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Whatcom Preps Podcast Episode 184 - Blaine Borderites Preview · Whatcom Preps Podcast

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This is Blaine senior Riley and you're listening to Blaine football preview on Welcome Preps
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Podcast with Tyler and Ryland Go Boarder Rights. Greetings, and welcome to the
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Welcome Preps Podcast. You're listening to the twenty twenty three Blaine Border Rights team
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preview. I'm Rylan Spencer along with me as always, Tyler Anderson of Welcome
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Preps. Tyler, how we doing doing great? Doing great? We are.
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We are over the hump, we are over halfway point and this is
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where we pick up speed here. So let's talk some Blaine football and you
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know what it means, all downhill from here right. This is the sixth
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of ten team previews as we get ready for the upcoming season. We've already
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covered Sea Home, Bellingham, Squalicum, and both Lynden school I mean technically
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We would like to thank Riley i'd for the intro today. Tyler.
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You were out there a blane. You can't just walk over anymore. And
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yet now did you go get pizza afterwards or before? Oh? I didn't
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have time. That Saturday was just crazy. It was practice, practice,
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practice, practice, practice, And I it was funny because when I was
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driving home that night, I was like, and I rarely eat breakfast.
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I just I get sick if I eat breakfast. But I had to eat
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before that day because I knew I wasn't gonna be able to eat until I
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got home. And at the crazy thing was is I was like, man,
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I gotta go to the bathroom so bad. I mean, I've just
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been standing and taking pictures and all day. But that was kind of the
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middle of the day. It was a pretty warm one out at Blaine.
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It was it was I had a nice breeze though. It was nice to
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be back in the old, the old hometown there, and yeah, it
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was it wasn't too bad. I was able to you know, I didn't
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have to hurry up from squalacomb. I knew i'd have some time to watch
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a big chunk of the practice. They had offensive practice going on, and
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and uh, I really really liked what I saw with how they were running
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things out there at the border town. Yeah, and I'll tell you what,
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we got ourselves a new head coach there for the first time seventeen years.
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Jay Dodd was over there at Blaine, but Andrew Olson steps in first
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season at Blaine after you know, I don't know off the top of my
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head exactly how many seasons is the head coach over there at Burlington Edison,
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but it was probably what three, Yeah, I was gonna say probably around
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three or four, somewhere in there, three fourth season something like that.
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He is a graduate of Lynden High School And if you would like to hear,
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we did a zoom with him. Also, we did one with Brian
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Young over at Sea Home. We did one when when was that? I
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think they were released what earlier this month in August? And so yeah,
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you can find that. You can just go head over to the what is
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it Welcome Prep dot com and then the podcast page. Right, yep,
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that's absolutely right. Yeah, that's the fastest, easiest way to find it,
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or if you're subscribed, or if you're listening on a platform right now,
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you could scroll back and I'm sure you can find that in there,
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real nice and easy. That being said, last year, Blaine one and
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nine on the season. They're coming off at four and three season in twenty
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twenty one. Not a lot of key losses, Tyler, And this is
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something that you and I had kind of talked about, kind of kind of
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touched on but didn't really go in depth on last season. But one,
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two, three, four, five key losses and no offense to the kickers
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and punters. But one of them is a kicker punter, so really it's
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just four right. Oh, hey, didn't say that being said though,
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yeah, there's a lot of top attornees. I mean, it's it's about,
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let's just say this, from the school to the border. It would
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need a passport to get across. H Riley I one Hunter of Zzettie Colby
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Ship, Victor Gerval, Connor Dollery. I mean, Tyler, there are
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names on this list of top attornees. I mean, it's a kind of
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a who's who you know what I mean of who it is that that we
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know. I mean, these are names that we know. These are guys
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that saw a lot of playing time last year. So yeah, I mean,
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we'll see what they can do here. That being said, Tyler,
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one guy they did lose off of last year was Cal Evinger, a guy
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that I think might they've even gotten picked a few times. But I do
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see a name here, Colin Davis thirty only thirty four attempts, but three
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hundred and fifteen yards and five touchdowns. I mean, I don't know how
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much he actually played, Tyler, but if he only played one game,
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his stat line was unbelievable. Yeah, he got in. He got in
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the end of a few of There was one game he played quite a bit
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of and I was just super impressed. I really really liked the way through
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the ball. I like the way how he stood tall in the pocket.
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He's even though he's not the biggest guy in the world, about five ten,
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one hundred and sixty five pounds going into his junior year. I really
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like his game. He's a good kid, and it's kind of his turn
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there is I wouldn't say there's a quarterback competition right now, but they might
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go with a little two quarterback system, so a little bit of you know,
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kind of what Lyndon has done in the past. So another guy you'll
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see bind center is Riley i'd and he has played quarterback in the past.
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He played at growing up, so he can do those things. But he
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gives you a freakish athlete that can that can just go and just and can
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run and uh, you know, all of a sudden, you see number
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twelve mind center and coaches are going to be twelves a quarterback, twelves a
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quarterback. I mean I can hear it now up in the booth, you
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know, relaying down to the field because you know he's he's a difference maker
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as well. So I think that you know, if you can give it,
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if you can give a team multiple looks to worry about, that's gonna
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be a tough week at practice. You know, you have to plan for
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all these different things. Uh. They're both very good. Colin Davis is
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athletic two, but he's more of that classic passer. Riley Eyed is very
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very dynamic as a runner. He's hard to bring down, he's tough,
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he's quick, so with both those guys plays playing some quarterback, it's gonna
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it's gonna really throw some throw some different wrenches into the defensive game plans for
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some opposing coaches. Now, when we look in the backfield, there's a
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couple of guys that returned with a decent little chunk of of carries. One
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of them, though, Colby Ship, kind of became a I don't want
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to say a fan favorite or a podcast favorite, but a guy that we
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definitely enjoyed watching last year. One hundred and fifty eight carries five hundred and
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eleven yards just three touchdowns. But you know, a guy that I think
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has the athleticis him to just be a little bit of do a lot of
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different things for you? Is that kind of what they're looking at? And
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who are some of the guys that we should be keeping an eye on in
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the backfield? Yeah, you know, it's a it's a he's a junior
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now, five seven hundred and sixty pounds, very very athletic. You know,
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a track guy that does some high jump, long jump, does does
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a lot of different things. You don't see a lot of five seven guys
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doing high jump, you know, and that tells you how athletic he is.
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And and it was great. I remember last year we joked about how
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you know, when I took his picture, he gave me the sheet back
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and he walked over to me and he goes, you're gonna use that picture
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a lot. And at the time I had no clue who he was,
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and I just thought, Wow, that's I like the attitude. You know.
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It was funny this year when he came it to me, he goes,
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and you're gonna be using this one a lot too, And I just
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started laughing. And uh, so I know he's listening, and he's a
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great kid. Uh. You know, I got to talk to him a
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little bit after practice, get to know him a little bit more so.
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You know, he was kind of thrown into the fire last year and uh
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and did and did well. You know, usually the smallest guy on the
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field, but definitely one of the toughest. Uh. Jade and Piez is
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really pushing him. Jane pie is a little bit bigger, a little taller.
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Uh. And when he came into the Games last year, he was
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really impressive. I mean, he broke off some long runs. You see
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the high average there. He was a lot of fun to watch, and
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it's it's a it's a battle right now. And I and you know,
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I think because they have so many receivers returning, they're gonna probably stick with
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a single back set. So I doubt they're gonna see him both at the
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same time. But it's nice to have, you know, different guys.
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You could spell each other, you could, you know, take a little
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break. I think they're both gonna be playing quite a bit of defense too.
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And then uh, Logan viller Reel is a guy that is really like
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I asked a lot of kids like kind of who the who the who the
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most underrated player on the team was and stuff like that, and they were
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all saying Logan was. So it's they're all three of them are juniors,
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and they all bring something a little bit different. And so, you know,
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depending on with all these you know, a lot the senior receivers.
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Now you might see just a single back now, but all the running backs
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will return next year. You might seek you know, dual backfield in the
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following years. But I think they're all going to get their touches and they
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can all bring something a little bit different. Now out of receiver Tyler,
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they probably return more catches, more yards, more everything than any team in
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the county that I've seen. I mean one, two, three, four,
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five, two three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
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nine, ten, eleven. They got twelve guys coming back that had
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at least one catch. I mean, I mean that's insane. Yeah,
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that's that's unbelievable. And when you when you just talk sheer numbers of it,
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well over a thousand yards. I mean it's a thousand and just hundred
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Vizettie and Riley i'd and then you've got Connor Dowry with a chunk. And
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then you know there's what one, two, three, four, one,
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two, three, four, five, six guys that were double digits.
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Granted a couple of them were only ten and thirteen, but I mean there's
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a good chunk of receiving yards coming back this year. That's got a really
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excite the coaching staff. Oh yeah, they this is this is a big,
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big plus unit for them as the receivers. And and I think that
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I think coach Olsen is gonna find, you know, dynamic ways to get
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them in the best spots possible. Hundred Rossetti is just he's just a stud
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athlete. You know, he looks the part, uh, sixty three,
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one hundred and eighty five pounds. He's fast, he's probably gonna go play
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college baseball somewhere. Left handed kid just really just just you know, has
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everything, has all the tools, a big, big play guy, had
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huge games last year. And then Riley, i'd if he's you know,
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when he's not at quarterback, he'll be in the slot and he'll just he'll
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find ways to get open. He catches everything, and then he's hard to
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bring down. And he's decent size two six feet tall, one hundred and
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seventy pounds. So those two guys are gonna they bring back a lot of
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experience catching the ball. You brought up. Justin Minoirez super speedy, fast
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track guy. He's six feet tall, sixty five pounds. Uh. Jesse
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Demming is another one of those slot type guys, five ten, one hundred
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and forty five pounds. They just have so many guys like this. Tyler
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Bauma is a guy that, yeah, you look and you say, oh,
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the only had four catches last year. He got he got hurt in
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the first game. He's a guy has so much talent that just he's just
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it's untapped, Like no one knows about it, and he's six three,
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one hundred and eighty pounds. You could see him as an outside receiver again
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possibly. And then a name that is not really known as Kai Kerwin,
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who's a smaller slot kind of guy. He's a sophomore at five eight hundred
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and forty pounds. I could see him coming in and and and pushing some
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of these guys, especially if Riley iide's gonna play quarterback, he might see
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Kerwin come in and play slot. So they have a ton of guys that
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could play receiver, and then they're gonna have kind of an h back.
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And Connor Dollery played tackle as a sophomore. He played, he was a
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he was a straight up tight end as a junior. He's up to six
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four now one hundred and ninety pounds. He is tough, you know.
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And and coach Olsen, you know, he said to me, he's like,
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there's certain guys that play h back. You know. He just kind
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of he's like, there are certain guys that, yeah, I know exactly
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what you mean. And Connor Dollery is just one of those guys. He's
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just he wants to block, he wants to hit. Uh, coach even
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shared a short story about uh they were they were They were running this play
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at during practice where he was an option. It was like a run pass
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option type thing where he was going to go out and on a on a
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pattern and and he was upset because he didn't get to block anybody, you
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know. And so it's funny because a lot of tight ends they're like,
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sweet, I get to go catch the ball, and he's like, I
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want to block, you know. So I love I love what he brings
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to that position. And he was a playmaker last year too, catching four
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touchdown passes. That was I think that was most out of all tight ends
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in Walcom County. So with him coming back too, he can make some
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plays. I just this, This receiving core is loaded, and uh,
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you know, team better not be taking Blaine lightly, especially with the it's
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a completely new staff. I like, you know, I like the offensive
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mindset out there. Looks like they're running that that that Linden offense. You
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know, they're picking it up fast. I love it. It's it could
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be uh, it could be a lot of a lot of lights on those
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scoreboard going off. Yeah, it's pretty interesting. The maybe a question mark
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here on the offensive side of the ball. Is is the offensive line?
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Uh? You know, they've been maybe undersized as of the last few years,
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but they've always been tough, you know what I mean, that's kind
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of what you get out there, Blaine. But they got to replace three
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guys off of last year squad. And I I see some names here in
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the top attornees, I see, I see a see, I see a
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left tackle. I see you know, some some o l's. Who are
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the guys that we need to know about on the offensive line? Tyler,
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Well, I really like this unit too, and it was for me it
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was kind of the big question mark coming in to to ask coach Olsen about
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with with the Blaine with the with the units and different things, and he
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really likes his offensive line. Uh you know. It starts at center.
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Victor Gervallo, who's uh you know, didn't play center last year. He
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was playing some tackle and was played played some guard in the past. He'll
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be at center this year. You know. He was a he was his
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second place in state wrestling last year, the heavyweight. He's six feet tall,
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two hundred and thirty six pounds, and he's just he's just solid as
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can be. Uh, he's been great for the last couple of years.
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Now it's his senior year and he's you know, he's gonna he's gonna really
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break out and have a have a pretty great year. Uh. The guards
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are young, you know, the right guard, Auto Shelton about sixty three,
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two hundred and twenty pound junior. He's gonna get his shot. But
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it's the project that I'm really excited to see. Here is a sophomore six
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four two ninety he's a great kid, works hard, homeschool kid, Malachi
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Marillo. So that's a kid that everyone's gonna be uh taking notice of pretty
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soon. There's a coach is pretty high on him. Just a sophomore against
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six four, two hundred ninety pounds Malachi Marillo looking really excited as him as
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a left guard. And then the tackles are tall. I mean left tackle
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Alejandro mos Er Hernandez at six five, two hundred and fifteen pounds, really
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good athlete, played some tight end last year and now he's been bumped into
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tackle. And I asked how, you know, a lot of times he
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coaches, you just never know how they're gonna take to that. And he's
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and he said he said, Al loved it. He was excited. He
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wants to play, he wants to be on the field, and you gotta
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love that kind of attitude. And on the right side, Jayden Winslow six
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three, two hundred and thirty six pounds, a junior, great, great
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kid. Always always treats me really well, says hi, Hi, mister
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Anderson, how are you doing. I love that kind of stuff. Uh
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and uh and so I you know, I really like this group. And
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then the six guy is a malloy messenger who's who can play a lot of
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different positions. He was also a tight end last year. He's up to
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a six one, two hundred and seven pounds, very athletic kid that can
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play different positions on the line. He's gonna play a lot on defense.
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But he's the give see that, you know, like that swing player on
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the offensive line that it's really nice to have. And you know, coach
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Olsen might he might go, you know, jumbo and go with another offensive
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lineman in there if you want to pound it, so you have that guy
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that can go in there and do it. I really like this group a
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lot. This is a this is a group that I didn't know what to
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expect. And then when I went to practice and I saw the beef and
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I saw these guys and how hungry they were, I was really happy with
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what I saw. Yeah, it sounds like sounds like that offensive line might
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have hit the weight room. Huh A little bit. Yeah, some of
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some of those guys packed on some pounds. I mean, uh, you
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know, good for the for the restaurants there in Blaine. I mean,
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hopefully they were taking advantage of the old Tyler Anderson special over there at the
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pizza joint, right, Well, I'd hope side, I would hope so
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west side is the best side. Really. Yeah, that being said Tyler,
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When I start looking at the defensive, well, let me just say
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this. When I look at the defense of stats, this is something you
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and I were talking about off the air as we started looking over things.
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Holy crap, they return a lot of stats, man. I mean when
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you talk sacks, tackles for a loss, passes defended, I mean fumble
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recoveries. How the heck did these guys recover that many fumbles? Two four,
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six, eight, nine, nine fumble recoveries is what they return.
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I mean, I don't there can't be a maybe in Nooksack Valley returns a
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lot as far as defense goes, But I mean, this is unbelievable.
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How many how many tackles they return? Four guys with over forty tackles and
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Victor Gerval's right right right about there at thirty eight and a half, I
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mean, and then tackles for a loss. It's even crazier. How many
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interceptions did you say? Was it nine or something? Nine? Yeah?
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Nine interceptions to go along with those nine fumble recoveries and turnovers are important.
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And you look at Colin Davis's passing stats. He didn't need didn't throw an
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interception, He threw five touchdowns, did not throw an interception. So I
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mean it's it's not looking too bad there. Well, let's talk about the
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defensive line then. Who are the guys on the defensive line? And feel
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free to throwing the stats because there's a lot of them. Yeah. Well,
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I mean they're gonna go with a four man front and they've got five
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guys that are kind of looking at so inside, you look at Victor Gervall
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as a defensive tackle, thirty eight and a half tackles, four sacks,
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three and a half tackles for loss, a couple of forced fumbles, and
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Otto Shelton, who's kind of who he's gonna be new to the varsity,
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but he shows really big size, so he's kind of another guy on the
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inside. And then a guy that can play inside or outside, which is
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nice, will be Alejandro Moser Hernandez. And he put up big numbers playing
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on the line too. He had six tackles for loss, Lee led he
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led the team or he leads the returners to go along with twenty three and
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a half tackles. He also batted a ball down at six foot five at
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the line of scrimmage. And then the defensive ends. I really really like
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a couple of guys that are six foot four, one hundred and ninety five
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pounds. Connor Dollery has been great defensively the last couple of years. Forty
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three and a half tackles, three tackles for loss, five sacks, two
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fumble recoveries. He knocked three passes down last he was playing outside linebacker,
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go back in the flat and those long arms. And then a really intriguing
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kid that I am excited about, Zu Yeah, Zu six four, one
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hundred and ninety five pound junior coaches were saying that he has unbelievable twitch and
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get off long arms. Thirteen and a half tackles last year, and six
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and a half of those were behind the line, with four and a half
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tackles for loss and two sacks, also two fumble recoveries. I think he
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can really make some you know, destructive plays back there another really tall kid.
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I mean, they just I just haven't seen a blame team this big
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in a long time. So those are kind of the five guys. And
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for four spots on the defensive line, Zu has to have the shortest state
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of Wacom County history. Yeah. Well, I think Z is short for
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Zong or something like that, but he goes by Z so zu. Uh
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yeah, it has to be. I mean yeah, I mean I can't
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imagine, like there is a shorter name than four four letters. No,
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I mean awesome, I mean great for a box score, makes it really
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type, yeah, Tyler. Now let's talk about linebackers. I mean,
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you named off some guys that are on the defensive line and it's kind of
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exciting. But the linebackers, I mean I'm seeing all kinds of numbers here
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returning for those guys. Yeah, yeah, Blake Careski is is your linebackers
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linebacker. You know, you got that sometimes you if you have a kid
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that's like that. Yeah, you could look at him and say, I
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could probably play h back. He could be a full back and give him
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the ball a little bit. But man, if I just let him loose
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on middle linebacker all season, he might he might just go. He might
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just be awesome. He's a guy that you know, plays through the end
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of the whistle. A little bit of practice. He's fired up. He
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can really hit six feet tall, two hundred and five pounds, twenty six
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and a half tackles last year three and a half tackles for loss of force,
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fumble. He can make some plays at the inside linebacker spot. Now
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he's gonna be flanked by Malloy Messenger, who is who is really good.
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As a sophomore last year, had forty tackles. You know, it was
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tough to kind of see the Blaine film every once in a while, but
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yeah, I could always tell where Molloy was. He had the bright orange
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shoes, baby, and I love that. I love that. And I
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showed up a practice with my bright orange crocs. So it was is He's
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a lot of fun, you know, coaches kid, a kid that just
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is just a linebacker heart as well. And then kind of like that hybrid
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strong safety, uh you know, strong side outside linebacker depending on who you're
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playing against. Hunter Vizetti the long arms, makes plays, knocked down four
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passes last year, thirty four tackles, five and a half tackles for loss,
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two and a half sacks, forced, two fumbles. He knows how
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to get after it. I really really really like him as a as a
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defensive player as well. He just he has a ton of energy, never
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runs out of gas. It's always seems like he's playing hard. And then
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Logan Villerial, Jaden piez Ko pie these are kids that are all kind of
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in the mix to get some playing time at linebacker two. So they have
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some really good depth and I'm just excited to see what they can. Piez
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and pie both had interceptions last year of Valerio had a tackle for loss and
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a fumble recovery. And these guys that have made plays on Friday nights.
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So, uh, now that you're going to get a little bit more action
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and playing time, and we've talked about like when you return a lot of
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kids. Yeah, did they Yeah, you returned to them, But did
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they get better? How much better did they get? Is it just going
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to be the same group as last year? You know, I think with
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coach Olsen there and getting these kids going, I think that there they are
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going to get better. And of course they're growing physically, but they got
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to grow mentally and you know, the love of the game and having fun
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out there and can can develop into a winning attitude and start winning games.
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So that's what the border rights you're hoping for. Well, we talked about
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it earlier. Nine interceptions and when you talk passes defended four three three,
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four, three, one one six one. Now not all of them are
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coming from the secondary, Tyler, But who are the names in the secondary
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for the border rights that we need to know about? Well, I really
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like Jesse Demming as a corner. You know, he had a he had
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a pick six later in the year. He's a he's a really, he's
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a he's a heck of a ball player. He's just he's another kid that's
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a baseball player. You know, over the years, there's been a lot
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of Demmings that have been played have been great athletes in all sports. You
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talked about football and wrestling, track and field, baseball, and uh,
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and he's a he's a really really good one as a as a corner,
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he's you know, he's one of the smaller guys on the field, but
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he's he's one of the most active, tough dudes. You know. Uh,
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he'll he'll, he'll kind of man one corner spot Tyler Bauma is a
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six three corner. On the other side, we keep talking about these tall
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corners that are coming into Walking County, and Bauma can match up with some
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taller guys as a corner. Uh. Safety wise, I mean Riley I'd
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and Colby Ship. Those guys racked up together over a hundred tackles. Riley
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i Could play the run like no other as a safety with five tackles for
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loss. Colby Ship is not you know, I mean there were games when
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he had like twelve or thirteen tackles. Uh. He loves coming up and
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making a hit. So those guys can both kind of play close to the
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line, but they will. They can take care of the back half no
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problem. Really good speed back there. Justin Minjuarez was a was a good
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corner last year. Uh had lad lead with six passes defended, had a
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couple in receptions, but I think they like what they have at corner,
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so he's gonna be another guy they could put at safety, just with his
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speed, kind of ball hot guy. And there's a new kid, Mason
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Ochery with five nine, one hundred and forty five pounds senior, another really
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good baseball player, leadoff, leadoff hitter, third baseman. Uh, that
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is another safety type guy. So uh again, so much depth. I
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mean Colin Davis could play some safety too. You just there's so many guys
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with so much experience and uh, and there's some there's some younger guys that
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are that are gonna wait, wait their turn and get in there. You
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can see Kay Kerwin maybe get in there too. So uh, I really
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really really like the secondary one of the strengths on the team. Now,
24:55
Tyler, as we look at the schedule here it uh, I guess,
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well, I guess it is almost just a straight up flip. There is
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one difference that I see here, and that would be that would be Cedar
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Park Christian coming on the twenty third of third twenty third of September taking place
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of Kings. I mean, it's just kind of a straight up schedule Port
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Angeles, Sea Home Vashon Island, Cedar Park, Christian and then we get
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a couple of games here in the Northwest one eight Conference molt Baker, Meridian,
25:30
and then the non conference game against Bellingham and then Atlin and Christian Home
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versus Nooksack Valley. So, uh yeah, we're real nice soft schedule there
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at the end any games in particular, you're looking at here? I mean,
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I know, you know, the Walcom County games excite you, and
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so the last five games of the season have to really excite you. But
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yeah, what are you? What are you? What are you looking at
25:52
here? Yeah? You know, I I was looking at you know,
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a few of these, you know, at Sea Home that's going to be
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on a Thursday. Uh So I like that again, the only game in
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town. Gotta love that. I think it is a couple of Walking County
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teams. I think that's gonna be a really good test for them. I
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love the game, the home game against Bellingham. I'm excited about the home
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game against Meridian. That's gonna be Hall of Fame night. I'm on the
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Blaine committee for the Hall of Fame induction class. Uh and uh so that'll
26:22
be a fun one where we'll talk about the hall of the new class of
26:25
twenty twenty three going in the Blaine Hall of Fame, and then the following
26:27
day will be the induction ceremony. Uh So that's always a lot, a
26:32
lot of fun. Uh the game at Linden Christian, I know Elsie's got
26:36
some fun things planned for that. It's like a back to Blue night where
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they're gonna celebrate the you know, the police officers and border patrol and different
26:45
things like that. They're gonna do a punt pass punt pass kick competition between
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the different forces, uh during halftime, which is yeah, and uh so
26:52
they're gonna have some fun with that and it's fun. You know, they
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want to include Blaine with that being a Porter town and and uh so that's
26:59
gonna be a that's gonna be a cool one too. So there's there's gonna
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be a few of them that I'm gonna want to check out, and uh
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yeah, it's it's exciting, man. I think that I think it's gonna
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be an improved year for Blaine. It's just that conference is so tough,
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and uh but I'm really excited about It's a good class of seniors and a
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great class of juniors as well. There's some there's some sophomores that are that
27:23
are intriguing with Kai Kerwin and Malachi Marillo. And I don't want to skip
27:29
over my boy Matthew Hayes returning as the kicker and punter. He's an All
27:33
League kicker last year, and uh, and I'm excited to see what he
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does. He's gonna and he did did the punning last year too with Sam
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Styles, So I I really like, you know, just how all the
27:47
holes have been filled really well, and and I'm excited to see them,
27:52
you know, start off the season. If they could start off the season
27:52
on one a good note and and they could just keep that going from there,
27:56
they just build some confidence, you know, get some w and you
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know, I love that they're playing Cedar Park Christian a week four. They
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actually played him in Week ten last year as a crossover, so there is
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some familiarity there. Cedar Park Christian head coach is an old Meridian grad,
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Kurt Roy, so uh, some Walking County ties there. So yeah,
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just a lot of a lot of cool things there. And excited for the
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Blaine football season. Yeah, we completely forgot who Uh, I completely forgot
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to talk about the special teams guys there, But Tyler, breakout player.
28:29
I see a name here from Mount Baker. I mean, excuse me,
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Jesse Deming. Uh. He didn't just pick him because you're a Deming guy,
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did you? No? No, no. I liked the little parts
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of last year. I really liked you know, when he would be out
28:45
there, he would make plays. And then talking with Coach Olson, his
28:49
face changes a little bit when he talks about Jesse Demming. He's he gets
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he knows the potential and the abilities there. And I love when a guy
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who's not very big plays much bigger than he is, and Jesse Deming does
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that. I'm excited. I know what to expect. Defensively, I think
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he's gonna be one of the top corners in the league. But I'm really
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excited to see what he can do as a slot guy. He's an amazing
29:18
blocker, as a wide receiver. There's just all the little things, you
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know, and I want to just keep my eyes on him a lot.
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I think he's gonna have a great season. Well, Tyler, anything else
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you got to say about the uh the border rights before we move on to
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Nooksack Valley. NA. I think we're I think we've said it all.
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Well you said it all. Well, that's right. I just put it
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up on the team. You smacked it out of the park. Yeah,
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alrighty Well he's Tyler Anderson. I'm Rylan Spencer. You have been listening to
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