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Whatcom Preps Podcast Episode 444 - Week 2 football recap · Whatcom Preps Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Greetings and welcome into the Whatcom Preps podcast. This is
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  Speaker 1: episode 444, the week two football recap, and I am
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Anderson of Whatcom Preps. Episode 444. Boy, Moses Malone
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  Speaker 1: would be proud of that. And if you know that reference,
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  Speaker 1: good on you. Do you live in Whatcom, Skagit Island,
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  Speaker 1: or San Juan County and want to become an official?
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  Speaker 1: Officiating is a great way to give back to your
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  Speaker 1: community and ensure our youth have an opportunity to compete
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  Speaker 1: in athletics. Go to nwofficials.com to learn how to get
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  Speaker 1: involved today. All right, so there was a lot of
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  Speaker 1: games over the weekend as every Whatcom County team played
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  Speaker 1: a non-Whatcom County team, which means it's the maximum amount
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  Speaker 1: of games that could have happened. And holy cow, that
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  Speaker 1: made for a crazy Friday night. tracking all the games
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  Speaker 1: and bring it to you live the best we could
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  Speaker 1: and there was one game on Thursday though and to
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  Speaker 1: talk about the first game this weekend we are going
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  Speaker 1: to go straight to the coach's corner on the Gatorade
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  Speaker 1: game day podcast and talk to our coach Jeff Wood
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  Speaker 1: who was at the game at Civic Stadium on Thursday
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  Speaker 1: night it was Anacortes all over Squalicum coach Wood thank
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  Speaker 1: you for joining us how are you doing I'm doing
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  Speaker 1: great Tyler So you were there. Uh, I was there
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  Speaker 1: for a little bit and, um, we watched the first
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  Speaker 1: quarter together and then I, uh, went off to a
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  Speaker 1: volleyball game while you saw the rest of it. But
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  Speaker 1: Anacortes 49, Squalicum zero, you know, there was a lot
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  Speaker 1: of hype coming into the game about last year's game and,
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  Speaker 1: you know, all that stuff. It was a big upset
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  Speaker 1: win by the storm last year, but this is, you know,
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  Speaker 1: these are, there's new players. There's, it's a new season. Um,
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  Speaker 1: and it didn't go the way of the storm kind
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  Speaker 1: of talk, talk about, you know, what you saw out there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was just, uh, it was a tough one
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  Speaker 2: for the storm. They, uh, you know, with the new offense, uh,
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  Speaker 2: they had against Sehome, they had some, some issues, uh,
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  Speaker 2: some penalties, but they were able to overcome those, uh,
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  Speaker 2: against Sehome, but against, uh, you know, a final four
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  Speaker 2: team and the two years before that state champs and
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  Speaker 2: Anacortes just has a really good program running and a
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  Speaker 2: lot of guys back, uh, couldn't, couldn't overcome some of that.
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  Speaker 2: And they were missing a couple of guys with injuries
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  Speaker 2: and had a couple more injuries throughout the game. So
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  Speaker 2: it was just, uh, all in all a pretty, pretty
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  Speaker 2: tough game for the storm, but you know, sometimes that
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  Speaker 2: happens and got to bounce back the next week and,
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  Speaker 2: There's another game.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's, and you know what this is like
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  Speaker 1: coaching high school aged kids is so much of it
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  Speaker 1: can be momentum and highs and lows and mental and
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  Speaker 1: all that stuff. And, you know, we were watching it
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  Speaker 1: together in that first quarter where Anacortes is driving third
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  Speaker 1: and four. They go for the deep ball down the middle.
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  Speaker 1: It's overthrown just by a little bit and they stay
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  Speaker 1: on the field. And you looked over at me and said,
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  Speaker 1: Probably going to go with a hard count here. And
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  Speaker 1: sure enough, they do. They get an extra set of downs.
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  Speaker 1: And a few plays later, they score a touchdown. And
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  Speaker 1: talk about that momentum where you think you have them stopped.
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  Speaker 1: You think they're going to punt. But instead, they get
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  Speaker 1: a first down, then score a touchdown. And how that
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  Speaker 1: shifts everything.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's tough.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's mentally.
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  Speaker 2: And that's, you know, with younger teams.
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  Speaker 1: right?
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  Speaker 2: Trying to overcome that's much more difficult as you get
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  Speaker 2: some better senior leadership and those sorts of things. Then
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  Speaker 2: you got to deal with that adversity and hopefully get
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  Speaker 2: the stop and stop that momentum. Easier said than done.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, it's such a game of momentum. And especially
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  Speaker 2: when you're kind of on the shorter end of the
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  Speaker 2: talent stick, sometimes they're You know, defensively, they made some
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  Speaker 2: good stops. Squalicum throughout the game, but they couldn't really
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  Speaker 2: sustain any offense. So then that kind of snowballs on
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  Speaker 2: the defense, too, because you're out on the field that
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  Speaker 2: much longer. And, you know, Anacortes is pretty balanced, even
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  Speaker 2: though they have, you know, Ryan Harrington. He's going to Wazoo,
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  Speaker 2: and he can throw it 60 yards, and he's got
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  Speaker 2: lots of good weapons.
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  Speaker 1: So....
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  Speaker 2: Overall, just tough to keep fighting, but they did keep
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  Speaker 2: fighting and they played hard. That's a testament to those
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  Speaker 2: players and coaches, even when the score was against them.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. You mentioned the defense. I thought Brock Scammell had
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  Speaker 1: a pretty good game. Six and a half tackles, one
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  Speaker 1: tackle for a loss, one quarterback sack. The Scammells just
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  Speaker 1: keep producing more linebackers. It seems like, and I just,
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  Speaker 1: here comes another one. And, and I thought, I thought
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  Speaker 1: he had a really, really good game. You're right about
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  Speaker 1: the offense and you brought up last week, how they
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  Speaker 1: had some procedure penalties and different things and delay games
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  Speaker 1: and all these things with the new offense, but they
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  Speaker 1: overcame it, you know, against a team like Anna Cordes.
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  Speaker 1: You can't really afford to have any of those penalties.
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  Speaker 1: There was a time where, as you mentioned in the story,
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  Speaker 1: I think they got down to the six yard line
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  Speaker 1: or something like that. And then two penalties in a
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  Speaker 1: row and now you're way out of it. It's just
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  Speaker 1: hard to, you know, get anything going when you're moving
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  Speaker 1: backwards like that. But I want to focus on this
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  Speaker 1: Anacortes team a little bit. And we usually don't talk
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  Speaker 1: about non-Walking County teams very much. But, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if you've actually seen any tape on this
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  Speaker 1: year's Archbishop Murphy team, but you did get to see
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  Speaker 1: Anacortes up close and personal. Do you think that they
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  Speaker 1: have a shot to dethrone the Wildcats?
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  Speaker 2: I think they do. Again, like you said, I haven't
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  Speaker 2: seen Archbishop in person, but they're loaded again and will
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  Speaker 2: be the favorite, but that'd be a great game to
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  Speaker 2: be at. And Anacortes, you know, is pretty stacked throughout
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  Speaker 2: their whole team. So, I think they will have a shot.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know where that game is, but they might
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  Speaker 2: play more than once if they meet again in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: More than likely, 99% chance they're both making the playoffs. Anyway,
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  Speaker 2: that'll be interesting for sure going forward.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they're actually– I believe they're playing this week, this
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  Speaker 1: week three– I don't know where the game is being played.
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  Speaker 1: When I think about it, I think it's going to
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  Speaker 1: be at Anacortes because I don't think they've had a
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  Speaker 1: home game yet. So I would imagine it'll be at Anacortes.
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  Speaker 1: So that could be a heck of a game. And
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  Speaker 1: you're totally right. You brought it up. They might play
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  Speaker 1: each other again in the playoffs. I would not doubt
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  Speaker 1: that at all. I think that these are two teams,
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  Speaker 1: like you said, that are very, very likely to make
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  Speaker 1: the playoffs. And Squalicum right now is going to have
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  Speaker 1: to regroup, get things going again as they play Burlington
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  Speaker 1: this week. And the Burlington-Squalicum game the last few years
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  Speaker 1: has been that teetering game with are you in or
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  Speaker 1: are you out? Kind of that right there on the
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  Speaker 1: cusp of making the postseason. And Burlington, every year, they
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  Speaker 1: just play the right way. They're really well coached. and, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Squalicum is going to have to get things going, get healthy. And, uh,
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  Speaker 1: we don't know, we know who we'll see at quarterback as, as, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Asher Oz Bjornsson went down, but you saw Grady Smith
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  Speaker 1: come in there and play quarterback. What did you like
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  Speaker 1: from him? You know, he.
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  Speaker 2: Throws a pretty good ball, uh, made a couple, couple nice, uh,
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  Speaker 2: passes when he was in there. He's not as much
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  Speaker 2: of a runner, uh, you know, not as big of
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  Speaker 2: a guy or, uh, But I would think at this
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  Speaker 2: point probably going to stick mostly to the same offense
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  Speaker 2: since that's all installed now. But I think they might
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  Speaker 2: put in a little bit more with the passing game
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  Speaker 2: because that plays to his strengths and they have some
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  Speaker 2: good skill guys and they still have running backs they
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  Speaker 2: have there with Scammell and Hofstede. So I think they'll
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  Speaker 2: be They'll be ready. They know that, too, that they
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  Speaker 2: need to win this one against Burlington. They already got
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  Speaker 2: the one against Seaholm, so if they get this one,
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  Speaker 2: that'll kind of give them the inside track to that
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  Speaker 2: third or fourth seed to get into the playoffs. So
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  Speaker 2: I think they'll be ready. And it's at Civic again,
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  Speaker 2: so their third straight game at Civic for the Storm.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, how about that? And then the week after that,
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  Speaker 1: they play Nooksack Valley. First time ever those two programs played.
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  Speaker 1: playing each other in football. They were supposed to play
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  Speaker 1: the COVID year, and there was a big COVID outbreak
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  Speaker 1: out at Nooksack, and so that game got canceled. So
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  Speaker 1: I'm really excited about that. That's going to be great. Coach,
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  Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining me. Thanks for being
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  Speaker 1: out there Thursday night at Civic Stadium, and we'll catch
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  Speaker 1: up with you again next week.
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  Speaker 2: Sounds good, Tyler.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Thanks, Coach. We'll see how Squalicum can bounce back,
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  Speaker 1: and they've got some good opponents coming up the next
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  Speaker 1: few weeks If any coaching staff can get that thing
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  Speaker 1: turned around, it's that coaching staff. We'll just have to
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  Speaker 1: wait and see. We'll talk about their opponents on tomorrow's
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  Speaker 1: podcast when we do the Gatorade game day preview. and
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  Speaker 1: preview all the games for this upcoming weekend. Next up,
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  Speaker 1: Linden went to Lakewood and hung seven touchdowns on them,
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  Speaker 1: won 49-6. Got to give it to the Cougars, though,
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  Speaker 1: scoring early in the second quarter. So that showed me
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  Speaker 1: a lot that they were able to do that. But
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  Speaker 1: Linden was just too big, too fast, too good. And
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  Speaker 1: they really did a great job running the ball. 361
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  Speaker 1: yards on the ground. They really wanted to establish the
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  Speaker 1: run and did a great job of it. Very efficient
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  Speaker 1: through the air, five of eight for 98 yards with
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  Speaker 1: their two quarterback system. But yeah, it was all Linden
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  Speaker 1: as Van Dalen and Postma each had 129 yards rushing,
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  Speaker 1: which is pretty crazy to hit that number right on
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  Speaker 1: the bat. Dawson Van Dalen, 19 carries for 129 yards
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  Speaker 1: and Austin Postma, 14 carries for 129 yards. Cash Triplett
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  Speaker 1: had five carries for 38 yards. Gordie Bellington, three carries
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  Speaker 1: for 34 yards. Nick Rentis had 20 yards rushing. Miguel
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  Speaker 1: Lopez had 11 yards rushing as they neared, what, eight
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  Speaker 1: and a half yards a carry, something like that. Sam Arango,
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  Speaker 1: three more catches for 67 yards and another touchdown. Austin
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  Speaker 1: Postma with another pick six, two weeks in a row.
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  Speaker 1: And it was so similar looking, same part of the field.
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  Speaker 1: just jumps up and grabs it right near midfield and
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  Speaker 1: takes it all the way for a touchdown. You know,
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  Speaker 1: if I was given away like an MVP for the
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  Speaker 1: season so far, just overall playing, he would be right
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  Speaker 1: up there. I know Elliot Lenson's having a heck of
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  Speaker 1: a year as well, but boy, Austin Postma is doing
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  Speaker 1: it offensively, defensively. He's doing it all, and it's been
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  Speaker 1: a lot of fun to see. And, of course, we
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  Speaker 1: will see that matchup. coming up on Friday again, which
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  Speaker 1: we'll talk about in tomorrow's podcast. But Linden, you know,
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  Speaker 1: Linden just did all the things they needed to do.
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  Speaker 1: Holding Lakewood, just 41 yards rushing, intercepting them three times.
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  Speaker 1: Lakewood did have 244 yards passing a lot of that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they, they had some good plays in there,
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  Speaker 1: but Linden plays that bend, but don't break defense. And
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  Speaker 1: speaking of defense, And like I said, Austin Postma with
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  Speaker 1: the pick six. He also had six tackles and a
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  Speaker 1: pass broken up. I thought Adam Holman did an awesome job. Linebacker,
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  Speaker 1: five and a half tackles, two forced fumbles, a sack,
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  Speaker 1: and a pass broken up. Jack Williams with two and
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  Speaker 1: a half sacks. He was something else getting through there.
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  Speaker 1: And he's just a terror. He's really, really quick and
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  Speaker 1: has great size at 6'4, 200 pounds. Landon Tolsma, Lincoln
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  Speaker 1: Van Rye. Lincoln Van Rye with a couple of sacks.
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  Speaker 1: Landon told us about how to tackle for a loss.
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  Speaker 1: So a lot of different guys getting in on the
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  Speaker 1: action defensively, which was great to see. And Lyndon, it
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  Speaker 1: makes for the great matchup coming up, which everyone's excited about.
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  Speaker 1: Lyndon and Ferndale, both teams coming into it undefeated. So
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  Speaker 1: even though it's just 2-0 on the season, still undefeated nonetheless.
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  Speaker 1: So congratulations to the Lyndon Lions. Next up, we will
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  Speaker 1: go out to Sid Lambert Field, where they unveiled the
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  Speaker 1: new turf for the first time and Again, it didn't
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  Speaker 1: look real. It looked like AI. It was unbelievable. That
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  Speaker 1: purple end zone looks fantastic. It's so sharp. I can't
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  Speaker 1: wait to see it in person. I'm not sure quite
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  Speaker 1: when that will be. As Friday nights, I'm a little preoccupied,
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  Speaker 1: but it's very possible that field could host a playoff game.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see. Maybe they have a Thursday or Saturday night
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  Speaker 1: game coming up that I'll be able to come out
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  Speaker 1: and check it out, but Or maybe I'll just go
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  Speaker 1: out there during the week sometime. But this was all
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  Speaker 1: Nooksack Valley early as they scored the first four touchdowns
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  Speaker 1: of the game. Actually led 21-0 at the half. Trevin
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  Speaker 1: Skinstreff scored a couple touchdowns early on. Then Tyler Martin
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  Speaker 1: had the big 87-yard interception return for a touchdown. He
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  Speaker 1: came down for like, he plays the free safety spot,
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  Speaker 1: but he was coming down and he was, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if he was playing a zone in the flat,
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  Speaker 1: but if that pass would have went over him, So
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  Speaker 1: that would have been an easy six points for Okanagan.
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  Speaker 1: But Martin, it's almost like he baited him into it
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  Speaker 1: because he knew his athletic ability. He could jump up
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  Speaker 1: and get it. He did. And he took it to
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  Speaker 1: the house, 87 yards for a touchdown. That play also
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  Speaker 1: won the Pepsi play of the week. So he will
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  Speaker 1: be getting a case of Gatorade soon. And that made
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  Speaker 1: it 21-0. And that's where it stood at the half.
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  Speaker 1: And Okanagan, they're a big team, big, strong team. But
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  Speaker 1: Nooksack Valley looked really, really good. There were still some
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  Speaker 1: things to work on. They threw three picks. So there
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  Speaker 1: is stuff to work on, which is kind of the
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  Speaker 1: coach's dream. You get the win and you get teaching points.
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  Speaker 1: And then in the third quarter, the long bomb from
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  Speaker 1: Lucas Woodridge down the right sideline to Trace Palumbo that
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  Speaker 1: covered 73 yards. That was really cool to see. It's
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  Speaker 1: funny because when I think of Trace Palumbo, I go
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  Speaker 1: back to his freshman year. when that grade, that class,
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  Speaker 1: they didn't really have a quarterback. And they needed someone
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  Speaker 1: to be the C-team quarterback. And he stepped up and said,
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  Speaker 1: I'll do it. And he even got into a late
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  Speaker 1: varsity game and completed a three-yard pass to Dane Ackerman,
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  Speaker 1: a freshman to freshman in garbage time late in the
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  Speaker 1: fourth quarter. And so I always remembered Trace from that,
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  Speaker 1: the kid that stood up and said, I'll do it,
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  Speaker 1: even though he's not a quarterback. And now... you know,
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  Speaker 1: seeing what he did this, you know, for his senior
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  Speaker 1: year with this long touchdown, it just kind of, I
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  Speaker 1: love those moments because there are freshman moments that I remember.
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  Speaker 1: And then I always think, you know, I hope he
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  Speaker 1: sticks with it or I hope I'm always going to
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  Speaker 1: remember that kid. And, and it's been, it's been fun
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  Speaker 1: to follow what, what he's done, whether it's, you know,
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  Speaker 1: track and field or basketball, but definitely in football. And
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  Speaker 1: so for him to have this long touchdown, it, it,
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  Speaker 1: it just brought me back. It brought me back to,
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  Speaker 1: to Eastern camp when he was a freshman and, And
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  Speaker 1: it brought me back to him throwing that pass to
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  Speaker 1: Ackerman for three yards or whatever it was. And now
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  Speaker 1: they're seniors. So it's a really, really cool deal. So
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  Speaker 1: that was awesome for him to get that long touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: But then Okanagan, they score on a 19-yard touchdown pass.
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  Speaker 1: And then it was a really strange turn of events
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  Speaker 1: because it was still looking like it was all Nooksack Valley.
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  Speaker 1: They were knocking on the door once again to basically
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  Speaker 1: put it away. But a fumble right at the goal
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  Speaker 1: line happened, and a Bulldog picked it up and ran
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  Speaker 1: all the way to the other side for a touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: So that's basically like a 14-point swing, if you think
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  Speaker 1: about it. Because Nooksack Valley was basically denied a touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: Okanagan was rewarded a touchdown. And then it made it
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  Speaker 1: a close game. It was a two-score game at that point.
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  Speaker 1: But then Trevon Skinster ripped off a 75-yard touchdown run
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  Speaker 1: at the end. they were kind of bottled up offensively, not,
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  Speaker 1: or I should say in the run game, not a lot,
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  Speaker 1: not a ton of long runs. And then that one,
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  Speaker 1: you know, made the stats look a little different. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they were averaging, I don't know, four yards of carry
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  Speaker 1: for 20 carries going into that run. And then that
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  Speaker 1: run made it. So it was eight yards of carry
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  Speaker 1: for the game. So, I mean, you know, sometimes a
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  Speaker 1: long run, we'll, we'll do it schemes for finishes with
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  Speaker 1: 129 yards on just nine carries and, as he leads
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  Speaker 1: the way there. Lucas Woodridge, still pretty accurate. He's been
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  Speaker 1: over 70% in each of his first two varsity games.
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  Speaker 1: This game, he was 12 for 17 for 247 yards.
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  Speaker 1: Did throw the three interceptions, though, so that's something to
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  Speaker 1: work on. Did have two touchdowns. Tyler Martin, four catches
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  Speaker 1: for 62 yards. Jaden Jones, three catches for 54 yards.
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  Speaker 1: Dane Ackerman, two catches for 32 yards. Trevin Skinstra, two
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  Speaker 1: for 26. And Trace Palumbo with that 73-yard touchdown. touchdown reception. Defensively,
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Martin really did a lot there. Six and a
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: half tackles, one tackle for loss, two passes broken up,
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: and then he had two interceptions, one that he returned
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: 87 yards for a touchdown. So congratulations on a huge
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: week for him on the defensive side of the ball.
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: I thought Trevick McMillan had an awesome game. He's a
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: kid that I knew more as an offensive lineman, but
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: as a defensive lineman so far this year, he's got
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: all conference written all over him. He has been amazing.
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: Nine tackles, one and a half sacks, one and a
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: half tackles for loss, and a forced fumble. He's just
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: such a big, strong kid, like 6'4, 225, and can move.
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: He keeps guys in front. He's got strong hands. He's
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: going to bring you down. He's just doing all the
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: things that you need to have done as a senior.
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: I love it when these seniors are step up. And
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: I mean, he's been, I mean, he's started as a
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: two-way starter last year. It's not like he's new to this,
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: but his game has just elevated so much. And you
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: see that in seniors when they feel that confidence, they
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: feel like I'm a senior now. I'm, you know, this is,
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: this is, this is what we've been waiting for, like
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. So pretty, pretty excited for
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: what he's been doing so far and, and, and happy that,
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: you know, he's, he's had the success that he's had
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: because he's an awesome kid. Trey Hutink, seven and a
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: half tackles, one tackle for loss, just one of those
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: hard hitters inside linebacker. Max Lautenbach, going to pick it
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: up where he left off last year, a couple more
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: passes broken up and an interception. Trace Palumbo had eight tackles,
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: which is a lot of tackles for a corner, which
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: tells me that Okanagan, they went to the air quite
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: a bit, which they did. They went to the air
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: 33 times. But he's getting guys down. So Palumbo with
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: eight tackles, which was big there. So Nooksack Valley, 2-0.
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: And I kind of said it before, it was the
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: team that I didn't really know that much about as
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: far as I just didn't really know where they would fall.
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: But so far, so good for the Pioneers. And in
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: both games, they get the wins, but definitely things to
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: be worked on. It's tough also when you have, even
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: as talented as Lucas Woodridge is, when you have a
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: sophomore quarterback There's going to be those learning curves and
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: those bumps in the road and growing pains and all
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: that stuff early on in the season. And we're seeing
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: some of that. But when he's on target, he's he's
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: showing why he's the starting quarterback. He does a great,
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: great job. So Nook Sac Valley 2-0. Congratulations to them.
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: We head out to Civic Stadium. This was a this
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: was a whale of a game back and forth. A
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: lot of scoring early, no scoring in the third quarter,
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: then a ton of it in the fourth quarter. All
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: sorts of stuff going on here as Bellingham drops the
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: game to Sultan, 38-24. You know, it sounds crazy, a
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: two-score game, but it was much closer than that throughout. Bellingham,
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: first play from scrimmage, connect on a deep touchdown pass
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: from Ben Leonard to Matthew Steele, and they're up early 7-0.
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: And the game plan, you know, was to throw the ball,
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: you know, use their speed against Sultan's size. And Sultan
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: was much bigger, Bellingham much faster. And so when you
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: look at that first play, okay, I think, you know,
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: we're doing, we're on the right track here. Sultan goes down,
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: scores on a touchdown. Bellingham answers with a field goal.
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: Alejandro Pringle kicks one from 28 yards out. So they're
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: up 10 to six at this point. This is in
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: the second quarter. And Sultan goes on a little bit
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: of a run here as they score a couple touchdowns
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: in the second quarter. One or both of them on
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: deep passes, which there weren't necessarily a passing team. They
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: only have four completions on the entire game, but these
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: two went for touchdowns in the second quarter, and they
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: led 18-10 at the half. The whole third quarter was
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: just kind of back and forth, nobody scoring. And it
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: just remained that 18-10 game where it's still a one-score game. So,
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: you know, Bellingham can get in the end zone and
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: get a two-point conversion, and they can tie it up.
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: But what happened first, Sultan was able to score, and
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: they got the two-point conversion. So now they're up by 16-10.
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: So Bellingham needed to do something quick, and we're in
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: the fourth quarter here. Leonard hits Steele for a seven-yard
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: touchdown pass. Then they connect again on the two-point conversion.
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: So now it is back down to an eight-point game.
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: Bellingham gets the ball back. They're driving down by eight
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: and about halfway through the fourth quarter. And Ben Leonard
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: hits Julius Seyfried on kind of a fly-sweep-shovel type thing.
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: And he catches it and just heads right upfield. The
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: big 6'2, 225-pound tight end finds the end zone from
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: 12 yards out. They do not get the two-point conversion,
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: which would have tied the game, but still quite a
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: bit of time left. And Bellingham elects to go for
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: an onside kick, and it just did not work as
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: the Solon guy just grabbed out of the air. It
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: was kicked well as far as you wanted to hit
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: that second bounce and go straight up in the air,
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: and it went the 10 yards. It did everything it
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: needed to do. but two things bad happened for that
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: play for Bellingham. One is the Sultan kid jumped up
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: and hype and hype pointed it. So he got the possession.
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: And then when he came down, he just, he just
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: ran and he scored a touchdown 50 yards. So that
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: was really that backbreaker. Um, but they went for two
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: and they didn't get it. I was really surprised. They
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: went for, I mean, maybe I shouldn't be surprised. Maybe
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: they're one of those teams that just goes for two
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: every time. Um, cause they did in this game. Maybe
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: they don't have a place kicker. Um, Because if you
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: kick the extra point there, you're up by nine if
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: you make it. And you can make it a two-score
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: game by doing that, but instead they go for two,
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: they don't get it. And so Bellingham's still in the game.
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: You don't have a lot of time left, but you
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: get the ball back, and you're down by eight. And things,
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: you know, you've got to get a pass, you've got
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: to move forward, you've got to get your timeouts, you've
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: got to go. And they got near midfield, but then
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: on the third and long pass, Ben Leonard throws it
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: out to the near sideline. It gets intercepted by a
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: Salton player as time ran out, and he ran all
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: the way for a touchdown. Of course, there was no
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: conversion after that. Game's well in hand, and the game
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: is over at that point. So it was an interesting game.
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: I mean, you look at the score, 38-24. It was much,
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: much closer than that. There were just kind of two
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: fluky touchdowns at the end on kind of bizarre plays.
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: But it was the run versus the pass. Sultan ran
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: for 280 yards. Bellingham passed for 273. Bellingham did throw
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: three interceptions, though, but that didn't help. But they had
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: some big play stuff happen, and they were right in
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: it there at the end. And congratulations to Sultan on
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: picking up their first Northwest Conference victory. of the season.
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: I believe in any sport. It's been rough with volleyball
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: and soccer as well. Ben Leonard, 21 of 37 through
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: the air for 273 yards and the three touchdowns. He was...
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: a lot was put on his shoulders to just throw
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: the ball on almost every play. He only handed the
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: ball up three times the entire game. So it was
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: a lot of throw the ball, throw the ball. And
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: his receivers did a good job. Matthew Steele, nine catches
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: for 131 yards and two touchdowns. Calvin Van Hoffweg in
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: five catches for 91 yards. Julius Seyfried, three catches for
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: 35 yards. MJ Maena, two catches for 24 yards. And
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: James Button had a couple of catches as well. Defensively,
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: You know, welcome back, Julius Seyfried, to the defense too.
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: 13 tackles, one tackle for loss and one sack. Great
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: to have him back after he was missing in week one.
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: Really a big playmaker on both sides of the ball,
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: but really saw it on defense there. Calvin Van Hoffwagen,
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: 10 and a half tackles, one tackle for loss, one sack,
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: and a pass broken up. He also had a big,
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: big stop on a fourth down play late to give
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: Bellingham that final chance, which was huge. Matthew Steele, seven tackles,
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, and a pass
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: broken up. You know, we've seen him do great things
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: the last couple years as a corner, but now that
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: he's more physical and he's a thumper and he can
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: play great in run support, they're using him as a
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: strong safety, which has been a really strong point for
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: their defense with him in there. And Lucius White, who
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: came in kind of later in the game, he did
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: some really good things. He had seven tackles coming in
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: and playing– some safety there. And he also had a
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: 75-yard kick return, which helped set up one of Bellingham's
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: late touchdowns. So really liked what Lucius White did. I
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: love when these players come in and have kind of
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: their breakout performance. You saw Max Pham do it last
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: week with Bellingham. This week, Lucius White. And who knows?
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: Who knows who it will be next week? Because it's
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: always going to be somebody, and you've got to be
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: ready for it. And that's what's really exciting about this.
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: Let's go to the next game as we head down
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: to Everett. And it was all Archbishop Murphy, surprise, surprise,
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: against Sehome, 55-14. What I did really like about this is,
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: you know, you look at the box score and it's
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: very similar. You know, Archbishop scores seven touchdowns in the
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: first half. It's kind of what they do. It's the
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: second week in a row they've scored 55 points. They
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: put a running clock in the second half. Everything's the same.
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: Big difference here is that Sehome got on the board
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: in the first quarter, which is awesome to see. They
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: connected on a deep pass from Jaden Geiger. down the
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: right sideline to Nicky Smith. And then a few plays later,
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: we're able to get in the end zone when Geiger
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: found Ollie Johnson for a six-yard touchdown pass. So for
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: them to score against that first team, that first unit,
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: that first defense of the Wildcats is huge. And you
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: see them was shut out in week one. So for
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: them to do that against Archbishop Murphy in the first quarter, great,
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: great to see. So, so awesome to see. They do
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: score another touchdown in the third quarter on a deep
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: pass from Geiger to Nicky Smith. that was a 53 yarder.
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: So Nikki Smith had a huge offensive day, four catches
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: for 142 yards and the touchdown. You know, what's so
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: funny about this game was he had the wherewithal and players,
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: if you're listening, you know, if this happens to you,
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: please let me know. But Nikki Smith, thank you so
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: much because what he did like two or three hours
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: before game time, whatever it was, he messaged me on
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: Instagram and said, Hey, just so you know, tonight I'm
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: wearing number 13. which is great because if I need
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: to know if people are switching numbers and, you know,
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: I have an old roster, how am I going to
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: know who number 13 is now? So, so thank you
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: so much, Nikki, for letting me know. And other players,
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: if you happen to be wearing a different Jersey and
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: you know it, like going, going into the game, you know,
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: if you have access to your phone or I don't
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: want to, you know, I don't want to interrupt with
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: pregame and all that stuff. But if you know, you're
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: going to be wearing a different Jersey for some reason,
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: Even if it's your fault, if you forgot it at
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: home or you can't find it or whatever it is,
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: if you're going to wear a different jersey, please let
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: me know because it helps me out. I can call
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: the action. We were able to, you know, call it
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: out what was going on as it was happening because
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: I knew Nicky was wearing number 13 in that game.
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: And then he went off and had this huge career game.
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: So that's how that works, which is really, really cool. CMD.
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: pass the ball for 246 yards. Jadon Geiger, 14 of
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: 27 through the air. Gunnar Andersen, six catches for 71 yards. Again,
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: the main target there, Ollie Johnson, three for 33 and
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: the touchdown. So, you know, it's a rough week two
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: opponent coming off a shutout loss and then you got
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: to go on the road and take on the state champions.
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: So that's, you know, but it's, that's part of the
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: league and you got to get it out of the
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: way at some point. So, you know, they, they get
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: the game in there and, and that's good to see.
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: You know, I know, I know a few teams in
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: the league are not even playing Archbishop this year. Um,
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: I want to say maybe Sultan and Lakewood. I'm trying
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: to remember who, who they were. Um, and, um, So yeah,
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: so it's just kind of the way that it is,
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: but I'm good for see home for sticking it out
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: and playing that game. Um, defensively, uh, I thought Devin
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: Bankson and Ollie Johnson both had pretty good games. Both
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: of them had identical numbers, four and a half tackles.
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: They also each had a tackle for loss. So, you know,
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: I've really liked what Devin Bankson has done. Um, you know,
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: at the kind of near the tail half of last
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: year and then going into this year, he's kind of
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: shown to be one of those like defensive leaders, you
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: know what I mean? And so, Uh, that's been awesome
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: to see. Again, it's kind of like Trebek McMillan with
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: Nook's Act Valley. When these seniors become the guy, uh,
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: then when they really have the opportunity to show what
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: they can do. And he did that, which is great
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: to see. So let's head out now to Poulsbo where
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: Mount Baker suffered the loss to North Kitsap 31 to 14.
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: It was a back and forth game early on. Um,
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: Mount Baker, you know, Mount Baker had some troubles. Um,
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: That North Kitsap defense was, you know, they're just bigger
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: and stronger. And then offensively, they were able to really
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: hold their blocks and get some, pop some long runs
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: on them. And it was, you know, it was one
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: of those, it was just a crazy game. Like I said,
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: back and forth early, trading touchdowns back and forth, back
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: and forth. It was 14-14 in the second quarter. North
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: Kitsap was able to uh, line up for a 37
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: yard field goal and make it, uh, just before the half.
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: So they had that, they held that, that tight 17,
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: 14 lead going into halftime. And you're thinking, okay, that's fine.
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's, it's back and forth. I mean, this
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: is the way it's been the whole game, but the
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: second half, um, was all Vikings and there was a
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: play in the third quarter and I really hope he's
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: doing okay. But the North Kitsap quarterback went down and, um, Boy,
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: there was a stoppage of play for, I want to say,
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: like 15 minutes at least. The ambulance on the field, everything.
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: I really, really hope he's doing okay. A lot of
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: people were messaging me. I was live on the air,
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: but a lot of people were messaging me saying, you know,
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: hope he's doing okay. We still haven't resumed play. And
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: I can see it on the screen. I kind of
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: know what's going on, even though I'm probably on a
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: delay and they're still in real time. So that was
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: tough to see. And when... And every team and every
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: coach and every player knows, parent, fan, whatever, when a
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: dramatic injury like that happens, it's going to affect your
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: team in one of two ways. Either everything's just going
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: to be kind of disappointing and you don't know what
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: to do and you make mental mistakes and it just
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: does not go well. Or that player could give the
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: thumbs up and be like, get him, guys. This one's for,
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: you know, do it. And everyone's like, let's do it
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: for him type thing. And that's what it felt like
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: happened because North Kitsap came alive. And I think the
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: guy they put at quarterback, I don't think he attempted
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: a pass the rest of the game. I think he
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: was basically a runner. So now you had like this
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: two-headed running machine with the quarterback and the running back.
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: And there were some really good ball fakes and keeps
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: and option runs and different things. And they were able
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: to spring some touchdown runs in the second half and
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: hold Mount Baker off the scoreboard in the second half.
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: So that's what happened there. North Kitsap, a really good
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: 2A team. They win 31 to 14th. Mount Baker still
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: ran for 171 yards. The two touchdowns were by Tyson Barksdale,
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: the junior quarterback. Leading the way on the ground was
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: Andrew Monteith, 54 yards on 14 carries. Gage Smith had
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: 40 yards on 7 carries. Noah Nicole Mills ran for 30.
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: Tyson Barksdale ran for 26-1. Mapes ran for 18. Through
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: the air, Zion Paglia had two catches for 60 yards.
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: and Gunnar McGrath had a catch for 12 yards. Gage
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: Smith and Noah Nicole Mills each had a reception as well. Defensively,
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: I thought Gunnar McGrath had a pretty good game. Eight tackles,
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: two tackles for loss, a fumble recovery, and an interception.
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: Getting his hands in on a lot of stuff. You know,
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: he had that blocked punt return for a touchdown last week.
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: That number 99 is treating him well, and I think
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: he's doing pretty good as a tight end as well. So,
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: Good for him as a senior to be switching positions offensively,
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: doing what's best for the team, making the team better.
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: And again, that 99 looks good on him. So it's
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: pretty fun to see. Aaron Torres, six and a half tackles,
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: two and a half tackles for loss and a sack.
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: Thought he had a pretty good game. Kel Reardon, of course,
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: making his presence known. Seven and a half tackles, one
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: and a half tackles for loss. Pepe McAvoy Salgado. playing
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: a lot of safety in this one, had nine and
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: a half tackles, was in on a lot. And Ramsey Mitchell,
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: the defensive end, seven and a half tackles. So again,
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: a lot of Baker guys doing things on defense. North Kitsap,
• 35:13
  Speaker 1: they ran not a ton more plays, but I think
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: they held the edge in time of possession. And so
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: the defense was out there to make more plays from
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: out Baker. You know, I thought Titan Arnold played a
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: good game defensively too. Known more as the road grading,
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: right tackle, you know, pushes the limit, uh, pushes the
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: scales over 300 pounds. But I saw him airborne on
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: a few plays and forcing a fumble and, and making
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: a tackle for loss. And he's, he was doing some
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: stuff and that was awesome to see because if he,
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: if he can come in and spell some guys and
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: take up blocks and, and then happen to make a
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: few tackles, just reaching that big bear claw out there, uh,
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: that's going to bode really well for Mount Baker down
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: the line. So, uh, I see you tight and I
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: see you making plays. So that's really, really cool. Let's
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: go now to Edmonds-Woodway. As Ferndale came into town, and
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: they won 49-26. It was all Ferndale early, scoring three
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: touchdowns in the first quarter. It was so similar to
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: their game against... Oh man, who did they play in
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: week one? Everett, yeah. It was very similar to that,
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: where they got up to a really fast start, scored
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: a bunch of touchdowns, and then... And then they let
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: them do a couple things through the air, but then
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: Ferndale closed the door really well at the end. And
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: that's basically exactly what happened here. And Ferndale did some
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: awesome things, especially averaging basically 10 yards a carry for
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: the entire game, running for almost 500 yards and picking
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: up 368 of them, whereas Elliot Linson, who broke a
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: 29-year-old team record, for rushing yards in a game. And
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: you think about the running backs that Ferndale has had
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: with Pat Locker and John Locker and Donnie Finkbonner and
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: Tom Finkbonner and, and, uh, you know, Lance Dawson and
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: Brian Mattson, um, Ash Perrin and Matthias Wilson and Britton Hanson.
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: And I mean, the list goes on and on. I
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: haven't even gotten to the 21st century yet. You know,
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: Robert Davis, um, boy, there's been some great ones, Riley
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: Cornelison and, and, um, that run of Brocells that they
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: had and, and Isaiah Carlson. I mean, Talon Bungard. I mean,
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: there's just been so many great ones. And for none
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: of them, the only one of them ever got over 300.
• 37:37
  Speaker 1: And that was Matthias Wilson that week one game, his
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: senior year against Arlington, which is a game they lost
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: by the way. It was crazy. But for this to
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: happen and Elliott to run for 368 yards, I mean,
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: that offensive line was doing some damage. and I really
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: want to point out all those guys because you talk
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: about Trey Munson, I mean, huge tackle, Braden Hendrickson, huge guard,
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: Mason Buttonshown, who got so much bigger taking over at center,
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: but he's very, very active, very, you know, quick feet
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: basketball players, which is Trey Munson as well. Braden Arps,
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: just nasty, get up under you, you know, leverage kind
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: of guy. And Peace Windwalker, who is... a down-blocking machine,
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: and then a guy like Trevor Cutts, who's 6'5, 230 pounds,
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: a tight end, and all those guys making holes, and
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: Elliot Lenson had some runs that were just mind-boggling. He's
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: a kid that can get to top speed in his
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: third step. You have that. You have his patience. When
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: he sees something, he can take it and go. His
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: ability to break tackles on the head-on play. If a
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: guy's coming straight on him, Mike Money's on Lenson 100%
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: of the time to put his head down, break the
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: tackle and then get an accelerate and go past everybody.
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: He did it multiple times, um, would have ran for
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: over 400 yards, but there was a couple of long
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: runs taken back, um, scored five touchdowns, which is one
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: off what Riley Locker did back in 2009, I believe 2010,
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: something around there, which is the only Ferndale player in
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: school history to rush for six touchdowns in a game.
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: Just an incredible game all the way around. Um, Wyatt Broyles, too,
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: had a great game. He scored the first and the
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: last touchdowns of the game. He also had seven tackles,
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: two sacks, and a tackle for loss. It was really
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: cool to see when they went to a three-down line,
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: you had to really put some extra guys back against
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: this pass-happy Edmonds-Woodway team. And when they would do that,
• 39:40
  Speaker 1: Wyatt Broyles would play linebacker. He's played linebacker before. But
• 39:44
  Speaker 1: then when they go to a four-man front, he'd be
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: on the edge rushing and did it. Like I said,
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: did a tremendous job, had a couple of sacks and
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: a tackle for loss. Um, other guys defensively that, that
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: did some things. I thought, uh, um, Brock, you have seven,
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: seven tackles, one tackle for loss, a pass broken up.
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: Johnny Mahaffey had three passes broken up with six tackles,
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: Mason button showing six and a half tackles, two passes
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: broken up half a tackle for loss. Um, uh, Yeah,
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: I mean, there's just lots of different guys. Connor Larson
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: got in and did some good things. He had four tackles,
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: one tackle for loss, and a forced fumble. Parker McManus
• 40:24
  Speaker 1: had a couple passes broken up. So a lot of
• 40:28
  Speaker 1: really good things there. Bobby Kelly had a fumble recovery. Yeah,
• 40:33
  Speaker 1: a lot of guys participating and doing some good things.
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: And Ferndale now 2-0, which we talked about with Linden
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: being 2-0. Now they're going to be playing each other
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: this week, and we'll get to that in tomorrow's podcast.
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: But yeah. Um, great to see what Ferndale did. Congratulations
• 40:48
  Speaker 1: to Elliot Lenson on breaking the school record. And it
• 40:51
  Speaker 1: was so funny cause I was watching that game and
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: doing the stats on it. And it was like two
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: in the morning, two 30 in the morning when I
• 40:58
  Speaker 1: got done and I'm feeling pretty confident in how the
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: stats went, even though it was really late at night.
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: And now when I published it and everyone's running with
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: it and he was on the, he was on the
• 41:10
  Speaker 1: zone on the radio show. I was like, okay, I
• 41:12
  Speaker 1: can't take it back now. He ran for 368. That's
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: what I'm going with. And so just take my word
• 41:19
  Speaker 1: for it. He ran for 368. Like I said, it
• 41:21
  Speaker 1: could have been a lot more if it wasn't for
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: some penalties. But awesome game. And just did a tremendous
• 41:27
  Speaker 1: job there. It was funny because when it was happening live,
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: you know, Jim Bring and I were looking at each
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: other going, man, he's got five touchdowns. Let's see if
• 41:34
  Speaker 1: that's a record. We were looking it up. And we
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: rattled off all the guys that had scored five touchdowns
• 41:39
  Speaker 1: in a game for Ferndale. We had no clue how
• 41:43
  Speaker 1: many yards he had because we're not doing the stats
• 41:45
  Speaker 1: live like that. You know, I'm doing it the next night. So, yeah,
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: it's just funny how we were so concentrated on that
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: and we didn't realize that he'd ran for 368 yards,
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: which is pretty awesome. Next up, Blaine, Borderites, hosted Meadowdale.
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: And I tell you what, the first quarter was all Blaine.
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: They did such a great job on that opening drive,
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: doing every single thing that was needed, running, passing. taking
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: out first downs and controlling the clock. I mean, they used,
• 42:15
  Speaker 1: I don't know, eight to eight and a half minutes
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: of that first quarter going down, and they score a touchdown.
• 42:21
  Speaker 1: Connor Brown hits Hunter Candenoza on a 14-yard touchdown pass.
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: Candenoza then kicks the extra point. And then Meadowdale gets
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: the ball, and they have to punt. And that's the
• 42:31
  Speaker 1: end of the first quarter. And you're thinking, my goodness,
• 42:34
  Speaker 1: this Blaine team is better than this big 3A team.
• 42:37
  Speaker 1: but it was all Meadowdale after that. Blaine really struggled
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: moving the ball after that happened. Meadowdale made their adjustments.
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: There was some kind of some dirty, nasty play in
• 42:49
  Speaker 1: there too. There was some punches thrown, players get kicked
• 42:52
  Speaker 1: out just for Meadowdale. There was some dancing on the field,
• 42:57
  Speaker 1: like taunting when there was, you know, that brought the
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: chain out. Oh, you didn't get a first down. You
• 43:01
  Speaker 1: were just dancing right there, right in front of the,
• 43:04
  Speaker 1: like towards the Blaine sideline. I was kind of thinking,
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: my goodness, like, Okay, well, this is a non-Walking County team.
• 43:10
  Speaker 1: I guess that's how they do it. But Meadowdale looked
• 43:13
  Speaker 1: for real. And this is the team that they've been
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: waiting for to try to make a run. But when
• 43:20
  Speaker 1: you get to those 3A playoffs, if you get there,
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: best of luck. I'll just tell you that. So have
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: fun with the O'Days and Eastside Catholics of the world. Heck,
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: have fun with Ferndale. But the Borderites, they're going to
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: have to live to see another day because– it just
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: kind of kept snowballing. Now the thing was, is that
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: it was close for a long time. I mean, it
• 43:41
  Speaker 1: was a, it was 14 to seven at the half.
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: It was 21 to seven after three quarters. So it
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: was still a two, two score game in the fourth quarter.
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: But then there were some mental mistakes that happened in
• 43:51
  Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, giving up short fields. And it just,
• 43:54
  Speaker 1: it just didn't end well. And of course, you know,
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: Meadowdale's playing guys one way and they're not tired and
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: they're bigger and faster and stronger and playing, you know,
• 44:06
  Speaker 1: they were smaller, they were a little more tired, they
• 44:09
  Speaker 1: got more guys playing both ways, and it just, it
• 44:12
  Speaker 1: kind of showed. And there is bad news, because Belen's opponent,
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: Bellevue Christian, has forfeited for the Week 3 game, and
• 44:21
  Speaker 1: we'll talk about that in tomorrow's podcast, but that's just,
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: that just, you know, it's no good for anybody. Obviously,
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: it's no good for Bellevue Christian, because they have to
• 44:30
  Speaker 1: take the loss. The whole team has whooping cough or whatever.
• 44:33
  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, just a heads up to the
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: people down there. I think they have vaccines for that
• 44:40
  Speaker 1: stuff like that. But I thought that's, I thought that
• 44:43
  Speaker 1: went away in like the forties. But, you know, they're,
• 44:47
  Speaker 1: so they're learning remotely and that they might, I think
• 44:50
  Speaker 1: they shut down all their sports for, for the week
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: and they probably haven't been able to practice and stuff.
• 44:55
  Speaker 1: So they will take the loss against Blaine. Blaine will,
• 45:01
  Speaker 1: you know, they'll practice like normal and they'll get ready
• 45:04
  Speaker 1: for Kings next week. And that's just the way that
• 45:06
  Speaker 1: that goes. But for this game, it was, yeah, it
• 45:11
  Speaker 1: was a rough going. Connor Brown, 17 of 27 through
• 45:14
  Speaker 1: the air for 132 yards. Hunter Cananoza, eight catches for
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: 67 yards, doing good things out of the slot receiver spot.
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: And Peyton Bauma, four catches for 58 yards. Defensively, it
• 45:26
  Speaker 1: was a lot of the same names that you're used to.
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: Axel Shelton, eight and a half tackles. Also eight and
• 45:31
  Speaker 1: a half tackles for Peyton Bauma. Sehu Kanaji had six tackles,
• 45:35
  Speaker 1: one and a half tackles for loss. I thought that
• 45:39
  Speaker 1: Matt Noah had a really good game at linebacker. I
• 45:42
  Speaker 1: believe he came in when Matt Campion went down. He
• 45:45
  Speaker 1: finished with seven and a half tackles. You know, a
• 45:47
  Speaker 1: guy that plays mostly left tackle on offense doesn't play
• 45:50
  Speaker 1: a ton of defense. He kind of got thrusted in
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: there to play defense. And I thought he showed a lot.
• 45:54
  Speaker 1: I thought he did great. Hunter Candenoza as well, three
• 45:58
  Speaker 1: and a half tackles, a pass broken up. Andy intercepted
• 46:01
  Speaker 1: a pass too. So, you know, there's kind of the
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: guys that you kind of would think of stepping up
• 46:08
  Speaker 1: on defense. They did it once again. Let's go to
• 46:11
  Speaker 1: Saturday now as go north of the border as Lyndon
• 46:15
  Speaker 1: Christian had a whale of a game against Vancouver College.
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to do it justice by talking about
• 46:21
  Speaker 1: it because it was just this crazy, crazy game back
• 46:24
  Speaker 1: and forth. just a really, really good matchup. Fighting Irish
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: kicked off the scoring with a 49-yard touchdown pass in
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: the first quarter, and then Lyndon Christian answered it with
• 46:34
  Speaker 1: a 26-yard field goal by Jackson Yoon, which made it 7-3.
• 46:39
  Speaker 1: In the second quarter, the Lynx were able to force
• 46:41
  Speaker 1: a punting situation, but when the Irish punter mishandled the
• 46:44
  Speaker 1: snap and tried to pick up the first down on
• 46:46
  Speaker 1: his own, he was stopped by senior Chris Coyman, which
• 46:49
  Speaker 1: gave the Lynx pretty good field position. A few plays later,
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: Coyman was able to cross the goal line and give
• 46:56
  Speaker 1: the Lynx a 10-7 lead. Elsie was able to get
• 46:59
  Speaker 1: into the red zone on its next drive, but a
• 47:01
  Speaker 1: strip sack and recovery by Vancouver College stopped Linden Christian's
• 47:05
  Speaker 1: scoring chance there. The Lynx then forced another punt and
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: were able to drive down the field on their next
• 47:11
  Speaker 1: possession with a little help from a 31-yard pitch and
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: catch from senior quarterback Dawson Hines to senior tight end
• 47:17
  Speaker 1: Caden Veldman. Points were once again put on the board
• 47:20
  Speaker 1: with a field goal as Yoon punched one in from
• 47:22
  Speaker 1: 39 yards out. just before the half and LC led
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: 13 to seven. LC also was going to reach, receive
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: the second half kickoff, but it was the luck of
• 47:32
  Speaker 1: the Irish that struck first as two plays into the
• 47:34
  Speaker 1: third quarter and LC pass was tipped near the line
• 47:37
  Speaker 1: of scrimmage, snared out of the air by a Vancouver
• 47:39
  Speaker 1: college defender who raised 52 yards for a score, which
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: flipped the lead back to the Canadian team. So I
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: guess you can see here a lot of back and
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: forth here after then both teams then, um, Let's see here. Oh, yeah.
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: That's right. Elsie fumbled on their next drive. So it
• 48:00
  Speaker 1: was two turnovers early in the third quarter, and then
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: Vancouver College recovered near midfield, and then they scored seven
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: plays later on an 11-yard touchdown run, which meant Lyndon
• 48:12
  Speaker 1: Christian was now down 21-13 halfway through the third quarters.
• 48:17
  Speaker 1: That's when both teams traded punts, but it was a
• 48:19
  Speaker 1: 34-yard punt return from by Wyatt Kamphaus that set Elsie
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: up for a much-needed scoring opportunity. Kamphaus was rewarded on
• 48:27
  Speaker 1: the next play as Hines' swing pass found him in
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: the flat and the senior receiver sprinted through defenders and
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: dove into the end zone. The two-point conversion failed, so
• 48:37
  Speaker 1: the Lynx were still down 21-19, and it looked bleak
• 48:41
  Speaker 1: when Vancouver College ripped off an 80-yard touchdown run early
• 48:44
  Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. Not all was lost, however, as
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: Koiman was able to break through and block the extra point,
• 48:50
  Speaker 1: which still meant it was a one-score game for LC,
• 48:52
  Speaker 1: who were now down 27-19 with 10.35 left in the game.
• 48:57
  Speaker 1: But this is when they kept giving it to Koiman,
• 49:00
  Speaker 1: and he just kept doing his thing, and he ended
• 49:02
  Speaker 1: up scoring a touchdown and the two-point conversion, which tied
• 49:06
  Speaker 1: the game at 27-27. Koiman had a heck of a game.
• 49:10
  Speaker 1: First time he ever had over 200 yards rushing in
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: a game, which, believe it or not, I couldn't believe that,
• 49:15
  Speaker 1: because he's had really good games, but he always covers
• 49:18
  Speaker 1: between 150, 180 on his really good games. But this one,
• 49:21
  Speaker 1: over 200 yards rushing on 30 carries. So they really,
• 49:24
  Speaker 1: really rode him as much as they could. The fourth
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: quarter was tied back and forth, back and forth. L.C.
• 49:30
  Speaker 1: had the ball last, and they were lined up for
• 49:32
  Speaker 1: a short 23-yard field goal attempt to win the game. However,
• 49:35
  Speaker 1: an Irish player flew off the edge untouched, blocked the kip,
• 49:39
  Speaker 1: blocked the kick and he tried to scoot because if
• 49:42
  Speaker 1: he would have scooped it and scored and scored, he,
• 49:44
  Speaker 1: I mean, he was all alone. There was nobody in
• 49:46
  Speaker 1: front of him and he would have, that would have
• 49:48
  Speaker 1: won the game for Vancouver college. But he lost his footing,
• 49:51
  Speaker 1: fell on the ball, which sent the game into overtime.
• 49:54
  Speaker 1: And what was interesting about this is I thought the
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: rules were within overtime. Each team gets, you know, first
• 50:02
  Speaker 1: and 10 from the 25 going in and you kind
• 50:04
  Speaker 1: of play that way with possessions. And this was different.
• 50:08
  Speaker 1: This was first and goal at the 10. So it's
• 50:10
  Speaker 1: basically like you got four downs to get a touchdown
• 50:14
  Speaker 1: or kick the goal or whatever, which is very much
• 50:18
  Speaker 1: like what they do at Eastern's camp Friday night lights.
• 50:20
  Speaker 1: I believe it's, you know, four downs from the 10
• 50:22
  Speaker 1: or it's something like that. So this was maybe that's
• 50:27
  Speaker 1: from the 20. I can't remember, but, but I was
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: just surprised to see it start at the 10. I thought, okay,
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: there's going to be a lot of scoring here, but it,
• 50:36
  Speaker 1: And Linda Christian, they were doing okay, but then there
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: was a sack. But then Hines was able to make
• 50:49
  Speaker 1: a play. He's so nifty with his footwork. He got
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: to the outside and it looked like he was going
• 50:54
  Speaker 1: to go out of bounds, but he kept his footing
• 50:56
  Speaker 1: and then powered his way in through a guy for
• 50:59
  Speaker 1: six points. They went for two, which I thought was daring.
• 51:02
  Speaker 1: And who knows? Maybe the rule was you had to
• 51:05
  Speaker 1: go for two. They might have been playing some Canadian
• 51:07
  Speaker 1: rules or something. I have no idea. But they went
• 51:09
  Speaker 1: for two and it was denied by Vancouver College. Either
• 51:12
  Speaker 1: that or they didn't want to kick because on the
• 51:15
  Speaker 1: last field goal attempt, a guy came in unblocked and
• 51:18
  Speaker 1: blocked the kick. Maybe they hadn't worked out what happened
• 51:21
  Speaker 1: in that. So they were just like, let's just go
• 51:23
  Speaker 1: for two. Either way, they didn't get it, which was like, oh,
• 51:26
  Speaker 1: this is not good at all. because then it was
• 51:28
  Speaker 1: their turn to try to score. And if they score
• 51:30
  Speaker 1: a touchdown, all they got to do is kick an
• 51:31
  Speaker 1: extra point and they win. If extra points were allowed again,
• 51:34
  Speaker 1: I have no clue what was going on. But they
• 51:38
  Speaker 1: did great on defense. Feldman knocked down a pass on
• 51:41
  Speaker 1: first down. Eli Stamps sacked the quarterback on second down.
• 51:44
  Speaker 1: And then it was a couple of incompletions. And that
• 51:46
  Speaker 1: was that. Elsie holds on for the win. Like I said, Koeman,
• 51:51
  Speaker 1: 208 yards on the ground. Hines had 50 yards rushing in.
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  Speaker 1: and 183 yards passing on 16 of 26 through the air.
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  Speaker 1: Caden Veldman, five catches for 74 yards. Justin Kiewik settling
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  Speaker 1: into his new tight end position quite well. Five catches
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  Speaker 1: for 51 yards. Wyatt Kamphouse, three catches for 51 yards.
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  Speaker 1: So great, great job against a really good opponent for
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  Speaker 1: Lyndon Christian, picking up the win in overtime. And yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it was really, really good to see Defensive-wise, Caden Veldman,
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  Speaker 1: six and a half tackles, two sacks, a tackle for loss,
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  Speaker 1: and a pass broken up. He's just all over the place,
• 52:27
  Speaker 1: you know, at 6'4, 235 pounds, whatever he is now,
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  Speaker 1: playing that middle linebacker spot. It's pretty scary. And then
• 52:36
  Speaker 1: Wyatt Campouse had a great game defensively, eight tackles, four
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  Speaker 1: passes broken up, and he had a few of them
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  Speaker 1: there in key situations. Such a good lockdown corner. So,
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  Speaker 1: Really good to see him do his thing. Eli Stamps,
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  Speaker 1: another really good game defensively. Four and a half tackles,
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  Speaker 1: a sack, a half a tackle for loss, and a
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  Speaker 1: pass broken up as well. So the Lynx are 2-0.
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  Speaker 1: Base a pretty tough opponent for Week 3. We'll talk
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  Speaker 1: about that in tomorrow's podcast. One last game to get
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  Speaker 1: to here. Meridian heading down to Puyallup to take on
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  Speaker 1: Cascade Christian. And this was an interesting one in my
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  Speaker 1: eyes because I wanted to see, because we saw Cascade
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  Speaker 1: Christian in Week 1 against Nooksack Valley. And that was
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  Speaker 1: a really close game. Nooksack Valley won 14-7. So I
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  Speaker 1: wanted to see how this would match up so I
• 53:21
  Speaker 1: can kind of gauge Meridian and Nooksack Valley against each other.
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  Speaker 1: And this was some back and forth early as well.
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  Speaker 1: Cascade Christian did start off with a field goal and
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  Speaker 1: then a touchdown. So they were up 10-0 in the
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  Speaker 1: first quarter. Meridian came back with a nine-yard touchdown pass
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  Speaker 1: from Trey Alexander to Casey Brennan to make it 10-7
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  Speaker 1: after the first. And then Meridian took the lead when
• 53:45
  Speaker 1: Trey Alexander found Braden Fisher, the fantastic sophomore, for a
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  Speaker 1: 49-yard touchdown pass. Luke Kolhainik's extra point made it 14-10.
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  Speaker 1: Like I said, Meridian had the lead. It was looking good.
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  Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, it was just a
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  Speaker 1: barrage of running plays by Cascade Christian just in the
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  Speaker 1: second quarter alone. I had the stats somewhere, but yeah,
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  Speaker 1: they ran the ball for 174 yards and three touchdowns
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  Speaker 1: in the second quarter alone. that was, that was nuts.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, they were getting, you know, they were getting
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  Speaker 1: a few short fields and, and turning them over and
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: stuff like that. But still, uh, they found something in
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  Speaker 1: the run game that was working and, and Meridian was
• 54:27
  Speaker 1: kind of shell shocked from it. And all of a
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  Speaker 1: sudden it was 31 to 14 at the half. And
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  Speaker 1: it was just like, man, that was a, that was
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  Speaker 1: a close game, but all of a sudden it just
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  Speaker 1: wasn't anymore. And there wasn't any scoring in the third quarter.
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  Speaker 1: Meridian does get into the end zone in the fourth quarter.
• 54:43
  Speaker 1: as Braden Fisher caught a 10-yard touchdown pass for Trey Alexander.
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  Speaker 1: So Alexander had a pretty good game, 17 of 31
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  Speaker 1: through the air for 261 yards in the three touchdowns,
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  Speaker 1: no interceptions. The run game was a little tougher to
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  Speaker 1: come by than it was in week one, as they
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  Speaker 1: were able to only total at 57 yards. Jackson Fansteel
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  Speaker 1: had 37 of those yards. Braden Fisher, six catches for
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  Speaker 1: 108 yards and two touchdowns. Here's Brzozowski, six catches for
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  Speaker 1: 77 yards. Kacen Culp, three catches for 56 yards. And
• 55:14
  Speaker 1: Casey Brennan, two catches for 20 yards. Defensively, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of different guys getting involved here. Micah Van Rye, five tackles,
• 55:22
  Speaker 1: a tackle for loss, and a sack. Sawyer Strunk from
• 55:25
  Speaker 1: his defensive tackle spot had two tackles for loss, also
• 55:28
  Speaker 1: had four and a half total tackles. Kacen Culp had
• 55:32
  Speaker 1: four tackles, a tackle for loss, and a pass broken up.
• 55:36
  Speaker 1: Casey Brennan, three tackles, a tackle for loss, and a
• 55:38
  Speaker 1: pass broken up. Pierce Brzozowski had three and a half
• 55:41
  Speaker 1: tackles and one and a half tackles for loss. So yeah,
• 55:45
  Speaker 1: some pretty good things leading the way in tackles. It
• 55:47
  Speaker 1: was actually Trey Alexander from his safety position. He had
• 55:49
  Speaker 1: seven tackles. So the quarterback doing some things and defensively
• 55:54
  Speaker 1: there's some already in 0-2 right now, but a lot
• 55:57
  Speaker 1: different from last year where they left league or they
• 56:00
  Speaker 1: left non-league play at 5-0 going into the league play.
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  Speaker 1: So they were kind of riding high and And then
• 56:08
  Speaker 1: league play got him a little bit. But this has
• 56:11
  Speaker 1: been kind of a different story. 0-2 now, and you're
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  Speaker 1: going to be hosting Colville on Saturday. So kind of
• 56:18
  Speaker 1: desperate to get a win there. We'll see what they
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  Speaker 1: do on that Saturday home game at Bob Ames Field.
• 56:24
  Speaker 1: And that is all the games there. We're going to
• 56:26
  Speaker 1: go over the players of the week. And we're going
• 56:31
  Speaker 1: to start off with the offensive player of the week,
• 56:33
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  Speaker 1: our community. They deliver superior quality and commitment, and I
• 56:47
  Speaker 1: plan to do the very same. The Walton Beverage Offensive
• 56:50
  Speaker 1: Player of the Week is no surprise. It is once again,
• 56:53
  Speaker 1: same as last week, Elliot Lenson of Ferndale. 26 carries
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  Speaker 1: for 368 yards and five touchdowns. There will be other
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  Speaker 1: records broken this year, but that is a pretty memorable one.
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  Speaker 1: So congratulations to the Ferndale senior Elliot Lenson. He is
• 57:09
  Speaker 1: your Walton beverage offensive player of the week. The defensive
• 57:13
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• 57:31
  Speaker 1: That's Kurt with a C, M-A-B-E-R-R-Y, farm.com. There was some
• 57:38
  Speaker 1: big-time performances out there, but I went with Tyler Martin
• 57:42
  Speaker 1: of Nooksack Valley. He kind of sealed it for me
• 57:45
  Speaker 1: when he got that second interception. He already had a
• 57:47
  Speaker 1: pick six, had six and a half tackles as well,
• 57:50
  Speaker 1: and a tackle for loss, two passes broken up. And
• 57:53
  Speaker 1: then he had the two interceptions, one of which that
• 57:55
  Speaker 1: went 87 yards for a touchdown that really, really got
• 57:58
  Speaker 1: his team going. So Tyler Martin, the junior free safety
• 58:02
  Speaker 1: of Nooksack Valley, congratulations. You are the Curt Mayberry Farm
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  Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Week. Next up is the Special
• 58:09
  Speaker 1: Teams Player of the Week, which is brought to you
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• 58:27
  Speaker 1: was tough, too. I actually had a couple of teammates
• 58:29
  Speaker 1: fighting over this one. I was looking at both Jackson
• 58:31
  Speaker 1: Yoon and Wyatt Camphouse here, because they both did some
• 58:35
  Speaker 1: great things. Jackson Yoon had two field goals, almost had
• 58:39
  Speaker 1: a third one, would have been– I don't know, I
• 58:43
  Speaker 1: think the third or fourth player in Whatcom County history
• 58:46
  Speaker 1: to have three field goals in one game. But that
• 58:49
  Speaker 1: last one was blocked. And so I was kind of
• 58:51
  Speaker 1: leaning towards Wyatt Camp House because he had big kick
• 58:53
  Speaker 1: returns and huge punt returns. And I ended up going
• 58:57
  Speaker 1: with Wyatt Camp House, a Linden Christian who had the
• 58:59
  Speaker 1: two kickoff returns totaling 54 yards, but he had three
• 59:02
  Speaker 1: punt returns totaling 75 yards. I tell you what, when
• 59:06
  Speaker 1: he's returning a punt, he he's, the way he runs
• 59:11
  Speaker 1: the ball is like with this determination that there's no
• 59:16
  Speaker 1: time left on the clock and I have to score.
• 59:18
  Speaker 1: Like he, he denies tacklers like you wouldn't believe. And
• 59:21
  Speaker 1: he makes it so hard. He's like a human joystick.
• 59:23
  Speaker 1: He just kind of keeps moving around and you can't
• 59:26
  Speaker 1: get a good grasp on him. He's so strong. And boy,
• 59:29
  Speaker 1: when he, he had one that, I mean, he had
• 59:31
  Speaker 1: a lot of big returns, but the big one, the big,
• 59:34
  Speaker 1: big one, the punt return that went for like 34
• 59:36
  Speaker 1: yards that got them right inside the red zone. Once again,
• 59:39
  Speaker 1: when they needed it the most and he ends up
• 59:41
  Speaker 1: scoring the touchdown, the next play that was a, that
• 59:44
  Speaker 1: was a big game changing play. So I'm going with
• 59:46
  Speaker 1: Wyatt camphouse of LC. He is the pets real estate
• 59:49
  Speaker 1: special teams player of the week. And the big one
• 59:53
  Speaker 1: at the end, the anytime fitness offensive lineman of the week,
• 59:57
  Speaker 1: You can check out Anytime Fitness in Linden, Linden North,
• 59:59
  Speaker 1: or Ferndale. They also sponsor the Friday Night Scoreboard, which
• 1:00:03
  Speaker 1: has been huge over the years. And this one, you know,
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 1: I can't give it to a group, which Ferndale's group
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 1: was unreal, obviously. And I did give it to Braden
• 1:00:14
  Speaker 1: Hendrickson last week, and he definitely deserved it of Ferndale.
• 1:00:17
  Speaker 1: But this week, there were a few plays where I
• 1:00:22
  Speaker 1: watched Zach Dykstra for Linden just– just pull and then
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 1: go through the hole and just flatten the guy. And
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 1: he did it multiple times. And I was like, my goodness,
• 1:00:32
  Speaker 1: is this not the best offensive lineman in Whatcom County
• 1:00:36
  Speaker 1: that we've seen in a while? Maybe since Landon Hatchett.
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 1: He is for real. Zach Dykstra, the senior left tackle
• 1:00:44
  Speaker 1: of Linden, had made some huge holes for the Lions.
• 1:00:48
  Speaker 1: And congratulations, Zach, you are the Anytime Fitness Offensive Lineman
• 1:00:52
  Speaker 1: of the Week. So be sure to visit our sponsors
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• 1:00:59
  Speaker 1: on the Wacom Preps podcast. Well, there you go. I'm
• 1:01:04
  Speaker 1: sorry that this episode came out a few days later
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 1: than it usually does. I've been dealing with a few things,
• 1:01:11
  Speaker 1: but I can get into that a little later on
• 1:01:13
  Speaker 1: tomorrow's podcast, perhaps, as we will sit down and go
• 1:01:17
  Speaker 1: over all the matchups for this upcoming weekend slate of games.
• 1:01:22
  Speaker 1: So that will be coming out tomorrow morning. But today,
• 1:01:26
  Speaker 1: this has been episode 444 of the Week 2 Football Recap.
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  Speaker 1: I am Tyler Anderson of Walker Preps, and I'll talk
• 1:01:32
  Speaker 1: to you tomorrow.