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LYNDEN HIGH
SCHOOL SPORTS INFORMATION
November
18th, 2009 Advisor: Mr. Blake
Van Dalen
Co-Editors: Ryan Seto and Lucas Jacob
Lions Survive First Round Scare
Lynden Lions 14 (10-1) Black Hills 7 (7-3)
Lynden
was put to a severe test on Saturday when they faced Black Hills in the
first round of the state playoffs. Lynden found out just how good the
Black Hill’s running back was as he carried the ball 42 times for 198
yards behind a huge offensive line. Although the Lions had trouble
stopping him for most of the game they came up with huge stops when it
counted, holding the Black Hills from reaching the end zone twice in the
fourth quarter. With these crucial stops the Lions were able to come
away with a 14-7 victory, giving Coach Curt Kramme his 10th
quarterfinal birth as Lynden’s head coach.
Game Recap: The Lions seem to start the
game off a little tentative as they tried to get used to Black Hill’s
huge offensive line and a very talented running back. The Wolves
capitalized on this apprehension marching 81 yards on a 16-play drive
that ate up 8 minutes of the first-quarter clock, and gave them the
first score of the game. Lynden wasn’t able to find its answer until
the second quarter when Sr. QB Jordan Hastings juked and jived
his way into the end zone from 17 yards out. It didn’t take much longer
after this for Lynden to find the end zone once again before the half
came to a finish. The score came by way of a 1 yard plunder into the
end zone by Hastings. This score was set up by a 49 yard pass
from Hastings to Sr. WR/DB Blair Bomber, which put the
Lions on the 1 yard line.
In the second half the Lions took the first
possession with the hope in mind that they could score early and gain
some momentum for the rest of the game. However, these hopes were
quickly shattered as Black Hills recovered a Lynden fumble on the first
play of the second half.
This
recovery gave Black Hills possession at the Lions 33. Black Hills then
continued the game the way they started it: handing the ball off to RB
Cody Peterson and eating up the game clock. This game plan took up
nearly all the third quarter with neither team doing much of anything
and the Lions clinging on to their one score lead.
The fourth quarter was a different story. Black
Hills started the quarter off with the ball
and they worked it down the field on a 20-play drive. By the time the
Wolves got it goal-to-go, nearly half the fourth quarter had expired.
Black Hills, once at the goal line, tried to run the ball twice but
Lynden’s defense remained solid only allowing them three yards. They
then tried a pass but it fell incomplete. This gave Black Hills
fourth-and-goal from the Lynden 7. Black Hills then gave the ball to
their talented running back but he was met by Sr. DB Ben VanderHoek
and a swarm of Lynden defenders stopping him at the 1-yard line. Black
Hills had only one more chance to score in the half. They brought the
ball all the way down to the Lynden 16. However, on the next run they
coughed up the ball giving Lynden possession with 2:39 left on the
clock. Lynden was then able to convert three more first downs to run
down the clock and secure its fourth consecutive trip to the
quarterfinals.
Players of the Week:
Offensive Line: Marcus VanVoorst/
Pancake: Brett Bajema
Tyler Lingbloom
Offensive Back: Brett Bajema Big
Play: Ben VanderHoek
Defensive Line: Roman Reyna Special
Teams: Santiago Lopez
Defensive Back: Ben VanderHoek Scout
Offense: Nyles Varner
Big Hit: Roman Reyna
Scout Defense: Justin Korthuis
2009 STATISTICAL LEADERS
RUSHING
Carries Yards TD’s
Brett
Bajema 93
735 8
Jordan Hastings
138 676 12
Jake Christianson
51 232 1
Joey
Garcia 20
107 1
Blair
Bomber 18
98 1
Nyles
Varner 9
67 2
Cody Braam
8 18 0
Josh
Kraght 2
7 0
Jordan Kreider
2 5 0
Roman Reyna
1 5 0
Ben Vanderhoek
1 2 0
Jake
Jones 2
2 0
Nolan Gudde
1 -2 0
RECEIVING
Catches Yards TD’s
Ryan
Seto 34
782 7
Blair
Bomber 43
767 10
Nolan Gudde
28 297 1
Nyles
Varner 8
154 2
Blake Groves
10 143 1
Jake Christianson
4 44 0
Ben Vanderhoek
2 7 0
Nate Wielenga
1 5 0
Brett
Bajema 1
-1 0
PASSING
Complete Attempts TD’s Yards
Jordan Hastings
118 221 18 2122
Nyles Varner
4 5 1 41
Blair Bomber
1 1 1 32
Josh Kraght
1 1 0 5
Cody Braam
0 3 0 0
DEFENSE
Tackles Assists
Roman Reyna
61 44
Eric Conner
46 43
Brett Bajema
46 39
Nolan Gudde
46 36
Jake Christianson
45 23
Ben Vanderhoek 36
30
Justin Korthuis
35 33
Matthew VanVoorst
30 28
Blair Bomber
27 14
Ryan Seto
23 28
Josh Tippens
19 30
Connor Anderson
15 26
Beau Keown
15 11
Joey Garcia
13 7
Blake Groves
7 2
Caleb Richardson
5 4
Tyler Lingbloom
4 4
Nyles Varner
4 3
Sam Brar
4 0
Derek Sandland
3 5
Jordan Hastings
3 1
Braden Weibe
3 0
Jake Kraught
3 0
Joesph Card
2 0
Joel Brown
1 8
Cody Braam
1 3
Blake Korthuis
1 2
Jake Jones
1 1
Jordan Kreider
1 1
Santiago Lopez
1 1
Cody Walls
1 0
Stephen Sterk
1 0
Manjot Lail
1 0
Gibb Dallas
1 0
Matthew Mattox
1 0
Shane VanBeek
1 0
Justin OFlaherty
0 2
Paul Vanderhoek
0 1
Nate Weilenga
0 1
Dylan Cliet
0 1
PUNTING Attempts
Yards Average Long
Jordan Hastings 25
836 33.44 61
Santiago Lopez 1
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