Three Sehome footballers are still looking for a home and recently, Northwest Elite Index spoke with first-year defensive coordinator Hillary Butler about why he thinks they deserve more attention and hopes some schools come calling in the near future. “I think these guys are really under-the-radar and I’m actually pretty surprised more schools haven’t been looking at them,” Butler told NEI. “They are all great kids and really good athletes….
Kacmarcik and Woodinville look to be back and even better in 2013: By Jordan Johnson
Highlight Videos: Alek Kacmarcik, Wyatt Smith, Andre Dillard, Drew Accimus It was good to see a couple top Woodinville Falcons at our first Seattle Elite Event in Alek Kacmarcik (6-2 205 Jr. S/RB) and Ian Biddle (5-10 170 Jr. CB). Both kids are considered two of the better players in the state for the 2014 class with Kacmarcik flying up the charts. Woodinville has…
Lakewood ATH Justin Peterson commits to Central Washington: By Scott Eklund
Over the past two or three years, one of the top multi-purpose athletes in the state of Washington has been Lakewood’s Justin Peterson. At 6’1″ and 185 pounds, he played running back, wide receiver, quarterback and safety for Cougars and wound up leading them to a 9-2 record as a senior this past season. “I’m going to play football at Central Washington University,” Peterson announced…
Portland Elite Event #1 Breakdown: By Jordan Johnson
Our first Portland Elite Event saw 60+ of Oregon and SW Washington’s best compete against one another for a two hour period. Three D1 offer kids highlighted the group in Connor Humphreys (6-4 245 Jr. DE) of Central Catholic, and Jesuit standouts Joey Alfieri (6-3 220 Jr. LB/FB) and Henry Mondeaux (6-5 245 Jr. TE/OLB). The trio was offered by Oregon State a few weeks back. The elite events allow…
One of Washington’s biggest and best; Junior DT Jay-Tee Tiuli of Federal Way: By Ryland Spencer
Jay-Tee Tiuli Highlight Video Just two weeks into the Barton Elite Events and a guy that is raising his stock by the minute is junior DT Jay-Tee Tiuli (6-4 295) of Federal Way. Based on size and strength alone you could project Tiuli to the D1 level, but seeing him live will convince you the kid is a legit talent. Having seen Federal Way three times…
Oregon’s top 6A junior back Devin Martinez of Southridge: By Jordan Johnson
Devin Martinez Highlights A few years ago Devin Martinez (5-8 190 Jr. RB) showed up at Southridge high school as a sophomore and did something very few people do right away. He dominated Metro league competition as a 10th grader, earning 1st team all league honors in the toughest conference in the state. Martinez moved from Hesperia, California where he had a very successful freshman…
Two of Oregon’s top Junior athletes; Sunset’s Josh Brown and Jeff Bieber: By Jordan Johnson
The Faustin Riley led Sunset Apollos are looking to do big things in 2013, and they just so happen to have two of the top skill players at their positions state wide. Sunset went (6-5) this past season with a record that was somewhat deceiving as they play in the always tough Metro league. They dropped two games by a TD to top ranked Jesuit and Southridge,…
Portland Elite Event Breakout Performer; DB Mitch Fettig of Olympia: By Jordan Johnson
Mitch Fettig Highlight Video As we begin our Elite Event season there are always athletes that step up, and show that they deserve to be in the conversation with the northwest best. One kid that did just that at Portland Elite on Sunday was Mitch Fettig (6-0 170 Jr. DB/ATH) out of Olympia. There were nearly 70 kids in attendance, and he was one of the…
Oregon Top Sr. QB Sam Riddle of Century gets offered and Commits to North Dakota: By Jordan Johnson
Sam Riddle Highlight Video Oregon top senior Quarterback Sam Riddle (6-2 200) out of Century high school took his official visit to North Dakota this weekend, and it turned out to be the place he was looking for. Speaking to Riddle from Grand Forks while still on his trip Sam said, ” Its all kind of surreal right now, I think it might set in a…
Washington 2014 Updated QB/RB/ATH Player Rankings: By Jordan Johnson, Ryland Spencer
This is just the beginning of the Washington 2014 Updates. Next we will do WR/TE/OL. Keep a look out in the next few days for those updates. *The 2014 rankings include updated film from each athlete if available… You will also see updated height/weight and statistical information within each athletes tag line… We distribute this information (directly) to the college coaches that we work with through the football academy, as…