The West Albany Bulldogs are notoriously one of the top 5A teams in the state, with a lot of promising pieces to the puzzle returning. All league kids are back up and down the board, with Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year Jake Lacoste (5-10 195 Sr.) returning after rushing for 3000 yards and 40+ TDs in 2012. He’s a phenomenal talent, holding D1 offers from Air…
The state of Washington’s No. 1 ranked QB for the class of 2015, Spokane (Wash.) Shadle Park’s Brett Rypien, picked up his fifth FBS offer this weekend, when the Mississippi State Bulldogs offered the junior-to-be a scholarship. “It’s huge to get an SEC offer,” Rypien told NEI. “It’s the premiere conference in college football, and to know that a team on the other side of…
One of the top under-the-radar signal-callers in the state of Washington is Kamiakin’s Kylle Robertson. He took over the reigns of the Braves’ attack in the playoffs as a sophomore and last year led the way with both his arm and his legs. Now, as a senior, he wants to go out on a high note and has been putting in the work to do just that….
We are so fortunate here in the Northwest to have some of the most scenic venues around to watch high school football games. Beyond that, the game day atmospheres provide very incredibly unique experiences from town to town. For this week’s #NEIpoll we are asking you to tell us what stadium in the Northwest is your favorite to catch a game in. We know you all love your own stadium,…
An athlete that has gone under the radar as much as anyone is Barlow lineman Garrett Stauffer (6-3 260 Sr. OL/DL). The kid is legit on multiple levels, and will jump up our rankings board immediately after earning 1st team all-league honors on both sides of the ball in 2012. The Bruins have athletes coming back at the skill positions with talented kids up front….
Over the next week we will be posting overviews of the 2014 Oregon and Washington updated rankings by position. All of us at NEI and the Barton Football Academy feel fortunate to be able to work with a majority of the region’s top athletes. There’s not a perfect ranking system, but we do our best based on all of the criteria listed. The Pacific Northwest is the fastest growing football…
The response to the first edition of the #NEIpoll was great. We loved all of the feedback you provided on our Top 10 Washington uniforms, and especially enjoyed all of your submissions as to which uniforms you thought were the best in the Northwest. We had submissions from Washington, Oregon and even Idaho for this first poll. So, without further ado, in no particular order, here are your tweets for…
Generally, when a committed player picks up an offer, it isn’t something all that noteworthy. However, in the case of Bellevue (Wash.) DL Marcus Griffin, there is an exception to every rule. Griffin, the state’s No. 1 ranked defensive linemen in the class of 2014, is currently committed to the Washington State Cougars – and has been for some time now. But on Tuesday, Griffin…
The addition of Elvis Akpla to the Barton Football Academy as Head Oregon WR coach is big on many different levels. Head BFA WR coach Mike Bush is as good as they come up in Washington and Akpla only adds to the arsenal. Other coaches include the likes of the Nation’s #1 projected college TE in Austin Seferian-Jenkins, and UW All-Pac 12 Wide out Kasen…
Slowly but surely the football program at Puyallup (Wash.) Emerald Ridge has been building the right way, and the Jaguars could be poised for a strong season this fall. We’ve told you about standouts such as wide reciever Brett Rankin and do-everything athlete Ashanti Kindle. But there is another player the Jaguars will look to, and could be the key piece of the puzzle for…