Schwend's 3 TDs help Woodinville remain unbeaten...

Pop Keeney Stadium, October 14th, 2011-

It was homecoming at Pop Keeney and Woodinville Senior, Alec Schwend was determined to put on a show. Woodinville (7-0, 4-0 Division) was looking to beat rival Inglemoor (4-3, 2-2 division) for the first time since 2008.

Schwend entered the game with 9 touchdowns and would waste no time in adding to that. On only his third carry of the game, Schwend would take the handoff and sprint 59 yards straight up the middle for the touchdown and a 7-0 lead. Schwend would finish the night with touchdown runs of 59, 64 and 2 to raise his season total to 12.

Inglemoor Cornerback, Junior Vi would intercept a tipped Brett Arrivey pass and return it to the Falcon 8 yardline. Just three plays later, Brandon Edwards would hit Derek Telin on a underneath screen for 6 yards and a touchdown.

The game would stay tied through the end of the first quarter. On the second play of the second quarter, Arrivey would drop back to pass and eventually scramble towards the corner of the endzone before barreling in for the touchdown and a 7 point Falcon lead.

The two teams would twice trade punts before Schwend would break free for his second TD, this one from 64 yards to give the Falcons a 21-7 lead with 3:48 left in the half. The halftime score would stay that way.

On the first play of the second half Woodinville Linebacker, Trey Fornelious would step in front of a Hans Fortune pass and return the interception to the Viking 25.

It appeared as though Inglemoor was going to get the ball back after a missed FG attempt, but the Vikings were flagged for running into the kicker, giving the ball to Woodinville at the 4 yardline. After an offsides penalty on Inglemoor, Alec Schwend would get in for his third and final touchdown of the night.

Inglemoor would get the ball back and get a roughing the kicker penalty of their own, but two plays later would be intercepted again. This time Junior, Caleb Hamilton would get the pick and return it to the Viking 19 setting up a 32 yard Field Goal by Connor Zaback.

The Vikings would go three and out but get the ball back three plays later when Linebacker, Mikey Tupou would snag a tipped pass as he fell to the ground giving Inglemoor the ball at the Woodinville 47. Inglemoor would go 47 yards in 9 plays finishing with a 15 yard pass from Hans Fortune to Quinn Edlin for the score.

Down by 17 with 12 seconds to play in the third quarter, the Vikings elected to try and onside kick, but would not be able to recover. That decision woud prove to be fatal as the very next pla Woodinville Running Back, Devin McKee would rush 49 yards around the left side for the touchdown.

The third period and scoring would end with a Point After Touchdown by Connor Zaback. Final score 38-14, Woodinville.

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Scoring Plays:

1st Quarter-
Wood: Alec Schwend, 59 yard run (PAT Good)
Ing: Brandon Edwards to Derek Telin, 6 yard pass (PAT Good)

2nd Quarter-
Wood: Brett Arrivey, 4 yard run (PAT Good)
Wood: Alec Schwend, 64 yard run (PAT Good)

3rd Quarter-
Wood: Alec Schwend, 2 yard run (PAT Good)
Wood: Connor Zaback, 32 yard FG
Ing: Hans Fortune to Quinn Edlin, 15 yard pass (PAT GOOD)
Wood: Devin McKee, 49 yard run (PAT Good)

4th Quarter-
No Scoring

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Next Week:

The Woodinville Falcons will travel to Memorial Stadium in Seattle next Friday at 5pm to play the Roosevelt RoughRiders.

The Inglemoor Vikings will also travel to Memorial Stadium next Friday night at 8pm to face the Garfiel Bulldogs.

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Bothell tops Inglemoor in Spaghetti Bowl...

Pop Keeney Stadium, September 30th, 2011.

After starting the season 1-2, the "Blue Train" that is Bothell Cougars football appears to be back on track following a 32-30 win over the Inglemoor Vikings on Friday night. The Cougars improved to 3-2 on the season and 2-0 in Conference play while the Vikings fell to 3-2 and 1-1 in KingCo play. The win for Bothell was the 10th in a row against Inglemoor in the annual Spaghetti Bowl.

The Cougars got the ball to start the game and promptly went 78 yards on 10 plays for the score and a 7-0 lead. On the drive Kizhan Proctor would carry 7 times for 56 yards, but it was Danny Wilson who would get in the endzone on a pitch from one yard out.

The Vikings would get the ball and quickly go three and out and were forced to punt, but the Cougars were caught with 12 men on the field, giving the ball back to Inglemoor at mid-field. Eight plays later Hans Fortune would find Dillon Gongliewski in the corner of the endone for the touchdown to tie the game.

Working with a short field after returning the kickoff to the Viking 41, the Cougars would get inside the red zone before the drive would stall and Bothell would be forced to settle for a 30 yard Field Goal to retake the lead 10-7.

Inglemoor would get the ball back, but would only manage three yard before having to punt. Before the Vikings go a chance to punt, the first period would come to an end.

Getting the ball after the punt to begin the second period, the Cougars would again go on a quick march. On 3rd and 17 from their own 47, Danny Wilson would take the handoff on a draw and out run the Viking defense on his way to the endzone for the second time on night. The Cougars would miss the PAT but still had a 16-7 lead just barely into the second quarter.

Following the kickoff the Vikings would start at their own 36. Hans Fortune would throw 4 times, completing three. Jake Jones would carry 4 times for 31 yards, but it wasn't enough and the Vikings would settle for a 34 yard Field Goal from Willie Augustavo to cut the Bothell lead to 16-10.

The Cougars would get the ball on their own 45 following the kickoff and begin moving the ball again. This time though the Vikings defense would step up and make a play. Viking DB, Dillon Gongliewski would go up and take away a pass intended for Trent Sewell giving Inglemoor the ball on their own 6.

Inglemoor would begin to move the ball, but with 42.2 seconds left in the first half would make one of his few mistakes when he fumbled the ball and Bothell recovered at mid-field.

Using great clock management, the Cougars would move the ball down to the Viking 20 yard line where Alec Yarno would send through a 37 yard Field Goal extend the lead and end the half with a 19-10 lead.

With the ball and a short field, the Vikings would only need 7 plays to go 48 yards, capped off by a one yard touchdown run by Jake Jones.

The two teams would exchange punts before Bothell would take the lead for good. On first and ten from his own 46, Bothell's Kizhan Proctor would dash through the Inglemoor defense for 54 yards and the touchdown.

Inglemoor again be forced to punt and again Bothell would march right down the field and into the endzone. This time it was Quarterback Austen Dahl keeping it and going in untouched from six yards away.

From that point on the game would really change. The Vikings went on an 11 play 63 yard touchdown drive finishing when Jake Jones got in from 4 out, but after the failed conversion the Cougar lead was 9 at 32-23.

Bothell would get the ball back and quickly go three and out. The Vikings would rush the punt and block it before recovering the ball at mid-field.

Down by 9 with 2:54 left on the clock the Vikings would begin to go exclusively through the air. They would drive 50 yards in 10 plays for the score. On the drive Hans Fortune was 7 of 10 including the touchdown pass from 6 yards out to Danny Larson.

That is as close as Inglemoor would get though as the ensuing onside kick would be recovered by Bothell and they would set up in the voctory formation.

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Up Next:

Bothell is home next Friday to face the undefeated Woodinville Falcons. This game may be the one that decides who wins the crown division.

Inglemoor will be back at Pop Keeney again next Thursday when they face the Roosevelt Roughriders. The following week they will play Woodinville.

On tap for this week, Sept. 27th, 2011...

I am glad to get back to High School Football. Last week was a rough one for me and my group of friends, but we will survive. I ended up attending a high school game (Bothell @ Roosevelt), a college game (Cal @ UW) and a pro game (Arizona @ Seattle) all in one weekend. It was a lot of fun! If you have never taken a boat to a Husky game, you are missing out. It is really an experience like no other.

I have decided to stay close to home this Thursday and attend the Ballard @ Woodinville. The Falcons are really playing good football and I feel like I need to see them play. The game is at Pop Keeney which is also one of my favorite places to watch a game. It is really a no brainer.

Friday night will most likely see me head right back to Pop Keeney when the Bothell Cougars and Inglemoor Vikings clash in the annual "Spaghetti Bowl". Both teams got wins in Memorial Stadium last friday night, Bothell over Roosevelt 24-0 and Inglemoor over Ballard 35-14. Last season's game was a 27-3 win for the Cougars, who haven't lost to the Vikings since 2000.

As for Saturday, right now I have no plans to attend a game. I may end up going to Portland to see the Thunderbirds play the Winterhawks, hockey for those wondering. I may end up going to see Orcas Island vs Bellevue Christian @ Lake Washington High School in a non-league 2B game. I might even just go find some junior football to watch most of the day.

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Doug Pacey of the Tacoma News Tribuns has his state football rankings for the week, find them right here.

Mason Kelley of the Seattle Times has his own rankings, they can be found right here.

The Bellevue Wolverines continue to climb in the national rankings. Mason Kelley took the time to pull all of them together and a you can read about that right here.

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I hope to be able to get the "This week" stuff done tomorrow for SPSL 4A and 3A. If I have time I will do KingCo 3A and 4A as well. The Wesco appears to have some very good teams, I would like to get a look at what they have to offer, I hope to be able to do that before the game Thursday night.

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Either this week or next I will be sending a few emails to the east side of the state to talk to coaches from the best teams on the other side of the state. I would like to put something together with Chiawana, Kamiakin, Kennewick, West Valley of Spokane, Prosser, Cashmere, Colfax and Almira/Coulee-Hartline. If I can get three of those schools to respond I will put a piece together.

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HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM PIC OF THE WEEK:

This is a look at the home stadium for the W.F. West Bearcats. They have no seating on the other side of the field, so this is what you get. Behind the stadium is a beautiful baseball stadium. To see more pictues of this stadium and pictures of many other stadiums I have visited visit Washington State High School Football Stadiums.

If you looks closely at the pic you will notice a group of red seats. These seats are for what I guess you would call "Season Ticket Holders". The seats have the name of the owner on them. I have attached a picture below with a closer look at the seats... Do they look familiar to anyone? This isn't the first stadium they have been in.

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This week in the KingCo 4A Crown, Sept. 20th, 2011...

Three weeks into the season and the Crown Division is tough to figure out. The Woodinville Falcons are the only undefeated team at 3-0. Three teams, the Ballard Beavers, Inglemoor Vikings and Roosevelt RoughRiders check in at 2-1. At the bottom of the standings are the Garfield Bulldogs and surprising Bothell Cougars at 1-2.

So far the Woodinville Falcons have outscored their opponents 121-17. They have wins over Mount Si, Monroe and Redmond. The Falcons will play in two stadiums the rest of the regular as they will play their next four games at Pop Kenney Stadium, the third game being a "road" game at Bothell. They finish the regular season at Memorial Stadium in Seattle against Roosevelt. Eighth year Head Coach, Wayne Maxwell might have his best team yet, expect the Falcons to make a good run in the playoffs.

After starting the season with two shutouts, the Inglemoor Vikings were torched last week for 45 points in a loss to the Lake Stevens Vikings of the Wesco Conference. This week the black and gold travel to the 2-1 Ballard Beavers, who are also coming off their first loss of the season. The Beavers beat Sammamish 34-27 and Franklin 50-20 before being dismantled by the Issaquah Eagles 55-15. The next two weeks are big for Ballard, after hosting the Vikings they will travel to Pop Kenney to take on the division leading Woodinville Falcons.

The Roosevelt RoughRiders are in interesting team. They got wins over Franklin 39-15 and Interlake 21-7 before losing last week to one of the top teams in the state, the Eastlake Wolves 41-20. I think the RoughRiders might be the best of the three Seattle schools in KingCo. This week they are home vs the Bothell Cougars. If they want to make a run at the playoffs a win this week against, a struggling Bothell squad, would go a long way.

A 1-2 start is not the way the Bothell Cougars wanted to start the season. After winning a big game over the Union Titans (Vancouver,WA) in week one, they lost a heartbreaker to the Mount Si Wildcats before heading down I-5 and losing to the Newport Knights. The Cougars now begin league play by traveling to Roosevelt before coming back to Pop Keeney for games against Northshore Rivals, Inglemoor and Woodinville. If the Cougars are going to finish in the top spot, the next three weeks are as big as they get.

The Garfield Bulldogs got everyones attention in the opening weekend for reasons they would rather forget. Since then they have beaten Sammamish 27-22 and lost to Seattle Prep 42-7. They begin league play this week against the division leading Woodinville Falcons before playing Seattle Rivals Roosevelt and Ballard.

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Standings:

Team-Overall-League
Woodinville Falcons, 3-0, 0-0
Ballard Beavers, 2-1, 0-0
Inglemoor Vikings, 2-1, 0-0
Roosevelt RoughRiders, 2-1, 0-0
Bothell Cougars, 1-2, 0-0
Garfield Bulldogs, 1-2, 0-0

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Last Week:

Ballard lost vs Issaquah, 55-17.
Bothell lost at Newport, 28-24.
Garfield lost at Seattle Prep, 42-7.
Inglemoor lost vs Lake Stevens, 45-25.
Roosevelt lost at Eastlake, 41-20.
Woodinville won vs Redmond, 55-7.

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This Week:

Bothell @ Roosevelt, Memorial Stadium, 8pm Friday.
Garfield @ Woodinville, Pop Keeney Stadium, 7pm Friday.
Inglemoor @ Garfield, Memorial Stadium, 5pm Friday.

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To this point, KingCo 4A, Week 2...

Crest Division

Once again the Crest Division of KingCo 4A appears to be the better of the two divisions. Eastlake and Skyline, seperated by just over a mile, are even closer in the polls. I have seen a poll with Skyline on top of Eastlake, some polls have it the other way around. All I know is the October 21'st game between the two schools is likely to determine who finishes first.

I have left the Issaquah Eagles out of the top paragraph and it might be a bad move. The Eagles are 2-0 with wins of 48-0 over Heritage(Vancouver,WA) and 42-7 over Liberty. This week they travel to Memorial Stadium in Seattle to take on the 2-0 Ballard Beavers. A week later they will host the Skyline Spartans before finishing up non-league play at home vs the Kamiak Knights. The Eagles are a tough team, but personally I see them coming in just behind the top two schools.

The Eastlake Wolves have started the season by beating Central Kitsap 35-14 and Snohomish 42-14. Expect those types of scores for a few more weeks as the Wolves host Roosevelt before traveling to Redmond in games they should win by atleast double digits. The toughest part of their schedule comes at the end of the season when they host Issaqauh and Skyline in back to back weeks to end the season.

The Skyline Spartans are in Oregon this week to take on the Lake Oswego Lakers(2-0). The Spartans started the season with a big win, 62-27 over Liberty before losing to the Bellevue Wolverines in week two 31-17. When they return home from Oregon they will go right into league play at Issaqauh before coming home to play Redmond. Should the Spartans get through Issaquah expect them to coast to into Eastlake ready to play for first place.

Last season the Newport Knights got wins at the right time to get into the playoffs before running into the Chiawana Riverhawks. This year they started the season with a 43-34 win at Interlake before returning home and losing to Mercer Island 36-21. The schedule is not easy for the Knights as they are home vs Bothell this week before traveling to Everett Memorial Stadium to face the Cascade Bruins. Following that they get Eastlake and Skyline in back to back weeks at home. They finish the season at Issaquah in a game that will most likely have seeding implications.

The Redmond Mustangs appear to be in for a rough season. They started the season with losses to Juanita 48-16 and Lake Washington 39-17. They are just beginning the tough part of their schedule as they travel to Woodinville(2-0) next week before hosting Eastlake(2-0). Following that they again hit the road this time to Skyline(1-1) before playing host to Issaquah(2-0). They finish the season vs Newport(1-1) and then go to Edmonds-Woodway(1-1). So from here out the Mustangs face teams with a combined record of 8-2.

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Crown Division

In the Crown Division we have a four way tie at the top and none of them are Bothell. The Ballard Beavers, Inglemoor Vikings, Roosevelt Roughriders and Woodinville Falcons are all 2-0 with one game before heading into league play. The Bothell Cougars and Garfield Bulldogs are both 1-1.

The Inglemoor Vikings were picked by the coaches to finish 3rd in the division behind Bothell and Woodinvill, and they still might, but after two weeks of play they have the two most impressive victories. In week one they shutout Snohomish 10-0 before coming home and defeating 3A rival Juanita 19-0 last friday. They have a punishing defense that did not allow a first down to Juanita until 1:11 was left in the third quarter. The offense is an interesting one, they run a pistol offense and alternate quarterbacks. They have underrated runningbacks in Junior Vi and Jake Jones and any team that is coached by Frank Naish has to be considered a threat. The Vikings only leave Pop Keeney Stadium twice the rest of the season, both times going to Memorial Stadium.

The Woodinville Falcons have two big wins to start their season over Mount Si 31-10 and Monroe 35-0. The Falcons play will actually not have to play away from Pop Keeney again untilo week 8 at Roosevelt. They will be home for three straight against Redmond, Garfield and Ballard. After that they will be the visitor at Pop Keeney when they "travel" to play Bothell and Inglemoor. I would expect the Falcons to be 5-0 when they meet up with Bothell on October 7th. Should they get by the Cougars, the following week against the Inglemoor Vikings should be for first place.

The next three weeks for the Ballard Beavers will either make or break their season. They will host Issaquah and Inglemoor before heading to Pop Keeney to play Woodinville. If they can somehow upset the Vikings or Falcons they could really be in position for a good run. The Beavers got wins over Sammamish 34-27 and Franklin 50-20 in the first two weeks of the season under first year head coach Joey Thomas. Putting up 87 points in two games is always impressive and if they can do that again in the next three weeks, they will be contenders.

If the Roosevelt RoughRiders are gonna make a run at the playoffs, they wont have to go very far to do it. Four of their five League games are at Memorial Stadium in Seattle. The RoughRiders are 2-0 after beating Franklin 39-15 and Interlake 21-7. Roosevelt is another team with a first year head coach in Matt Nelsen. He is gonna need his players to play tough defense as they are not a team that is likely to score a lot of points.

The Bothell Cougars were picked by the coaches to finish first in the divisions and are still probably the favorites. They beat the Union Titans(Vancouver,WA) 27-10 in week one before losing to the Mount Si Wildcats the following week 26-14. The Cougars go on the road for the next three weeks, even though the third game is at Pop Keeney, when they play Newport, Roosevelt and Inglemoor. I expect the "Blue Train" to get back on the tracks the next few weeks and make a fun at another Crown Divison Championship.

To say the Garfield Bulldogs have had an eventful first two week might be an understatement. In the opening game of the season at Lake Washington, first year Bulldog Head Coach Kevin Goliday would pull his team from the field after he felt his players safety was in danger. Here is a link to some info Garfield Bulldogs Link. They would forfeit the finish of that game but win the following week 27-22 over the Sammamish Totems. The Bulldogs are another team that doesn't have to travel much as they will play four games at Memorial Stadium.

Juanita @ Inglemoor preview, Sept. 8th 2011...

I had originally planned on attending this game so I sent emails to both coaches. I now might be attending Kentlake vs Kentridge, but I decided to preview it anyway.

Pop Kennedy Stadium will be rocking when the Juanita Rebels invade to battle the Inglemoor Vikings in a non-league game. These two rivals, seperated by just over 2 miles, played last season at Juanita with the Rebels coming out on top 21-17. Both teams are 1-0 on the season, Juanita beat Redmond 48-16 at home and Inglemoor traveled to Snohomish and walked away with a 10-0 victory. I sent emails to both head coaches, Juanita's Shaun Tarantola was the only response.

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Inglemoor Vikings

The Vikings are guided by Head Coach, Frank Naish. Inglemoor has some very skilled players but do lack depth on both sides of the ball. Juanita Coach, Shaun Tarantola listed RB/DB Junior Vi, OL/LB Mikey TuPou and OL/DL Titus Makasini as three players from Inglemoor to keep an eye on. He went on to say that Vi is "very fast and athetic", TuPou ".. does a nice job and is very physical" and Makasini "is very quick and athletic".

This is the 33rd year for Naish at Inglemoor and they are coming off a 5-4 season in 2010. As long as Naish is at the helm, Inglemoor will always be a tough team to beat. It seems like every year the Vikings lose some big names, but never seem to drop like they should. Last season the Vikings would get to the preliminary round before losing to the Newport Knights 28-17.

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Juanita Rebels

The Juanita Rebels are a team on the rise. Last season the Rebels finished 9-2 and made the playoffs for the first time since 1994. They would lose in the opening round to Camas, but it was a season a team can build on. At points last season they would be ranked as high as 3rd and beat #1 ranked Liberty before losing the following week to #1 Bellevue. This year they do have big losses due to graduation, but after winning big last week over Redmond, they are now the 7th ranked 3A team in the state. Senior Offensive Tackle, Nathan Dean committed to the University of Washington and is ranked by some as the third best OL recruit in the state. Juanita is big up front, and very fast behind. TE/DE Matt Nilsson is a big athletic target, but offensively the Rebels best days are gonna be on the ground. Rebels Head Coach, Shaun Tarantola was nice enough to answer a few questions for me, this is what he had to say.


WHSF: What would you consider your teams offensive strengths?

ST: Speed and Great OL play.

WHSF: What would you consider your teams defensive strengths?

ST: Speed and pursuit to the ball.

WHSF: What would you say are your keys to winning this friday?

ST: Protecting the football and eliminating turnovers. Winning the special teams battle.

WHSF: Is there anything that suprirsed you about your team in the win over Redmond?

ST: How quickly we were able to start and the amount of big plays we had on offense.

WHSF: What is it gonna take to get your team to the Tacoma Dome this year?

ST: Getting better every week.

WHSF: In just your second year, you got Juanita to the state playoff, I believe for the first time since 1994. What do you attribute to your early success and how do you keep that success going?

ST: Players bought in quickly to our vision and made a full committment to football.

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My Outlook:

Anytime you have a rivalry game things can go either way. This is a game that Juanita needs to win if they want to be among the states elite teams. The Rebels offensive line and speedy running backs should lead them to victory. Juanita wins 34-10.

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Other links & notes:

- Juanita reached the state playoffs in 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994 and 2010. Last playoff win was in 1989, a 20-14 first round win at Cascade. Best playoff runs were in ’84, ’85 and ’86. Juanita won back-to-back AAA State Championships in 1984 (41-27 over South Kitsap @ King Dome) and 1985 (28-13 over Gonzaga Prep @ King Dome). Juanita finished 2nd in AAA in 1986 losing 14-7 to Gonzaga Prep @ King Dome in a rematch of the 1985 AAA Championship game

- Here is a YouTube highlight video of Juanita OT Nathan Dean...



- Inglemoor played in the 1993 Kingbowl against Tumwater, they would lose that game 33-7. I was at the game and remember it like it was yesterday, here is a link to an article about the Vikings.

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I will be tweeting from this game, providing I can make it, if not I will be at the Kentlake vs Kentridge game at French Field. Either way I will can be followed @HSFootballWA for live game updates.

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On tap for this week...

The big game of the week will feature the Bellevue Wolverines traveling to take on the Skyline Spartans. I will not be in attendance. The rest of the local media will be all over this game and it just doesn't make sense for me to do so as well.

Thursday night I plan on heading to Highline High School in Burien to see the Archbishop Murphy Wildcats visit the Kennedy Catholic Lancers. Both teams are 1-0 on the season following big first week wins.

Friday night, while everyone else is at Skyline, I plan on heading to Pop Keeney Stadium to see the Juanita Rebels take on the Inglemoor Vikings. Both teams are 1-0 after first week, non-league victories.

Saturday night I hope to be back at Pop Keeney to see the hometown Bothell Cougars battle the Mount Si Wildcats. The Cougars are 1-0 after beating Union(Vancouver,WA) while the Wildcats dropped to 0-1 after losing to Woodinville.

I will be sending out emails shortly with hopes of previewing all three games before I go see them.

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The top ranked 2B team in the state, the Adna Pirates opened with a convincing 34-19 victory over Wahkiakum. The video below is from King5 News showing how Adna worked to build a new stadium for a team that very much deserved it.



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