One of the top receiving duos in the state of Washington resides on the Kitsap Peninsula in the pair of Gig Harbor’s Santana Johnson and Noah Samsen. Here’s a look at what each does on the football field and what it was that made them fast friends after meeting last summer. “Santana was at Wilson (Tacoma) and moved here to Gig Harbor and (a friendship) happened pretty…
O’Dea (Seattle, Wa.) RB Myles Gaskin has seen his stock rise since the end of his junior season, but on Sunday, after meeting for a second time with the Husky coaching staff, the talented runner decided he’d seen enough and made his decision to commit to Washington. “I’ve committed to the University of Washington,” a happy Gaskin told Northwest Elite Index shortly after making his decision. “It…
Even though he had to share carries with a senior, 2016 Mountain View (Vancouver, Wa.) RB Preston Jones still had a stellar sophomore season this past fall. “It was a good season for me. I really had a great time and we had a really good season as a team, so I think it is something for us to build off of,” Jones told Northwest Elite Index…
Click for KeJuan Coleman Highlights We’ve been talking about the Cascade (Everett, Wa.) football program for the past couple of years as head coach Joe Cronin has brought the Bruins from bottom-feeder status to being a perennial playoff team. This fall, RB KeJuan Coleman promises to be one of the top playmakers for his team and he updated Northwest Elite Index on how things are going this offseason….
Although he played on a team that didn’t have a good season as far as their record is concerned, Lynnwood (Wa.) two-way star Andrew Katzenberger had a stellar season individually and his size, speed and high Football I.Q. have already started to draw some Pac 12 interest. “It’s been pretty good so far this offseason,” Katzenberger told Northwest Elite Index. “I’ve been hearing from a few schools…
Click for Addison Barrett Highlights The Tumwater football team is loaded with talented senior class. One standout, at least on the defensive side of the ball, is LB Addison Barrett and he spoke with Northwest Elite Index recently to update us on his offseason as well as what makes him such a sure-tackler. “I read the ball really well and I have more speed than a lot…
It’s been a hectic month of February for West Valley (Yakima, Wa.) OL Shane Lemieux. He recently added two new offers and the promise of a third to the three offers he already had and can now, rightfully, be considered a national recruit. “Got an offer from the (South Carolina) Gamecocks,” Lemieux said in a message. “I also got an offer from the Idaho Vandals tonight and…
Skyline (Sammamish, Wa.) LB Cameron Saffle has patiently waited for his first offer and that was rewarded on Wednesday when Idaho became the first school to extend an offer his way. “Just got offered by Idaho,” was the text message Saffle sent to Northwest Elite Index. The offer from the Vandals is Saffle’s first and could be joined soon by some bigger schools like Washington, Washington…
Since we first saw him as an eighth grader, Lakes (Lakewood, Wa.) DE Benning Potoae has been one of the top projected prospects in the 2015 recruiting class to come out of the state of Washington. He recently took a trip to the University of Washington for their junior day and he updated us on that visit plus where things stand with the rest of his offers. …
Even though he’s only played one year along the offensive line, Newport (Bellevue, Wa.) OL Calvin Throckmorton is already a hot commodity for Pac 12 schools. So far this week he’s received two new offers and he updated Northwest Elite Index on the latest recruiting news. “I just got offered by Washington State and Arizona State came in pretty recently too,” Throckmorton told NEI. “They both said…