LYNDEN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS INFORMATION

 October 23rd, 2009                                         Advisor: Mr. Blake Van Dalen

 Co-Editors: Ryan Seto and Lucas Jacob

 Lions Seek Their Last Regular Season Home Win

 The Lynden Lions (6-1) (5-0) will remain at home tonight as they seek to keep their 6-game winning streak alive when they take on the Anacortes Seahawks (1-6) (1-4). Lynden’s defense has hit its stride in the past few weeks, and hopes to keep rolling by getting a third consecutive shutout. Anacortes has struggled this season, but they have proven they have some offensive weapons that can breakout at any point. The Lions will look to keep these threats in check and take home their seventh win of season.

 Game Capsule:   The Seahawks are the definite underdogs due to their record and the current play of the Lions. For Anacortes to steal this victory away from the Lions they will need to force a lot of turnovers on defense and break out some huge plays on offense. And if Lynden comes out soft these mistakes may become apparent and make for a good game. However, it could possibly be the last game the Lynden Seniors will ever play on Rollie DeKoster Field so this extra motivation will hopefully give the Lions all they need to come out with fire and walk away with their last home win of the regular season.

 What’s At Stake: The Anacortes Seahawks have mathematically been eliminated from the playoffs with only two games left in the regular season. However, if they were able to pull out a huge upset win against the Lions it would surely make their season and give them a huge momentum booster going into next year. The Lions, on the other hand, have already clinched a spot in the district play-in game but are trying to win their last two regular season games so they can attain the top 2A seed in the conference. They also are hoping to grasp the NWC championship and this will likely only happen if they are able to win their final two games. With this in mind, the Lions shouldn’t have any lack of motivation heading into tonight’s match-up.

 What to expect: Tonight’s forecast looks like it could consist of some very wet and muddy conditions. With this weather the Lions may look to utilize their running game a bit more in tonight’s contest. However, this shouldn’t have any effect on the Lions offensive production as the run game has proven very effective this year with Sr. RB/LB Brett Bajema averaging a whopping 8 yards per carry. Lynden will likely try not to stray to far off their usual game plan and will still try to exploit their talented receiving core.  The Anacortes Seahawks will probably also look to go to the ground and give it to their talented RB Chris Stoneham, who has provided Anacortes with most of its offensive consistency this year.

 Notes: The Lynden Lions have a chance to go undefeated at home for the season and become one step closer to remain undefeated in Northwest Conference play.