After missing week two and three, senior quarterback Nick Knutson was back in action last Friday night to take on the Borderites of Blaine. The Red Raiders won 36-35, and in that game Knutson did something that no other player in school history has ever done. He threw for over 400 yards. 403 yards to be exact. “Nippy K” sure was dealing on Friday night, as he also tossed five touchdown passes, tying his own school record from last season when he threw for five TD’s against Sehome.

The Sehome Mariners have improved this year, and they have been a fun football team to watch in 2017. Their exciting brand of play is led by their junior quarterback Michael Mindnich. I’m not 100% sure if he has to ice his arm after each game, as he’s been putting the pigskin in the air an awful lot. So much so that he’s on pace to break some school records! It almost seems to be a lock for him to break the Sehome record for pass attempts in a season, which is currently held by former Sehome standout Daniel Ziegler, who attempted 181 passes in 2013. Mindnich is currently at 139 pass attempts only four games into the season. What about the Sehome record for career pass attempts? That is currently held by Austin Rapp, who attempted 347 passes from 2010 to 2012. Mindnich sits at 233 for now, but he’s only a junior. The statistics below show where he currently sits on each list.

Sehome Pass Attempts in a Season:

Sehome Pass Attempts in a Career:

Kick Returning:

Punt Returning:

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.

“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.