It seems like there hasn’t been many days that have gone by this spring where a player from Bellevue (Wash.) wasn’t picking up a scholarship offer. One Wolverine player who has been racking up the offers as of late is OL Morgan Richey. Back at the end of March, The University of Idaho got the ball rolling as the first school to offer the 6-foot-5, 280-pounder…
Click for Jalen Hicks Highlights Spokane (Wash.) Ferris should be a state title contender in 2013, mark it down now. The Saxons, who narrowly missed the state tournament after going 7-3 last year, and 6-3 in Greater Spokane League play, return one of the more experienced teams in the GSL. One player who will be a key factor if Ferris is going to make a run in…
Few players in the Northwest have seen their stock rise more quickly than Bellevue (Wash.) 2015 OL/DL Henry Roberts. Roberts, who was not a full-time starter for the Wolverines in 2012, picked up his first offer back in February at the University of Washington’s Junior Day. “At Junior Day I was getting a tour, and Coach Sark pulled me aside and told me they wanted to…
Friday was a day long overdue for Bellevue (Wash.) Newport RB/DB Conner Baumann. Baumann, who was one of the more dominant players in the region in 2012, picked up his first Division 1 scholarship offer from the Air Force Academy. The 6-foot-1.5, 223-pound Baumann rushed for 1,338 yards and 14 TD’s as a junior, and was a 1st Team All-KingCo and 2nd Team All-Area RB selection in…
The football team at Sammamish (Wash.) Skyline High School rarely seems to rebuild, but rather reload. Year after year new standouts emerge that have come up through the Skyline Youth Football program learning “The Spartan Way”. Sometimes they’re players who are already household names locally – like a Max Browne, and other times they’re players who come in without a lot of fanfare and go on to become…
Click Here For Gunnar Amos Highlights Coeur d’Alene (Idaho) HS has had a nice run of success as one of the top football programs in the state, winning back-to-back state titles in ’10 and ’11 while also reaching the title game in ’12, and consistently producing some of the top players in Idaho. The Vikings will once again be one of the top teams in the state…
Shelton (Wash.) High School has a strong recent history of producing high-caliber players under head coach Matt Hinkle, and the next player in that line of success appears to LB/OL Brian Nault. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound Nault earned offensive line honorable mention All-League honors as a freshman, and 2nd team All-League at linebacker as a sophomore. Now entering his junior season, Nault is set to establish as one…
The state of Washington’s No. 1 ranked QB for the class of 2015, Spokane (Wash.) Shadle Park’s Brett Rypien, picked up his second FBS offer on Monday night from the University of Idaho. Rypien also currently holds an offer from Washington State. In 2012 Rypien helped lead Shadle Park to the state playoffs while completing 63% of his passes for 3,574 yards, throwing 29 TD’s against…
You would be hard pressed to find a more dominant two-way lineman in the state of Washington than Spokane (Wash.) Mead’s Jonah Jordan. While the state of Washington is littered with two-way players, few are able to play both sides of the ball at equally high levels, especially in the trenches. Jordan, however, has the ability to play either offense or defense collegiately. In fact, he recently…
One of the great things about the Barton Football Academy Camp and Combine Tour is getting to work with athletes in areas of the Northwest that nobody else is getting out and seeing. This last weekend we were in Bellingham, WA and came away very impressed with that talent that attended. Often times by doing camps in cities like Bellingham we are able to evaluate players on our…