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Bears ready to prowl through the 4A Moscow is looking for breakout season

By Sandra Kelly Daily News staff writer

The Moscow Bears are a work in progress, but the good news is there’s a lot to work with.

Back for Moscow will be Jake Helbling, who started at quarterback last year and is a two-year starting safety on defense. “Having your quarterback back is definitely a plus,�

Moscow coach John Sheaff said. “He makes great decisions for us. Jake’s not going to go out and make a lot of mistakes and that’s huge for us. ...

He’s been on the varsity level.

He’s been there, done that.

He knows a little bit about football.�

Helbling is a key player, but he’s not the only Bear veteran returning.

He’ll be surrounded by a big and experienced line in Drew Papineau, Kyle Laven, Dane Adams and John Westberg. “We do have experience out there. It comes down to them leading the young guys who don’t have the experience,�

Sheaff said.

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Defensively, the Bears also enjoy veteran leadership.

Laven is back at nose guard, Adams and Westberg will provide speed and strength at end and Parkins, Lewis and Papineau all return at linebacker. “Then Jake (Helbling) at

free safety, Kyle Morgan at corner and Logan Brooks at corner, so there’s experience there,� Sheaf said.

The Bears need all the depth possible to break through Sandpoint’s dominance of the Inland Empire League 4A division.

Two years ago Moscow lost to the Bulldogs in a Kansas

City playoff, ending its season just short of the state playoffs. Last year the Bears were shutout by Sandpoint 33-0 in their final game of the year.

Sandpoint went on to play in the 4A state title game where it lost to Blackfoot, 29-23.

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“They lost 26 kids, but it’s Sandpoint. They are going to reload,� Sheaff said. “... As everybody knows, nonconference is very important to us, that’s where we gain our confidence from. It comes down to Lakeland and Sandpoint, and we all know what’s happened at Sandpoint the last two years,�

The Bears have a daunting schedule. They host Coeur d’Alene on Friday in their opener and then take on West Valley, a team that

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was in the Washington 2A state championship game last year. They also face Pullman and Clarkston. “There’s not a slouch on our schedule,� Sheaff said. “We have to be prepared week in and week out and that will make us better when it comes down to Lakeland and Sandpoint.�

Moscow closes out its regular season against its two rivals, hosting Lakeland on Oct. 22 and will end at Sandpoint on Oct. 29.

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Greyhounds face rebuilding year Depth at receiver could help young Greyhounds

By Christian Caple Daily News staff writer

Pullman High School football coach Craig McCormick can’t measure his team’s improvement by wins and losses this year.

The Greyhounds are rebuilding. He knows that. He admits it. So, for McCormick, his goal for the 2010 season is simple. “We are in a program-building year,� McCormick said.

“We hope to be competitive in every game. We hope to just improve every game, and prepare to win games in the future. If we can win some on the way, great. We are going to measure our success by how much we improve.�

That improvement will have to come from a fairly inexperienced group of returners. The Hounds have just six starters coming back from last season’s 3-7 squad (3-4 in the Great Northern League), though they do return senior running back Pete Barner, who sat out last season due to a shoulder injury.

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Pullman lineman Sam Nordquist hits the tackling dummy during the Greyhounds practice Monday. their depth at receiver, where juniors Brady Mooney, Brendan Barrington, Nick Scourey and Gil Williams all return, along with sophomore Simon Shaffer.

Pullman’s quarterback, Tyler Langerfeld, also returns for his junior year. “Our key strength has to be good kids,� McCormick said. “The kids we have out are

great kids — good character and willing to work. They are enthusiastic, hard working and ready to go.�

They’ll face a tough league schedule that includes powerful GNL schools West Valley and Clarkston, which finished 1-2 in the league standings last season. West Valley finished undefeated in league and ended the year 13-1 after los-

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Trojans have the veterans needed for success Troy has handful of veterans ready to lead

By Sandra Kelly Daily News staff writer

What a difference a year makes.

A year ago, Troy football coach Rob Bafus was looking at the Troy football team with new eyes.

It was his first year as a head coach, and while he was excited to take over the program, he was nervous and wasn’t exactly sure what to expect from his players.

In his second year, Bafus has many of the same players back from last year’s team, including all-league running back Marshall Williams and quarterback Hayden Kanikkeberg. Kaiden Hoskins, Nick Acord, Nate Illi, Austin Bull and Mike Dunworth also saw quality playing time.

Junior Steven Gram, the Trojans giant on the line, will also be back, but not for a couple more weeks because he was injured in a car crash over the summer. “He’s lucky to be here at all,� Bafus said. “He was a sophomore last year and really started to shine late. ... He’ll be out the first two games and it will be a huge loss on the line, but he will be a big role for us this year.�

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Kanikkeberg learned on the run last year, and Bafus said he expects his QB to immediately build on his junior-year accomplishments. “(He’s) got a year under his belt of starting the entire season,� Bafus said. “He managed the game well. I look for Knick to play a big role. I hope he has a big year.�

Williams is expected to complement Kanikkeberg. He is a second-team all state player and a first-team conference player, and he has speed and bulk.

The Trojan offense should be formidible, but it’s their defense that Bafus thinks will lead the way. “I think our defense is probably stronger than our offense,� he said. “We have changed things on D.�

Hoskins and Williams are expected to lead Troy at linebacker while Acord and Gram will anchor the line. “They are big and strong,�

Bafus said. “All have committed in the offseason to our strength and conditioning program.�

Last year Prairie and Potlatch dominated the Whitepine. This year, Bafus said he expects more parity. “The league looks to be more competitive this year,� he said.

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Possibly five, maybe six teams will compete for the title.�

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quarterback who is getting D-1 looks. They have great (big) backs, and they’ll have receivers. They also have a big line. They always play tough defense, so I see them as the preseason best.�

As for his own team’s chances, again, McCormick is realistic. But that doesn’t mean the Greyhounds don’t have anything to play for. “We will show flashes,�

McCormick said. “But I’m guessing mistakes will be our challenge. We have OK size, but not a lot of depth, and our offense will have to gel early.

Defensively, we’ll have to be aggressive to compete.�

Christian Caple can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 230, or by e-mail to ccaple@dnews.com.

Senior skill players to lead Colfax All-league QB, RB and TE return for Bulldogs

By Christian Caple Daily News staff writer

The graduation of last year’s offensive linemen-laden senior class doesn’t have Colfax High School head football coach Mike Morgan worried.

That’s because this year’s seniors, a group comprised primarily of skill position players, are just as good.

And it will be that group that will carry the torch for the Bulldogs as they try to make it back to the class 2B state championship game, where they lost last season to Adna after winning their first 13 games of the season.

Colfax is anchored on offense by senior quarterback Alex Teade, who is 23-2 as a starter. The Bulldogs run an option offense, though Morgan says he also trusts Teade’s arm and is comfortable with mixing in some passing plays. “Any time you have a veteran returning quarterback, your life is easier as a coach,�

Morgan said. “We started Alex off as a sophomore, and he’s just gotten better and better every single year.�

It helps that he’s surrounded by all-league talent. Starting tailback Tyler

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Colfax quarterback Alex Teade throws a pass during the Bulldogs practice on Aug. 19.

McNannay (he also punts and kicks, and is getting looks from several colleges as a kicker) and starting tight end Kellen Morgan both return for their senior seasons, and both were all-league selections as juniors last season.

Teade and Kellen Morgan, who is Mike’s son, are good friends and have played foot-

ball together for years. Now, they’ll team up one last time to try to bring Colfax another state title. “This group has played a lot together,� the elder Morgan said. “They’re childhood buddies, and they have a great connection with each other.

They seem to kind of know what the other is thinking or

doing.�

But Colfax isn’t the only school in its league returning an impressive class of seniors.

Morgan said he expects Reardan and Lind-Ritzville — both perennial powers — to again compete for the Northeast 2B league title, and his team’s schedule is rocky before league play even starts.

The Bulldogs open their season against the legendary DeSales Irish on Sept. 10.

Colfax beat DeSales 19-0 in the semifinals of last year’s state playoffs. “Our league is always going to be tough,� Morgan said. “The perennial powers Reardan and Lind-Ritzville, those two teams have dominated the 2B in this region for a long, long time. We’ve been very, very lucky to have the success we’ve had the last couple years. Both teams return a great group of seniors as well.

It’s going to get intense even more this year.�

That doesn’t mean Morgan is discouraged. Asked for an assessment of his own team’s chances, Morgan seemed optimistic. “We’ll be right in the hunt of things,� he said. “Top three in our league.�

Based on the success of recent seasons, that may be a modest prediction.

Christian Caple can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 230, or by e-mail to ccaple@dnews.com.

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Colton benefits from blowouts Wildcats’ dominance gives opportunities to youngsters

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CHENEY, Wash. — They’re calling it the Dam Cup. Eastern Washington University and Portland State are starting a sports competition this year that will culminate with the winner being awarded the Dam Cup. It’s named for the four hydroelectric dams that link Washington and Oregon as one drives between the two campuses.

The competition includes an Oct. 30 football game at Portland State and men’s basketball games on Jan. 8 and Jan. 27. Both teams are in the Big Sky Conference.

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The easiest way to prepare for the loss of a solid senior class, Colton head football coach Clark Vining has discovered, is to just beat everyone so badly that your underclassmen get plenty of playing time.

Simple enough, right?

The Wildcats lost six seniors to graduation, but had so much success during last year’s 9-2 finish — they scored 40 or more points in seven of those games, including four 60-point efforts — their group of returners saw plenty of playing time in the second half of blowouts. “We did lose some, but we also have a lot of kids who got a lot of experience last year,� Vining said. “Some of the games we were ahead by quite a bit, so a lot of people got in the game.�

One of those guys is actually a returning starter, junior quarterback Josh Straughan. He’s started since his freshman year, navigating Vining’s spread offense that Colton football players have been running since junior high.

Straughan’s primary target will be senior receiver Steve Eacker, an AllLeague selection in 2009. “He’s definitely going to be a key guy on offense and defense,� Vining said.

Junior center Jake Riedner anchors an offensive line that graduated two key starters, but again, Vining had the luxury of playing so many different guys last season that it shouldn’t be too big of an adjustment for anyone to step in and play right away.

Vining mentioned Matt Becker, a receiver and linebacker who had 18 tack-

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Colton quarterback Josh Straughan throws during the Wildcats practice Friday. les in a win over Joseph last year, as someone who could step in and make an immediate impact on defense.

Offensively, it sounds as if anyone could be the hero on any given night. That’s the advantage of running the spread offense. “In some ways, we relied a lot on the seniors last year to carry the load offensively, and I think this year might be more spread out,� Vining said. “Instead of one guy getting 10 catches in a game, it might be a case where four or five different guys get balls.�

Vining also expects the Southeast 1B League to be fairly balanced this year,

naming Touchet as an early favorite due to the amount of veteran experience they return to their roster. Also intriguing are the additions of Pomeroy and GarfieldPalouse, which tried to play 11-man football last year before dropping back to 8-man one game into the season. “I think on any given night, anybody could beat anybody,� Vining said. “We’ve got a couple new teams, and they’re both quality programs. It just makes our league that much better.�

Christian Caple can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 230, or by e-mail to ccaple@dnews.com.

Montana loses defensive end for season Associated Press

MISSOULA, Mont. — University of Montana defensive end Josh Harris is out for the 2010 season with an injury suffered in Saturday’s scrimmage.

Harris played in all 15 games last season as a redshirt freshman, recording 19 tackles.

School officials did not say what type of injury Harris suffered.

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Loggers look to keep mojo alive receiver in Allen Berry.�

Amos said Deary, Kendrick and Troy were young last year and he expects them to be much improved this year. “Lapwai is always dangerous and Clearwater Valley and Lewis county programs are getting better,� he said.

Potlatch was set to open at Timberline, but a lack of players forced the Spartans to cancel the season. Potlatch will now open on Sept. 10 at Genesee.

Its first home game will be Sept. 17 against Prairie.

Potlatch wants to build off last year’s state-playoff team

By Sandra Kelly Daily News staff writer

The Potlatch Loggers will remember the 2009 football season for years.

A year after joining the 8man Whitepine and winning only two games, the Loggers took the Whitepine by storm, going 8-2 and advancing to the state playoffs where they lost to Wallace in the first round.

The Loggers lost five key players, including their quarterback, but coach Pat Amos is building a solid program, Potlatch players run speed and and has a handful of veter- 19. ans and newcomers to fill the gaps. and Stephen Brent will take “We have a strong nucleus over the starting duties at returning for offense,� Amos running back. Last year said. “We return both starting Brent had 802 yards as the guards (Gavin Butterfield and Loggers’ No. 2 back.

Jake McMillian). They were Tanner McGreal and Phillip only sophomores last year.�

Burkhart are back at tight end Replacing three-year and Travis Garcia will get the starter Dustin Shepherd start at wide receiver. at quarterback will be CJ Defensively, Potlatch will Keasal, a 6-foot-2, 195 senior be tough to penetrate. who is also a defensive end.

Keasal and Jake McMillian “CJ started a couple games are returning defensive ends last year when Dustin broke and Larson, Brent and Garcia his wrist, and looked very are veteran linebackers. good,� Amos said. “He has Last year, Larson led the good size and speed.�

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The Loggers should again be one of the top teams in the Whitepine, but it won’t be an easy go getting back to the state playoffs. “The league will be significantly tougher,� Amos said. “Prairie will lose a great group of seniors, but also return a strong group and have a good coaching staff.

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Kendrick is ready to spread out the field Tigers are young on paper, but many collected a lot of field hours last season

By Sandra Kelly Daily News staff writer

Davey Steele is a man of his word.

At the end of last year the Tigers’ coach promised his players he’d be back.

So despite being young and looking for full-time work, Steele is back for his second year as Kendrick’s head man.

Not that it’s a hardship.

Steele loves coaching, and he knows this team inside and out. “I coached this year’s juniors when they were freshmen and when they were eighth-graders,� he said.

Last year’s Tiger team was young and inexperienced. They finished 4-5 and learned a lot on the

run. “We lost three seniors, but we still have a lot of kids coming back,� Steele said. “... We have five juniors and six sophomores and those are both pretty quality classes.�

Those players also spent a good deal of their summer preparing for the 2010 season. “We lifted two days a week and had football camp,�

Steele said. “We didn’t go to one, we just had our own at the end of July. So, we’ve been at it a while.�

Leading the way for Kendrick should be Kody Heath, a senior fullback and middle linebacker. Heath spent a lot of time on the field last year and is a proven tackler.

Austin Hall will line up at quarterback and corner, and while it’s his first year being the varsity quarterback, he should have no problem stepping in and leading the offense.

Blake Warner will take on tailback duties and play defensive tackle while Holden Nelson will handle the guard position and defensive tackle. Tyler Burke will provide strength and power at tight end and linebacker. “There are only two

seniors, but Kody is really the only one with a lot of time,� Steele said. “I expect he’ll step up and lead.�

The Tigers were scheduled to open play Friday against Timberline, but it was cancelled because the Spartans only had 10 kids come out for the team, and eight of the 10 are freshman.

That gives Kendrick an extra week to prepare, and Steele said they’ll take it because it means they now open at Troy on Sept. 3. “That’s a big start,� he said. “They (Troy) are big and that (Marshall) Williams kid is pretty good.�

Steele doesn’t know what to expect out of the Whitepine League this year, other than a handful of teams should be fighting for the top three state playoff spots. “Prairie has to be the No. 1 team even though they lost everybody,� he said. “What

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I’ve heard, Troy could be No. 1. ... Genesee is always good and Deary will probably be better.�

To keep up with the league, the Tigers will have to use their speed. “We’re still small and still quick,� Steele said. “So we will open up the playbook as we did last year and try to spread the field out and try to use our skill guys.�

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Genesee: Effort and heart all season long Bulldogs are back under the watchful eye of coach Jason Hanson

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John Hanson isn’t like most new head football coaches.

Hanson, who is taking over the reins of the Genesee football program from Dan Udy, isn’t stepping into unfamiliar territory. Instead, Hanson, who worked with Udy, is stepping back into the head coach’s role at Genesee.

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man, he’s had his hand in the program. “I kinda wanted to see what Dan (Udy) had going on and to continue,� he said. “I’m excited. ... The kids are motivated, and it’s been a fun year so far.�

Hanson has some good stuff to work with.

The Bulldogs are coming off a 7-2 season that saw them just miss the state playoffs. “Last year we lost to Potlatch,� he said. “One of the two teams got to go to the playoffs, and they won the game.�

Back for the Bulldogs is Alen Berry, a senior receiver and linebacker, who many coaches throughout the Whitepine League call one of the best in the conference.

Tyler Stout will be back on the defensive line, and he will get to show his speed at running back. Sam Druffel will be back at quarterback — at least some of the time. Hanson said right

now Druffel and Ryan Neal are in a QB battle. “We have several kids back, but we also have a lot of kids that nobody really knows that will be playing pretty important roles for us,� Hanson said.

The Bulldogs have two seniors and 11 juniors leading a group that is in the midst of regrouping after losing 10 seniors from last year’s team.

Right now, Hanson said more than anything he’s pleased with the focus and intensity his team

brings to practice every day, and that’s something he expects to see carry over into the season. “We’re a very tight group,� he said. “They just want to succeed and they don’t care who’s name is going to be in the Daily News.�

Hanson said because there is such parity in the league this year, there are a number of teams on the state playoff bubble. “It’s one of those things where nobody at this point knows which of the bubble teams is going to be on top,� he said. “I think it’s going to be a season where a lot of teams think they are in that spot, and but ... who knows how it’s going to work out. So we’re going to go play with a lot of effort on every play throughout the game and this season to try and make a difference.�

Hanson agrees with the

majority of coaches in the conference that Prairie is the team to beat, even though the Pirates have lost a number of kids to graduation. After that, it’s up in the air. “Kendrick’s close on the bubble,� he said. “Kendrick’s young, but if they can string things together they’ll be dangerous.�

Between the new faces, the new job and the parity in the league, Hanson said it will be a fun but gut-clenching season. “I think it will be a fun season to be a fan,� he said. “And one of those seasons as a coach where you’ll lose a lot of sleep and your hair will turn gray.�

Genesee opens its season at home on Friday at 7 p.m. against Lapwai.

Sandra Kelly can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 231, or by e-mail at skelly@dnews.com.

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Mustangs ready to break from the pack Deary looking to rebound from injury-plagued 2009

By Sandra Kelly Daily News staff writer

The Deary Mustangs are coming off a miserable year.

The Mustangs started 2009 with high expectations, but early season injuries plagued the team, and they finished the year a disappointing 3-6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had very few seniors and our best player got hurt right at the start of the season and it snowballed,â&#x20AC;? Deary coach Darrah Eggers said.

This year Deary also enters

the season with high hopes.

But unlike last year, the Mustangs go into 2010 with some depth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just about everyone returns,â&#x20AC;? Eggers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a lot of kids with plenty of playing time.â&#x20AC;?

Offensively, the Mustangs could be potent.

Quarterback Kevin Cannon, who started a handful of games last year, will be back under center. He also has a veteran line protecting him.

Perry McCann, Justin Storr, Ryan Bailey, Manuel Beltran and Austin Guyer will rotate through the line, and Eggers said all five saw quality time last year.

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Like most coaches in the Whitepine, Eggers said he expects Prairie to be the team to beat, but said this year things could be pretty tight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think anyone will go through undefeated,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a real great team in the league, but I think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot above average.â&#x20AC;?

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Reloaded Gar-Pal ready for new league Vikings ready to go after tough times in 2009

By Christian Caple Daily News staff writer

To say last season was difficult for Garfield-Palouse High School head football coach Scott Thompson might be a bit of an understatement.

But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expected when you have to drop from an 11-man team to an 8-man team after the first game of the season.

That was the scenario for Thompson last year in his first season as coach of the Vikings, who made the switch due to low turnout, injuries and illness.

Still, they managed to put together six 8-man games against area teams who agreed to play them to fill out their schedule.

The Vikings werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eligible for postseason play, even though they finished the season 4-3 despite the abrupt change of plans. But after WIAA reclassifications, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve wound up in the 1B Southeast League, and are ready to compete for a spot in the state playoffs again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really looking forward to it,â&#x20AC;?

Thompson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Numbers are back up this year. Around 22 kids are turning out.â&#x20AC;?

Most of those are underclassmen, though Thompson is still excited about the three seniors and three juniors

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Their primary running back will be J.B. Lange, a senior who rushed for more than 800 yards in Gar-Palâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seven-game makeshift schedule last year. He also plays linebacker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a really fine football player for us all four years,â&#x20AC;? Thompson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a great kid, and he

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Bafus said he expects Prairie and Potlatch to be at the top, but he thinks Genesee, Deary and Kendrick will also be there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And Lapwai is always tough,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a while different dynamic this year. and anyone of the gus I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mention, CV, Highland, they can sneak up and bite you if you take them lightly.â&#x20AC;?

If the Trojans stay healthy, Bafus thinks his team has as good a chance as any to be in the hunt for the conference title.

I like our chances,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re light on numbers, but our experience is greatly, vastly improved.â&#x20AC;?

gives you 100 percent on every play.â&#x20AC;?

Lange will be joined in the backfield by fellow senior Ben Wheatgrass, a pass-catching running back who Thompson called the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best and most experience receiver. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We rely on him to play a lot of different positions on both sides of the ball,â&#x20AC;? Thompson said.

Bafus said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s looking forward to the year for many reason, but the biggest is the chance to showcase the hard work and dedication his players have put in since the season ended last fall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the best thing aboutour team is we have come together as a team over summer camp,â&#x20AC;? he asid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a lot of ego, not a lot of talking, just letting the pasds do the talking. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s waht weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been preaching as a staff and the kids are buying into it. Itst he eptimore of team.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m more proud of that than the speed and athletes flying around.â&#x20AC;?

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Gar-Palâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s starting quarterback will likely be sophomore Anthony Floyd, one of many underclassmen Thompson is excited about.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one advantage of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debacle â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they had so few players that Thompson had no choice but to rely on younger guys who hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t played much before.

This could be the year all of that early experience pays off. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They had to be on the field whether they liked it or not,â&#x20AC;? Thompson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just made us better. They had to mature quickly. Fortunately, it was a group of freshmen that could actually handle it. We won four games, and they were a big part of it.â&#x20AC;?

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to contend with the likes of Colton and LaCrosse-Washtucna, both long-standing forces on the Washington 8-man football scene. But Thompson likes what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seen so far. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As long as our kids go out and work hard and are coachable and listen and play 100 percent, and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a lot of injuries, I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be very competitive,â&#x20AC;? Thompson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really like the look and makeup of our team, how excited the kids have been in the first week. I just think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be a real competitive ball club.â&#x20AC;?

And this year, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll actually be allowed to compete.

Christian Caple can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 230, or by e-mail to ccaple@dnews.com.

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Six coaches who will be under heavy scrutiny from the get-go in their new jobs.

Jimbo Fisher, Florida State. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly not Fisherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fault that Florida State felt compelled to push Bobby Bowden out to make room for him. Still, for the move to be justified, Fisher has to win right away.

Tommy Tuberville, Texas Tech. In Lubbock, Mike Leach was similar to Bowden. The Red Raiders were never more successful than they were in Leachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10 seasons. Fans adored him and many were angered when he was fired.

Brian Kelly, Notre Dame.

Kelly has one thing going for him that Fisher and Tuberville donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. The guy Kelly is replac-

ing (Charlie Weis) was not particularly well liked by Fighting Irish supporters.

Derek Dooley, Tennessee.

The Volunteers canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t offered a long rebuilding process and another down season. Not when their main competition is Florida.

Mike London, Virginia. The Cavaliers have slipped so far behind rival Virginia Tech, they can barely catch a glimpse of the Hokies these days.

Turner Gill, Kansas. Much fuss was made when Gill was passed over for the Auburn job for Gene Chizik, who ended up having a very solid first season with the Tigers.

Now Gill, who did a remarkable job at long downtrodden Buffalo, gets his shot to prove he can get it done in one of the six power conferences.