Monthly Archives: September 2017

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The Pioneers Are 4-0 For the First Time Since 2001!

The purple and white are a legit force. They have won their first four games, and they’ve looked pretty good doing it. Despite losing seniors Tre Silva and Levi Tenkley to injury, Nooksack Valley has performed at an extremely high level. Tenkley has been cleared to practice, but it looks like Silva will be lost for the rest of the season.

“We’re thankful for every win we get,” Nooksack Valley coach Robb Myhre said. “They are extremely hard to come by.”

The last time Coach Myhre’s team went 4-0 was in 2001, and he remembers that team fondly.

Nooksack Valley 2001

“What I remember most that season was Mitch Thompson and Kevin Spoelstra as the pulling guards,” he said. “Every time they pulled, someone on the other team was getting knocked down. We also had the Willemsens (Ty and Trent), a great defense (led by Thompson who was an All-State linebacker) and Darrin VanWeerdhuizen was a great running quarterback. He would have really excelled in the offense we have now.”

Nooksack travels to Meridian to take on the undefeated Trojans this Friday night. If the Pioneers come out of Laurel with the win, they will be 5-0 for the first time since 1975! To put that in perspective, Coach Myhre was in kindergarten that year.

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2017 Receiving Leaders After Week Four

PLAYER TEAM REC YDS AVG TD
Dalton Mouw BLA 23 408 17.7 3
Bryce VandenHaak MER 15 383 25.5 5
Spencer Lee BELL 20 360 18.0 3
Chase Abshere BLA 22 323 14.7 4
Austin O’Bryan NV 15 296 19.7 4
Ja’Lique Martin SQU 22 289 13.1 2
Thomas Barbo MB 17 286 16.8 3
Jordan Veening NV 16 229 14.3 4
Tony Schleimer MER 13 196 15.1 3
Kalai Jandoc LC 8 195 24.4 3
Baylor Galley NV 10 181 18.1 1
Kyle Veldman NV 13 176 13.5 2
Lukas Hemenway MER 13 176 13.5 1
Cory Warner LYN 11 170 15.5 0
Evan Neitling NV 11 169 15.4 0
Aaron Weidenaar LYN 10 166 16.6 1
Ethan Fields BELL 10 154 15.4 2
Jose Hernandez SQU 11 152 13.8 0
Ben Dauber SE 13 151 11.6 0
Melloy Nelson SE 16 148 9.3 2
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2017 Passing Leaders After Week Four

PLAYER TEAM ATT COM PCT YDS AVG TD INT
Simon Burkett MER 127 75 59.1% 1114 8.8 11 4
Casey Bauman NV 93 67 72.0% 1094 11.8 11 1
Cam Ellis BLA 131 73 55.7% 1044 8.0 9 7
Brock Heppner LYN 101 49 48.5% 715 7.1 2 5
Michael Mindnich SE 139 74 53.2% 652 4.7 5 4
Spencer Lloyd SQU 95 54 56.8% 647 6.8 4 0
Nick Knutson BELL 60 38 63.3% 598 10.0 5 1
Kaleb Bass MB 45 30 66.7% 438 9.7 4 0
James Hinson FERN 45 26 57.8% 423 9.4 7 0
Ty Van Dyken LC 68 32 47.1% 365 5.4 3 4
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2017 Rushing Leaders After Week Four

PLAYER TEAM ATT YDS AVG TD
Triston Smith SQU 91 1030 11.3 12
Cole Semu FERN 65 584 9.0 11
Austin O’Bryan NV 57 417 7.3 3
Carson Engholm MB 40 369 9.2 8
Jordan Riddle LC 67 351 5.2 2
Spencer Lloyd SQU 42 349 8.3 6
Connor Wallace BELL 52 346 6.7 4
Sam Barrett MB 25 277 11.1 4
Eric Martin-Mann LYN 42 268 6.4 1
Simon Burkett MER 49 230 4.7 4
Oscar Caridad BLA 57 224 3.9 4
Dylan Roberts SE 50 219 4.4 3
Casey Bauman NV 39 214 5.5 6
Carson Brandland MB 22 210 9.5 4
Gabe Zwade FERN 42 202 4.8 4
Evan Neitling NV 19 195 10.3 3
Kobee Malone MB 10 173 17.3 0
Jason Lee MB 14 171 12.2 1
Ty Van Dyken LC 34 171 5.0 1
Jacob Westfall BLA 43 165 3.8 1
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Nooksack Valley at Meridian Will Be Anything But a Snoozefest

The way that I babble on about statistics is putting these two guys asleep! So….. how about a statistical breakdown of the two senior signal callers?

Simon Burkett 2017 Casey Bauman
Senior Grade Senior
6’3″ Height 6’6″
185 Weight 220
13 Number 2
Punter Also Plays Outside Linebacker
4-0 Record 4-0
127 Attempts 93
75 Compl. 67
59.1% Com % 72.0%
1114 Yards 1094
8.77 Y/ATT 11.76
11 TD 11
4 INT 1
49 Rush Att. 39
230 Rush Yds 214
4.69 Avg 4.38
4 Rush TD 6
Career Numbers
649 Attempts 687
367 Compl. 436
56.5% Com % 63.5%
4904 Yards 5617
7.56 Y/ATT 8.18
45 TD 49
21 INT 18
214 Rush Att. 221
1171 Rush Yds 898
5.47 Avg 4.06
21 Rush TD 17
Head to Head Numbers
70 Attempts 79
40 Compl. 49
57.1% Com % 62.0%
614 Yards 734
8.77 Y/ATT 9.29
6 TD 8
3 INT 5
20 Rush Att. 30
182 Rush Yds 184
9.1 Avg 6.1
4 Rush TD 1

It looks to be a shootout in Laurel this Friday night. A friendly rivalry between two of the best quarterbacks in the state, and both of their teams are undefeated. What more could you ask for?

 

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Ellis Does it Again and Breaks His Own Record

It was pretty awesome two weeks ago when Blaine senior quarterback Cam Ellis broke a 21-year old school record, by passing for 387 yards against Meridian. He just did it again. On Friday night at Civic Field he threw for 439 yards against Bellingham. His 33 completions also broke the school record (which was 23 held by Sean Allen, along with Ellis from two weeks ago). His 51 pass attempts on Friday night is another school record that Ellis set, breaking Caleb Luehmann’s 21-year old record of 40. Bellingham won the game 36-35 in a thrilling finish.

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A Pair of Legends Now in Purple

Matt Galley and Mike Hughes are both heavily involved in Pioneer athletics, with Galley currently the principal at Nooksack Valley High School, and Hughes the football team’s photographer. However, this pair of 1991 graduates had stellar football careers at other schools.

Matt Galley

Galley starred at Sehome High School, as a running back and defensive back. As a junior he ran for 217 yards (4.9 average) and three touchdowns. He was one of the best players in the county as a senior, rushing for 696 yards (6.1) and 13 touchdowns. He also returned a kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown in a 21-14 win against Mount Vernon. He was named All-League 1st Team at running back and defensive back. He also graduated as Sehome’s leading scorer with 110 points (17 touchdowns and four 2-point conversions), two points ahead of Ladin Langeman’s 108.

Mike Hughes

Hughes was one of the best players in Mount Baker history. He started at both center and middle linebacker in both his junior and senior seasons. As a junior he was named All-League 2nd Team at both positions. He was incredibly dominant his senior season, and was named All-League 1st Team on both sides of the ball. Despite just winning three games that season, Hughes was still recognized as one of the best, and was named All-State 1st Team at center and linebacker.

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2017 Standings After Week Four

Friday Night Scores:

Ferndale 41, Arlington 13

Sedro Woolley 34, Lynden 20

Bellingham 36, Blaine 35

Anacortes 35, Sehome 21

Nooksack Valley 26, Mount Baker 14

Meridian 28, Lynden Christian 7

Squalicum hosts Stanwood tonight

 

3A W L PF PA DIFF
Ferndale 4 0 164 62 102
Squalicum 3 0 154 113 41
2A W L PF PA DIFF
Lynden 2 2 114 74 40
Bellingham 2 2 88 95 -7
Blaine 0 4 92 173 -81
Sehome 0 4 95 163 -68
1A W L PF PA DIFF
Nooksack Valley 4 0 182 68 114
Meridian 4 0 132 94 38
Mount Baker 3 1 167 60 107
Lynden Christian 2 2 69 86 -17
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Highest Scoring Teams in Whatcom County History

Today’s offenses are putting up huge numbers, and scoring a lot of points! Squalicum’s 85 points in week two was the highest ever output by a Whatcom County team. The 2000 Meridian Trojans put up 81 against South Whidbey and the 2001 Lynden Christian Lyncs scored 80 against Granite Falls. Both of those games were shutouts.

However, no team has put up more points per game than the 1999 Trojans. They unbelievably had SEVEN players score at least 10 touchdowns, just think about that for a minute.

  1. Joel Pears – 16
  2. Jarrod Karuza – 15
  3. Eli Slesk – 13
  4. Chase Schmidtz – 13
  5. Matt Matheson – 13
  6. Jeff Bennum – 12
  7. Corey Culp – 10

Here is the list of teams that have averaged OVER 40 points per game for an entire season, which includes three teams from last season:

  1. 1999 Meridian – 52.8
  2. 2005 Ferndale – 50.6
  3. 2003 Meridian – 45.6
  4. 2016 Squalicum – 45.4
  5. 2016 Mount Baker – 44.4
  6. 2012 Lynden – 43.9
  7. 2008 Ferndale – 42.9
  8. 2010 Meridian – 42.8
  9. 2015 Mount Baker – 42.3
  10. 2001 Meridian – 41.5
  11. 2013 Mount Baker – 41.1
  12. 2012 Ferndale – 40.4
  13. 2016 Ferndale – 40.4
  14. 2002 Meridian – 40.2
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Baker’s Barbo Among Greatest in Whatcom County History

Three years ago a tall, athletic freshman roamed the Mountaineer sidelines. Mount Baker has produced dozens of great running backs, and Thomas Barbo appeared to be the next big thing in the red and black backfield. In week two he ran for 70 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed for 56 yards and a score against Cedar Park Christian, helping the Mounties get into the state playoffs, it was a great freshman season.

As a sophomore, he started the season as a running back, but he was moved permanently to wide receiver. It proved to be a tremendous move, and in week five he caught seven passes for 183 and a touchdown in a thrilling 33-28 win against Meridian. He’s been racking up the receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns through the air ever since. Mount Baker might not be known for airing it out, but Barbo has become the leading receiver in school history, and is among the best receivers in Whatcom County history.

He currently ranks 20th All-Time in career receiving yards, below you can see the current leaders in career receiving yards.

  1. Mitchell Tripp, Mer – 2877
  2. Ben Peterson, Squ – 2801
  3. Jordan Wittenberg, Lyn – 2619
  4. Zach Vis, Lyn – 2561
  5. Ryan Van Diest, Lyn – 2323
  6. Trey Handy, NV – 2241
  7. Anthony Ball, Bla – 2092
  8. Blair Bomber, Lyn – 2082
  9. Dominic Chambers, Mer – 1952
  10. Trevor Chau, Bla – 1848
  11. Greg Wright, Bla – 1800
  12. Mike Perez, MB/NV – 1798
  13. Josiah Westbrook, Bla/Squ – 1736
  14. Scooter Hastings, Lyn – 1714
  15. Josh Keough, Mer – 1710
  16. Justin Brann, Lyn – 1710
  17. Dirk Dallas, Lyn – 1642
  18. Damek Mitchell, Squ – 1635
  19. Todd Bird, Bla – 1597
  20. Thomas Barbo, MB – 1586
  21. Joel Pears, Mer – 1492
  22. Kelley Thrift, Mer – 1447
  23. Ryan Seto, Lyn – 1444
  24. Anthony Reese, NV – 1412
  25. Jalani Phelps, Lyn – 1379