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KJH DEFEATS ROSE HILL FOR THE BATTLE OF KIRKLAND 20-14

THANKS FOR VIEWING THIS PAGE. THE PANTHERS CAME UP HUGE ON THIS BEAUTIFUL NOVEMBER FRIDAY. THIS WAS A VERY INTENSE GAME FROM START TO FINISH, I WAS ONCE AGAIN TRULY IMPRESSED, EXCITED AND RELIEVED ABOUT OUR WIN. THIS TEAM PROVED TODAY THEY HAD ONE OBJECTIVE FOR THIS GAME COME OUT ON TOP,THIS WAS A VERY WELL PLAYED GAME BY BOTH SIDES BUT IN THE END THE TEAM THAT WANTED THE GAME MORE CAME OUT ON TOP. OUR WIN WAS IN NO MEANS JUST A WIN, IT WAS THREE YEARS WORTH OF BRAGGING RIGHTS FOR OUR PANTHERS SINCE BOTH SCHOOLS FEED INTO LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING OUR NINTH GRADERS AND AS A MATTER OF FACT ROSE HILLS ALSO FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. WITH THE AMOUNT OF TALENT ON BOTH TEAMS I KNOW THEY WILL BE VERY COMPETITIVE IN THE YEARS TO COME. I WAS SO PROUD OF THESE YOUNG MEN, WE HAD A VERY FOCUSED EFFECTIVE WEEK OF PRACTICE, THEY VOWED TO THE COACHES AND EACH OTHER THEY WOULD LEAVE IT ALL ON THE FIELD AND THEY DID. ON THE FIELD THE ENTIRE TEAM PLAYED AS ONE UNIT WE WERE HELPING EACH TEAMMATE TO FULFILL THE PROMISE OF VICTORY, NOT ONCE DID I SEE PLAYERS GIVING UP. WE COULD HAVE FOLDED WHEN ROSE HILL WENT AHEAD IN THE THIRD QUARTER, BUT WE DECIDED TO DIG IN AND WIN THIS ONE WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED. THIS WAS A GAME TO REMEMBER, I WILL NOT FORGET THIS ONE AND FOR THIS ONCE AGAIN I APPLAUD OUR ENTIRE TEAM. I AM VERY SORRY TO SEE THE NINTH GRADERS GO THIS IS A TIGHT KNIT GROUP. I DO HAVE A VERY TALENTED EIGHTH & SEVENTH GRADE CLASS TO TAKE FROM NEXT YEAR. THE PANTHER PROGRAM IS HERE TO STAY.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR GAME VS ROSE HILL

FIRST OFF LET ME START LIKE THIS---------WE WON
HIGHLIGHTS WERE PLENTIFUL SO HERE GOES. FIRST OFF WE OPENED WITH RUN BY FRANK FU IN FACT HE HAD A COUPLE OF THOSE AS WELL AS BIG PLAYS ON D. OUR FIRST TD CAME FROM A PERFECTLY THROWN FADE ROUTE TO DANA B. IN THE CORNER OF THE END ZONE. DANA MADE SOME OUTSTANDING PLAYS INCLUDING HIS DIVING CATCH ON OUR SIDELINES EVEN THE REF WAS TRULY IMPRESSED HE SAID "THAT WAS ONE OF IF NOT THE NICEST CATCH HE'S SEEN" BUT THE BEST IN MY MIND WAS THE CATCH TO END THE FIRST HALF WHERE RYAN HIT DANA IN STRIDE ACROSS THE MIDLLE FOR A 60 YARD TD AT THE BUZZER. DANA SHOWBOATED IN THE ZONE BY SLAMDUNKING THE FOOTBALL OVER THE GOAL POST. KYLE SPEED RAN HARD AND HELPED US CHEW UP THE CLOCK, ANOTHER HARD RUNNER THAT EMERGED TODAY WAS PAT CRONIN HE AND KYLE WERE A DEVASTATING 1-2 PUNCH. DEFENSEIVLY HOW DO I START WELL HERE GOES THEY CRUSHED ANYONE WITH THE BALL. KEY PLAYS WERE RYAN PLAYIN OUTSIDE LINEBACKER AND CAUSING HAVOC WE THOGHT IT WAS "L.T." HIMSELF. ONE PLAY THAT GOT CALLED BACK INADVERTLY WAS MARTIN MERINO'S FUMBLE RECOVERY HE WAS OFF TO THE RACES AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVIN THE T.D. JUSTIN FISHER CONTINUED TO SPELL TROUBLE FOR ROSE HILLS OFFENSE AS HE WAS VERY DISRUBTIVE AND SPENT ALOT OF TIME MAKING TACKLES AND PRESSURING THE QB WHEN HE TRIED TO THROW. THE BIGGEST PLAY IN MY MIND ON EITHER SIDE WAS WHEN CHRISTIAN "GENERAL" NORIEGA RACED AFTER WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SURE T.D. BY ROSE HILLS T.B. AND TACKLED HIM ON THE TEN YARD LINE SAVING THE T.D. ROSE HILL FUMBLED TWO PLAYS LATER AND WE GOT HE BALL BACK WAY TO GO "GENERAL" THAT WAS TRULY A GAME SAVING TACKLE. WE ENDED UP THE GAME ON D AND BRIAN IZBICKI SEALED THE VICTORY WITH A GAME ENDING INTERCEPTION. GREAT GAME GUYS, COACH BRAD

PANTHER AWARDS
2001 SEASON

M.V.P.
1-RYAN "BMOC" STAUDACHER
2-DANA "CAPT. COOL" BJURSTROM

MOST INSPIRATIONAL:
MARTIN "CHREBET BOY" MERINO

BEST "O" LINEMAN:
CHRIS "BILLY MADISON" IZBICKI

BEST "D" LINEMAN:
JUSTIN "MOLE" FISHER

COACHES AWARD:
1-RYAN "BMOC" STAUDACHER
2-JUSTIN "RED ZONE" PRATT

MOST IMPROVED:
TIM "BEAMAN" DOROTHY

HARDEST HITTER:
1-FRANK "MR ALL THAT" FU
2-CHRISTIAN "GENERAL" NORIEGA

SPECIAL TEAMS MVP:
BRIAN "SOCCER BOY" IZBICKI

PANTHER FOOTBALL GOAL
TO BE THE BEST AND PLAY WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR THE INTEGRITY OF THE WONDERFUL GAME OF FOOTBALL

REMEMBER PANTHERS ALWAYS SET GOALS TO ACHEIVE SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE FIELD

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