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Whatcom Preps Podcast Episode 360 - 2025 Nooksack Valley Pioneers Football Preview · Whatcom Preps Podcast

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Speaker 1: This is Pioneer senior Andrew Duggar and you're listening to
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Speaker 1: the Knuckzack Valley Football Preview on the Welcome Preps Podcast
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Speaker 1: with Tyler Anderson plot the Valley.
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Speaker 2: Greetings and welcome into the Wakam Preps podcast. This is
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Speaker 2: episode three hundred and sixty, the three six Oh. Who
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Speaker 2: would have thought it's the twenty twenty five Nuksack Valley
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Speaker 2: Pioneer Football Preview. I am Tyler Anderson of Wakham Preps
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Speaker 2: and let's talk some football here. I'm going to start
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Speaker 2: out by giving a thank you to Nuxack Valley senior
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Speaker 2: Andrew Dugger for the intro. That's a young man that
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Speaker 2: is one of the few returning starters on this team
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Speaker 2: where we've been kind of spoiled with Pioneer football the
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Speaker 2: last few years with some deep playoff runs and a
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Speaker 2: lot of guys returning. This will be a lot of
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Speaker 2: new faces, but there's some excitement because of guys that
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Speaker 2: have been having to practice against these all state guys
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Speaker 2: over the years and now they're getting their chance to shine.
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Speaker 2: So we'll talk about Andrew Dugger and some of his
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Speaker 2: it here. Pioneers, I mean sid Lambert Field. This will
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Speaker 2: be the last year that will be natural grass on
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Speaker 2: sid Lambert Field. Uh. Starting next year there will be
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Speaker 2: turf and boy, who'd have thought it? You know, they'll
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Speaker 2: pioneers and you're playing on not real grass. This is
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Speaker 2: gonna be it's gonna be different. But you know, when
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Speaker 2: you look at it in the long run, it's a
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Speaker 2: it's a it's saves money, right, I mean, the maintenance,
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Speaker 2: the paint, it's just there and there it is, and
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Speaker 2: you can play soccer games on there. I know they play.
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Speaker 2: There's a lot of soccer games there when they can
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Speaker 2: the night games under the lights. They've been playing a
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Speaker 2: lot of their soccer games boys and girls out at
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Speaker 2: the it the elementary school or the middle school or
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Speaker 2: something like that. I think it's the elementary school. And
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Speaker 2: so now it'll work out. I mean, it's probably done
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Speaker 2: great things at Blaine where they can host more events.
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Speaker 2: Now that will probably be that case. Out at Nuuksack Valley,
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Speaker 2: the Pioneers returned with Craig Bartles the head coach. This
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Speaker 2: is his seventh season at Nuksack Valley, counting the first
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Speaker 2: season he had there back in nineteen ninety nine. This
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Speaker 2: is his sixth season in a row, his ninth season overall,
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Speaker 2: with a couple of years out at Bellingham High School
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Speaker 2: as the head coach. His overall record is forty three
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Speaker 2: wins and thirty four losses. Last year, they were the
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Speaker 2: conference champions in the one A. It was hard to
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Speaker 2: believe that was their first conference championship and quite in
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Speaker 2: like over ten years, just because of the dominating teams
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Speaker 2: they've had recently. But there was, you know, there was
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Speaker 2: always something kind of going on, and you know here
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Speaker 2: and there and and but I think I should say
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Speaker 2: this it's their first where they went it outright in
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Speaker 2: a while. And nine to three last year, losing in
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Speaker 2: the quarterfinals and that heartbreaker there. And let's talk quickly
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Speaker 2: about the players they're going to lose, because these are
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Speaker 2: names that we've been talking about for a long time.
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Speaker 2: It starts with Colton Lentz, who's now at the at
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Speaker 2: Montana as a deep as a linebacker, Brady Ackerman who's
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Speaker 2: at Eastern Washington now as an offensive lineman. And then
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Speaker 2: there's a lot more guys here. Corey Olney, four year
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Speaker 2: starter on both sides of the ball, going to be
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Speaker 2: extremely tough to replace, especially at safety. Lance Van Berken
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Speaker 2: came on so strong last year on both sides of
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Speaker 2: the line. Adelie Whitworth, same thing, Evan Bravo, Colby Martin,
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Speaker 2: Cole Bauman, Tristan Campas. I mean, these are these were
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Speaker 2: staples over the last two, three, sometimes four years in
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Speaker 2: this team on offense and defense. And so it's gonna
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Speaker 2: be a different look for the Pioneers this year. But
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Speaker 2: I don't think there's gonna be as much of a
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Speaker 2: drop off as other people do because the coaching staff.
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Speaker 2: This is a coaching staff that is just there, are stollwarts,
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Speaker 2: have just been there forever. You're talking decades and they
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Speaker 2: have their system in place and it's you know, they
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Speaker 2: have it down, like they have their program down. It's
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Speaker 2: one of those where, man, if you step in to
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Speaker 2: be an assistant coach, like, you know, you got to
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Speaker 2: catch up quickly. They have a system down and it's
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Speaker 2: worked really well. They really completely change their offense back
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Speaker 2: in was it two thousand and eight, two thousand and nine,
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Speaker 2: something like that, and they've and they've kind of stuck
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Speaker 2: with that and it's done some really good things for them.
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Speaker 2: So of course we're gonna talk about the returners. And
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Speaker 2: what I like to do is is, uh, it's what
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Speaker 2: I've done in the past, is have the featured four.
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Speaker 2: So who were kind of the four main guys to
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Speaker 2: look for in this upcoming season. The first one will
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Speaker 2: be Cole Koppinger. It returns. He returns the most experienced
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Speaker 2: on the team on both sides of the ball, wide receiver, cornerback.
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Speaker 2: He looks to beeB and taller now. He looks like
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Speaker 2: he's about six foot three already a tremendous athlete, can
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Speaker 2: jump out of the gym really physical. I believe he
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Speaker 2: already has an offer to Pelu. I believe as a
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Speaker 2: as a football player, but he's a he's a great
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Speaker 2: basketball player as well, so excited to see kind of
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Speaker 2: what he does. He will be you know, the you know,
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Speaker 2: the main target, and but the other teams are gonna
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Speaker 2: know that as well, so other guys are gonna have
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Speaker 2: to step up and finding ways to get Cole cop
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Speaker 2: the ball will be paramount for the Pioneer offense. Also,
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Speaker 2: the number two on this featured four is Evan Brown,
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Speaker 2: the senior quarterback. You know, last year he stepped into
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Speaker 2: the role and did pretty darn well put up good numbers.
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Speaker 2: The season didn't end the way he would like, but
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Speaker 2: I think it's really going to push him to to
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Speaker 2: be that much better. And now he's gonna have a
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Speaker 2: stronger grasp of the offense, it's only going to be
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Speaker 2: even better. And you know, when you have that returning quarterback,
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Speaker 2: that goes a long way, especially when so many guys
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Speaker 2: around him are going to be new. And so when
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Speaker 2: you have that veteran leadership as a quarterback in the
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Speaker 2: huddle on the sidelines, you know, he's not going to
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Speaker 2: play defense, so he's going to be able to, you know,
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Speaker 2: talk to certain guys on the sideline and get ready
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Speaker 2: for that next possession. Talk to his coaches. You know,
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Speaker 2: you can get get on the headset, talk to t
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Speaker 2: j Ackerman up in the booth. You could talk to
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Speaker 2: Rob Meyer, you could talk to Craig Bartell. These are
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Speaker 2: offensive minds that understand this completely. That is going to
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Speaker 2: be really beneficial to him and to the Pioneers going forward.
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Speaker 2: The third one will be Andrew Dugger, the young man
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Speaker 2: who gave us the intro. Andrew is linebacker through and through.
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Speaker 2: Don't think he'll be playing much offense. But when you
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Speaker 2: have that guy who's such a tackling machine on defense
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Speaker 2: and you can sit him on offense, that's a great
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Speaker 2: luxury to have. I think back to Damian Perez a
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Speaker 2: few years ago. He was a tackling machine on defense,
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Speaker 2: didn't play offense. You know, got a few carries every
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Speaker 2: once in a while, but he was a defensive only guy.
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Speaker 2: And it showed on the game film that he, you know,
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Speaker 2: had a lot of jew, especially when it came to
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Speaker 2: the fourth quarter making plays as a linebacker. So I
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Speaker 2: can expect some great things out of Andrew Dugger, and that,
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Speaker 2: you know, in that perspective. And then Cohen Hoeford or
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Speaker 2: is it Howford. I gotta I gotta figure that one out.
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Speaker 2: Gotta figure it out quickly, because that's a heck of
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Speaker 2: a player. Center, defensive tackle. Boy. Again, that offense gotta
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Speaker 2: have a good center. He did a great job last year.
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Speaker 2: I'm expecting him to do some great things again this year.
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Speaker 2: You're talking one of those kids that at the one
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Speaker 2: A level is a staring an All conference right in
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Speaker 2: the face, and really good defensive player too. So those
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Speaker 2: are those are the four, you know, Maine, the featured
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Speaker 2: four as I like to call him, You know, the
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Speaker 2: main guys that are returning. Every year I do pick
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Speaker 2: out who my breakout player is going to be, uh
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Speaker 2: for each team. This year, I'm going with Dane Ackerman,
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Speaker 2: the junior tight end and deep and defensive end. Built
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Speaker 2: differently than his brother Brady. Dane is more of a
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Speaker 2: receiver type still six three two and twenty five pounds,
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Speaker 2: which you know, so you know, that's uh, that's pretty impressive,
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Speaker 2: and it's uh it's funny because if you know, you
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Speaker 2: look on his dad's side and with all the Ackerman's
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Speaker 2: and college football and NFL and CFL and stuff like that,
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Speaker 2: those are all lineman type guys. But if you look
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Speaker 2: on his mom's side, there's grandparents there and different things, uh,
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Speaker 2: going down generations that were receivers. And it's correct me.
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Speaker 2: If I'm wrong, I know I will hear. But I
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Speaker 2: think it's his grandfather. I think it's his great grandfather
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Speaker 2: on his mom's side that at one time was it's
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Speaker 2: either his grandfather or his great grandfather that at one
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Speaker 2: time was the University of Arizona's all time leading receiver.
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Speaker 2: So he's got those genes. So that's those are the
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Speaker 2: genes that he pulled in as a receiver. So I
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Speaker 2: think he could be a great target on the offensive
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Speaker 2: side of the ball. I think he'd be, you know,
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Speaker 2: perfectly set up to play defensive end. They have a
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Speaker 2: lot of guys that have those defensive end type bodies.
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Speaker 2: I mean, they've got four great ones that could rotate
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Speaker 2: in and out, but he might be kind of a
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Speaker 2: main guy there. So he's gonna he's gonna get put
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Speaker 2: into a lot of playing time on both sides of
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Speaker 2: the ball, and I think he'll be ready for it.
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Speaker 2: So I think he'll have a breakout season. He's my
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Speaker 2: choice for Breakout Player of the Year for Knooksack Valley
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Speaker 2: let's go ahead and look at last year's results. And
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Speaker 2: you know, like I said, they were the conference champions outright.
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Speaker 2: Last year started out the year against on Alaska who
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Speaker 2: plays a unique style of football, and uh, it's a
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Speaker 2: it's an interesting matchup for a Week one game because
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Speaker 2: when you play a style of football that you're not
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Speaker 2: used to and you see them right off the bat,
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Speaker 2: it's really really tough. And it will be again this year.
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Speaker 2: With so many new starters, you're gonna go in and
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Speaker 2: it's gonna it's gonna blow their mind in the first quarter. Uh,
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Speaker 2: Knuxack Valley did win that one, forty two to sixteen,
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Speaker 2: but on Alaska mid did not make it easy, especially
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Speaker 2: in the first half. The Knucksack Valley went on the
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Speaker 2: road to play Renton won forty nine to twelve. Then
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Speaker 2: they played Kings and got them forty seven to twenty.
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Speaker 2: So great great starts of the year. Then they had
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Speaker 2: to travel down to Tumwater and you know, I mean Tumwater,
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Speaker 2: My goodness, they're they're pretty darn good. Tom Water wins
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Speaker 2: forty nine to twelve. You know, Knuxact Valley able to
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Speaker 2: score a couple of touchdowns in that one, but Tomwater
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Speaker 2: was just was just too much and too big upfront. Uh.
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Speaker 2: Then that's when they started league play. Nicksac Valley took
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Speaker 2: care of Mount Baker thirty four to twenty. A pretty
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Speaker 2: good game there. Uh, you know, Mount Baker gave him
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Speaker 2: a pretty good challenge. Colton Lentz had quite a game
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Speaker 2: in that one, and then Nuksack Valley took care of
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Speaker 2: Blaine forty two to seven. That was just it was
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Speaker 2: all Nuksack Valley early. I mean, there was a couple
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Speaker 2: of early turnovers and the Pioneers got such an early
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Speaker 2: lead on that one, and Blaine couldn't recover and the
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Speaker 2: game got put away pretty quickly. Next game was at
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Speaker 2: home against Meridian, and that was in that rain downpour
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Speaker 2: where Knuksac Valley just played better in the rain and
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Speaker 2: Meridian was kind of on a run at that point,
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Speaker 2: but they shut down the Trojans twenty nine to zero,
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Speaker 2: and so they were three and zero in conference play
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Speaker 2: at that point. And then they went on the road
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Speaker 2: to play a non league game against Montesano and there
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Speaker 2: were some turnovers in that game and a few mistakes.
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Speaker 2: Monosana wins that one thirty four to twenty eight. Which
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Speaker 2: kind of you know, if you look at it, I
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Speaker 2: think it kind of woke up the Pioneers a little bit.
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Speaker 2: You know, you can't walk through everybody. And they came
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Speaker 2: back on the road for their final game of the
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Speaker 2: year for the conference championship against Lenny Christian and took
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Speaker 2: care of business and won thirty two to seven. So
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Speaker 2: that was a big game. Because of that, you get
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Speaker 2: to play you have a state playing game in the
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Speaker 2: round of thirty two, which I'm so glad they do
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Speaker 2: the round of thirty two these days. I've talked about
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Speaker 2: it on prior podcasts. It's a it's such a blessing.
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Speaker 2: I mean, you look at you know, three A and
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Speaker 2: four A and they do that, and you're able to
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Speaker 2: get because of it, you're able to get the best
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Speaker 2: sixteen teams into the state playoffs. So glad they're doing
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Speaker 2: it for one A and two A. I know, for
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Speaker 2: one A it's not the round of thirty two, it's
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Speaker 2: the round of twenty four or whatever, but that will
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Speaker 2: probably change the following year. So get some more one
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Speaker 2: A programs playing football for crant out loud, and they
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Speaker 2: can make it happen. I mean for I mean like
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Speaker 2: two B does it. I think even one B does it.
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Speaker 2: As far as having allocations at state, there's just not
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Speaker 2: a ton of one A schools to play football. So
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Speaker 2: let's get that. Let's get that going a little bit.
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Speaker 2: Nikzac Valley played Lakeside nine Mile Falls in the state
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Speaker 2: play in game, winning that one twenty six to three,
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Speaker 2: and with the win, they get to the state playoffs
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Speaker 2: where they took on Zilla. They won twenty three to twelve,
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Speaker 2: and that one and that was a really windy game,
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Speaker 2: if I remember during that that weekend though, I think
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Speaker 2: that was I was away. I was at State volleyball,
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Speaker 2: so I was watching these games online and and I
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Speaker 2: think that was one of those ones at Civic Stadium
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Speaker 2: where the padding around the goalpost came off and flew
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Speaker 2: across the field. And that's when you can tell by
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Speaker 2: watching how windy it really is. And they go on
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Speaker 2: to the quarterfinals where they met up with Kashmir and
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Speaker 2: the Bulldogs got them thirty eight to twelve to end
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Speaker 2: the Pioneer season. And you know, it's been my goodness,
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Speaker 2: how many years. It's three years in a row now,
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Speaker 2: where where they've you know, gotten deep into the playoffs.
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Speaker 2: A couple of semi finals and then and then the
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Speaker 2: quarterfinals last year, and and so they're on this run
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Speaker 2: right now of some magical things happening, going deep into
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Speaker 2: the playoffs. And it's gonna be a little tougher this
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Speaker 2: year with some new guys, but you never know. Like
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Speaker 2: I said the coaching staff, the guys that do have
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Speaker 2: returning are pretty darn good. So let's look at the
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Speaker 2: twenty twenty five schedule, and it's almost a flip flop
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Speaker 2: from last year as far as home and away. The
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Speaker 2: only difference is they will not be playing Renting in
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Speaker 2: Week two. They will be playing Life Christian Academy, which
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Speaker 2: is a pretty good team that will be at home
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Speaker 2: on a Saturday in Week two, a two pm game.
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Speaker 2: Start off the year by hosting on Alaska at seven
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Speaker 2: pm on Friday night. I believe I will be out
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Speaker 2: at that game. I've got some people covering some of
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Speaker 2: the other games. That one I really want to see,
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Speaker 2: mostly because I really want to see the first half
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Speaker 2: of it. I want to see how the new varsity
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Speaker 2: starters for the Pioneers can adjust to a strange looking
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Speaker 2: offense that on Alaska will give them early on in
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Speaker 2: the game. And I think that's going to me a lot.
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Speaker 2: You know, if they can especial you know, defensively, if
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Speaker 2: they can, if they can stop that offense, then they
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Speaker 2: will have grown up more than I have fought. And
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Speaker 2: that's gonna really bode well for the future for the Pioneers.
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Speaker 2: During the season. Uh so, yeah, they'll be hosting Live
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Speaker 2: Christian Academy in week two, then they go on the
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Speaker 2: road at King's. Then they're gonna host Tumwater. I you know,
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Speaker 2: tom Owners played playoff games up here, like at Civic
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Speaker 2: Stadium and stuff like that. I don't recall them playing
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Speaker 2: a regular season game in Walking County. But coach Ben Dalen,
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Speaker 2: if you're listening, uh maybe you can correct me if
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Speaker 2: I'm wrong. Maybe they've played Linden at Linden in a
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Speaker 2: regular season game. I just don't recall it. So them
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Speaker 2: coming up and playing at Nuksak Valley, it's gonna be
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Speaker 2: pretty cool. Then league play opens up where they will
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Speaker 2: host Mount Baker And you know, if you ask me,
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Speaker 2: I think that is gonna be in my eyes. And
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Speaker 2: I know it's the first game of the league schedule
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Speaker 2: for them, but that could be this. You know, the
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Speaker 2: two teams compete for second place. That's just how I
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Speaker 2: see it, So that could that could be a really
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Speaker 2: really good game there. Then they will go to Blaine
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Speaker 2: and to Meridian. They will host Montseno in a non
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Speaker 2: league game, and then finish it out with the home
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Speaker 2: game against Lyndon Christian. And I said, in my eyes,
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Speaker 2: if they get past Mount Baker on October third, then
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Speaker 2: that final game of the year against lend and Christian
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Speaker 2: could be for the conference championship. So we'll just have
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Speaker 2: to wait and see. I love how it turned out
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Speaker 2: last year where that was the final game of the
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Speaker 2: year and it had all the you know, the the
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Speaker 2: hoop blah and everything, and you know, the radio station
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Speaker 2: was out there. I sat out there for hours talking
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Speaker 2: on the pregame with them, and and it was a
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Speaker 2: you know, it was a great matchup. And and exact
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Speaker 2: Valley took care of business in that one on the road,
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Speaker 2: and and they looked they looked good doing it. So
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Speaker 2: we'll see what happens this year. And of course, all
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Speaker 2: those Week nine games in the one A, they're all
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Speaker 2: going to be played on Thursday night, and which is
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Speaker 2: smart because you know, last year, I think they were
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Speaker 2: games like that were getting moved because of the possibility
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Speaker 2: of a tie again, and that's just the way it
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Speaker 2: is in the Northwest conferences. You might have to play
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Speaker 2: that mini playing game to get to the playing game,
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Speaker 2: to get to the state tournament obviously to get the
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Speaker 2: state championship. So it's very, very competitive in the Northwest
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Speaker 2: Conference and in one A and two AA. But we'll
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Speaker 2: see how the Pioneers fare with all that stuff going on.
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Speaker 2: Let's look at the court, the position groups. We're gonna
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Speaker 2: start at quarterback and Evan Brown returns and got a
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Speaker 2: lot of our city experience last year. Completed one hundred
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Speaker 2: and thirty four passes for one thousand seven and twenty
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Speaker 2: four yards, thirteen touchdowns to just six interceptions. Not many
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Speaker 2: interceptions in the regular season, unfortunately, a lot of those
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Speaker 2: came in the in the state playoffs. And and that's
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Speaker 2: where he's gonna try to He's gonna have to wash
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Speaker 2: that out of his mind and go straight into this year,
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Speaker 2: senior year, and I think he's gonna do it. I mean,
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Speaker 2: he's got all the physical tools, got a really really
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Speaker 2: strong arm. He's not the threat to run that his
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Speaker 2: brother Joey was, but as far as designed runs and
18:10
Speaker 2: stuff like that. But he can take he can catch
18:12
Speaker 2: you off guard and take off and run and pick
18:15
Speaker 2: up yardage that way. So he's got a great backup too.
18:20
Speaker 2: Ty Barns looks the part. We're talking six', four you,
18:24
Speaker 2: know one hundred and eighty five, pounds just a. SOPHOMORE
18:27
Speaker 2: i you, KNOW i really really like where he's. Going
18:32
Speaker 2: he's one of the better backup quarterbacks That i've seen
18:35
Speaker 2: in a long. Time you, KNOW i Think squalkm's got
18:38
Speaker 2: a great one In Phoenix. Price Obviously lyndon has quarterbacks
18:41
Speaker 2: growing out of their, ears But Nooksack, valley when you
18:45
Speaker 2: have a great one a backup, quarterback that's pretty. Rare
18:48
Speaker 2: AND i Think Tye barons is the. Future And i'm
18:52
Speaker 2: excited if they have packages for. HIM i would love
18:55
Speaker 2: to see him play Because i'm really really excited for.
18:59
Speaker 2: Him Having Evan brown ahead of them, too and they're
19:02
Speaker 2: there there there, buddies you, know they hang out together.
19:05
Speaker 2: There it's a great. Competition it's just going to bring
19:07
Speaker 2: out the best of both of. Them and BUT i
19:09
Speaker 2: Expect Evan brown to be Your week one starter at
19:13
Speaker 2: the running back. Spot this is this is, crazy but they.
19:18
Speaker 2: RETURN i don't, know negative sixty rushing yards from last,
19:24
Speaker 2: year so, obviously you, Know Colton lentz did a lot for,
19:27
Speaker 2: them And Colby martin carried the. Ball Corey olney carried
19:30
Speaker 2: the ball a. Lot so you don't bring guys back
19:33
Speaker 2: that have taken a lot of. Handoffs so this is
19:37
Speaker 2: open competition for that single back spot in The Kniksack valley.
19:41
Speaker 2: Offense and when you look at, it you got three
19:46
Speaker 2: guys that are very athletic and do some great things
19:50
Speaker 2: in other sports as, well and they're competing for that one.
19:54
Speaker 2: Spot and it could be early on in the season
19:56
Speaker 2: where every series they just, rotate let's try this, Guy
19:59
Speaker 2: let's try this, Guy let's try this. Guy and right
20:02
Speaker 2: now you're looking At Matthew, blake a senior who's a
20:05
Speaker 2: really good, athlete catcher on the baseball, team pitches as,
20:08
Speaker 2: well played football as a freshman and a. Sophomore didn't
20:11
Speaker 2: come out last, year but he's back this year AND
20:14
Speaker 2: i think that you, know he's, probably you, know probably
20:18
Speaker 2: the leader in the clubhouse in my, eyes mainly because
20:21
Speaker 2: he's a. Senior he's just got really good quickness and
20:25
Speaker 2: then he's got a couple of sophomores that are pushing.
20:26
Speaker 2: Him Trey hugh tink as really well put together, kid you,
20:31
Speaker 2: know kind of in That Kolby, martin you, know a
20:34
Speaker 2: way as far as, uh you, know just he's really put,
20:38
Speaker 2: together AND i think that he could be kind of
20:40
Speaker 2: more of a power. Guy and then he Got Trevin,
20:42
Speaker 2: skeenstra who is about as intriguing of an athlete AS
20:46
Speaker 2: i can remember in the. Past WHERE i MEAN i
20:49
Speaker 2: saw him in eighth grade and, thought holy, cow this
20:52
Speaker 2: kid is by far the best football player on the.
20:55
Speaker 2: Field SO i was really intrigued to see what he's
20:59
Speaker 2: gonna do with the high school. Level even as a,
21:00
Speaker 2: freshman you, know played a little bit. BASKETBALL i, mean
21:04
Speaker 2: he can, dunk you, know he goes out for track
21:07
Speaker 2: and all of a, sudden like he's high. Jumping he's
21:09
Speaker 2: his shot. PUT i, mean only he almost reached fifty
21:11
Speaker 2: feet in the shot put for a, kid that's you,
21:13
Speaker 2: KNOW i don't know if he's ever even done it.
21:15
Speaker 2: Before and THAT'S i see those kinds of. Things AND
21:20
Speaker 2: i mean he's about six two six, three one hundred
21:22
Speaker 2: and eighty five hundred and ninety, pounds but he's a
21:25
Speaker 2: running back and that's just a, rare you, know combination.
21:29
Speaker 2: There so you kind of got three different guys competing
21:33
Speaker 2: for that, spot and it's really it's gonna be really
21:36
Speaker 2: interesting to say who's who it's gonna. BE i, MEAN
21:38
Speaker 2: i have no Idea i'm gonna be out There week.
21:40
Speaker 2: ONE i am really curious to see when they break
21:43
Speaker 2: the huddle who's at running. Back it'll be one of those.
21:45
Speaker 2: THREE i just have no clue who it's going to.
21:47
Speaker 2: Be and that's what makes it. Fun that's what makes it.
21:49
Speaker 2: Exciting wide receiver, Wise Cole coppinger by far brings back
21:55
Speaker 2: the most, experience but it's you know teams are going
22:02
Speaker 2: to be keying on him because of. That he had
22:05
Speaker 2: thirty nine catches last year for five hundred and forty
22:07
Speaker 2: six yards and four. Touchdowns and then you look at
22:10
Speaker 2: the other spots and you look at the graduated. GUYS i,
22:13
Speaker 2: mean you, Know corey one And Tristan campalse And Evan, bravo,
22:16
Speaker 2: mean those guys played so much varsity at the wide
22:20
Speaker 2: receiver spot that now you've got to fill those. Spots
22:23
Speaker 2: you look at a kid Like Jayden, jones who you
22:26
Speaker 2: know is probably the fastest kid on the, team so
22:29
Speaker 2: finding ways to get him the ball in space a
22:32
Speaker 2: lot Like Jackson bennett did in the. Past that could
22:35
Speaker 2: turn into you, know a two yard pass could turn
22:37
Speaker 2: into an eighty yard touchdown with. Him so that's really
22:40
Speaker 2: cool to. See Jackson hester he caught four passes including
22:44
Speaker 2: a touchdown last. Year he'll be in the. Mix Dylan
22:46
Speaker 2: rimers got some speed as, well so you have, those
22:49
Speaker 2: you have options with those guys at the wide receiver.
22:52
Speaker 2: Spot it's just going to be interesting to see how
22:55
Speaker 2: they use, them how they move them. Around it's always
22:57
Speaker 2: a fun offense to, see especially with you know Those
23:03
Speaker 2: ackerman And meyer and those guys kind of you, know
23:06
Speaker 2: looking at the offense and seeing how to how things
23:08
Speaker 2: can be. Done and it's gonna be great tight end.
23:12
Speaker 2: Spot you, know they usually have their why, position who's you,
23:17
Speaker 2: know split out a little bit off the, tackle standing.
23:20
Speaker 2: Up you, know we Saw Wayne silvas do that And
23:23
Speaker 2: Cole bauman and they were traditional tight. Ends but you
23:27
Speaker 2: might see one In Dane ackerman where they will line
23:31
Speaker 2: him up as a traditional tight end and he can
23:33
Speaker 2: help with the run game with blocking and stuff like,
23:35
Speaker 2: that but you might see him at times split out
23:38
Speaker 2: a little bit because he has that, ability you might
23:40
Speaker 2: see some mismatches. There he is he LIKE i, SAID
23:45
Speaker 2: i have him as my breakout player of the year
23:47
Speaker 2: for a. REASON i think he could have a, big big.
23:49
Speaker 2: Year he did catch three passes last, year averaging twenty
23:52
Speaker 2: three yards to, catch so he was making plays down the,
23:54
Speaker 2: field but he was he was a backup and didn't
23:58
Speaker 2: have a ton of time on the. Field AND i
24:00
Speaker 2: think now he's going to provide that big target across
24:03
Speaker 2: the middle That Evan brown's going to see and they
24:06
Speaker 2: can connect for some, big big. Yards you look at
24:09
Speaker 2: the offensive, line AND i mean their offensive line a
24:14
Speaker 2: couple of years, ago two years, ago three years, ago
24:16
Speaker 2: mostly two years ago might be the best one a
24:19
Speaker 2: offensive Line i've ever. SEEN i mean tackle to tackle.
24:22
Speaker 2: There it was scary. Good and they had so much,
24:26
Speaker 2: experience so much size and strength and, knowledge and they
24:28
Speaker 2: were coached the right. Way and a lot of them
24:32
Speaker 2: graduated a couple of years, ago so you got some
24:35
Speaker 2: new guys that came in and now you're looking at
24:39
Speaker 2: you really have a veteran five there with a couple
24:42
Speaker 2: of sophomores pushing. Them it starts With Cohen hofford at.
24:46
Speaker 2: CENTER i mean he, is you, know a low two
24:49
Speaker 2: hundred and sixty, pounds did great last. Year you can depend,
24:52
Speaker 2: up you can depend on him. THERE i really Like
24:55
Speaker 2: trevik McMillan as a left. Tackle that's a kid that
24:57
Speaker 2: just keeps getting bigger and. Stronger TIME i see, Him
25:00
Speaker 2: i'm just, like that's that same, Kid like he just
25:04
Speaker 2: looks totally different and he's gonna step right into that
25:07
Speaker 2: left tackle. Spot and those are big shoes To Phil
25:10
Speaker 2: Brady ackerman was a starter for four years at that.
25:12
Speaker 2: Spot so But trevick McMillan just a. JUNIOR i think
25:16
Speaker 2: we'll take that spot and do quite well with. IT
25:20
Speaker 2: i Think Gabriel snyder's as a right tackle will be.
25:23
Speaker 2: Great had got a lot of, experience especially late in
25:26
Speaker 2: the year last. Year Landon, staffer he started at guard last.
25:30
Speaker 2: YEAR a really good baseball, player good good, athlete a
25:34
Speaker 2: kid that you know is probably athletic enough to be
25:37
Speaker 2: like a tight end type. Kid but played a lot
25:41
Speaker 2: of offensive line last. Year so he's right in there
25:43
Speaker 2: in the. Mix And Sebastian finkbonner has played quite a
25:46
Speaker 2: bit as another guard. Spot so you got your five
25:49
Speaker 2: right there that you're kind of ready for. It but
25:51
Speaker 2: you got a couple of sophomores that are knocking on the,
25:53
Speaker 2: door which is always a great thing across the board
25:56
Speaker 2: for any team In Walking, County Lucas norris And Pacton
26:00
Speaker 2: miller or a couple of kids that are, competing uh
26:04
Speaker 2: and could see a lot of playing time On friday.
26:06
Speaker 2: Nights and that's you want to be able to do.
26:08
Speaker 2: That there will be guys that are gonna need a,
26:10
Speaker 2: break there could be some, injuries you never. Know you
26:12
Speaker 2: got to have those guys, ready but you want to
26:15
Speaker 2: have a solid five that you could depend upon to
26:18
Speaker 2: get the job done every Single friday. Night and right
26:20
Speaker 2: Now Nifsac valley is looking at seven guys for five,
26:23
Speaker 2: spots and that's that's kind of the way it is
26:25
Speaker 2: around the. COUNTY i, mean most teams are looking at
26:28
Speaker 2: the same. Thing so it's good to have extra. Guys
26:30
Speaker 2: good to have, depth especially at the ONE a. Level
26:33
Speaker 2: ONE a teams do not have depth at the offensive.
26:35
Speaker 2: Line so if you can get, that you just have
26:37
Speaker 2: a leg up on your. Opponent you look on the
26:40
Speaker 2: defensive side of the, ball and you got a lot
26:43
Speaker 2: of guys for this defensive. Line they kind of run
26:45
Speaker 2: like a four to two, five so you, know much Like,
26:48
Speaker 2: ferndale and you know kind of Like baker as, well
26:52
Speaker 2: where you do have true four down linemen with two
26:55
Speaker 2: real defensive ends that, are you, know hand in the
26:57
Speaker 2: dirt kind of. Guys you look in the inside of
27:00
Speaker 2: those you, know you Got hoeford and And snyders that
27:04
Speaker 2: could be the tackles there on the inside and the
27:06
Speaker 2: interior part of the defensive. Line and then you got
27:08
Speaker 2: a lot of guys that have that defensive end, bodies you,
27:12
Speaker 2: Know Dane, Ackerman Landon, Stafford trevick, McMillan Trevin, skeenstra these
27:16
Speaker 2: are all guys that kind of have that, tall, lanky
27:21
Speaker 2: strong athletic all those things. Combined and then some backup
27:25
Speaker 2: tackles are those two SOPHOMORES i was talking, About Lucas,
27:27
Speaker 2: Norris Paxton. Miller they could you, know get some good
27:31
Speaker 2: push and give a break to some of those, guys
27:33
Speaker 2: especially if you Know cohen's gonna be starting on the offensive.
27:36
Speaker 2: Line Gabriel snyders will be, two so they might need
27:40
Speaker 2: to break on defense every once in a. While and
27:41
Speaker 2: you can get those sophomores into the game and not
27:45
Speaker 2: have much of a drop off if at, all and
27:47
Speaker 2: that's you gotta. Have you gotta have sophomores to get
27:50
Speaker 2: some run because next year they're gonna be dependent on
27:52
Speaker 2: a great deal at the linebackers. SPOT i, mean obviously
27:56
Speaker 2: you Graduate Colton, lentz But Andrew duggar's got a lot of,
28:00
Speaker 2: experience played really well last. Year he by far brings
28:04
Speaker 2: back the most. Tackles he had sixty three and a
28:08
Speaker 2: half tackles last, year two and a half tackles for,
28:10
Speaker 2: lost one, sack one forced, fumble three passes broken, up
28:14
Speaker 2: and an. Interception so he brings back a. Ton so
28:18
Speaker 2: he will be kind of that main guy in the
28:20
Speaker 2: middle of the field who won't be playing much, offense
28:22
Speaker 2: so you can rely upon him as a defensive. Player
28:25
Speaker 2: next to, HIM i Think Trey Hugh, tinker you, know
28:28
Speaker 2: is probably gonna get that get that spotty he you,
28:32
Speaker 2: know he's kind of that next guy up in. Line
28:35
Speaker 2: didn't play a lot of varsity last, year but he's
28:37
Speaker 2: he's built like a. Linebacker and another guy that you
28:41
Speaker 2: could see maybe in that strong safety outside linebacker spot
28:44
Speaker 2: that every single TIME i would see him on special
28:48
Speaker 2: teams he made, plays Was Max. LAUTENBACH i mean HE
28:51
Speaker 2: i think he had three fumble recoveries and very limited playing,
28:55
Speaker 2: time but, boy when he was out, there he made things.
28:58
Speaker 2: Happen and he's a guy that every single year WHEN
29:01
Speaker 2: i watch film AND i always see who's making the
29:05
Speaker 2: tackle on kickoffs because a lot of times it's the
29:08
Speaker 2: same guy for every, School, Right it's that there's a,
29:11
Speaker 2: guy and every time there is that, guy he tends
29:14
Speaker 2: to not be a starter on, defense but then the
29:16
Speaker 2: following year becomes a really good defensive. Player that's What
29:20
Speaker 2: i'm looking at With Max. LATTENBACH i think he could
29:22
Speaker 2: be taking that step up and make an impact on
29:25
Speaker 2: the defensive side of the ball if he can crack
29:27
Speaker 2: his way into the starting lineup the. SECONDARY i mean
29:31
Speaker 2: the big hole there is gonna Be Corey, one who
29:35
Speaker 2: is the quarterback of that defense for four. Years knew,
29:37
Speaker 2: everything how to put everybody into, place never made the
29:41
Speaker 2: same mistake, twice just you, know did all the right
29:44
Speaker 2: things all the, time and he was really really hard
29:48
Speaker 2: to replace. Him But Tyler, martin who's a, sophomore he's
29:51
Speaker 2: probably gonna take that. Spot we saw him last year
29:54
Speaker 2: as a, kicker but he could be doing more stuff
29:57
Speaker 2: now on the defensive side of the, Ball he's grown a.
29:59
Speaker 2: Ton he's going probably four or five inches from this
30:02
Speaker 2: time last, year so he looks the part. Physically other
30:07
Speaker 2: safeties could, be you, Know Matthew, Blake Jackson. Hester you,
30:11
Speaker 2: know they run LIKE i, said they kind of have
30:13
Speaker 2: like a couple of strong, safeties kind of a hybrid
30:15
Speaker 2: strong safety outside linebacker and that four two Five and
30:20
Speaker 2: on the, Corner Cole coppinger, returns which is. Fantastic Evan
30:23
Speaker 2: bravo was amazing as a corner for. Years so who's
30:27
Speaker 2: gonna be the other? Corner it could Be Jane, Jones Dylan,
30:31
Speaker 2: reimer you, Know Matthew. BLAKE i you, Know i'm not
30:34
Speaker 2: quite sure who that other corner is gonna. Be but
30:36
Speaker 2: he kind of got six guys competing for four to five,
30:39
Speaker 2: spots and all six can really, play and they can all,
30:43
Speaker 2: move you, KNOW i THINK i Think Cole coppinger's got
30:46
Speaker 2: a spot locked, in Probably Tyler martin as, well so
30:50
Speaker 2: Probably Jackson. HESTER i, Mean Jackson hester was making some
30:53
Speaker 2: plays down the. Stretch he had a couple of, interceptions
30:55
Speaker 2: a couple of fumble, Recoveries so SO i think he's you,
30:59
Speaker 2: know probably got a leg up as, Well so we'll
31:02
Speaker 2: just have to. See and in that week one, GAME i,
31:05
Speaker 2: mean you're playing against a run heavy, team you might
31:07
Speaker 2: go linebacker heavy instead of defensive back, heavy so at
31:11
Speaker 2: least have to. See it depends on who the opponent.
31:14
Speaker 2: Is when you go to the kicking. Game Tyler martin,
31:17
Speaker 2: returns he was a freshman last. Year he had twenty
31:19
Speaker 2: eight extra, points including some big ones in against the
31:23
Speaker 2: WIND i remember in that, GAME i think it was Against,
31:26
Speaker 2: zilla that first round state playoff. Game but he's got
31:29
Speaker 2: bigger and, stronger so his kicking is probably just going to.
31:32
Speaker 2: Improve Evan, BROWN i would assume he would take over
31:37
Speaker 2: the role as the, punter but you never. KNOW i,
31:40
Speaker 2: mean you, Know joey took that as a senior AND
31:44
Speaker 2: i think he led the whole county in, punning SO
31:48
Speaker 2: i wouldn't be surprised If evan does that AS ae
31:50
Speaker 2: for his senior. Year you might have a couple guys back,
31:54
Speaker 2: there you, Know Venoxac valley has not shied about has
31:57
Speaker 2: not been shy about having multiple punters at same, time
32:01
Speaker 2: so you never. Know and then you can run some
32:04
Speaker 2: interesting stuff off. That so and then in the return.
32:08
Speaker 2: Game they don't return of by the guys that have returning.
32:12
Speaker 2: Experience Cole coppenter had one kickoff return last. Year that's.
32:15
Speaker 2: It nobody else had a kickoff return that comes. Back
32:19
Speaker 2: nobody has a punt. Return you, know you Saw, Evan
32:21
Speaker 2: bravo And corey only do that for. Years so you
32:23
Speaker 2: kind of got new guys. There you, know expect to
32:26
Speaker 2: see maybe A Matthew blake or even A Jayden jones
32:29
Speaker 2: who's got a lightning. Speed so those are the kind
32:31
Speaker 2: of the guys you might see back. There we'll just
32:34
Speaker 2: have to wait and. See it's gonna be a different
32:38
Speaker 2: year for The. Pioneers they've, been you, know so veteran
32:42
Speaker 2: loaded for the last few, years and when it's fun
32:45
Speaker 2: talking to the coaching, staff their eyes light up about this.
32:48
Speaker 2: Group and this is something maybe the average fan doesn't think,
32:52
Speaker 2: about but when you have the same core guys for so,
32:55
Speaker 2: long once it gets to their third fourth, year you're
32:59
Speaker 2: not doing as much. Coaching they know the, offense so
33:02
Speaker 2: they're not getting a lot of. COACHING i, mean you
33:05
Speaker 2: know WHAT i. Mean they know what to, do you,
33:07
Speaker 2: know so their coaches are talking to other guys are
33:10
Speaker 2: trying to just fine tune the plays that they already
33:12
Speaker 2: run really really. Well and this year they get to
33:16
Speaker 2: put their coaching hat back, on AND i think they're
33:18
Speaker 2: really enjoying, it where they're explaining techniques and philosophies and
33:23
Speaker 2: there answering the question. Why AND i love when a
33:26
Speaker 2: football player asks the question, why because first, off you
33:31
Speaker 2: could tell that they're wanting to. Know they're, intrigued and
33:37
Speaker 2: it's good to know why sometimes because they're not going
33:40
Speaker 2: to complain so much about like you, know but there's a.
33:44
Speaker 2: Reason there's always a. Reason there could be like three
33:46
Speaker 2: or four, reasons and there's some behind the scenes that
33:48
Speaker 2: you don't know. About you might be setting up a
33:50
Speaker 2: play for later on down the. Road you might be
33:52
Speaker 2: doing something on, film so a coach for a later
33:56
Speaker 2: game doesn't know what you. Know there's all sorts of reasons.
33:59
Speaker 2: Why and when you get a young group that's hungry
34:03
Speaker 2: and hasn't developed bad habits and stuff like, that it
34:06
Speaker 2: could really turn into something. Magical so Nickzac valley has
34:09
Speaker 2: had a great run these last few years and Coach
34:13
Speaker 2: bartell's got them steered in the right. Direction it will
34:16
Speaker 2: be a different group this, year BUT i still think
34:18
Speaker 2: they are playoff. BOUND i just think that that's kind
34:23
Speaker 2: of the way it's being looked at right. NOW i
34:26
Speaker 2: mean you look at some rankings across there and they're, like, oh,
34:29
Speaker 2: yeah they're ranked like third in the, state fourth in the.
34:31
Speaker 2: STATE i don't think that's the. CASE i think they're
34:33
Speaker 2: just looking at that and seeing what they've done the
34:35
Speaker 2: last few years without realizing how many guys have moved.
34:38
Speaker 2: ON i don't think they're the third or fourth best
34:40
Speaker 2: team in the, state BUT i think they're in the top.
34:43
Speaker 2: TWELVE i think they're capable of going to the state.
34:46
Speaker 2: Tournament and that's what's the, goal Right that's the goal
34:49
Speaker 2: is just to get there and then go from. There
34:51
Speaker 2: so The, pioneers good luck to them And Coach bartell
34:55
Speaker 2: and his. Crew, AGAIN i want to Thank Abury farm
34:59
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35:02
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35:12
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35:15
Speaker 2: will come out and, yeah we're getting close we're getting
35:19
Speaker 2: close To Friday night. Kickoff i'm excited to see everybody out,
35:22
Speaker 2: there AND i will talk to you later today