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Top 150 #61 – 2013 Ferndale Golden Eagles

August 4, 2017 Tyler

RECORD: 7-3 – COACH: Jamie Plenkovich

LEAGUE: 6-2 (3rd Place in the 2A/3A NWC)

CLASSIFICATION: 3A – Playoffs: Lost Play-In Game

POINTS PER GAME: 32.4 – POINTS ALLOWED PER GAME: 20.1

POINT DIFFERENTIAL: +12.3

GAME BY GAME:

Week 1: Ferndale 47, Blaine 21

Week 2: Ferndale 48, Sehome 21

Week 3: Ferndale 28, Garfield 6

Week 4: Ferndale 35, Burlington-Edison 28

Week 5: Ferndale 41, Squalicum 7

Week 6: Sedro Woolley 32, Ferndale 20

Week 7: Ferndale 61, Bellingham 28

Week 8: Lynden 14, Ferndale 6

Week 9: Ferndale 38, Anacortes 0

State Play-In Game: Bellevue 44, Ferndale 0

A more recent version of the Golden Eagles might not have known what it had when the season started. But, they realized soon that they had great team speed, and another great Ferndale team.

Senior Cooper Clark was now into his second season as the starting quarterback, and he finished with 31 completions for 478 yards and five touchdowns. His overall athleticism also allowed him to rush for two more touchdowns.

Running back Joey Akers missed most of the prior season due to an injury, but he more than made up for it with a gigantic senior season. He carried the ball 153 times for 1013 yards (6.6 average) and 13 touchdowns, and he was named All-League 2nd Team. 220-pound junior fullback Marcus Nightingale plowed through the middle of the Ferndale line for 948 yards (6.4) and 11 touchdowns. Lightning-quick junior Daniel Jones rounded out the Golden Eagle backfield, rushing for 446 yards (8.4) and seven touchdowns.

Jones and Akers each totaled over 100 yards receiving (121 and 114, respectively) and they caught four of the five touchdown passes thrown by Clark. 6-foot-3 senior wide receiver Robert Hardin caught a team-high seven passes and junior Christian Cameron caught a touchdown pass. 6-foot-7 sophomore tight end John Weg hauled in five passes for 62 yards (12.4). Senior Hunter Grunhurd anchored the offensive line that pushed it’s way to average 328 yards rushing per game!

Super sophomores Chris Hernandez and Taylor Bellefeuille took the conference by storm as some of the best defensive underclassmen. Hernandez was named All-League 1st Team on the defensive line, while Bellefeuille was named All-League 1st Team at linebacker. Even with those two studs, the defense was anchored by it’s strong secondary. Akers was named All-League 1st Team, and was also named All-State 1st Team, while Clark was an All-League 2nd Team performer. Junior Andrew Higginson-Fernandez booted 37 extra points and one field goal.

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Top 150 #131 – 2013 Meridian Trojans

June 2, 2015 Tyler 17 Comments

RECORD: 7-5 – COACH: Bob Ames

LEAGUE: 4-2 (2nd Place in the 1A NWC)

CLASSIFICATION: 1A – PLAYOFFS: Lost in 1st Round

Scoring Stats “Per Game”

Points: 32.3 – Allowed: 22.5 – Differential: +9.8

GAME BY GAME:

Week 1: Burlington-Edison 42, Meridian 28

Week 2: Lakewood 27, Meridian 12

Week 3: Meridian 2, Tri Cities Prep 0 (Forfeit win)

Week 4: Meridian 41, Sehome 36

Week 5: Meridian 32, Friday Harbor 0

Week 6: Meridian 60, Nooksack Valley 28

Week 7: Blaine 24, Meridian 21

Week 8: Meridian 45, Lynden Christian 14

Week 9: Mount Baker 24, Meridian 17

State Plain-in Game: Meridian 49, Charles Wright 0

State 1st Round Game: Cashmere 41, Meridian 22

The 2013 season for the Trojans was an interesting one. It boasted what could have been the best tandem of a lineman and skill player on the same team, an early season forfeit win, crushing league losses and a typical state tournament appearance.

First year varsity quarterback, junior Tanner Tutterow put up some good numbers, completing 124 passes for 1639 yards and 11 touchdowns, while running for two more scores. He was joined in the backfield by one of the most electric players in school history. Senior Letrez Jones had a monster year, shattering numerous Trojan records. He carried the ball 199 times for 1960 yards (9.8 average) and 30 touchdowns. He was a threat to score every time he touched the ball, and he also caught 24 passes for 369 yards and five touchdowns. He was named All-League 1st Team as well as All-State 2nd Team. Senior Bryce Garcia also had a nice season, rushing for 675 yards (6.3) and six scores.

Senior wide receiver Sam Chambers led the team in receiving with 35 catches for 611 yards (17.5) and three touchdowns, and was named All-League 1st Team. On the other side, senior receiver Jacob Plagerman caught 33 passes for 398 yards (12.1) and three scores.

The offensive line was anchored by one of the best lineman in Whatcom County history, senior Spencer Blackburn. Although he was 6-foot-4 and weighed 265 pounds, he could run like he was a 6-0 185-pounder, which is coincidentally what the roster sheet listed him at. Kidding aside, Blackburn was a beast, and the four-year starter was named All-League 1st Team for the third year in a row. He was also named All-State 1st team. He was joined up front by fellow seniors Tucker Garcia, Jacob Dennis and Kaleb Heezen, and junior Blake Carson. The Trojans ran for over 3000 yards, averaging over seven yards per carry, and had 39 rushing touchdowns.

Blackburn led the defensive front, and was named All-League 1st team for the third year in a row, and was also named All-State 1st Team. Tucker Garcia and Carson joined Blackburn up front, and were each named All-League 1st Team. Heezen was an extremely hard hitter and was named All-League 1st Team from his linebacker position. Jones was a dynamic player in the secondary and was named All-League 1st Team and All-State 2nd Team, while Plagerman led the team with three interceptions.

Senior Yoel Ortiz kicked 20 extra points and sophomore Alan Eyoub booted 11 of them. Junior Cody Bachman shared the punting duties with Jones, together averaging almost 31 yards per punt. Jones returned kickoffs while Chambers was the punt returner.

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