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Colville, Washington |
Monday, January 5, 2009 |
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Chewelah should be improved |
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Wednesday, 03 September 2008 |
Cougars’ spread option offense
will cause problems for defenses
BY CHRIS COWBROUGH
S-E Sports Editor
After suffering through a 3-7 campaign last season that included wins in their final two games, Jenkins High (Chew¬elah) hopes that more on-field success is in the offing this fall.
The Cougars, who took part in their fourth annual Labor Day Jamboree Monday with Riverside, Deer Park and Lake¬side, will open the regular sea¬son at home on Friday against Deer Park of the Great North¬ern League.
In fact, the Northeast A League Cougars will open their season with four non-league dates against Class 2A GNL opposition.
“We’re playing up,” noted Chewelah head coach Jim Fisk. “But that’s all right. We need to play better competition to get better. At least we aren’t playing each team in our league twice like we have in the past.”
Colfax out of the mix
Colfax has moved down and out of the Northeast A. The move by the Bulldogs creates a void, but it’s a void on the schedule most of the league’s coaches appreciate. Playing each league team twice in a home-and-home wasn’t the best thing going.
“We are looking to improve,” Fisk said. “That’s the goal of our players and staff.”
As usual, Chewelah has a large turnout of players this fall (67).
AT A GLANCE
Chewelah’s Spread offense will be led again by Fisk’s son, 5-11, 175-pound junior Sam Fisk. Lining up in the slots will be 5-9, 180-pound senior Curtis Butler and 5-11, 175-pound senior Chris Wright.
At tailback will be another senior, 6-0, 180-pound Russell Whitley. The hard-running Whitley, who can also catch the ball out of the backfield in Chewelah’s wide-open offense, ran for 215 yards on 35 carries in the Cougars’ season-ending 28-19 win over Omak last No¬vember.
Wideout will likely be 6-4, 195-pound junior David Hu¬guenin.
Forest Trampush will pro¬vide Fisk with a target that can’t be missed. Trampush is a 6-7, 200-pound senior.
Up front, Chewelah has both experience and size in what coach Fisk calls “a nice looking offensive line” that will return next season. There isn’t a senior in the bunch.
‘Solid’
Anchoring the line will be Will Peters, a 6-0, 220-pound sophomore tackle; Shayne Longman, a 5-8, 200-pound junior guard; Will Lohman, a 5-10, 220-pound junior guard, and big Cody Lotze, a 5-10, 265-pound junior tackle.
“That’s a solid group,” Fisk said. “They have been working hard.”
Also working hard up front are Mycheal Woods, a 5-10, 210-pound senior and Jacob Kliewer, a 6-0, 185-pound senior.
Defensively, Lohman and Trampush will likely start at the end positions. “Those are two good athletes who can really come off the edge,” Fisk said.
Woods and 5-9, 235-pound Clint Hentges will start inside.
The secondary will be com¬prised of Wright, 6-0, 155-pound senior Shane Cliett; 5-9, 155-pound junior Carson Stroyan; 5-10; 160-pound Na¬than Burgess and (injured) 5-9 and Butler.
The linebacking corps is in good hands with Whitley in the middle and Bobby Sulgrove, a 5-9, 175-pound junior and 6-2, 175-pound senior Stryker Smith outside.
Burgess or Justin Schramm will do the punting. The place-kicking chores will likely fall on the strong leg of foreign ex¬change student Andreas Inama.
OUTLOOK
The non-league schedule is an ambitious and difficult one, but Fisk figures his team should be in every game. This is a veteran group comprised primarily of juniors and sen¬iors.
‘I really do like this football team,” Fisk said. “I like how they are accountable and how well they listen. This is a group with a pretty good work ethic.”
Fisk says he has had fewer players miss early practices than any team he has been as¬sociated with in 30 years of coaching.
“I think that says a lot about their commitment,” Fisk said.
Fisk, in his sixth year at Chewelah, says he appreciates the off-season commitment shown by a majority of his players.
Fisk says he is committed to the Spread offense. He likes the fact that it puts a great deal of pressure on opposing defenses.
“And it’s a fun offense to play,” he added. “The kids like it and you can distribute the ball. It’s an offense where you are only limited by your imagi¬nation.”
SCHEDULE
Sept. 5—Deer Park at Chew¬elah, 7 p.m.
Sept. 12—At Medical Lake, 7
Sept. 19—At Colville, 7 p.m.
Sept. 26—Open
Oct. 3—At Riverside, 7 p.m.
Oct. 10—Newport at Chewelah, 7
Oct. 17—At Lakeside, 7 p.m.
Oct. 24—Kettle Falls at Chewelah, 7 p.m.
Oct. 30—At Freeman, 7 p.m.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 10 September 2008 )
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Just wanted to wish the Colville High Indians wrestling team
good luck on the season, and congratulate the team on a 6th place overall finish at
the best of the West tournament in Pasco last weekend. Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year from the USMC -Ryan W. |
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