Coachesaid.com Looks for the Best of SW Washington

According to Coachesaid.com, several regional football programs have the potential to big things this fall.

At the 4A level, Heritage made the list of teams to watch.

Union had but one loss and returns enough starters to think big at the 3A level. The poll has them second behind Bellevue, the team that defeated them for the State Championship in 2008.

Black Hills, Mark Morris and Tumwater are all ranked in the preseason top ten with Centralia receiving mention at the 2A level.

At the 1A level, Montesano is ranked 2nd while Castle Rock and Kalama are discussed in the latter half of the top 10.

The 2B level is a list dominated by District 4 teams including defending Champion Napavine. Joining the Tigers are Adna, Naselle, South Bend and Willapa Valley. Wahkiakum and Toutle Lake are also mentioned as possible forces within their leagues as well as the state level.

Wishkah Valley and Lake Quinault were high in the rankings at the 1B level.

Person Hired as Basketball Coach at Heritage

Trevor Person has been hired as the boys basketball coach at Vancouver’s Heritage High School. He was a player at both Ilwaco and Battle Ground.

As a guard, Person helped Battle Ground to two league titles and a district championship in 2002.

Person played basketball at Lower Columbia College, where he helped the Red Devils claim back-to-back NWAACC titles in 2003-04 and ’04-05. After LCC, Person played at San Diego Christian College.

Person takes over for Josh Downey, who led the Timberwolves to their first winning season and first district title in his only season at the school. Downey left for a job in Boise, Idaho.

Football Schedule for Friday, September 4th

Evergreen/Trico League

Ilwaco at Winlock
Toledo at Morton-White pass
Onalaska at Mossyrock
Castle Rock at Rochester
Rainier at Napavine
Stevenson at Tenino
Elma at Montesano
Forks at Sequim
Ridgefield at LaCenter
Woodland at Kalama

Central/Pacific
Willapa Valley at South Bend
Wahkiakum at Nasselle
Pe Ell at Northwest Christian (Lacey)
Vancouver Christian at Riverdale
Toutle Lake at Raymond

September 5th
adna at Life Christian Academy

White Pass/Morton to join Forces for Football

White Pass and Morton, two members of the C2B league will combine football players and be henseforth known as MWP. Between the two schools, there are about 40 football players and by an agreement with the Evergreen League, they could be eligible for the 1A State playoffs provided they win a significant number of C@BL games and defeat Toledo on September 4th and Onalaska later.

All of MWP's home games will be in Morton this season since there is major construction on the White Pass campus.

A New Schoo Year/New Sports Year in SW Washington

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