and forth, lead changes, and
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Speaker 2: you know, it came down to the very end where
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Speaker 2: you know, East Valley was up by three points. Linden's
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Speaker 2: driving and I'm sorry East Valley was driving. And it
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Speaker 2: was kind of the same thing as that Omac game
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Speaker 2: where they had a fourth and two. It's really close.
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Speaker 2: They bring out the chain game and you know, if
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Speaker 2: they pick up the first down, they basically the game's over.
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Speaker 2: They win if they If they don't, Linden's got a chance.
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Speaker 2: And boy watching it and I was watching it on
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Speaker 2: the video and it's so for a split second, you
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Speaker 2: see Lynden jumping up and down and they're excited and
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Speaker 2: they're celebrating, and and all of a sudden it goes
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Speaker 2: the other way and East Valley is jumping up and down.
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Speaker 2: And so it was that close. You know, the tip
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Speaker 2: of the football not reaching the stick. I mean, that's
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Speaker 2: that's about as probably as close as it gets. Lynnen
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Speaker 2: goes down twenty seven to twenty four. Lucaslaugi had himself
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Speaker 2: one heck of a game. He passed for two touchdowns
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Speaker 2: ran in a third. Those were the three Linden touchdowns.
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Speaker 2: Lucas Laugi had eighteen carries for one hundred and sixty
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Speaker 2: nine yards and the two touchdowns. Max Osinc. Eleven carries
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Speaker 2: for forty two yards. Dawson van Dalen had ten yards
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Speaker 2: on four carries. Lucas Lolgi also fourteen of nineteen through
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Speaker 2: the air for a couple of touchdowns and one hundred
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Speaker 2: and thirty three yards. Sam Morango six catches for seventy
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Speaker 2: three yards and two touchdowns. Brody Price had three catches.
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Speaker 2: Gordy Bedlington max Osink each had a couple catches and
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Speaker 2: Lofa Tigelau had to catch as well. On the defensive
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Speaker 2: side of the ball, max Osinc. Six and a half tackles,
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Speaker 2: one tackle for loss, a fumble recovery. Malachai Canan had
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Speaker 2: eight tackles and Zach Daksher had three and a half tackles,
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Speaker 2: two of them behind the line of scrimmage. It was
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Speaker 2: it's tough, you know, it's a third year in a
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Speaker 2: row that Lindon is ousted in the in the quarterfinals,
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Speaker 2: and it's just It's weird to say, but it's odd
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Speaker 2: for them just so many deep runs over the years
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Speaker 2: into the state playoffs and for them to end it
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Speaker 2: in the quarterfinals for three years in a row is
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Speaker 2: just it's just weird. But you run into these kinds
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Speaker 2: of teams. This Red Devil team out of East Valley
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Speaker 2: was a group that you know, been had seen this
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Speaker 2: coming since they were in their youth. You know, it's
12:14
Speaker 2: been the same coaches, the same players, and now it's
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Speaker 2: very senior heavy and this was their this is their
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Speaker 2: year to do it. So they'll be going up against
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Speaker 2: Tumwater and and Linden will be going home. And like
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Speaker 2: I said, it's just a it's just a weird deal.
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Speaker 2: But what an amazing year by the Lions who had
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Speaker 2: to deal with so many injuries and you know, stay
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Speaker 2: afloat and go through that tough conference, make the state playoffs,
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Speaker 2: finished the year nine and three. It's it was just
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Speaker 2: it was a really strong year. I mean that's you know,
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Speaker 2: despite all those things, and they're gonna look really really
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Speaker 2: sharp next year. I mean, you look at the scoring here,
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Speaker 2: Lolgry scored, Malachi Canaan, Sam Morango, everybody who scored points
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Speaker 2: they're all coming back next year. So this East Valley team,
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Speaker 2: I'm sorry, this Lennen team is is poised to make
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Speaker 2: another deep run next year. And but for the seniors,
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Speaker 2: you know, it's it's tough, but that's you know, that's
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Speaker 2: just it just ended that way, and that's that, and
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Speaker 2: it's a it's a really tough road, but a great
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Speaker 2: year by Blake Van Dalen and his staff and his
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Speaker 2: players and and they just always do such a great job.
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Speaker 2: The next game was out at Blaine High School, Lennon
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Speaker 2: Christian defeating Monta Seo fifty six to thirty five. Pretty
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Speaker 2: you know, you could tell Elsie had the edge early on,
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Speaker 2: I mean earlierly on. It was Montseeno who did very
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Speaker 2: much like what Omak did, drove down the field, quickly
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Speaker 2: scored a touchdown right away, and it was it almost
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Speaker 2: looked like those ten twelve fifteen plays were scripted, because
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Speaker 2: they after the play they got, they quickly lined up
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Speaker 2: ran the next play. Everything was so precise and machine like,
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Speaker 2: and it was, you know, it was looking really good.
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Speaker 2: They went right down there and scored. They looked awesome.
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Speaker 2: But you know, right away, Lynny Christian notices one on
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Speaker 2: one matchup with Boyce Robertson on the outside, called to
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Speaker 2: play for a slant and he just, you know, you
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Speaker 2: can't cover Boyce Robertson one on one. It just it,
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Speaker 2: you know, twenty receiving touchdowns, you know, in basically ten games,
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Speaker 2: and so right off the bat, sixty five yard touchdown
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Speaker 2: passed him. He caught another one where he was double covered,
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Speaker 2: but he kind of ran a slant go or a
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Speaker 2: slant corner and uh, you know, kind of made one
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Speaker 2: movement a second move really quickly goes up the end zone,
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Speaker 2: high points the ball for a twenty one yard touchdown catch.
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Speaker 2: Montasano comes back with a really nifty screenplay where he
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Speaker 2: cut it to the outside and there was just this
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Speaker 2: big wall where between you know, he had about five
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Speaker 2: yards to roam between the wall and the out of
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Speaker 2: bounds and he just it was like a hallway basically
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Speaker 2: to the end zone. So the Bulldogs score there and
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Speaker 2: it's fourteen fourteen at that point. I mean, it was
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Speaker 2: pretty pretty even Lindy Christian drives down that some penalties
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Speaker 2: kick them back a little bit, so they have a
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Speaker 2: third and twenty nine from the thirty yard line and
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Speaker 2: no problem. Eli Maybury over the top to Dawson Heintz
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Speaker 2: for a thirty yard touchdown. And I believe it was
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Speaker 2: right after that play when the kickoff went right off
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Speaker 2: one of the upmen and came right back to Lyndon
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Speaker 2: Christian's kicker, Jackson Yune, who falls on it. Lenny Christian
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Speaker 2: gets another short field drives down score touchdown Eli Mayberry
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Speaker 2: to Caden Veldman. That was a six yard touchdown pass.
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Speaker 2: The ensuing kickoff returned for a touchdown by Montesano. So
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Speaker 2: there's all these little interesting plays that it's keeping Montiseno
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Speaker 2: in it. And it was twenty eight twenty one at
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Speaker 2: the half, but it was all Lindy Christian in the
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Speaker 2: second half, well, I should say the third quarter. It
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Speaker 2: was another single coverage on Isaiah or I keep saying
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Speaker 2: Isaiah Robertson. That's the old La Ram linebacker from the seventies.
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Speaker 2: For crying out loud voice. Robert was on the outside
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Speaker 2: single coverage. They just do it quick out to him
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Speaker 2: and just say make a move, and he just makes
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Speaker 2: a juke one guy's you know, makes one guy miss
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Speaker 2: and then no one can catch him. So it's a
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Speaker 2: fifty yard touchdown by him, Trayson Johnson with a one
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Speaker 2: yard touchdown run. Really really hard to tackle him. I
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Speaker 2: was talking to coach Turpstra about I feel like, and
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Speaker 2: he hasn't ran the ball a ton of times this year,
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Speaker 2: maybe forty times something like that for fifty times, but
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Speaker 2: I feel like half of them the whistle blows with
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Speaker 2: him still standing, like he doesn't actually get brought down.
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Speaker 2: It's just his forward progress gets stopped or or he
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Speaker 2: eventually gets pushed out of bounds or something, because he's
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Speaker 2: just so hard to bring down. He's just that's such
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Speaker 2: a strong kid. So Trason Johnson scores the one yard
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Speaker 2: touchdown run and then a great pass from Eli Maybray
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Speaker 2: to Jackson Houliott for a twenty nine yard touchdown reception,
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Speaker 2: and just like that, it was forty nine to twenty
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Speaker 2: one going into the fourth quarter. So it looked a
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Speaker 2: lot better for Lenny Christian. Monusno does do some great
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Speaker 2: in the fourth quarter, gets a couple of touchdown passes,
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Speaker 2: but then Lindy Christian gets the ball back at the
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Speaker 2: end and you know they're looking at it and they go, okay,
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Speaker 2: you're only down by two scores. So they just ran
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Speaker 2: out the clock. Chris Coyman over over and over and
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Speaker 2: over and over again down the field, and then on
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Speaker 2: the final play of the drive, Maybury keeps it and
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Speaker 2: runs it in himself. So Eli Maybury threw for six touchdowns,
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Speaker 2: ran in another one, and Lenny Christian wins fifty six
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Speaker 2: to thirty five. Lenny Christian, Sam do it again, not
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Speaker 2: Sam Coyman. Chris Coyman ran them ball thirty times for
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Speaker 2: one hundred and seventy yards. That's a huge game. Didn't
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Speaker 2: get into the end zone, but did all the dirty
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Speaker 2: work and moved the chains for them. That put him
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Speaker 2: over that for this season, which means he broke the
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Speaker 2: school record for rushing yards in a season with over
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Speaker 2: twelve hundred now on the year. It was a record
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Speaker 2: that I believe Brian Beld held for twenty years at least,
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Speaker 2: so very very impressive. Chris Coyman, What a what a year,
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Speaker 2: what a game, and he's just looking for more. He
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Speaker 2: runs hungry. Trey Johnson eight carries for thirty yards and
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Speaker 2: the touchdown. Eli Mayberry eighteen of twenty three for three
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Speaker 2: hundred and forty yards, six touchdowns and a touchdown run.
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Speaker 2: I mean, it's just his He's so efficient, and that's
18:31
Speaker 2: that's the crazy thing. It's like all year he's been
18:35
Speaker 2: over seventy percent completion percentage, which you know would be
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Speaker 2: a Walkam County record. No one's ever surpassed seventy percent,
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Speaker 2: and he's done it all year and every game he's
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Speaker 2: like that. He's like eighteen for twenty three. I mean,
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Speaker 2: come on, you know. So it's what an impressive kid,
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Speaker 2: an impressive game, and for him to score that final touchdown,
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Speaker 2: it was great. Robertson seven catches for one hundred and
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Speaker 2: eighty two yards and three touchdowns. Cayden Veldman five catches
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Speaker 2: for fifty four yards and a touchdown, Chris Coyman two
19:08
Speaker 2: catches for thirty six yards. Wyatt Campus had two catches,
19:11
Speaker 2: and then like I said earlier, Dawson Heinz and Jackson
19:14
Speaker 2: Julia each had a touchdown reception as well. You look
19:17
Speaker 2: on the defensive side of the ball, Cayden Veldman no surprise,
19:20
Speaker 2: nine tackles, a tackle for loss, a pass deflected. He
19:24
Speaker 2: was named the Northwest Conference one A Defensive Player of
19:27
Speaker 2: the Year, and you just see what he can do.
19:31
Speaker 2: Playing most of the year as an edge guy, got
19:33
Speaker 2: moved to the inside after they you know, there were
19:35
Speaker 2: some injuries and different things, so they kind of restructured
19:38
Speaker 2: their defense a little bit. He gets moved the inside
19:40
Speaker 2: and still doing a wonderful job. So he pretty much,
19:44
Speaker 2: you know, he was the main wrecker on the defensive
19:46
Speaker 2: side of the ball, and Lenny Christian moves on to
19:49
Speaker 2: now play Royal, where you know a lot of people
19:52
Speaker 2: were saying Royal and Linny Christian two best teams in
19:54
Speaker 2: the state. They'll probably meet in the state championship. Well,
19:57
Speaker 2: they're going to meet a week earlier and it will
20:00
Speaker 2: be out at Royal High School, so you know that
20:04
Speaker 2: will happen. It'll be happening at the exact same time
20:06
Speaker 2: as the Mount Baker Kashmir game, so you know, you
20:10
Speaker 2: can kind of, you know, pick your poison when will
20:12
Speaker 2: be on the radio. They'll both be streaming on NFHS,
20:16
Speaker 2: so so yeah, so you can you can check them
20:19
Speaker 2: both that or you can you know, go over the
20:21
Speaker 2: mountains and check one of them out. But it's gonna
20:24
Speaker 2: be it's gonna be fantastic. We'll talk to coach turf
20:26
Speaker 2: Show a little later on in this podcast and get
20:29
Speaker 2: his thoughts on the game that was just played and
20:32
Speaker 2: the matchup coming up. And so let us move on
20:36
Speaker 2: to the last game of the weekend, and that was
20:41
Speaker 2: Sea Home at Archbishop Murphy. And to talk about that game,
20:46
Speaker 2: we're gonna go into the coach's corner with Jeff Wood.
20:49
Speaker 2: Coach Wood was at that game. Coach, how you doing.
20:52
Speaker 4: Oh, I'm doing all right, Tyler, You're good.
20:56
Speaker 2: Much different game from when they played a few weeks ago.
20:59
Speaker 2: But see Holme was at full strength in this one,
21:02
Speaker 2: and See Home played really well. I mean they they
21:06
Speaker 2: had over four hundred yards of offense in this game,
21:08
Speaker 2: which I don't think a lot of teams can say
21:10
Speaker 2: against Archbishop Murphy, but the scoreboard might not reflect that.
21:15
Speaker 2: What did you see?
21:17
Speaker 4: Yeah, Seahome.
21:21
Speaker 5: Came out with a plan, especially on offense, and they
21:27
Speaker 5: got the ball, drove it down mostly all passing plays,
21:33
Speaker 5: and they had to be patient because Archbishop you know,
21:38
Speaker 5: just loaded with great athletes and players, and they were
21:41
Speaker 5: kind of just playing honest, making them, you know, dink
21:46
Speaker 5: and dunk a little bit, throw it over the middle,
21:48
Speaker 5: find those holes in the zone. And they were mixing
21:51
Speaker 5: some man coverage in too. But and then they you know,
21:57
Speaker 5: Nolan's hitting Hutey and he's hitting al Miller and all
22:01
Speaker 5: those receipts. They went four wide pretty much most of
22:04
Speaker 5: the game. Sometimes it was kind of the you know,
22:06
Speaker 5: the inside guys were more of the tight ends, like
22:09
Speaker 5: Carter Duckworth, but he was a stand up guy most
22:12
Speaker 5: of the time as well. And so Carter actually runs
22:15
Speaker 5: a seam pass from the inside kind of slot when
22:20
Speaker 5: they're on about the thirty five and Nolan hits him.
22:23
Speaker 5: He was in man coverage on that play and Nolan
22:25
Speaker 5: hits him, he you know, kind of dives for it,
22:28
Speaker 5: makes a catch lands goal line, one yard line. They
22:34
Speaker 5: called it the one yard line, and so they're first
22:37
Speaker 5: in goal from the one and they give it to
22:42
Speaker 5: Sawyer and Sawyer's kind of basically laying in the end zone,
22:46
Speaker 5: but they said he didn't get in. And then the
22:48
Speaker 5: next one he took another run. Sawyer went backwards a
22:52
Speaker 5: little bit, so they had a and then in completion,
22:55
Speaker 5: so it's fourth and goal from the from the Sessex
22:59
Speaker 5: Or and Nolan's looks for Theo. Theo's you know, kind
23:04
Speaker 5: of his well, he's got lots of main guys, but
23:07
Speaker 5: you know, Theo's kind of that taller receiver, and he
23:10
Speaker 5: was getting guarded by the gabalas kid who's going to
23:14
Speaker 5: Arizona next year, and that kid made a good play
23:18
Speaker 5: on the ball and intercepted it and took it back
23:23
Speaker 5: for a touchdown. So instead of being up seven nothing,
23:26
Speaker 5: they were down seven nothing after it, you know, a
23:29
Speaker 5: great drive, and so that's pretty pretty demoralizing. And then
23:37
Speaker 5: throughout the you know, throughout the half, they offensively kept
23:42
Speaker 5: moving the ball well and just couldn't come up with points. Defensively, uh,
23:49
Speaker 5: you know, it's pretty tough sledding against that wing tea
23:52
Speaker 5: attack with those offensive linemen and those backs and just
23:58
Speaker 5: the misdirection. They have a play where the gabalist comes
24:02
Speaker 5: around on a it's like a tight end kind of
24:06
Speaker 5: sweep counter and that one, that one's pretty effective along
24:10
Speaker 5: with you know, just your regular league play. And they
24:14
Speaker 5: hit a big trap for like a ninety yard ninety
24:18
Speaker 5: three yard touchdown right after Sea Home was on the
24:21
Speaker 5: seven yard line going for a touchdown. So it was
24:27
Speaker 5: it was, you know, so close, but then again not
24:32
Speaker 5: that close on the scoreboard, because yeah, defensively, they they
24:38
Speaker 5: were slowing them down at times, but at other times
24:42
Speaker 5: they were hitting some pretty big plays to the The
24:46
Speaker 5: Wildcats so but it was you know, it was probably
24:50
Speaker 5: I would say probably the best or the closest game
24:54
Speaker 5: Archbishops had all year, you know, looking at their scores
24:58
Speaker 5: of how how much they're blown teams teams out all season.
25:02
Speaker 5: So it was a credit to those Sea Home kids
25:04
Speaker 5: and the offensive game plan by the coaching staff to
25:09
Speaker 5: keep it close throughout the you know, first half and
25:14
Speaker 5: competitive and just you know, physically they were they were
25:18
Speaker 5: battling out there.
25:20
Speaker 2: Absolutely. I mean I watched the game online and it
25:24
Speaker 2: was it was you know, Nolan Wright had to make
25:27
Speaker 2: some quick decisions and he was so good at making decision,
25:31
Speaker 2: following through with it, getting the ball out quickly, throwing
25:34
Speaker 2: on the run. You know, he's a master at that.
25:36
Speaker 2: We've been seeing him do that forever, and I think
25:39
Speaker 2: coach Young was just saying, hey, just put the ball
25:41
Speaker 2: in our best player's hands and have him make plays.
25:44
Speaker 2: And he did make plays. I mean through for three
25:46
Speaker 2: hundred and eighty four yards and three touchdowns against a
25:49
Speaker 2: really good team. And it's just it's so crazy. How
25:55
Speaker 2: and I always say this about good teams. I was
25:57
Speaker 2: talking about this with the Linden volleyball team when I
25:59
Speaker 2: watched Lynnen volleyball. A lot of times what might happen
26:02
Speaker 2: is like I'll watch the first you know, ten or
26:05
Speaker 2: fifteen points without looking at the scoreboard, and I'll think
26:08
Speaker 2: to myself, Man, the other team is playing awesome. And
26:11
Speaker 2: I look up at the scoreboard and it's like twelve
26:14
Speaker 2: to four Lindon, and I'm thinking, wow, Like that's the
26:17
Speaker 2: sign of a good team. When the other team looks
26:19
Speaker 2: like they're playing really well and you look up at
26:21
Speaker 2: the scoreboard, you say, man, how could that be? And
26:23
Speaker 2: that's kind of what Archbishop did here and what they've
26:25
Speaker 2: done all year except for I think, like you said,
26:28
Speaker 2: this is probably the best out the best opponent they've
26:31
Speaker 2: had as far as the best challenge that they've had.
26:35
Speaker 2: I mean, they put up over four hundred yards of offense.
26:39
Speaker 2: I don't know if any team has done that against Archbishop.
26:41
Speaker 2: So that's really really impressive. They're going to be playing
26:45
Speaker 2: Ana Chordis this next week back at Goddard Stadium. Again,
26:48
Speaker 2: that's a rematch from earlier in the year. I want
26:51
Speaker 2: to say that was something like forty three to seven
26:54
Speaker 2: or forty one to three or it was something like that.
26:59
Speaker 2: So that'll be in string. But uh, you know, the
27:02
Speaker 2: Mariners second year in a row making the quarterfinals. It's
27:06
Speaker 2: the first time in school history that they've got made
27:08
Speaker 2: the state playoffs two years in a row. And to
27:10
Speaker 2: get to the quarterfinals two years in a row really
27:13
Speaker 2: says a lot about this group. You know this group
27:15
Speaker 2: pretty well. You teach a lot of them in class.
27:19
Speaker 2: You know, how did it how did it feel? As
27:21
Speaker 2: far as I mean, there was a lot of stuff
27:23
Speaker 2: going on during the week, you know, outside of the classroom,
27:26
Speaker 2: as it's been documented, But how were these kids during
27:29
Speaker 2: the week knowing that they were going against the top
27:31
Speaker 2: ranked team. I'm sure you talked to a few of
27:33
Speaker 2: them in the school.
27:35
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, they were honest.
27:37
Speaker 5: They knew they had a tough hill to climb, but
27:40
Speaker 5: they're good athletes and relished the challenge and they were
27:45
Speaker 5: out there hanging with that team.
27:47
Speaker 4: And that's that's so that's a lot to say about
27:51
Speaker 4: this group. It's a really good group.
27:54
Speaker 5: I mean, Cole Terrell was he was blocking the Seavers
27:58
Speaker 5: kid who's going to play at Wisconsin. Yeah, and he
28:04
Speaker 5: just he did a great job, you know, blocking him
28:07
Speaker 5: on the edge. And you know, Tyson Goodman and Lockey
28:12
Speaker 5: and uh hutty Neff like, uh, you know, he talked
28:17
Speaker 5: about just letting it all, letting it all out there,
28:20
Speaker 5: and that was that was all they could do. And
28:23
Speaker 5: they they hung around for a while, and it was
28:26
Speaker 5: kind of an end of an era, which is always
28:29
Speaker 5: you know, playing football, you know, very bittersweet and much
28:33
Speaker 5: more than other sports because you're never gonna probably some
28:36
Speaker 5: of them, some of them will play college football. But
28:39
Speaker 5: you know, those those guys that don't play after their
28:43
Speaker 5: senior year, that's necessarily the last time you ever put
28:46
Speaker 5: a helmet on her shoulder pads. And so it's pretty
28:50
Speaker 5: emotional and for those kids and those families, and just.
28:54
Speaker 4: A great run for that senior class.
28:58
Speaker 5: And there's some you know, there's some good juniors and
29:02
Speaker 5: sophomores in there, so they'll definitely be back. But I think, uh,
29:07
Speaker 5: you know, the pinnacle uh for the last couple of
29:10
Speaker 5: years has set a standard there for Sea Home, and
29:14
Speaker 5: that'll be that'll be the what all those next classes
29:19
Speaker 5: will try to strive for.
29:21
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I'm it's a good point you brought up about,
29:23
Speaker 2: you know, the last time you play, because it is
29:26
Speaker 2: it's crazy how quick it happens to you and you're right.
29:30
Speaker 2: It's not a sport where you know, there's rec league basketball,
29:34
Speaker 2: and there's there's even rec league. I mean there's slow
29:36
Speaker 2: pitch softball. But there's like hardball. You can play rec
29:38
Speaker 2: league hardball if you want baseball. Uh, there's a lot
29:42
Speaker 2: of leagues out there where you can continue playing as
29:44
Speaker 2: an adult. You just don't put on pats and helmet.
29:48
Speaker 2: Uh you know when you're in your twenties and thirties.
29:51
Speaker 2: I mean you can there's some there's some semi pro
29:54
Speaker 2: teams out there and different things like that. But it's
29:56
Speaker 2: just such a rare thing and and uh, it is
30:00
Speaker 2: crazy how it can end like that. It is a
30:03
Speaker 2: very special senior class. You know them well. I feel
30:06
Speaker 2: like we all know them well after these last few years.
30:09
Speaker 2: And and it's a it's a tough way to say goodbye.
30:12
Speaker 2: It's tough that they, you know, had to match up
30:14
Speaker 2: against the top team of the state two years in
30:16
Speaker 2: a row in the quarterfinals and that's just that's just
30:20
Speaker 2: a bummer. But you know, they they showed what they
30:23
Speaker 2: could do. They played you could say they played maybe
30:26
Speaker 2: the toughest schedule in two A and my goodness, they
30:32
Speaker 2: you know, they got seven wins out of the deal
30:34
Speaker 2: in a really, really tough schedule, so hats off to them. Coach,
30:38
Speaker 2: thank you so much for joining me. Do you have
30:40
Speaker 2: any final words to say before we move on.
30:44
Speaker 5: I mean, just great covering the the league this year.
30:51
Speaker 5: Lots of great players, great coaches, great fans, administrators supporting
30:59
Speaker 5: the league, the Walkin County teams, and congrats to We'll
31:04
Speaker 5: See and Baker for still staying alive and to all
31:08
Speaker 5: the all the teams and coaches throughout the year because
31:12
Speaker 5: it's a it's a great as we know, it's a
31:15
Speaker 5: very quality league throughout all levels, so it's it's always
31:21
Speaker 5: great to.
31:21
Speaker 4: Be associated with it. And to you for covering it.
31:24
Speaker 5: I mean, we don't have, you know, in this state,
31:28
Speaker 5: probably anybody that does it any better than you do.
31:31
Speaker 5: So those kids and families are lucky to have a
31:35
Speaker 5: welcome preps and you covering all the games and all
31:39
Speaker 5: the sports besides football too.
31:41
Speaker 2: Yeah. I appreciate it, coach. Thank you. It is a
31:44
Speaker 2: lot of fun to do, and I just hope I
31:46
Speaker 2: can keep doing it as long as I can because
31:49
Speaker 2: it is rewarding and and I do hear it from
31:53
Speaker 2: fans and parents and players and I just got a
31:56
Speaker 2: few messages today from some Lenden kids where there's season
32:00
Speaker 2: is done, some of them their career is done, just
32:02
Speaker 2: thanking me for covering them. And I always, you know,
32:05
Speaker 2: whenever I have those late nights or whatever, and I'm
32:07
Speaker 2: just like, man, why do I do this? It's like
32:09
Speaker 2: all of a sudden, five minutes later, I'll get a
32:11
Speaker 2: message or a compliment. I'm like, that's why I do it.
32:14
Speaker 2: So I do love it. I'm glad I get to
32:17
Speaker 2: keep doing it, and I always want to make it
32:19
Speaker 2: bigger and better. So thank you for helping me making
32:22
Speaker 2: it bigger and better. Coach and I will talk soon.
32:26
Speaker 2: Thanks to all right, thanks.
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Speaker 2: Well, thank you so much, Coach would for the kind
32:46
Speaker 2: words and joining me all season. What a help he
32:49
Speaker 2: has been writing stories, going to games, giving input, coming
32:53
Speaker 2: on here every week to do the coach's corner. You know.
32:57
Speaker 2: I just I'm so thankful for him to help out
33:00
Speaker 2: myself and and can help continue walking preps to be
33:04
Speaker 2: a thing. So, but unfortunately them season comes to a close. Yeah,
33:10
Speaker 2: I mean it was pretty magical two years in a
33:13
Speaker 2: row going to the quarterfinals. Uh. You know some sem
33:17
Speaker 2: before that had never played two years in a row
33:19
Speaker 2: in the state tournament. So uh, two great runs there
33:22
Speaker 2: at the end that you know, for the last two years,
33:25
Speaker 2: but unfortunately it did come to an end. So let's
33:30
Speaker 2: talk about the players of the week before we previewed
33:33
Speaker 2: the next week's game, and we talk about players the week,
33:36
Speaker 2: let's score. Let's start with the Offensive Player of the Week,
33:38
Speaker 2: which is brought to you by Phoenix Coffee. You can
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Speaker 2: Sweet one oh four in Bellingham at to give him
33:46
Speaker 2: a call three six zero seven to win five one
33:49
Speaker 2: zero five zero. This one has to go to Lennon
33:53
Speaker 2: Christian Senior Eli Mayberry eighteen of twenty three passing three
33:57
Speaker 2: hundred and forty yards and seven total touchdowns. There's been
34:00
Speaker 2: so many weeks when he probably was the runner up
34:04
Speaker 2: to get this award because every single week he just
34:08
Speaker 2: has a big time week, and then this one it
34:10
Speaker 2: really stood out and so as steady as it comes,
34:15
Speaker 2: three sport kid probably going to go play college baseball somewhere.
34:20
Speaker 2: But what an amazing quarterback. He's breake. He's broke basically
34:23
Speaker 2: all the school records. You know, the six touchdown passes
34:27
Speaker 2: tied at Walkin County record, which you know happened a
34:30
Speaker 2: few times back in the day. It's been happening a
34:32
Speaker 2: lot more recently. Like I think Noman writes done in
34:34
Speaker 2: a few times, but now Eli Maybury throws his hat
34:37
Speaker 2: into the ring. So uh yeah, it's pretty impressive. So
34:42
Speaker 2: congratulations to Eli Mayberry Senior from Lenny Christian for being
34:46
Speaker 2: named the Phoenix Coffee Offensive Player of the Week. Let's
34:50
Speaker 2: go Defensive Player of the Week and of course Defensive
34:52
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34:55
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Speaker 2: six zero six seven to one six two seven. And
35:02
Speaker 2: this is gonna go to Mount Baker's defensive end Kel Reardon,
35:06
Speaker 2: who had ten tackles, three quarterback sacks. He's just and
35:11
Speaker 2: there's so many things that he does that don't go
35:14
Speaker 2: in the step but with his wingspan setting the edge,
35:17
Speaker 2: you know, forcing plays to go to the inside where
35:19
Speaker 2: other guys make tackles. Heck, forcing plays just to go
35:24
Speaker 2: opposite of him constantly where other guys can do stuff
35:26
Speaker 2: because they don't want to, you know, go his way.
35:29
Speaker 2: So you know, he really is a playmaker out there,
35:34
Speaker 2: and he sets the tone and he really came on
35:37
Speaker 2: strong at the end of the game there when Omak
35:39
Speaker 2: was forced to pass. There's a lot of times when
35:42
Speaker 2: he's making shoe string tackles. You'll see kind of a
35:45
Speaker 2: running back trip out of nowhere, kind of in the
35:47
Speaker 2: middle of the scrum there, or not not the scrum,
35:50
Speaker 2: but like he goes through the line and then it
35:51
Speaker 2: just trips and falls and it's like who did that,
35:53
Speaker 2: and it's it's it's kel Rearden. With that long wingspan.
35:57
Speaker 2: He just dives down and he can just grab he's
35:59
Speaker 2: so and just grab a foot and or just tap
36:02
Speaker 2: it or you know, trip it up and then he
36:04
Speaker 2: goes down. And you can go back in the film
36:06
Speaker 2: and watch that he's the one doing that a lot
36:07
Speaker 2: of the time. So making a lot of tackles there,
36:10
Speaker 2: making a lot of plays. So congratulations to the Mount
36:12
Speaker 2: Baker junior kel Reardon on being named for being named
36:17
Speaker 2: the Max Harris Studio Defensive Player of the Week. And
36:21
Speaker 2: now we go to the Special Teams Player of the Week.
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36:36
Speaker 2: did some good things over the weekend, but I'm gonna
36:40
Speaker 2: give this one to Malachi Canan out of London, three
36:43
Speaker 2: for three on extra points. He also hit a thirty
36:45
Speaker 2: nine yard field goal, which is no easy task for
36:49
Speaker 2: any high school kicker. He punched that one right through
36:52
Speaker 2: and by doing that, I think there's only two guys
36:55
Speaker 2: ahead of him in Walkin County history that have made
36:58
Speaker 2: more field goals than him in a career. They're both
37:01
Speaker 2: Linden guys, Santiago Lopez who's now an assistant out at Squalkum,
37:06
Speaker 2: and Marcos Simukovich, and those are the only two guys
37:09
Speaker 2: that are ahead of him. I believe those two guys
37:11
Speaker 2: are tied, and so Malachai Canaan right on their heels.
37:17
Speaker 2: And of course he's got another year to go. So
37:19
Speaker 2: congratulations to the Lennard Junior Malachai Canan on being named
37:22
Speaker 2: the Pets Real Estate Special Teams Player of the Week.
37:26
Speaker 2: And now for the big boy is the Offensive Lineman
37:29
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37:38
Speaker 2: all year and yeah, just a tremendous sponsor. This one
37:43
Speaker 2: is going to Luke Van Royan, the senior center from
37:46
Speaker 2: Lynden Christian. I mean that run game that Lyndon Christian
37:50
Speaker 2: had just pounding and pounding and pounding all game. I
37:53
Speaker 2: mean you saw that lap push by the line and
37:56
Speaker 2: so many runs went straight up the middle. And Luke
37:58
Speaker 2: Van Royan is a big, big part of that, the
38:01
Speaker 2: giant center right right in the middle of the line.
38:04
Speaker 2: A senior, unbelievable game. So congratulations to Luke van roy
38:08
Speaker 2: and of Lindin Christian on being named Anytime Fitness Offensive
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Speaker 2: Alignment of the Week. Be sure to visit our sponsors
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38:17
Speaker 2: on the Walcome Preps podcast. All right, let's talk about
38:20
Speaker 2: the games coming up this weekend. Only two teams left
38:25
Speaker 2: in Walkom County, opposite sides of the bracket of the
38:28
Speaker 2: one A and they'll be playing at the exact same time.
38:32
Speaker 2: And we're gonna start off with the Linden Christian Game
38:34
Speaker 2: as the number four Links bring a ten to one
38:37
Speaker 2: record to Royal to take on the top ranked Nights
38:41
Speaker 2: who are eleven to zero. That'll be a three o'clock
38:43
Speaker 2: game out at Royal High School. And we are now
38:46
Speaker 2: joined on the Gatorade Game Day preview by Lynn and
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Speaker 2: Christian football coach Greg Turpstra coach, thank you for joining
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Speaker 2: me today. How are you doing doing good?
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Speaker 6: Feeling good?
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Speaker 1: Yeah?
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Speaker 2: I mean gotta be feeling great if you're still playing
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Speaker 2: football this point.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 7: A wise man once said, whose last name was Cramy,
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Speaker 7: that if you're practicing on Thanksgiving, you're having one pretty
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Speaker 7: good year.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, and uh and that's coming right up. And
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Speaker 2: so I'm gonna start off with you know, you've coached
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Speaker 2: a lot of track over the years. Who's a kid
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Speaker 2: on your team that you wish was on the track team?
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Speaker 2: And which events would he do?
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Speaker 7: The entire o line and Veldman. I need throwers out there.
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Speaker 7: We so you know with Veldman, he's got a big,
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Speaker 7: big old wingspan on him. I think he could throw
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Speaker 7: the discus a country mile.
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Speaker 2: You're absolutely right.
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Speaker 7: Yeah, he's quick, He's got that upper core strength and
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Speaker 7: just that pendulum. I think I think he could be
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Speaker 7: a state CHAMPI discus thrower, and then are other guys.
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Speaker 7: I think Judah and and uh Luke.
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Speaker 6: Could be real explosive throwers.
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Speaker 7: And I think Cwic could really throw it like a
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Speaker 7: shot but really far. I think he's quick enough for
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Speaker 7: the discus too. But yeah, we've had some of those
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Speaker 7: guys out and I just think, you know, they put
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Speaker 7: a lot of time in the weight room. I think
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Speaker 7: it would really show, you know, and as far as
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Speaker 7: the team score goes, you get a couple of throwers
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Speaker 7: in there, and you know a lot of the schools
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Speaker 7: will either have throwers or runners, throwers or sprinters. But
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Speaker 7: if you have like sprinters, distance and throwing and a
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Speaker 7: couple of field events, yeah, do pretty well at state.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely. And we've seen that a lot with some other
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Speaker 2: schools with throwers. You saw Brady Ackerman and Colton Lentz
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Speaker 2: come out last year. You saw Davin Beeson come out,
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Speaker 2: never do track before and takes two takes two state titles. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: you know, I mean, so you've seen that in recent
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Speaker 2: years where especially if a football player is going to
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Speaker 2: go play college football. That explosion to the hips and
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Speaker 2: everything that could really help you moving forward. Before talking
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Speaker 2: about your semi final opponent, let's talk about the quarterfinal
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Speaker 2: game fifty six thirty five win against Montesano. The Bulldogs
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Speaker 2: look pretty sharp on their opening drive, almost like it
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Speaker 2: was scripted. They were moving very fast getting right back
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Speaker 2: to the line of scrimmage. But you made your adjustments
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Speaker 2: picked up the win. What was your overall feeling about
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Speaker 2: that game?
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Speaker 6: That I was completely inaccurate.
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Speaker 7: Before the game, I told the kids, I said, you know,
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Speaker 7: it's raining, it's sideways win, it's you know, messy. I said,
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Speaker 7: I want to win this game two to zero, just
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Speaker 7: a you know, bloody dog fight. And I think coach
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Speaker 7: Bauma made a wise crack around the fourth quarter. Hey
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Speaker 7: two to zero, huh, you know, But yeah, it's just
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Speaker 7: one of those games where you never know how it's
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Speaker 7: going to go. And I'll give, you know, tip my
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Speaker 7: hat to Manti. They came out with a great scripted
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Speaker 7: game plan that yeah, they they went duck and dink
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Speaker 7: right down the field, scored on us, and our kids
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Speaker 7: didn't came right back, and we knew we were in
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Speaker 7: a ball game, so yeah, it made it fun honestly,
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Speaker 7: I mean I would I'd rather win fifty six to nothing. Sure,
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Speaker 7: but you know, you never want to take for granted
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Speaker 7: those battle tested nights that prepare you for future games.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, And you know once you get to the quarters,
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Speaker 2: I mean there's no easy opponents, right, I mean they're
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Speaker 2: all gonna be tough. So it's it's you know, you
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Speaker 2: expect and you expect the team's best. I mean, they
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Speaker 2: don't want to play. Those seniors don't want to play
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Speaker 2: in their last game at that point. So you're gonna
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Speaker 2: get great opponents and you're gonna get great individual efforts
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Speaker 2: against you. And so it kind of makes sense. I
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Speaker 2: mean they had some big plays, the big kick return,
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Speaker 2: the screen pass where he busted outside and went and
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Speaker 2: even late when you guys go up, you know, score
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Speaker 2: twenty one points unanswered in the third quarter. They came
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Speaker 2: back and started to do stuff. In the fourth quarter.
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Speaker 2: I thought that final drive that you put together with
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Speaker 2: the all the runs was really kind of showed. I mean, yeah,
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Speaker 2: you wanted to take time off the clock, but it
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Speaker 2: showed the power that you guys have. And then when
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Speaker 2: Eli kept it, you know, down near near the goal line,
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Speaker 2: and everybody was you know, I mean everyone was like
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Speaker 2: Coyman's getting the ball and everyone sunk in and he
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Speaker 2: pulled it and kept it himself. I thought that was
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Speaker 2: a great drive. At the end. It kind of kind
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Speaker 2: of had that punctuation of of what your team's all about,
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Speaker 2: and it was really really good to see. So you'd
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Speaker 2: be moving on and you know, you and I have
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Speaker 2: talked a lot about this over the couple of years,
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Speaker 2: where you know, if you had your brothers, you would
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Speaker 2: you would schedule Royal every year, and hey, this is
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Speaker 2: your fourth years the head coach, and this will be
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Speaker 2: now your fourth time playing them. Not you know, only
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Speaker 2: two of them were scheduled. This one's coming up. Tell
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Speaker 2: me about this, uh, this game coming up, because this
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Speaker 2: is something that I think a lot of people that
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Speaker 2: I talked to were saying, yeah, this will probably be
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Speaker 2: the champions game. Even I kind of thought that over
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Speaker 2: the summer you meet in the semis. But you know,
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Speaker 2: to be the best, you got to beat the best,
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Speaker 2: and this is, ah, this is a good test for you.
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Speaker 7: Hey, Kashmir took them to overtime and Baker beat us,
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Speaker 7: so I think four worthy teams are gonna slug it
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Speaker 7: out for a chance for the title.
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Speaker 6: Royal.
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Speaker 7: Yeah, just watching them, no mystery. They are really really
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Speaker 7: well coached both sides of the ball and special teams.
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Speaker 7: They just do everything really well. They're very sound. You know,
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Speaker 7: it's every year when you watch background tape on them
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Speaker 7: against other teams, just seems like teams will sort of
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Speaker 7: lose it against them. They will try something they don't
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Speaker 7: normally do. They'll make uncharacteristic mistakes and things like that.
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Speaker 7: And you know, give Royal credit. They they're they're surgical
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Speaker 7: in what they do and they wait for you to
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Speaker 7: mess up U And so we've got to make sure
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Speaker 7: that we play our very best and you know, just
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Speaker 7: stay the course. Our kids, you know, they just they're
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Speaker 7: not intimidated, I'll be perfectly honest. They they have a
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Speaker 7: pretty healthy view of what we think we can do.
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Speaker 7: And I don't think we'd want it any other way
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Speaker 7: than to go through Royal in Royal on Royal's field.
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Speaker 7: And if we don't make it out of that, you know,
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Speaker 7: they're pretty awesome. If we do make it through there,
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Speaker 7: it'll be quite the achievement.
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Speaker 2: I think absolutely. I mean I think you nailed it
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Speaker 2: right on the head. And being confident is such a
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Speaker 2: huge part of a teenage athlete's mindset. You know, we've
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Speaker 2: talked about that too before, where you have to you know,
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Speaker 2: so much of it is believing you can do it,
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Speaker 2: and so I think that's a great way to go
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Speaker 2: into it. And you know, a lot of you know,
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Speaker 2: people always look at the you know, the Royal scores
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Speaker 2: and they say, oh, my goodness, they scored this many points.
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Speaker 2: Oh they scored that many points. But I look at
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Speaker 2: them and go, boy, they don't allow very many points.
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Speaker 2: Talk about their defense and what makes that so so
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Speaker 2: tough and to get points scored upon them?
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Speaker 7: Like I said, you know what they run are three
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Speaker 7: to four are as kind of a you know, they're
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Speaker 7: not the right term, but they run R three to
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Speaker 7: four really well. We admire how well they run it.
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Speaker 7: They are very disciplined with it. They are able to
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Speaker 7: handle a lot of the run game with three guys down,
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Speaker 7: and it opens up a lot of stuff for him.
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Speaker 7: They they don't give up the big stuff. They are
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Speaker 7: a bend but don't break. So you're going to have
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Speaker 7: to be satisfied with, you know, just getting little chunks
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Speaker 7: and sustaining long drives because on the back end they're
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Speaker 7: pretty solid. So that's been their mo for quite a
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Speaker 7: while and it's worked really well. And I think some
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Speaker 7: teams will get frustrated with that, and uh, you know,
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Speaker 7: I think this year is a little bit different for us.
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Speaker 7: We're not looking for home run balls. We we'll connect
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Speaker 7: with them, yeah, but oftentimes they're short throws that end
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Speaker 7: up being you know, big breakout plays.
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Speaker 6: So I think we're good with it. We I think if.
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Speaker 7: We just had your three yards in a cloud of dust,
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Speaker 7: so we might kind of think that's kind of fun.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, And that's and that's fun about this year's team.
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Speaker 2: Like you said, I mean, coming into it, a lot
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Speaker 2: has been said about you know, you have lineman coming back,
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Speaker 2: you have actual alignment that are linemen. Uh, you know,
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Speaker 2: kind of all these things and it all leads to this,
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Speaker 2: to where the game plan that you have to have
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Speaker 2: against a team like this is kind of something that
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Speaker 2: suits you. So it's a it's a it's it's a
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Speaker 2: it's a great fit. It's a it's gonna be a
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Speaker 2: fantastic afternoon out of Royal City three o'clock Saturday. Coach
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Speaker 2: good luck so much against them. I you know, this
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Speaker 2: is a matchup that I think everyone's really really excited
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Speaker 2: about and we'll all be pulling for you in Walking
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Speaker 2: County and I'm really really excited for you. So thank
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Speaker 2: you so much for joining me on the gatorade GA
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Speaker 2: Game Day review and hopefully we'll talk next week.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I hope so too. Tyler got the Baker as well.
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Speaker 2: Thanks coach. All right, bye, and the second game of
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Speaker 2: the weekend, we'll see the third ranked Mount Baker Mountaineers,
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Speaker 2: who are ten and one, travel to the Apple bull
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Speaker 2: in Winatchi to take on the Kashmir Bulldogs, were number
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Speaker 2: two ranked. They are also ten and one, and we
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Speaker 2: are now joined on the gatoried Game Day preview by
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Speaker 2: Mount Baker football coach Ron Lepper. Coach, thank you for
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Speaker 2: joining me today. How are you doing?
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Speaker 1: H doing great? And once again thank you for having
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Speaker 1: me on.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're welcome. Who's a kid on your football team
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Speaker 2: that you wish would come out for wrestling and he
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Speaker 2: can even be like a basketball kid anything?
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Speaker 1: Yeah? Probably Bryce Cooper.
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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, he'd be good.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, just you know, pretty flexible, pretty athletic, you know,
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Speaker 1: on topic, I could make for a decent wrestler.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, wiry and strong and yeah and uh yeah, that's
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Speaker 2: that's I like that one. Before talking about your semi
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Speaker 2: final opponent, let's talk about the quarterfinal game thirty two
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Speaker 2: win against O MAC. I love what you said on
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Speaker 2: the post game after the game on the radio about
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Speaker 2: you know, those guys are trying to win too. They
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Speaker 2: they they played their hearts out, They had their moments.
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Speaker 2: You know, you're coming off a bye, which you know
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Speaker 2: can be tough sometimes, especially early in the game. They're
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Speaker 2: coming off an emotional win, and they showed it early on.
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Speaker 2: You know, there's a few weird things that went their way,
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Speaker 2: but in the end, you get the win and you
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Speaker 2: get the job done. What do you what's your biggest
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Speaker 2: takeaway from all that stuff?
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you know, let's let's be honest. I mean,
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Speaker 1: when you always want to play your but that's not
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Speaker 1: always gonna happen this time of year, you got to
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Speaker 1: just make sure you can move on. And we did that.
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Speaker 1: I mean, we did some good things and we did
50:09
Speaker 1: some things we got to work on this week. You know,
50:12
Speaker 1: Like like you said, you know, they after our first
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Speaker 1: meeting with them, a couple of weeks ago. They went
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Speaker 1: on the road to be Calville to get in. Then
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Speaker 1: they go down and they knock off you know, Rochester,
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Speaker 1: then a you know, a really good football game. Like
50:25
Speaker 1: you said, emotionally, are feeling good. They got a lot
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Speaker 1: of seniors. They had like fourteen seniors on that team.
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Speaker 1: They had a couple of kids that didn't play against
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Speaker 1: us the first time we met them, you know that,
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Speaker 1: you know, And so yeah, I mean, and their coach
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Speaker 1: did a good job, you know, and that's for and
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Speaker 1: no excuses. We you know, we I could have played
50:43
Speaker 1: I could have done some things better. We could have
50:45
Speaker 1: done things better. But you know, when you play a
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Speaker 1: team that you don't really see and then all of
50:48
Speaker 1: a sudden you get to play them again, now you
50:49
Speaker 1: can make some adjustments. That was always one of my
50:52
Speaker 1: hang ups with playing everybody in our league twice is
50:54
Speaker 1: that the other four schools are all kind of you know,
50:56
Speaker 1: spread and doing stuff. So that's kind of generally the
50:58
Speaker 1: same thing. But then all of a sudden got to
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Speaker 1: face us, and once you do it, now you can
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Speaker 1: make some adjustments. And so overall, you know, it was
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Speaker 1: really a strong win force. You know, besides the block
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Speaker 1: Putt in the second half. You know, we kept him
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Speaker 1: out of the end zone the second half, and you
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Speaker 1: know we're able to put some points on the board
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Speaker 1: and get ready for the semi final game this weekend.
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Speaker 2: After the game, you met with your team in the
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Speaker 2: end zone like you always do. And after that, you
51:26
Speaker 2: were making your way up to the radio booth and
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Speaker 2: I saw on the way up you stopped and said
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Speaker 2: something to their big fullback, Peyton Smith number eighteen. Just
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Speaker 2: curious what you said to him.
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Speaker 1: That guy we don't have to tackle him anymore. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: that's what I said. We don't have to worry about
51:44
Speaker 1: tackling that guy again. Like you know, you can see
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Speaker 1: he was a pretty emotional you know. And they, like
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Speaker 1: you said, they played their hearts out in that game.
51:51
Speaker 1: You know, they they came at us and gave us
51:53
Speaker 1: everything they had, and you know, and so it was yeah,
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Speaker 1: I mean, and so as the as we started, you know,
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Speaker 1: watching you know, kind of seeing how things went in
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Speaker 1: the game, watching the film, you know, it felt like
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Speaker 1: we really uh you know, we we did some really
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Speaker 1: get things to you know, survive that and and get
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Speaker 1: out of there and and uh again, now we got
52:12
Speaker 1: to focus on ourselves getting ready for this week. But yeah,
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Speaker 1: you know, it was just it was a good football
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Speaker 1: game that way. I mean it made it exciting for
52:20
Speaker 1: the fans and not necessarily on purpose at times, but
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Speaker 1: ups and downs, back and forth, and so you know,
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Speaker 1: I thought, we know that first used me that first touch,
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Speaker 1: you know, the first long run. We had it early on,
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Speaker 1: and we should get in the end zone. I knew
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Speaker 1: that was going to be could potentially be an issue.
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Speaker 1: But they come down to score, then we respond right back.
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Speaker 1: So every time they take a swing at us, we
52:41
Speaker 1: were able to punch back and and uh and get
52:44
Speaker 1: it going absolutely.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right. I mean he bryce, you know, broke
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Speaker 2: off that fifty yard run early, but it was tough
52:51
Speaker 2: getting in there after that. And that's sometimes is the
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Speaker 2: way when it when it's when it's you know, kind
52:56
Speaker 2: of like you said, kind of punch in the mouth
52:58
Speaker 2: kind of football upfront. It's shortens the field and it's
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Speaker 2: a little different game, but you get to win. You'll
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Speaker 2: be going over the mountains on Saturday, take on Kashmir
53:07
Speaker 2: on the in the afternoon, and coach, you want to
53:11
Speaker 2: just remind everybody what high school you went to.
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Speaker 1: I would I'm a I'm a graduate of the cashun
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Speaker 1: in high school.
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Speaker 2: There you go. I love it. This is full circle. Uh.
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Speaker 2: What kind of problems do the Bulldogs present?
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Speaker 1: Well, you know, they're they they got some really good athletes.
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Speaker 1: They do a lot of shifting and motion and stuff.
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Speaker 1: I'm on on the offensive side, so you got you know,
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Speaker 1: we're really working on trying to be disciplined. What we're
53:37
Speaker 1: what we're you know, reading our keys. You know, they
53:41
Speaker 1: got they got they got a big line. You know,
53:44
Speaker 1: they're they're a really good football team on offense and defense.
53:48
Speaker 1: So you know, we have to make sure that we
53:50
Speaker 1: make them earn everything they get. And if we make
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Speaker 1: a mistake, we can't have our heads down. We've got
53:54
Speaker 1: to build to bounce right back and get back at
53:55
Speaker 1: you know, get back at it, and so we don't
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Speaker 1: multiply that with another mistake and you know and give up.
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Speaker 1: You know, so hopefully, you know, limit them big plays
54:02
Speaker 1: because you know, the adage that we talk about is
54:05
Speaker 1: if you make a team have to consistently go twelve,
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Speaker 1: you know, ten, twelve, fourteen play drives you there's chances
54:13
Speaker 1: of things are going to go wrong, penalty, mistake or whatever,
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Speaker 1: so we really got to you know, limit the big
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Speaker 1: plays and make them earn everything they get. But it's
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Speaker 1: going to be it's gonna be a challenge, there's no
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Speaker 1: doubt about that.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, they got to have some big time size as
54:26
Speaker 2: you alluded to. I know they got this one offensive
54:29
Speaker 2: tackle that's just huge. And but my big thing is
54:34
Speaker 2: the question I've been wanting to ask you is, and
54:37
Speaker 2: I'm sure you know the answer to this. Have they
54:39
Speaker 2: played a wing T team this year?
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Speaker 1: Not really. The closest was like Natchez Valley, there's a
54:45
Speaker 1: little more of a gun wing type of stuff, right,
54:48
Speaker 1: But no, I mean, and that's the thing it's, you know,
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Speaker 1: is we can we can we can you know, you know,
54:54
Speaker 1: we can prose some problems by having something you haven't
54:57
Speaker 1: you're not used to playing, you know, and seeing that.
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Speaker 1: So and like I said, you know last week, you know,
55:03
Speaker 1: we're we're getting ourselves ready with our you know, scout team.
55:05
Speaker 1: But our scout team, you know, isn't their varsity team.
55:08
Speaker 1: And so even though they might go try to run
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Speaker 1: something to do, it might be a bit of a
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Speaker 1: you know, a struggle trying to figure it out in
55:14
Speaker 1: one week with your scout team on how to run
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Speaker 1: our plays. But ultimately, you know, we're going to have
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Speaker 1: to execute, you know, and again, you know, take advantage
55:23
Speaker 1: of opportunities that we can provide for ourselves, we can produce,
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Speaker 1: and then you know, it's just going to have to
55:29
Speaker 1: have you know, buckle up the helmet, as they say,
55:32
Speaker 1: and tien up your pants and say, hey, we got
55:33
Speaker 1: to play forty eight minutes and see what happens.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, they're you know, I'm sure you've seen the film
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Speaker 2: with their overtime game against Royal. I'm sure you've seen
55:43
Speaker 2: the film last week against Life Christian. The game against
55:46
Speaker 2: Royal is a low scoring game, a game they could
55:48
Speaker 2: have won pretty easily or not pretty easily. By the
55:51
Speaker 2: game they had and the you know, the game last
55:55
Speaker 2: week against Life Christian, they throw up a ton of points.
55:58
Speaker 2: Do you look at them as are they stronger as
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Speaker 2: an offensive team or defensive team or are they just
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Speaker 2: that balanced?
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Speaker 1: I think they're balanced, you know. Again, watching the film
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Speaker 1: from last week and then watching Live Christian and Nut
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Speaker 1: Sack the week before, there was there wasn't the same
56:15
Speaker 1: Live Christian team for whatever reason, you know, I mean,
56:17
Speaker 1: they just didn't perform as well that can that could
56:20
Speaker 1: be because of Cashner's defense obviously, you know, doing something.
56:26
Speaker 1: You know, you got to give them credit because they
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Speaker 1: did a nice job there. Yeah, they're balanced, they are
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Speaker 1: they're they're good on special teams, you know. They one
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Speaker 1: of the things they like to do is that if
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Speaker 1: they score first, they don't like to go for two
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Speaker 1: the first time, and they'll kick pats afterwards. And they've
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Speaker 1: we've seen like eight different formations that they've run, you know,
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Speaker 1: trying to get the two point conversion, you know, and
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Speaker 1: so yeah, it just comes down to us one. You know,
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Speaker 1: if we can establish ourselves offensively, you know, don't get
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Speaker 1: behind the chains, be able to move the ball, you know,
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Speaker 1: and then if we are able to get punched in
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Speaker 1: and do that, and then defensively, I said, make them
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Speaker 1: earn it, you know, to really try to limit big plays.
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Speaker 1: That's you know what we have to do this week.
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Speaker 1: And so, uh it should be you know, it's good.
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Speaker 1: It could be a really good ball game. I know
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Speaker 1: they haven't had a lot of close games except you know,
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Speaker 1: basically the one with with Royal, But you know, we've
57:17
Speaker 1: been in some close games this year. We've had you know,
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Speaker 1: we've had those battles, and even like last week, and
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Speaker 1: so you know, I think I like how our kids
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Speaker 1: have responded all year in that situation, you know, even
57:29
Speaker 1: like last after the block punt last week, you know, I,
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Speaker 1: you know, it was disappointing obviously, but I, you know,
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Speaker 1: I just knew that we still had, you know, stuff
57:37
Speaker 1: to do. We had stuff in us, and our kids
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Speaker 1: did that and came back and and we're able to
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Speaker 1: put two more rocks, you know, two more on the
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Speaker 1: on the board to secure the win. So we've we've
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Speaker 1: been there. You know, we're not gonna We're not gonna
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Speaker 1: shy away from stuff. We're not gonna put our heads down.
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Speaker 1: We're just gonna keep battling.
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Speaker 2: Yeap, no Baker football. It's just the way that it is.
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Speaker 2: And I I love it. The game is gonna be
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Speaker 2: on the radio. It's gonna be on KG and my
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Speaker 2: those listening, and I and Dan Gamink and Rick Todd
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Speaker 2: on the call. It's gonna be awesome. I can't wait. Coach,
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Speaker 2: best of luck against Kashmir on Saturday. Thank you so
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Speaker 2: much for joining me on the Gatorade game day preview.
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Speaker 1: All right, I appreciate it, Tyler, And again I just
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Speaker 1: really appreciate everything you do for the kids. It makes
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Speaker 1: it's nice to have that kind of coverage from you
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Speaker 1: all year long and for all the sports you to
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Speaker 1: do for all the kids in the county, and it's awesome.
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Speaker 1: So I keep up with that and I thank you
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Speaker 1: very much for having me on.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're welcome, Coach. I'm just living a dream.
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Speaker 1: Thanks for being a part of it anytime, Buddy.
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Speaker 2: Thanks you hear that.
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Speaker 2: And that wraps it up. I hope you've enjoyed the
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Speaker 2: It made the time of their busy day to join
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