Let there be no doubt. Football all over the Pac NW is about as good as it gets across the Nation. No longer do outsiders think of the NW as some far away land of Mountains, Rivers, Hot Springs, and Hippies where football is played at a nominal level. Too many guys have moved out the past 50 years to allow that. The waves of talent just keep rolling out and each year the frequency and height of those waves increases.
“Boy Y’all have some terrific players up there,” said one SEC Coach I spoke to recently after he had a chance to compete against Jacob Eason who has made National waves at Georgia ever since he arrived two years ago.
Is it just offense where we shine? NOPE!
The Coach went on, “In fact, Marcell Frazier is at MISSOU and we had a hard time handling that kid too. So our team is interested in those sort of talented kids. Send ’em my way!”
I will. Coach is referring to Eason from Lake Stevens (WA) who was the Nation’s #1 QB out of HS and has helped Georgia get to #1 as I write this. Frazier is a D-Line starter at Missouri and hails from David Douglas in Portland. He was Defensive Player of the Week in the SEC last week.
The reason I bring this up is to convince you players, and point out to you many Coaches across America, that our boys take second place to no one! Nowhere! Ok with that out of the way let’s move the NWPR Radar over Seattle to a League tested by time as home to some of the best talent that comes out of our collective pool every year. If we are among the best talent pools in the country, so too are these athletes out of the KINGCO League.
As the regular season comes to a close I want to shine our NWPR spotlight (Blowtorch) on this league and some of their All-League Players:
Kingco 4 A All League Defense Football 2017
KingCo All-League Honors – 2017
Position Team Player Jersey # Class School
Defensive Line
1 Jake Ballie 16 12 Woodinville
1 Matthew Cindric 79 12 Skyline
1 Spencer Thompson 65 12 Eastlake
1 Charlie Baumann 75 12 Newport
2 Tank Brewster 54 12 Mount Si
2 Quinn Shryer 35 12 Woodinville
2 Max Dahlquist 84 12 Issaquah
2 Gage Potter 55 11 Bothell
Matt Condric from Skyline is a 4 Star Linemen headed to Cal for his College career.
Inside Linebacker
1 Miles Mustarde 34 11 Woodinville
1 Shea Hoogerwerf 32 11 Bothell
2 Sam Milton 56 12 Eastlake
2 Drew Nicholson 8 12 Bothell
2 Ryan Anderson 31 12 Skyline
2 Trevor Thurman 2 10 Inglemoor
Outside Linebacker
1 Noah Tapplett 22 12 Woodinville
1 Dane Siegalman 42 12 Bothell
2 Jalen Percival 1 12 Bothell
2 Zack Kennedy 54 11 Eastlake
Woodinville’s Noah Tapplette has wowed coaches and fans as he has helped lead his team deep into the playoffs!
Corner
1 Seth Pregler 2 12 Woodinville
1 Luke Stiles 3 12 Skyline
2 Darius Kubalanza 2 11 Bothell
2 Da’Vicious Wilson 13 12 Bothell
Safety
1 Nash Fouch 4 12 Woodinville
1 Hank Pladson 4 12 Eastlake
2 Jesiah Irish 2 12 Mount Si
2 Evan Alexander 9 12 Skyline
4A Offense – KingCo All-League Honors – 2017
1 Jacob Sirmon 3 12 Bothell
1 Cale Millen 10 11 Mount Si
2 Jaden Sheffey 3 12 Woodinville
Jacob Sirmon of Bothell is an All American 4 Star QB and he will head to the UW Huskies
Center
1 Collin Fleisch 66 12 Mount Si
2 Spencer Thompson 65 12 Eastlake
Guard
1 Nick Hastings 79 12 Woodinville
1 Eric Evans 71 12 Skyline
2 Montana Euscher 62 11 Mount Si
2 Alex Ballard 62 12 Bothell
Tackle
1 Matthew Cindric 79 12 Skyline
1 Cade Beresford 57 12 Woodinville
2 Michael Collins 77 12 Mount Si
2 Charlie Baumann 75 12 Newport
2 Hunter Smith 61 12 Bothell
Cade Beresford was one of the best and hottest linemen in the Class of 2018 – He has really helped lead Woodinville to a 10-0 record and he is going to be a WSU Cougar next year!
Running Back
1 Prescott Wong 34 12 Skyline
1 Brett Accimus 21 12 Woodinville
2 Christian Galvan 22 10 Bothell
2 Matt Jones 20 12 Woodinville
2 Cole Kindschi 5 12 Inglemoor
Tight End
1 Max Dahlquist 84 12 Issaquah
2 Jared Eisenbarth 8 12 Woodinville
2 Quentin Moore 88 11 Inglemoor
Wide Receiver
1 Johnny Barrett 88 11 Mount Si
1 Hank Pladson 4 12 Eastlake
1 Da’Vicious Wilson 13 12 Bothell
2 Nash Fouch 4 12 Woodinville
Returner
Nash Fouch was perhaps the biggest Impact player of the year on both sides of the Ball and special teams!
3A KingCo 3A All-League Honors- OFFENSE – 2017
MVP Offense Isaiah Infanse – Bellevue – #22 Senior
Teryn Berry is one of the most complete QB’s in the NW and had an amazing 2017! Any school would be lucky to recruit a Star player and kid of this caliber!
Here is Will Pliska who has 10 offers from Academics to Big Sky schools and at 6’5″ 295 lbs and athletic he could easily go all the way! Watch this!
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Isaiah Ifanse was 3A MVP and for good reason- with several academic and D1 offers he is still capable of going BIG! This kid is really deep in the talent pool! Photo courtesy of Twitter
KingCo 3A All-League Honors Special Team – 2017
Position Team Player Jersey # Class School
Kicker
1 Jed Michaels 16 SOPH Bellevue
2 Jack Clayville 16 JR Mercer Island
Punter
1 Lance D’Alessio 9 SR Lake Washington
2 Alex Carlisle 88 SR Bellevue
Returner
1 Cole Miller 7 JR Mercer Island
2 Isaiah Ifanse 22 SR Bellevue
Long-Snaper
1 Spencer Luce 54 SR Mercer Island
2 Cameron Landes 11 SOPH Bellevue
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Harry Beresford
November 15, 2017 at 8:14 am
Great write up Dirk! I feel like you are standing up and shouting the whole thing, gets me fired up! Cheers and Go Cougs!
Dirk Knudsen
November 15, 2017 at 8:39 am
I don’t have enough time nor $$ to cover the KINGCO the way it should be- Maybe I will change the way I do that. I know a couple of Dad/Coaches that I hope will be taking a leading roll in covering the League and its incredible athletes!
Erik Hoogerwerf
November 28, 2017 at 11:17 am
Shea Hoogerwerf plays for North Creek High School not Bothell
Dirk Knudsen
December 4, 2017 at 8:16 pm
Thanks Erik – My bad- will note that