4A Quad District Preview: Skyline at Glacier Peak 11/5/21

Week number 10 of the high school football season, and that means it’s time for the Class 4A Quad-Distrct Cross-Over games. It’s the 10th week of the regular season; but this is the round of 32, lose tonight and you’re done for the year; win tonight and the WIAA will seed you into the round of 16 into the state playoffs which start next week. It's Glacier Peak hosting Skyline. Up until 3 years ago, we used to call this portion of the season the start of the road to the Tacoma Dome; well the Tacoma Dome doesn’t factor into... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 11/1/21

Prep Sports Weekly for Monday, November 1, 2021. We celebrate the first day of November with a look back at our month of October KRKO Russell & Hill Male Student Athlete of the Month Trent Nobach, quarterback of the playoff-bound Arlington Eagles. He is joined by his head coach Greg Dailer. Then it's football post-season time and our prep football guru Ryland Spencer of Cascadia Sports joins us to preview this week's district match-ups involving our local teams. One of those local teams is Marysville Pilchuck, we hear from head coach Brandon Carson of the Tomahawks.

High School Football: Lake Stevens at Glacier Peak 10/29/21

High school football for Friday, October 29, 2021. The Lake Stevens Vikings are looking for their ninth straight Western Conference 4A Football Championship as they travel to meet the Glacier Peak Grizzlies at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Snohomish. Tom Lafferty, Joel Vincent and Steve Willits have the call. The Allstate Insurance Good Hands Player of the Game is Lake Stevens junior runningback Jayden Limar; he had 24 carries for 200 yards and one reception for 50 yards and a touchdown. The Player of the Game is sponsored by Allstate Insurance Agent Brian Reed.  

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS PREVIEW: Lake Stevens at Glacier Peak 10/29/21

We’ve made it to week number 9 of the high school football season; a few last minute cancellations here and there; and we make our way back to where this season started; we’re in Snohomish for this final regular season game between the Lake Stevens Vikings and the Glacier Peak Grizzlies. The Lake Stevens Vikings come into this game as the #5 4A team in the Cascadia Preps State rankings; the Vikes are on top of the WIAA RPI rankings. All of those rankings and ratings won’t mean a thing if the Vikings don’t finish out the regular season with... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 10/25/21

Prep Sports Weekly for Monday, October 25, 2021. We hear from King's High School head football coach Jim Shapiro; the Knights play the Everett Seagulls this Friday at Everett Memorial Stadium; and from Oak Harbor High School head football coach Marcus Hughes; the Wildcats play a loser out/winner to district playoff game on Saturday night against Snohomish at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Finally, we meet the senior captains of the Shorewood Thunderbirds girls soccer team: Eile Goett, Jadyn Smith, Kaitlyn Manalili, Morgan Manalili and head coach Dan Faires.

High School Football: Mariner at Arlington 10/22/21

High School Football for Friday, October 22, 2021; the Mariner Marauders travel to meet the Arlington Eagles, live from John C. Larson Stadium in Arlington. Tom Lafferty, Joel Vincent and Steve Willits have the call. Our Allstate Insurance Good Hands Players of the Game (yes two for the price of one) are #2 Levi Younger (Sr. 5-9 155 WR) and #44 Spencer Fischer (Jr. 5-11 180 RB). The Player of the Game is sponsored by Allstate Insurance Agent Brian Reed.  

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Preview: Mariner at Arlington 10/22/21

Friday night we will be at John C. Larson Stadium in Arlington; and on this eighth week of the regular season we step outside league play for the game between the #9 ranked Arlington Eagles of the Wesco 3A North Division and the Mariner Marauders of the Western Conference 4A. The Mariner Marauders started the season like a house afire; winning their first 3 games of the season over Lynnwood, Cascade and Shorewood. But then, the opponents got decidedly tougher, and the Marauders have lost their last 4 games; dropping losses to Monroe (who subbed in for Meadowdale at the... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 10/18/21

Prep Sports Weekly for Monday, October 18, 2021. We hear from a pair of Western Conference 3A head football coaches, Joey Hammer of the Snohomish Panthers and Jamie Plenkovich of the Ferndale Golden Eagles. It's time to meet our KRKO Russell & Hill Female Athlete of the Month for September 2021, Chloe Seelhoff of the Glacier Peak Grizzlies soccer team; she's joined by teammates Addison Dizard and Kate Sprink, and their head coach Melinda Torre.  

High School Football: Marysville Pilchuck at Arlington 10/15/21

High School Football for Friday, October 15, 2021. The #1 ranked Class 3A team in the state of Washington (Cascade Preps) the Marysville Pilchuck Tomahawks venture into John C. Larson Stadium at Arlington High School to meet the Eagles. Tom Lafferty, coach Joel Vincent and Steve Willits have the call. The KRKO Allstate Insurance Good Hands Player of the Game was Andrew Bryant; he led the way defensively, holding the Tomahawks to just 14 points on the night.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS PREVIEW: Marysville Pilchuck at Arlington 10/15/21

It’s not very often that we get to see a number one team play; and it’s even more seldom that we get to see a number one team play that’s from within our own area. But that’s what we have Friday night; as the Arlington Eagles will be hosting the Class 3A number one ranked team in the state of Washington, the Marysville Pilchuck Tomahawks. The game at John C. Larson Stadium in Arlington is important, not only in the Western Conference 3A North Division, but this game has state-wide implications as well. You can’t see it on the backs of... Read More.

PREP SPORTS WEEKLY PODCAST: 10/11/21

Prep Sports Weekly for Monday, October 11, 2021. Talking football: we hear from long-time Edmonds-Woodway head football coach John Gradwohl and second year head football coach at Monroe Scott Darrow. Then we talk boys tennis with assistant Snohomish coach Joel Boyer and his step-son Dillon Wells, the number singles player at Lake Stevens High School.

High School Football: Mountlake Terrace at Snohomish 10/8/21

High School Football for Friday, October 8, 2021, the Mountlake Terrace  Hawks visit the Snohomish Panthers in Western Conference 3A South  Division action. Tom Lafferty, Joel Vincent and Steve Willits on the  call. Our KRKO Allstate Good Hands Player of the Game was  Josh Vandergriend of the Snohomish Panthers; he finished with 11 carries for 149 yards and 2 touchdowns rushing; plus, 3 receptions for 39 yards and 1 touchdown receiving. The award is presented by Allstate Insurance Agent Brian Reed.