While he isn’t the biggest quarterback out there, mesaureing in at just over 6’0 tall and weighing 180 pounds, there is no questioning the stature of Capital (Olympia, Wa.) QB Derrick Becker as a leader. The Cougars lost nearly 30 seniors from a team that made it all the way to the state semifinals, but the talented signal-caller isn’t using that as an excuse. He sees it as…
A few days removed from landing three scholarship offers in a single afternoon, nationally ranked TE/DE/OLB Henry Mondeaux (6-5 245 Jr.) grabbed an offer from the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The kid out of Jesuit was offered by Arizona State, Boise State, and Nevada on Tuesday and was stoked about the Husker offer. “The TE coach came by my school and offered me, it feels great getting offered by a major…
A kid we have been talking about for a long time got some good news today, as the Portland State Vikings made their intentions known offering Lakeridge DL Marqueese Royster (6-1 250 Jr. DL). As many know Marqueese comes from a long line of professional athletes, which includes the likes of his father (Marcus) who played in the NFL and the Arena League. You also can’t forget his uncle Mazio…
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…
Joey Alfieri 6-3 225 Jr. Jesuit – The kid out of Oregon continued his tear with his 13th offer coming from Nevada. Alfieri has quickly become one of the hottest recruits in the country and says its been a pretty crazy couple of weeks, ” Recruiting has really picked up.. Nevada, Arizona St, Arizona, and BYU were all here on the same day and then CAL, USC, and Washington on the…
Bellevue D end Shane Bowman (6-4 255 Jr. DE) got some good news Thursday grabbing his second offer from UNLV. The talented lineman comes in our #1 D end and #2 overall lineman state wide, behind teammate and close friend Marcus Griffin. His upside is through the roof as he comes off the ball as quick as any athlete in the region, and has the ideal frame for a D1 power or speed rush D end….
MVPs OVERALL – Jalani Phelps Jr. WR Lynden Upperclassmen OFFENSIVE – Melvin Walser Jr. WR Mount Vernon DEFENSIVE – Mac McLachlan Jr. LB Edmonds-Woodway Underclassmen OFFENSIVE – Taylor Rapp Fr. RB Sehome DEFENSIVE – Zach Smith Fr. DB Capital QB Positional MVP- Jayden Croft (Tumwater) & Ty Marshall (Windsor Secondary; Vancouver, BC.) It was a good day for QB’s as we saw a group of Washington starting…
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…
Battle Ground (Wash.) head coach Larry Peck knew when he took over the reins of the Tiger football program that he wasn’t taking on a very easy task – one that many coaches might even shy away from. Now entering his fourth season as head coach, brick by brick, Peck has transformed the culture of Battle Ground football. The Tigers went 5-4 in 2012, their first winning…
Bellevue (Wa.) ATH Budda Baker, one of the top athletes in the entire country, received good news yesterday when USC became the final Pac 12 school to offer him. As a two-way player who could play both ways at the next level, he has maintained that he prefers defense to offense, if given the choice. “I love defense,” Baker said without hesitation. “I’m the last line…