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Whatcom Preps Podcast Episode 459 - Week 7 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 459. It's the week seven football recap. I am
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Anderson of Whatcom Preps and let's get to it.
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  Speaker 2: To compete in athletics. Go to nwofficials.com today and find
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  Speaker 2: out how you can get involved. All right, well, let's
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  Speaker 2: go over the games from this past weekend, and we're
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  Speaker 2: going to start off, we're going to kick it off
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  Speaker 2: right here by going right to the coach's corner with
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  Speaker 2: Coach Jeff Wood, who is out at Meridian High School
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  Speaker 2: in Meridian's 51-14 win over Sehome. Coach, thanks for joining us.
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  Speaker 2: How are you doing? I'm doing great, Tyler. So, we
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  Speaker 2: saw Meridian... At home, only their second home game of
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  Speaker 2: the year, game number seven. And the funny thing is
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  Speaker 2: you've been at both of these home games now. So
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  Speaker 2: you've seen Meridian a few times. You've seen Seaholm a
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  Speaker 2: few times. So now you got to see them against
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  Speaker 2: each other. And, you know, Meridian, especially in that second quarter,
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  Speaker 2: really got things going. Just everything seemed to be clicking
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  Speaker 2: for the Trojans. What did you see out there? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's surprising.
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  Speaker 3: I didn't know that was their only second home game,
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  Speaker 3: so they're going to have a lot of home games
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  Speaker 3: next year, so that's good. Good for them next year,
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  Speaker 3: but yeah, they definitely took control. They have a quality
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  Speaker 3: passing game, well-designed and well-executed. Alexander back there, he had
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  Speaker 3: a lot of time. His offensive line did a good
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  Speaker 3: job keeping the pass rush off of him and Was
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  Speaker 3: able to find his bevy of receivers quite often. See
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  Speaker 3: home look to be a lot of man-to-man defense, which,
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  Speaker 3: you know, can work. It kind of simplifies things too,
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  Speaker 3: but it leaves you a little bit open to the
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  Speaker 3: big play. And yeah, Meridian hit quite a few big plays.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Do you find it that like, I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Alexander didn't take off and run a ton,
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  Speaker 2: but I always feel like, when you go against a
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  Speaker 2: dual threat quarterback, you kind of want to lean towards
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  Speaker 2: zone a little bit. So you have eyes in the backfield. Is,
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  Speaker 2: is that, is there something to that at all? Or
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  Speaker 2: is it more like, Hey, this is our strength of
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  Speaker 2: going man to man. Let's just do this. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it depends, you know, he is a good
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  Speaker 3: athlete and he, he does, uh, scramble at times, but
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  Speaker 3: he's more of a, you know, a guy that kind
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  Speaker 3: of uses his feet to, to buy him time. Uh, so,
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  Speaker 3: You know, there's definitely the eyes looking in the backfield
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  Speaker 3: can help you out if you're in zone. But at
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  Speaker 3: the same time, if you're in zone, depending on the
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  Speaker 3: type of zone you're in, you know, that can leave
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  Speaker 3: you vulnerable to some easy completions and, you know, those
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  Speaker 3: holes in zones, which, you know, Meridian's receivers are really
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  Speaker 3: good at sitting down in those zones. So it's kind
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  Speaker 3: of pick your poison.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Um, you know, one thing I, I
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  Speaker 2: was really excited about coming into this game was kind
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  Speaker 2: of the, the, the two different styles of football, you know,
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  Speaker 2: see home, especially the last few weeks has been very
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  Speaker 2: run heavy and Meridian has been pass heavy for the
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  Speaker 2: last couple of years. So I was really curious to
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  Speaker 2: see how that would go. And I kind of thought,
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  Speaker 2: you know, see home gets ahead early, this plays right
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  Speaker 2: into their favor and they can just control the clock.
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  Speaker 2: But what was happening is Meridian got ahead early. In fact,
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  Speaker 2: they were ahead 30 to zero at the half. And
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  Speaker 2: so Sehome was kind of forced to go to the air,
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  Speaker 2: even though they have weapons and they have a quarterback
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  Speaker 2: that's athletic. But did it seem like they just kind
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  Speaker 2: of had to change their game plan a little bit
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  Speaker 2: earlier than they would have liked to?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, when you fall behind by that much, you know,
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  Speaker 3: just with the limited amount of time that you have. uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you have to go to the, the past,
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  Speaker 3: you don't have to go to the passing game, but they're,
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  Speaker 3: they're able to do it. And, uh, Chad did a,
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  Speaker 3: he did a solid job. He did have some nice
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  Speaker 3: scrambles too. And, uh, you know, they, they had some
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  Speaker 3: good drives, but they had a field goal, uh, attempt
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  Speaker 3: that was blocked and, uh, just, you know, couldn't, couldn't
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  Speaker 3: execute and, you know, convert some third downs. So, and
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  Speaker 3: then you're, you're kind of pressing, you know, when you're,
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  Speaker 3: You're down by a few scores, so yeah, they did
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  Speaker 3: kind of go away from the running game, even though
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  Speaker 3: the running game was solid. They had a really good
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  Speaker 3: first drive, but then Meridian stopped them in the red zone,
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  Speaker 3: and Meridian was kind of playing a 5-2, and their
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  Speaker 3: defensive line was undersized, but they were doing a good
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  Speaker 3: job of kind of creating a pile of and staying
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  Speaker 3: super low and just plugging up those running lanes. It
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  Speaker 3: was really the best, you know, I haven't seen all
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  Speaker 3: Seahomes games, but from what I've seen, it was the
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  Speaker 3: best job of controlling that line of scrimmage and plugging
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  Speaker 3: the running lanes.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Meridian is kind of known to do that. They
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  Speaker 2: bunch it up sometimes, especially when they go against the
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  Speaker 2: run-heavy teams like the Mount Bakers and stuff like that,
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  Speaker 2: where they will just kind of muck stuff up. They
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  Speaker 2: have good tackling linebackers that will get ahold of you.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Ethan Valich had another, another big game where
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  Speaker 2: he had six and a half tackles. And they just
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  Speaker 2: kind of let their guys, they trust that their linebackers
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  Speaker 2: are going to be able to make an open field tackle. And,
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  Speaker 2: but you, you know, and you're right earlier. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: the Meridian passing game was really on point for touchdown
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  Speaker 2: passes in the first three quarters. Seaholm did get their
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  Speaker 2: hand on a ball. You saw Logan Rogers tip a pass.
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  Speaker 2: It went to Elias Lada who brought it 16 yards
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  Speaker 2: for a touchdown to get Seaholm on the board. Seaholm
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  Speaker 2: also scores late in the game as Jad Geiger hits
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  Speaker 2: Devin Bankson on a long touchdown pass, which when I
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  Speaker 2: looked on the film, it looked like he was out
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  Speaker 2: at the one, but the officials, there was one standing
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  Speaker 2: at the goal line. This was kind of on the
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  Speaker 2: corner there. And another official was running up the sideline and, And,
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  Speaker 2: and it was more about, I think the official at
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  Speaker 2: the goal line was waiting to say, did he catch
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  Speaker 2: it in bounds? And so he ran up and said, yes,
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  Speaker 2: he caught it. So that I think triggered the back
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  Speaker 2: judge to say touchdown. So it was just kind of
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  Speaker 2: a funny thing there, although that was late in the
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  Speaker 2: game and it didn't really matter, but my goodness, the Trojans,
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  Speaker 2: there's something about this team and if they can go
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  Speaker 2: on and, And, you know, we'll see what they do
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  Speaker 2: against Nooksack Valley in a huge game next week because
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  Speaker 2: both teams are kind of right as of now are
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  Speaker 2: tied for that third spot. And the 1A' s only get
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  Speaker 2: three spots. And Lynn and Christian Mountbaker play each other.
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  Speaker 2: They're both undefeated in 1A right now in the conference.
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  Speaker 2: So this could be a huge game going forward. And
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  Speaker 2: do you look at Meridian as a team that is
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  Speaker 2: kind of on the rise right now? Or is it
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  Speaker 2: kind of hard to say?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, the two games, I've seen them both
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  Speaker 3: at home, which obviously helps, but they've executed well, and
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  Speaker 3: they've played real solid football, and they have good athletes,
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  Speaker 3: and they're well coached, and again, with that passing game,
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  Speaker 3: they're just, they had one I talked about in the story,
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  Speaker 3: just this slant and go, you know, really sold the slant,
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  Speaker 3: and And that's good. And you've got a mobile quarterback. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you don't have a ton of beef, but
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  Speaker 3: you have tough kids. And they're good tacklers on defense. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: so I think, you know, Nooksack's obviously a really quality
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  Speaker 3: team as well. So I think that'll be just a
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  Speaker 3: great matchup for that, you know, what you said, probably
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  Speaker 3: that third seed most likely. Um, so that'll be a
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  Speaker 3: good one.
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  Speaker 2: Where's that one at?
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  Speaker 3: Is it on the, the new, the new turf at
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  Speaker 3: Nooksack or.
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  Speaker 2: Is not Meridian closes out the year with a bunch
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  Speaker 2: of home games after playing on the road so much early.
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  Speaker 2: So this will be at Meridian and then Meridian hosts
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  Speaker 2: Mount Baker, which you kind of look at that now
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  Speaker 2: and say, boy, that's going to be tough. They have
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  Speaker 2: a common opponent with on Alaska and Meridian got them
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  Speaker 2: pretty good. And on Alaska got Baker pretty good. And, um, If,
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  Speaker 2: you know, if LC wins out and let's just say
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  Speaker 2: that Nooksack beats Meridian and then Meridian beats Baker, now
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  Speaker 2: you've got that three-way tie for second place and you're
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  Speaker 2: going to have one of those Kansas tiebreakers and all
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  Speaker 2: craziness is going to happen. But, yeah, they've had a
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  Speaker 2: lot of those recently. Right.
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  Speaker 3: Meridian, I mean, they can score with anybody. So, you know,
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  Speaker 3: Baker's tough, but that's a winnable game for Meridian, too.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. It's going to be at Meridian. That'll be on
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  Speaker 2: the Thursday night in week nine. A lot of the
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  Speaker 2: 1A teams purposely scheduled their week nine games for a
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  Speaker 2: Thursday night, knowing the high probability of the Kansas tiebreaker
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  Speaker 2: probably on the following Monday out at Blaine High School.
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  Speaker 2: And you just never know what happens after that. As
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  Speaker 2: far as Sehome goes, you know, a little bit left
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  Speaker 2: in the season. You know, playoffs are... you got to
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  Speaker 2: get that that that fifth spot. And right now, Squalicum
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  Speaker 2: kind of holding on to that with wins over Sehome
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  Speaker 2: and wins over Sehome. Sultan and, and, and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that kind of puts them kind of comfortably in that
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  Speaker 2: fifth spot. You know, the Mariners have a few games
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  Speaker 2: left in their season. And as a coach, how do you,
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  Speaker 2: how do you close that out when things aren't going
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  Speaker 2: so well? How do you motivate your team to finish
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  Speaker 2: off the season strong?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you just, you know, motivate the young guys to
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  Speaker 3: build for next year and then on a, you know,
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  Speaker 3: positive note. And, you know, every game's a new game,
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  Speaker 3: and you only get nine or ten of them if
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  Speaker 3: you don't make the playoffs, so you take every snap
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  Speaker 3: like it could be your last for those seniors, because
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  Speaker 3: they only have two more games, most likely, so, you know,
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  Speaker 3: not too many of them will be strapping up a
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  Speaker 3: helmet and putting on shoulder pads again, so, yeah, you just,
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  Speaker 3: you just, Friday nights are, I mean, they're pretty amazing,
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  Speaker 3: so even if you're not having the best season, you know,
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  Speaker 3: you just relish them and do your best Monday through
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  Speaker 3: Thursday to be ready for, I think they have Anacortes,
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  Speaker 3: which will be obviously a real tough one. And then
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  Speaker 3: they finish with Burlington, I believe.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. So it's, it's amazing how fast the season
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  Speaker 2: goes coach. And, and just like that, we're getting close to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, playoffs around the corner and November football. And
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  Speaker 2: that's when it gets at the, at its best. And,
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  Speaker 2: and that's something we're all looking forward to. So, Coach,
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  Speaker 2: thank you so much for joining me on the Coach's Corner,
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  Speaker 2: and I'll talk to you next week. All right. Thanks, Tyler.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Thank you so much to Coach Wood for
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  Speaker 2: joining us there in that game that I think surprised
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  Speaker 2: a few people. I think a lot of people thought
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  Speaker 2: that would be a really close game, and Meridian jumped
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  Speaker 2: out to the big lead and just kept that gas on,
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  Speaker 2: and the passing game was really, really working there for
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  Speaker 2: Trey Alexander and the Trojans. Next up, let's go out
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  Speaker 2: to Civic Stadium as the Squalicum Storm hosted the Lakewood Cougars.
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  Speaker 2: Squalicum picks up the 42-22 win, and the Cougars, they
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  Speaker 2: came right down and scored. I think it only took
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  Speaker 2: them five plays right off the bat to go down
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  Speaker 2: there and score, and then it only took Squalicum three
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  Speaker 2: plays after that as Maddox Strickland ripped off the 50-yard
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  Speaker 2: touchdown run to tie the game at seven, and then
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  Speaker 2: from then on out, it's basically all Squalicum as The
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  Speaker 2: running game really got going. It was great to see
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  Speaker 2: Asher Oz Bjornsson back in the lineup at the big
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  Speaker 2: pink club on his left arm. I mean, but man,
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  Speaker 2: when he has the ball, it's dynamic. He played tremendous
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  Speaker 2: on defense, which boy, just having him back on both
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  Speaker 2: sides of the ball was a huge, huge deal. And
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  Speaker 2: the offense was clicking pretty well to the tune of
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  Speaker 2: 469 rushing yards. It was the most rushing yards they'd
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  Speaker 2: had in a game. I put it in the story.
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  Speaker 2: It had been since 2018 when they ran for 572
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  Speaker 2: against Central Kitsap. I remember calling that game on the
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  Speaker 2: Doug Lang Network. Someone would come in and run for
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  Speaker 2: a long touchdown. Someone else would come in and run
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  Speaker 2: for a long touchdown. Someone else would come in. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it was over and over and over again. But it
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  Speaker 2: was a great win for the Storm. Get that second
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  Speaker 2: win in a row. All their touchdowns came on the ground.
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  Speaker 2: And multiple guys with over 100 yards rushing. Like I said,
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  Speaker 2: Maddox Strickland, 182 yards on the ground. That's a career high.
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  Speaker 2: Tucker Hofstede, 125 yards on the ground. That was a
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  Speaker 2: career high. Asher Osbjornsen had 89 yards on the ground
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  Speaker 2: on just 10 carries. He had a touchdown as well.
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  Speaker 2: Mason Sone, five carries for 62 yards. Gage Oswald on
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  Speaker 2: his only carry of the game picks up an 11-yard touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: And the four completions on the game all went to
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  Speaker 2: the running backs. Tucker Hofstede doing the vast majority of
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  Speaker 2: it with three catches for 43 yards. And the defense
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  Speaker 2: played extremely well. Brock Scammell, my goodness, nine tackles and
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  Speaker 2: five of them were behind the line of scrimmage. Four
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  Speaker 2: quarterback sacks, one tackle for a loss. And the quarterback sacks,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if they were like a delayed blitz.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I brought up in last week's podcast that
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  Speaker 2: when they would play each other, I kind of figured
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  Speaker 2: it would be One of those things where they might
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  Speaker 2: need scammel to kind of spy the quarterback. I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if they took it to heart or that's exactly
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  Speaker 2: what they did. But all of a sudden, like three
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  Speaker 2: or four seconds into the play, quarterback is looking. He's
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  Speaker 2: just in the pocket looking. And all of a sudden,
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  Speaker 2: number 34 just shoots through the gap, makes the sack.
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  Speaker 2: And it happened four times, and it was just incredible
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  Speaker 2: to see. So a big, big game by him. Asher
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  Speaker 2: Oz Bjornsson, he had three tackles for loss and a
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  Speaker 2: quarterback sack as well. Logan Huntley had an interception. That
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  Speaker 2: was really cool to see. Mason Sone broke up four passes.
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  Speaker 2: Just kept happening over and over again. Great coverage by him.
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  Speaker 2: Maddox Strickland as well had some stops behind the line
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  Speaker 2: of scrimmage. So really good to see the overall team effort.
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  Speaker 2: The offensive line played great. And they are surging right now.
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  Speaker 2: They're looking pretty good. Over 500 yards of offense. It's
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  Speaker 2: going to be tougher this upcoming week when they host Linden.
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  Speaker 2: and we'll talk about that on the next podcast, but
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  Speaker 2: great overall game by the Squalicum Storm. Really, really cool
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  Speaker 2: to see them take care of business there. Next up,
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  Speaker 2: out at Sid Lambert Field, Lyndon Christian comes to town
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  Speaker 2: and beats Nooksack Valley 31-10. The Pioneers drove right down
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  Speaker 2: the field on the first drive, kick a 31-yard field
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  Speaker 2: goal by Ty Behrens, and they hold the 3-0 lead,
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  Speaker 2: but after that, it was all Chris Coleman in the
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  Speaker 2: links as Coleman ran for two touchdowns there in the
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  Speaker 2: first quarter and, um, to have that 14 to three lead.
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  Speaker 2: And then there's a big moment when Linden Christian's driving again.
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  Speaker 2: I think this is in the second quarter and, um,
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  Speaker 2: they get a pass out to the flat near the
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  Speaker 2: end zone to Caden Veldman. And he's going to, he's, he's,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if he's, I don't know if he's able,
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  Speaker 2: he was able to score, but he's, he's getting down
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  Speaker 2: to about the two or three yard line and, And
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  Speaker 2: Dane Ackerman goes over to make the tackle near the,
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  Speaker 2: the sideline there. And he just ripped the ball out right,
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  Speaker 2: right before he went out of bounds. And it was
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  Speaker 2: just one of those plays that I had to watch
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  Speaker 2: it like three times to make sure that's what happened.
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  Speaker 2: And it gave the pioneers the ball only down 14
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  Speaker 2: to three, but they had it at their own three
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  Speaker 2: yard line, which was tough. They do a quick pass
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  Speaker 2: to the outside to Tyler Martin and Chris Coleman makes
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  Speaker 2: the tackle in the end zone for the safety of
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  Speaker 2: And that's kind of where the game shifted there. Cause
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  Speaker 2: then it was 16 to three and they're getting the
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  Speaker 2: ball back and then blankers hit Justin Kiewik on a
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  Speaker 2: quick pass left. Kiewik makes the rest on a 41
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  Speaker 2: yard touchdown. And then they go for the two point
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  Speaker 2: conversion there to make it 24 to three at the half. And,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, it was going to be tough to
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  Speaker 2: come back from that. I thought the Linden Christian defense
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  Speaker 2: played extremely well holding the pioneer run game to just
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  Speaker 2: 74 yards on 26 carries. And yeah, Yeah, the Lynx
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  Speaker 2: looks scary right now. And the Pioneers started 5-0. Now
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  Speaker 2: they're 5-2. And they need a win basically this week
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  Speaker 2: if they want to stay in the playoff hunt. So
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  Speaker 2: it's really interesting how things can go like that. And
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: what's fun about Nooksack Valley is that they really play
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  Speaker 2: in a way to where they don't really– they're not–
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  Speaker 2: focus on the scoreboard as much. They're focused on every play.
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  Speaker 2: And so I think that they're the kind of team
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: that won't be down from this week. They're going to
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: go into next week just like they're trying to go
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: 1-0 during that week. Linden Christian, on the other hand,
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: they're riding high right now, looking like a really strong
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: potential 1A threat down the road. Let's take a look
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: at some numbers here. Chris Coyman ran 22 times for
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: 142 yards and three touchdowns. as he extends all of his,
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: you know, career records and yards and, and touchdown runs
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: that he holds the school record in both. Kellen Blanker,
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: six carries for 26 yards, Mason Berenson, four carries for
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: 15 yards and Wyatt Campos had a seven yard carry
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: as well. Through the air, Kellen Blanker, 17 of 24
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: for 185 yards and a touchdown. I thought he played
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: extremely well. His, his maturation has been awesome from last
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: year to this year. And, And, you know, Dawson Hines
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: came back not 100%. I believe it is his throwing shoulder.
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: So they put him out wide and they knew they
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: could do that with they could rely on blankers to
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: be a weapon for them at quarterback. And it made Hines,
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: you know, Hines is a matchup problem on the outside.
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: So it kind of worked out well for them as
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: he had six catches for 49 yards. Wyatt Camphouse, four
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: catches for 34 yards. Caden Veldman, three catches for 32 yards.
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: Chris Coyman, three catches for 29 yards. And Justin Kulik
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: had the 41-yard touchdown reception. For Nooksack Valley, leading the
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: way on the ground was Trevin Skenstra, 15 carries for
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: 56 yards. Lucas Woodrich was 11 of 19 through the
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: air for 94 yards, so not a lot of down-the-field
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: plays there, as LC's defense was able to bottle them
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: up quite a bit. It's rare when Nooksack Valley, the
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: starting quarterback, has under 100 yards passing. They did have
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: the end-of-round pass as Ty Behrens on a fly sweep
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: took the handoff and then completed a 39 yard pass
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: down the field to Tyler Martin Martin had seven catches
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: for 105 yards and a touchdown late Jaden Jones had
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: three catches Barron's had a catch and Dane Ackerman had
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: a catch as well looking on the defensive side of
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: the ball good to see Caden Veldman back eight and
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: a half tackles one tackle for loss he was back
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: last week but in a very very limited capacity And
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: this week, what was interesting, and I've already done my
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: interview with Coach Terpstra that'll be coming out on the
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: next podcast, but I wanted to ask him on that,
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: you know, the first offensive play that they had, they
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: just threw it right to Veldman. And I didn't know
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: if that was to, you know, if he just really
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: anxious to get the ball or you want to get
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: him the ball so he can acclimate him to game, to,
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: you know, to playing on offense right away with the
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: injury he's been which he's had for a few weeks now.
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: So that was kind of interesting to see, and Feldman
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: played great. So obviously he's recovering better. He's got the
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: big brace on the ankle. But even a 75% Caden
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: Feldman is better than 95% of the league. So awesome
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: to see him play extremely well. Chris Koiman, seven tackles,
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: one tackle for loss. Of course, that tackle for loss
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: was the safety, which came up huge there. Peter Enfield, man,
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: that guy, I tell you what, he's a guy that
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: I knew about, you know, linemen coming into this season.
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: And he's a guy that I thought, OK, if he
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: plays well, you might make the top 100 list. He's
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: a guy that's surging up that list right now by
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: what he's been doing. He's been just playing out of
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: his mind. Trey Morlag, three tackles. He had a quarterback
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: sack as well, broke up a pass. So, yeah, those
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: were kind of the main guys defensively that stood out.
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: in my eyes on the, for Nooksack Valley, there was
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: a handful of guys as well. Tyler Martin, nine and
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: a half tackles from a safety spot and a pass
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: broken up. Trevick McMillan, uh, five and a half tackles,
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: two tackles for loss and half a sack. Uh, he
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: is a problem up front and he showed it there.
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: I thought Ty Barron's maybe played his best defensive game,
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: probably his best offensive game too, uh, of his career,
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: six and a half tackles. He had a quarterback sack
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: and a pass broken up. Um, Dane Ackerman, like I said,
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: four tackles. He had also forced the fumble that he recovered.
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: It basically did it both at the same time when
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: he just took the ball away. Trey Hutink had seven
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: and a half tackles. Max Lautenbach had eight and a
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: half tackles. And that was one thing that Terpsha had
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: told me going into the game is he was aware
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: that the safeties will come up and make tackles. And
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: Martin and Lautenbach did that, but they're still able to
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: prevail with the win as the Lynx move to 5-2
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: on the season, and the Pioneers fall to 5-2 on
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: the season. Linda Christian will host Mount Baker coming up,
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: and Nooksack Valley will travel to Meridian. So big games there,
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: and yeah, always fun to see these two teams battle
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: it out, and we'll just have to wait until next
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: year's battle. It's going to be a good one again.
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: It's going to be a good one for a while.
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: Let's go on to the next game. We stay in
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: the 1As now as we head out to Bob Tisdale Field.
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: Mount Baker defeated Blaine 34-7. Really, you know, really close
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: battle in the first half where both teams had decent
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: drives that did not end up in points. It was
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: 0-0 after the first quarter. But Anock Smith starts the
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: second quarter with an 11-yard touchdown run. Tyson Barksdale gets
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: a one-yard touchdown run. And Mount Baker leads 14-0 at
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: the half. And the one thing that was really, you know,
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: that really stood out to me was Blaine in years
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: past has, you know, susceptible to the long touchdowns against Mount,
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: Mount Baker. And they, they, they, they read their keys
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: and did their jobs and they did not allow that
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: long play. Now Mount Baker still ran for 282 yards,
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: but there was, they had to earn it. There was nothing.
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: They didn't pop a big one, you know, at all.
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: You know, there was a few long pass plays that,
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: Jaden Louie got loose and caught a 40-yard pass down
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: the sideline. Pepe McAvoy Salgado had a 30-yard reception on
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: a crossing route to start the second half. But, you know,
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: Mount Baker did their job. What was really cool, five
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: different players scored a touchdown, which was awesome to see.
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: And the last three were all seniors. So pretty cool
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: deal there on senior night, last game, last home game. And,
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: you know, Kel Reardon had a big sack on fourth
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: down the play before that. He hurried the throw to,
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: you know, on third down to make it fourth down.
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: So that was really cool to see him show out
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: on his on senior night. And yeah, it was it
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: was it was a good it was a fun, entertaining
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: game to watch. And, you know, even though it was
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: 34 to seven, it didn't really feel like a blowout.
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: I thought both teams played. extremely well. Blaine threw for
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: 272 yards and Baker ran for 282 yards. And that was,
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: you know, it was just kind of two different kinds
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: of teams there. When you look at the stats, what
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: was really cool about Baker's rushing stats is they had
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: three guys that put up big numbers there. And Knox Smith,
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: seven carries for 85 yards. Noah Nicole Mills, 14 carries
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: for 74 yards. And Andrew Monteith, really close to Noah's numbers,
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: 13 carries for 74 yards. Gage Smith had 26 yards
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: on the ground. Tyson Barksdale, 23 yards on the ground. Again,
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: all five guys that ran the ball in the game,
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: all of them scored a touchdown, which is really cool
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: to see. Barksdale was also five for nine through the
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: air for 97 yards. Zion Paglia caught two of the passes.
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: And I brought up earlier that Jaden Louie and Pepe
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: McAvoy Salgado each had long catches. And Gage Smith had
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: a six-yard reception as well. For Blaine, leading the way
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: on the ground was Asher Hagee. He had 10 carries
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: for 28 yards. Through the air, Connor Brown, 23 of
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: 42 for 272 yards and a touchdown. Isaac Bauma, boy,
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: that guy was catching everything. And 13 receptions for 201 yards.
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: And he just started playing football, you know, 15 months
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: ago or whatever it is. I mean, he's quite a weapon. And,
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: you know, just kind of filling in that spot of
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: his older brother who's out with an injury. So he
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: played a great game. Hunter Kandanosas as well, seven catches
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: for 41 yards. Jackson Bogarts, three catches for 30 yards
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: and a touchdown. And that came in the fourth quarter
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: on a fourth down play that I thought Connor Brown
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: did an excellent job of escaping the pocket and then
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: kind of throwing on the run, but putting enough touch
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: on it where it just fit perfectly to where only
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: Jackson Bogarts could catch it. and run in for the touchdown. Uh,
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: and defensively Gage Smith, again, leading the way with 10 tackles.
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: He also forced a fumble late and, uh, he is,
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: he's starting to become, you know, that move from corner
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: to safety has really gotten him more involved in plays.
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: You know, sometimes when you're a corner, you just, the
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: ball just doesn't come your way that much at all.
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: And ever since he's been moved to safety, he's been
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: picking up, uh, big numbers week in and week out.
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: And he did it again there. Um, I thought Jaden
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: Nicole Mills, who was at corner, had a pretty good game.
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: Four and a half tackles, a pass broken up. He
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: recovered the fumble. Zion Paglia, who's also the other corner,
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: four and a half tackles, a tackle for loss and
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: a pass broken up. One of the better tackling corners
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: that there are. And I thought Titan Arnold had a
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: really good game in the middle. The big guy, five
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: and a half tackles and a tackle for loss. And,
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: you know, coming into the season, I just kind of thought, well,
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: he's a, you know, he'll be fine at offensive right
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: tackle and he'll seal that edge on the, on the
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: sweeps and different things like that. And, and, but boy,
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: he's really shown me a lot on the defensive side
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: of the ball. And he, you know, I saw him at,
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: there was like a jamboree out at Linden and I thought, man,
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: he's big, but can he, can he move, you know,
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: can he get around and, and, and, and make things happen.
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: And then, and it wasn't happening so much back in
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: July when I, when I saw him and then, and
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: then I saw him, you know, This year, and I've
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: been watching him on film and different things, and he's
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: been moving so much better. And that's a force when
• 28:26
  Speaker 2: you get those 300 pounds going. And so it's been
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: fun to watch him do his thing on the defensive
• 28:33
  Speaker 2: side of the ball as well. And so for Blaine's
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: numbers on defense, how about James Luce, the sophomore linebacker,
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: getting the start, kind of starting extra linebackers there against
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: the Mount Baker offense? And he showed what he could do,
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: nine tackles, a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, and
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: a fumble recovery. And, you know, you talk about a
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: kid who's probably not even 140 pounds and starting at
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: linebacker and reminds me a lot of, you know, Andrew Monteith,
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: you know, not the biggest guy, but he's got a
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: huge heart. And when a guy shows out on scout
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: team and makes plays over and over again, and when
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: they're able to get their chance and then they make
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: the most of it, That is such a great thing.
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: So congratulations, James Luce, on having that kind of game
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: against that kind of offense. Axel Shelton, of course, another
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: huge game, 12-and-a-half tackles. He's just been going off this year,
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: and he has been for a few years now. Hunter Candenoza,
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: 6-and-a-half tackles, a pass broken up. Matt Campion, just the
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: three tackles, but he did force a fumble, recover a fumble.
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: And so... yeah, it was a win for Mount Baker,
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: but it wasn't the big blowout win. I mean, it
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: kind of was. I mean, 34-7, but it just didn't
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: have that feel of it. And I think it was
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: because they had to work for their drives a little
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: bit more than usual. And that game also, it knocks
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: Blaine out of playoffs contention. Mount Baker still undefeated in
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: conference play as they will face Lyndon Christian now, who
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: is also undefeated in conference play. Blaine will turn around
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: and play Sultan on Thursday. So be ready for that
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: quick turnaround, you Blaine fans. Home game Thursday night. So
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: be ready for that. It's a 6 o'clock kickoff. Next game.
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: We will head, uh, to Linden high school, really to
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: Costa field as the Linden lions did not have a
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: trap game here. There was not a, Hey, we just
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: beat Anacortes. We'll take it easy on the next week
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: as they face Burlington Edison and hung it on them,
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: shutting them out 35 to zero, just a complete team
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: effort by the lions really showed me a lot there.
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: First time that Linden has shut out the tigers since 2009. And, uh,
• 30:52
  Speaker 2: you know, Burlington was playing a lot of guys in
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: the box. So Linden had to go to the air
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: a little bit more and, and they did a fine
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: job with that. I mean, almost what, almost 500 yards
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: of total offense. Um, they put the ball in the
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: air 23 times, which I don't know if I don't
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: know for sure, but that might be the most this
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: year so far. And, uh, they looked good doing it.
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: And they had that three guy, the three headed rushing
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: attack in the backfield with both their quarterbacks and their
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: running back. And, uh, And then a couple touchdown passes
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: from Gordie Bedlington to Sam Marengo. Awesome to see both
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: those guys do that on senior night. Jax Maggard made
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: all five of his extra points. I mean, this was
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: total team play here that showed out. And against a
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: good Bruins-Edison team, that is going to be in the postseason,
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: most likely. So this really showed Linden winning that game
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: against Anacortes and then I think they, you know, like
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: last year's game against Anacortes, you know, wiped out a
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: bunch of these top players, and they had to kind
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: of recover since then, and this was totally different. This
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: kind of elevated them getting the win over Anacortes, and
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: there was no fall-off in the game against Burlington Edison.
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: So that was really good to see. Austin Postma, again,
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: continuing to have a huge year, 18 carries for 130
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: yards and the two touchdowns. Dawson Van Dalen, eight carries
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: for 78 yards and touchdown. Gordy Bedlington, 10 carries for
• 32:28
  Speaker 2: 64 yards. Bedlington also 11 of 18 through the air
• 32:31
  Speaker 2: for 137 yards, two touchdowns. Austin Postma, two of five
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: through the air for 56 yards. Sam Arango, five catches
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: for 72 yards and the two touchdowns. You know, he's
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: moving up those charts of the Linden's all-time leading receivers,
• 32:46
  Speaker 2: and that's always fun to see. Dawson Van Dalen, four
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: catches for 57 yards. Caden Brown, two catches for 44 yards.
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: Lincoln Van Rye had a catch, and Austin Pease had
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: a catch as well. One big thing in this game
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: that I wanted to bring up was they were, there
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: was right before halftime, they had like a minute 08
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: to go, I don't know, 75 yards or 80 yards
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: or whatever it was, and they did it. They did
• 33:11
  Speaker 2: an awesome job at the two-minute drill, you know, having
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: multiple plays ready, you know, doing a play, running down there,
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: running another play, getting a first down, spiking the ball.
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: It kind of had everything that they needed because once
• 33:25
  Speaker 2: you get to the postseason, you're going to need two-minute drills.
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: They just haven't had that opportunity to really run that.
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: So it was cool to see them do that in
• 33:32
  Speaker 2: live action against a good defense, and it ended with
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: a great pattern ran by Sam Arango. I mean, he's
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: been– Lyndon has had some guys that could run routes.
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: I mean, Isaiah Stanley, my goodness, could run a route And, uh,
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: Sam Marengo is one of the best and, and he
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: was able to make a double move, get open and, um,
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: Bedlington hit him. So yeah, it's, there's not a lot
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: of things you could look at with Linden and say, yeah,
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: this is the, they're there. This is the part that
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: they need to work on. I, you know, they had
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: some hiccups against Ferndale and they've cleaned all that stuff up.
• 34:08
  Speaker 2: And ever since then they've been rolling. So, uh, defensively,
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: my goodness, Landon told me that guy just wants to
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: tackle everything. Um, I feel like if there was like
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: those SportsCenter commercials, there'd be something where, you know, a
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: couple anchors would be walking down and you see Landon
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: Tolsma like tackling the water bottle and the street sign
• 34:28
  Speaker 2: and everything in the background. And they just say something like,
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: that guy loves to tackle, doesn't he? And that would
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: be the whole SportsCenter commercial. And Landon Tolsma, 16 tackles,
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: one tackle for loss, a pass broken up, a big,
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: big part of their shutout win there. Dawson Van Dalen,
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: he also had five tackles, interception. Adam Holman, six and
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: a half tackles. Just great to see the seniors show
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: out there. And that was just awesome to see. And
• 34:59
  Speaker 2: the offensive line, Zach Dykstra. Man, it's, like I said,
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: a complete team effort. Really cool to see there for
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: the Lions. Next up, we will head out to Anacortes
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: High School, where the Seahawks put it on the Bellingham Bayhawks, 49-13.
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: Ryan Harrington threw for over 300 yards and six touchdowns
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: in the first half alone. And Bellingham did get on
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: the board late on a couple of touchdown passes from
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: Ben Leonard to Matthew Steele. Ben Leonard put up some
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: good numbers, 17 of 27 through the air for 165 yards.
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: And Matthew Steele, eight catches for 116 yards in the
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: two touchdowns. And Matthew Steele, pretty close to being the
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: triple crown winner in receiving in Whatcom County. And when
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: you got to lead in yard or receptions, receiving yards
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: and receiving touchdowns. And I think as far as receptions,
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: I think he's like one off, but he's leading in
• 35:56
  Speaker 2: yards and receiving touchdowns. So it's been an incredible year
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  Speaker 2: for him. Lucius White stepping up, having eight catches for
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: 40 yards, a guy that's been a pillar on defense
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: and special teams showing what he can do on offense,
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: which is really, really cool to see. Bellingham, Only 21
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: yards on the ground, and that's one thing that I
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: know they want to work on. They've gone through a
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: ton of different backs and a lot of young guys,
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: and they had to play a lot of young guys
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: in this game. Bryce Shupak, freshman corner, he actually got
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: an interception there in the third quarter, which was really,
• 36:33
  Speaker 2: really good to see. Matthew Steele on defense as well.
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: Huge game, eight and a half tackles, two tackles for loss.
• 36:39
  Speaker 2: He's really good as a strong safety in-run support. And,
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: you know, Calvin Van Hoffweg, and we saw him, we
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: always see what he can do. He jumped up and
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: tipped a pass, which showed great timing against Ryan Harrington. Bellingham,
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: you know, it's been tough, you know. They're still very,
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  Speaker 2: very young, just a few seniors on the team, and
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: playing a lot of freshmen and going up against the
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: Archbishops and the Lindens and the Anacortises of the world.
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  Speaker 2: And it's a very, very... a tough conference and they're,
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  Speaker 2: and they're used to that. They're going to have to
• 37:14
  Speaker 2: try to bounce back and, and then they'll take on
• 37:17
  Speaker 2: Burlington Edison on the road next week. So we'll see
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: what they can do there. And it was a tough
• 37:22
  Speaker 2: one against the Anacortes Seahawks who, who in 47 plays
• 37:27
  Speaker 2: put up the average, almost 10 yards of play for
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: the entire game. So, you know, great game by the Seahawks.
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  Speaker 2: They had to, they needed to get right and they
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: did Bellingham falls 49 to 13. And then the last
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: game of the weekend was Ferndale going down to undefeated
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: Stanwood to take on the Spartans. And boy, all the
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: talk going into this one was the Stanwood quarterback, all
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: the dual threat. He can really fling it around. He
• 37:55
  Speaker 2: can run. You got to be leery of that and
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: all that stuff. And it was really, it was the
• 38:00
  Speaker 2: Stanwood defense that really stood out to me. And yes,
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: I mean, the quarterback was great. Four touchdown passes. He
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: was fantastic. 253 yards in the air. but limiting Ferndale's
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: big play runs, you know, especially Elliot Lenson, you know, Lenson,
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: every single game has had at least 160 yards and
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: two touchdowns every single game. This game, he had half
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: that he had 80 yards and he didn't score. And
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: that was the big difference. And that was something that
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: was really eyeopening to see Stan was defense. Very good.
• 38:32
  Speaker 2: They kicked a 37 yard field goal. I feel horrible
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: for Parker McManus. He got injured. and he's such a
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: weapon on offense, defense, and special teams. Um, but Ron's
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: Alvarez came in and, and did well kicking and punting. So, uh,
• 38:47
  Speaker 2: good for him, the sophomore to, to, to do that. Um,
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: but Ferndale just, it was, it was a tough one.
• 38:55
  Speaker 2: And again, it was that, it was that defense that
• 38:57
  Speaker 2: made it tough. They really keyed on, uh, what they
• 39:00
  Speaker 2: needed to do against that offense and, And they did
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: the job. Like I said, Lenson, 80 yards on 16 carries.
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: Wyatt Broyles, 53 yards on 10 carries. And through the air,
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: just attempted seven passes, completed the one to McManus for
• 39:15
  Speaker 2: 10 yards. Defensively, Brock Hoyt, seven and a half tackles,
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: a pass broken up. Johnny Mahaffey broke up a couple
• 39:25
  Speaker 2: of passes as well. Um, chance hatchet, six tackles, a
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: tackle for loss. Elliot Lenson also had a tackle for loss.
• 39:33
  Speaker 2: Mason button shown who, uh, against this offense, they kind
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: of moved him up to a defensive end spot and
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: he responded with a quarterback sack, which was really cool
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: to see. Um, but Stanwood showed that they're, they are
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: for real. And, um, I'm really curious to see what
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: they can do in the playoffs. And Ferndale's going to
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: have to bounce back because it doesn't get much easier
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: this upcoming week as they'll be at Cedro Woolley on
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: Friday to take on the Cubs. Cedro Woolley's 5-2, as
• 40:01
  Speaker 2: is Ferndale. And this will be for that second spot
• 40:08
  Speaker 2: of the West Coast 3A North, where Stanwood is undefeated.
• 40:11
  Speaker 2: And they already have wins over both Cedro and Woolley.
• 40:18
  Speaker 2: and Ferndale. So Stanwood basically is the, you know, the
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: North conference champions, and this will be for second, third,
• 40:24
  Speaker 2: and then we'll find out kind of who their week
• 40:26
  Speaker 2: nine opponent crossover will be to see if they can
• 40:29
  Speaker 2: get into the week 10, the round of 32, a
• 40:32
  Speaker 2: win here. We'll, we'll definitely make that happen a loss and, and, uh,
• 40:37
  Speaker 2: we'll have to see what they do in week nine, but, um,
• 40:41
  Speaker 2: it's yeah, it's Ferndale. They will regroup. There are an
• 40:45
  Speaker 2: awesome team, great line, they just met a really good team.
• 40:51
  Speaker 2: And again, Cedra Woolley is a really good team. I'm
• 40:53
  Speaker 2: really excited to see what this matchup will be. And
• 40:57
  Speaker 2: coming into the season, I didn't know how good Stanwood
• 41:00
  Speaker 2: would be. It kind of jumped out at me a
• 41:02
  Speaker 2: little bit. But they have proven it all year. And
• 41:06
  Speaker 2: now Ferndale is going to have to prove it against
• 41:08
  Speaker 2: Cedra Woolley when they play them on Friday. Well, let's
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: take a look at the players of the week now.
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: And we'll start off with the Walton Beverage Offensive Player
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: of the Week. Walton Beverage has been a staple in
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: our community for 95 years, and I will continue to
• 41:24
  Speaker 2: work harder every day to make the fantastic people of
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: Walton Beverage proud to sponsor youth sports in our community.
• 41:30
  Speaker 2: They deliver superior quality and commitment, and I plan to
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: do the very same. This is a rare thing. I
• 41:37
  Speaker 2: usually don't give it to a team or I give
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: it to a player when their team lost because but
• 41:43
  Speaker 2: it was too much for me to not give it
• 41:45
  Speaker 2: to him. Isaac Bauma of Blaine is the Walton beverage
• 41:49
  Speaker 2: offensive player of the week. The junior had 13 catches
• 41:52
  Speaker 2: for 201 yards. Um, there was other really good performances
• 41:56
  Speaker 2: out there. Trey Alexander, uh, Chris Coyman. Um, you know,
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: there was, there was some legit guys, Austin Postma once again. Uh,
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: but I had to give this one to Isaac Bauma,
• 42:10
  Speaker 2: put up these career numbers and, And yeah, he was
• 42:16
  Speaker 2: a difference maker, that's for sure. On the defensive side
• 42:20
  Speaker 2: of the ball, the Curt Mayberry Farm Defensive Player of
• 42:23
  Speaker 2: the Week. Curt Mayberry Farm is a family farm committed
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: to developing innovative agronomic and business practices to grow, process,
• 42:31
  Speaker 2: and market high-quality berries. Curt Mayberry Farm is the Northwest
• 42:35
  Speaker 2: Berry Supplier of Choice. Check them out at KurtMayberryFarm.com. That's
• 42:40
  Speaker 2: Kurt with a C, M-A-B-E-R-R-Y, farm.com. This was a tough
• 42:46
  Speaker 2: one because I had two guys that were just way
• 42:52
  Speaker 2: out in front of everybody else, it seemed like. You're
• 42:55
  Speaker 2: talking about Brock Scammell, who had four sacks and a
• 42:59
  Speaker 2: tackle for loss. Landon Tolsma of Linden, who had 16 tackles,
• 43:03
  Speaker 2: a tackle for loss, and a pass broken up. I
• 43:06
  Speaker 2: do like a point system based on certain stats. You know,
• 43:09
  Speaker 2: it's kind of like a monster club point thing. Every,
• 43:11
  Speaker 2: you know, most schools do that. And, and I have
• 43:15
  Speaker 2: my own, you know, equation for it. And they both
• 43:19
  Speaker 2: came out to the exact amount of points, which made
• 43:22
  Speaker 2: it even tougher. But I'm going with Landon Tolsma this week.
• 43:26
  Speaker 2: And it's mostly because the opponent that he did it
• 43:28
  Speaker 2: against and it ended up in a shutout. So congratulations
• 43:32
  Speaker 2: to Lyndon senior linebacker, Landon Tolsma. You are the Curt
• 43:35
  Speaker 2: Mayberry Farm Defensive Player of the Week with the 16 tackles,
• 43:38
  Speaker 2: one tackle for loss, and a pass broken up. Let's
• 43:42
  Speaker 2: check out the Pets Real Estate Special Teams Player of
• 43:44
  Speaker 2: the Week. Pets Real Estate is your preferred real estate
• 43:47
  Speaker 2: agency in Whatcom County. You can go to petsrealestate.com. That's
• 43:51
  Speaker 2: P-E-T-Z realestate.com. Nothing huge, extraordinary here as far as no
• 43:59
  Speaker 2: game-winning field goals, no kick returns or punt returns for touchdowns,
• 44:03
  Speaker 2: so I had to dig a little deeper into and
• 44:05
  Speaker 2: look at things, and I'm going, this is back-to-back weeks now,
• 44:09
  Speaker 2: I'm going Elias Laranaga again, and nothing special, he just
• 44:13
  Speaker 2: did his job, six for six on extra points, he
• 44:16
  Speaker 2: had a 37-yard punt, and it was good enough this
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: week to be the Pets Real Estate Special Teams Player
• 44:22
  Speaker 2: of the Week, so congratulations to him, and it's the
• 44:27
  Speaker 2: most opportunities he's had this year to kick extra points,
• 44:29
  Speaker 2: he made every single one of them, and so yeah,
• 44:32
  Speaker 2: so congratulations to him. And finally the anytime fitness offensive
• 44:38
  Speaker 2: lineman of the week. Of course you can go to
• 44:40
  Speaker 2: anytime fitness in Linden, Linden North or Ferndale. They also
• 44:44
  Speaker 2: sponsor the football scoreboards that had come out on Thursday,
• 44:48
  Speaker 2: Fridays and Saturdays based on when the games are. Uh,
• 44:51
  Speaker 2: this one, this one's going to the big man at Squalicum,
• 44:55
  Speaker 2: the junior river Thompson, uh, leading the way up front
• 45:00
  Speaker 2: for 469 rushing yards. That's incredible. And he's, uh, He's
• 45:06
  Speaker 2: a great one up front. And the great thing is
• 45:08
  Speaker 2: that he's only a junior. So he's very active, can
• 45:11
  Speaker 2: move really well. He's a big, strong kid. So all
• 45:14
  Speaker 2: that stuff combined makes for a great offensive lineman. So
• 45:17
  Speaker 2: congratulations to River Thompson of Squalicum. He is your Anytime
• 45:22
  Speaker 2: Fitness Offensive Lineman of the Week. Be sure to visit
• 45:27
  Speaker 2: our sponsors and let them know you heard about their
• 45:29
  Speaker 2: business on the Whatcom Preps podcast. All right, this has
• 45:33
  Speaker 2: been Episode 459, the Week 7 Football Recap. I am
• 45:37
  Speaker 2: Tyler Anderson of Wacom Preps, and I will talk to
• 45:40
  Speaker 2: you in a couple days.