Sunday, June 23, 2013

West 30, East 6 in Earl Barden Football Classic


Lakewood's Justin Peterson caught 7 balls for 107 yards as the West topped the East 30-6 in the Earl Barden Classic at Earl Barden Field in Yakima Saturday afternoon.

The Central Washington University signee, worked this week exclusively at Wide Receiver, where CWU is interested in Peterson playing, and meshed well with Lynden's Josh Kraght. Peterson's efforts earned him West Offensive MVP honors.

"This was a great experience, especially with my coach (Dan Teeter) here on the staff," Peterson told Scott Spurill of the Yakima Herlad-Republic. "I've had some older teammates play in this game and they always said, 'If you get the chance, you have to do it-don't pass it up.' It wasn't just a game, it was really cool the whole week."

Peterson, a state triple jump champion, caught five passes in the second panel and showed great chemistry with Lynden QB Josh Kraght. The two hooked up on gains of 40, 23 and 10 yards, the last going for a score that put the West up 27-6 with 23 seconds left in the second panel.

The West dominated this one, 432 yards - 184 on the ground and 248 thru the air, scoring 4 of their touchdowns in its seven first half possessions. The West defense was opportunistic in forcing six turnovers and held the East to 21 yards on the ground. Tumwater's Jamie Bryant, 6-5, 260 pound defensive lineman was key to the West's effort, and was voted the West Defensive MVP. Bryant will be heading to Montlake and the University of Washington.

Though the West air attack was outstanding, the ground gain was as good, rushing for 140 yards in the first quarter with touchdown runs by Capital's Kai Van Sickle and Hoquiam's Nolan Hoiness.

The East did have its chances however. West Valley (Spokane) Tyler Stavnes connected with Othello's Juston Lind on a 67-yard scoring strike that drew the East to 14-6 early in the second stanza. But turnovers proved costly in this contest.

Lind had 4 receptions for 112 yards in the first half but left the contest with a separated shoulder. Lind earned the East Offensive MVP. Royal's Brady Dixon was the East Defensive MVP.

West 30
East 6

SCORING:

West - Kai Van Sickle 56-yard run (Derrick Holt kick)

West - Nolan Hoiness 3-yard run (Holt kick)

East - Juston Lind 67-yard pass from Tyler Stavnes (kick failed)

West - Caleb Taylor 40-yard pass from Josh Kraght (kick blocked)

West - Justin Peterson 10-yard pass from Kraght (Holt kick)

West - Field Goal Holt 22-yards

INDIVIDUAL STATS:

RUSHING:West: Van Sickle, 8-68, Andrew Brown, 5-46, Hoiness, 5-40, Brandon Pritchett, 6-17, Dahlton Zavala, 5-17, Taylor Martindale 2-minus 1, Lars Blix, 1-minus 1, Kraght, 1-minus 1. East: Derek Smith, 3-28, Alex Myrick, 10-8, Kody Bartlett, 1-7, Fabian Alvarez, 2-4, Stavnes, 4-minus 5, Lind, 2-minus 11.

PASSING: West: Kraght, 13-21-0-225, Blix, 2-3-0-13, Martindale, 2-3-0-1 East: Myrick, 18-34-2-183, Stavnes, 9-13-1-148, D. Smith, 2-3-1-30.

RECEIVING: West: Peterson 7-107, Taylor 4-80, Zach Vis 2-19, Van Sickle 1-21, Holt 1-15, Hoiness 1-4, Brown 1-2 East: D. Smith 6-72, Bartlett 6-35, Lind 4-112, Alvarez 4-38, Caleb Wiebe 3-13, Koleman Johns 2-46, Dalton Estes 2-29, Austin Johnson 1-12, Dalton Hansen 1-4.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Combined Allocations for 2013 District 7 & 9 1B & 2B Playoff Football

I know it is early in the game, but thanks to Bob Kirk, WIAA District 9 Director for sharing the 2013 District 7 & 9 Combined Allocations for 1B & 2B Football Playoffs.







DISTRICT 7 & 9 1B - COMBINED ALLOCATIONS = 5

D7: NE #5 will play D9: SE #1...Winner will be Dist. 7/9 1B #1
D7: NE #6 will play D7: NE #1...Winner will be Dist. 7/9 1B #2
D7: NE #4 will play D9: SE #2...Winner will be Dist. 7/9 1B #3
D9: SE #4 will play D7: NE #2...Winner will be Dist. 7/9 1B #4
D7: NE #3 will play D9: SE #3...Winner will be Dist. 7/9 1B #5

DISTRICT 7 & 9 2B - COMBINED ALLOCATIONS = 5

D7: NE #5 will play D9: SE #1...Winner will be Dist. 7/9 2B #1
D9: SE #5 will play D7: NE #1...Winner will be Dist. 7/9 2B #2
D9: SE #4 will play D7: NE #2...Winner will be Dist. 7/9 2B #3
D7: NE #4 will play D9: SE #2...Winner will be Dist. 7/9 2B #4
D7: NE #3 will play D9: SE #3...Winner will be Dist. 7/9 2B #5

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Rochester Hires Football Coach



For the second straight year, Rochester High School has hired an assistant from Black Hills High School. This time, it is Defensive Coordinator Eric Snelson as its new football coach.

Snelson had been the Wolves' Defensive Coordinator and also coached linebackers for Coach Jack Zilla, who resigned at Black Hills after 15 seasons in February. Snelson replaces Chris Barnes, a former Black Hills assistant under Zilla, who resigned after one season at Rochester. Several former Black Hills assistants, including Zilla, are on Snelson's new coaching staff at Rochester.

Snelson is Rochester's seventh coach since the departure of Bob Wollan, now at WF West High School, in 2002 and the fourth coach since 2010. After Paul Christensen stepped down following the 2010 season, Tom Griggs, and Barnes each coached for one year in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Last fall, under Barnes, the Warriors went 2-7.

Snelson, who also teaches math, played tight end for Stanford, where he was All Pac-10 honorable mention player in 1987. He also played linebacker briefly for the Los Angeles Raiders (1988 and 1989.