Kentwood Football

Post Game Comments: Week 1 was a very big test of our young football team. We suited up 15 sophomore players our of 46 and traveled to South Kitsap. Their program is rich in tradition and would prove to be a big test. The defense got off to a rough start allowing the Wolves to score on their first possession, but would bounce back with Nick Z0grafos intercepting and scoring in his first start only to have it called back. The first have was a comedy of errors with another touchdown being called back and the offense running out of time inside the ten, right before half. The defense would play hard when it needed to and the offense showed great resolve coming back twice in the 4th quarter to tie the game and to put it into overtime. The Wolves would fumble on their third play from the ten and the Demetrius Bronson, who finished with 146 yards, would score the winning touchdown. Final Score 26-20 O.T. Standout performances were by Nick Zografos who had two interceptions but one was called back. Tyler Weinbrecht would have a 46 yard TD reception to tie the game in the fourth and played outstanding on defense. Chance Matsuoka would lead our team in tackles on defense, and a very commendable effort by Hunter Blackmore, Brian Glayholt, and Greg Humphreys who all saw considerable time as sophomores. Justin Shewey and Matt Cleveland anchored the line and Josh Loveland would collect two turnovers as well. We were pleased with Kevin Warner and his ability to run the offense in a pressure situation all night long. We also were especially excited about Jacob Standlee’s performance at punter. It was a quality win over a playoff caliber football team. This game will go along way into preparing us for our league opponents.

Players of the Game

Offense: Demetrius Bronson / Matt Cleveland
Defense: Chance Matsuoka / Tyler Weinbrecht
Special Teams: Jacob Standlee

Post Game Comments: Week 2 would find our young team playing against the #2 ranked Puyallup Vikings and Hall of Fame coach Tom Ingles. The game would pit a senior laden team verses the young offense and defensive lines of Kentwood. The Defense would do an outstanding job in the first half holding Puyallup to 45yards until a 35 yard touchdown pass with 15 seconds left in the half. The score would be 7-7, with our staff realizing we missed a chance to get a lead into half time. The third quarter was much of the same, until a stretch of about 3 minutes where we would make key errors in the special teams and on offense that would give the Vikings a short field. They would take advantage of that score late in third (7-14). The offense never seemed to be clicking as we collected several delay of games and untimely penalties. However the game would not be decided until late on a 55 yard run to put the game out of reach 7-20. The game was closer than the score showed. I think this was a surprise to our team and our staff as we felt that we had a chance to win the game. We took some good lessons out of that loss and we learned a lot about what we needed to improve on as a team. This next week we are going to go back to the basics and develop more passion in our game and get back to Kentwood Football.

Players of the Game

Offense: Cory Rodriguez / Justin Shewey
Defense: Troy Romney / Tyler Weinbrecht
Special Teams: Colten Hiles


This Week's Preview: This weeks opponent is Decatur High School coached by Bill Heglar (4th year) who is on of the originators of the Wing-T in Washington. Returning starters (5 offense, 3 defense): QB/FS Gates, Brock 6-2, 210, Sr. is a quality athlete with good speed and a good arm. #70 OG/DT Steven Hagdahl, 6-2, 245 is a standout at Guard, Sr. #21 FB/LB Harris, Darrius , 5-10, 230, Sr. is leaded the league in rushing and #22 HB/CB King, Chase , 6’0 180 Jr is also a focal point of the offense. Decatur is averaging over 30 points a game and will be a great challenge for our defense. We feel we have a couple of really good running backs in Corey Rodriguez and Demetrius Bronson, so we will be excited about seeing how they stack up to the leading rushing leader and leagues best rushing attack. This is an important game for our program and the progress that we need to make as a team. So come out to French field tonight to support the Conks.

Future Conks: The Junior Varsity (2-0) The Junior Varsity is off to a great start winning their first two games verses two very talented and very large JV programs from South Kitsap and Puyallup. The South Kitsap Game would be won in the second half by standout performances by Steven Warner, Russ Davis, Chris Santiago, and Greg Humphreys on defense. Patrick Hoffman and Chandler Gray would also contribute with interceptions along with Joe Angevine who collected a big sack late in the game. Solid running by Darius Coleman who scored 2 TD’s to lead the Conks to a 28-14 win. The Puyallup game would prove to be tougher, but the victory would be attributed to better fitness as the Conks would pull away in the second half after being down 15-6. Kentwood would score 22 unanswered points by two 100 yard performance by Darius Coleman and Jr Guilden. The offense would get on track thanks to Luke Angivine and some circus catches by Danny Bounds and Henry Everett. IT was a passionate win and it would be Puyallup’s first JV loss in over two years. Way to go Guys

Players of the Game vs. South Kitsap
Darius Coleman – Greg Humphreys

Players of the Game vs. Puyallup

Jr. Guilden – Darius Coleman – Greg Humphreys

Furture Conks: The Freshman Team was schedule to play a nine game season, but due to unexpected program decision Auburn High School backed out of week one and White River backed out of week 2. As a staff we are frustrated but we did get the Freshman team in a Jamboree with Auburn, Auburn Riverside, and Charles Wright Academy. The Freshman Coaches were pleased to see the boys battle as we say great effort and hard play. The freshman offense will be introduced after their game on Monday with Tahoma. The following week will be the defense. We are excited about this year’s freshman team and the progress they have made. We have over 35 go to UPS camp and they have made amazing strides. They have been very patient and they are excited about getting the season started especially verses the Tahoma Bears. Come support the team on Monday at Tahoma Junior High at 4pm.

Assistant Spotlight: Coach Bill Ogle has been coaching at the Junior High level for six years over at Cedar Heights. He will be working with the running backs and the outside linebacker at the freshman level. We are excited about having him on staff because he as done an outstanding job over at Cedar Heights. Coach Ogle works for Boeing and commits time after work to be a coach at Kentwood. Did you know that Coach Ogle at Kentridge under Dave Lutes. He also had a son Ryan Ogle who played for Kentlake football and he has a daughter Amanda that plays rugby for the Kent Crusaders. He is married to Diane Ogle. Welcome to the Kentwood family Coach Ogle.