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Lucky 13: Players to Watch in KingCo 4A | Reporter Football Preview

Lucky 13: Players to Watch in KingCo 3A/2A | Reporter Football Preview

Newport to debut new offense this fall | Reporter Football Preview

Though he was just a freshman, Isaac Dotson spent the season preparing on the Newport sideline, just in case. Then, near the end of the season, injuries began to take their toll on the Knights backfield. A kid with talent like Dotson? Looked like the perfect match. Except Dotson played quarterback, and the Knights had a solid, two-year starter in captain Ross Quarre manning that position. Except Quarre had other plans. “Ross just raised his hand and said ‘Coach, I’ll play back,’” said Newport coach Mike Miller. “That opened it up for Isaac and he stepped in there and played great.”

Totems hope to keep momentum rolling | Reporter Football Preview

Andrew Engles thinks he sprained his thumb in Sammamish’s game against Bellevue last October. He’s not sure. The junior believes he sprained it then, but knows for sure he broke and partially fractured it in the Totems second-to-last game of the year against Foster three weeks later. Instead of taking himself out, Engles played through the injury without alerting trainers, coaches or even his mom. The Totems finished the year beating Foster and Bishop Blanchet, all with Engles and his injured thumb leading the way.

At Bellevue, toughness drives the Wing-T offense | Reporter Football Preview

As the Bellevue football team and head coach Butch Goncharoff enter the season seeking the school’s eighth Class 3A state title since 2001, a lot of things have changed from years past. The players, of course. And some coaches. Even the field and the school around it have been altered. But the success of the program has always been constant. So has the offense. But not just any football player can thrive in Bellevue’s Wing-T offense. It takes a certain kind of player - with a certain mentality - to be a part of an offense that requires so much from each position on the field for even one play to work correctly. But it starts with one trait, said senior quarterback Kendrick Van Ackeren. “It’s pretty simple,” Van Ackeren said. “If you’re not tough, you should just go home.”

New regime, big changes for Interlake | Reporter Football Preview

First-year Interlake coach Jason Rimkus can pin down the exact moment senior quarterback Matt Malos bought into his new offensive scheme. The Saints were playing in a scrimmage at the University of Puget Sound football camp, and their opponent had stacked the box with nine defenders. Receivers were clamoring to throw the ball, to take advantage of the man defense and stretch the field. Rimkus asked Malos what he wanted to do.