2023 Blaine Football Preview

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Coach: Andy Olson, 1st season with Blaine

Home Field: Blaine High School

Last Season: 1-9

Key Losses: OL/DL Jacob Voigt; QB Kael Evinger; C Jack Albright; OL/DL Rahul Chandran; K/P Sam Stiles.

Top Returnees: WR/QB/S Riley Ihde; WR/OLB Hunter Vezzetti; RB/S Colby Shipp; C/DT Victor Gervol; TE/DE Conner Dalry; WR/CB Jesse Deming; WR/S Justin Minjarez; WR/CB Tyler Bouma; K/P Matthew Hayes; LT/DL Alejandro Moser-Hernandez; QB/S Colin Davis; OL/LB Malloy Messenger; MLB Blake Koreski; RB/LB Jaiden Paez; G/DT Otto Shelton; DE Zi Yu.


LAST SEASON’S RESULTS

Port Angeles 33, Blaine 19

Sehome 49, Blaine 6

Vashon Island 17, Blaine 6

King’s 51, Blaine 6

Mount Baker 68, Blaine 16

Meridian 34, Blaine 20

Blaine 44, Bellingham 18

Lynden Christian 61, Blaine 13

Nooskack Valley 44, Blaine 7

Cedar Park Christian 33, Blaine 15


2023 SCHEDULE

09/01 – Port Angeles – 7 PM

09/07 – at Sehome – 7 PM

09/15 – Vashon Island – 7 PM

09/23 – at Cedar Park Christian – 7 PM

09/29 – at Mount Baker – 7 PM

10/06 – Meridian – 7 PM

10/13 – Bellingham – 7 PM

10/20 – at Lynden Christian – 7 PM

10/27 – Nooksack Valley – 7 PM


THE FEATURED FOUR

Riley Ihde – Senior – Wide Receiver/Quarterback/Safety

 

Hunter Vezzetti – Senior – Wide Receiver/Outside Linebacker

 

Victor Gervol – Senior – Center/Defensive Tackle

 

Colby Shipp – Junior – Running Back/Safety


Who will be Blaine’s break out player?

Jesse Deming – Senior – Wide Receiver/Cornerback



STATISTICAL LEADERS LAST SEASON OF RETURNING PLAYERS

RUSHING
NAME             ATT  YARDS AVG TD
Colby Shipp      158   511  3.2  3
Jaiden Paez       23   169  7.4  1
Colin Davis        2    12  6.0  0
Justin Minjarez    1    -1 -1.0  0
Riley Ihde         2    -2 -1.0  0

PASSING
NAME             ATT COM YARDS TD INT
Colin Davis       34  18  315   5  0

RECEIVING
NAME             REC  YARDS AVG TD
Hunter Vezzetti   43   600 14.0  6
Riley Ihde        35   475 13.6  5
Conner Dalry      18   248 13.8  4
Justin Minjarez   10    56  5.6  0
Jesse Deming      10    53  5.3  0
Colby Shipp        8    39  4.9  0
Tyler Bouma        4    37  9.3  0
Logan Villarreal   2     7  3.5  0
A. Moser-Hernandez 1    13 13.0  0
Malloy Messenger   1    10 10.0  0
Blake Koreski      1     8  8.0  0
Asher Hagen        1     6  6.0  0

SCORING
NAME             TD  FG  2PT XP  PTS
Hunter Vezzetti   6   0   1   0   38
Riley Ihde        5   0   1   0   32
Conner Dalry      4   0   0   0   24
Colby Shipp       3   0   0   0   18
Matthew Hayes     0   1   0   8   11
Jesse Deming      1   0   0   0    6
Jaiden Paez       1   0   0   0    6

KICKOFF RETURNING
NAME             KR  YARDS  AVG TD
Riley Ihde       20   397  19.9  0
Justin Minjarez  12   206  17.2  0
Jesse Deming      9   133  14.8  0
Colby Shipp       8   102  12.8  0
Tyler Bouma       3    51  17.0  0
Jaiden Paez       1    22  22.0  0
Logan Villarreal  1    10  10.0  0

PUNT RETURNING
NAME             PR  YARDS  AVG TD
Colby Shipp       3    18   6.0  0
Jesse Deming      1    12  12.0  0
Riley Ihde        1    11  11.0  0

PUNTING
NAME             ATT YARDS  AVG
Matthew Hayes     20  558  27.9

DEFENSE
NAME               TKL  TFL   SK  FF  FR  PD  INT
Riley Ihde        65.5  5.0                4   1
Conner Dalry      43.5  3.0  5.0       2   3
Colby Shipp       43.0  1.5                3   2
Malloy Messenger  40.0  0.5  0.5
Victor Gervol     38.5  3.5  4.0   2   1
Hunter Vezzetti   34.0  5.5  2.5   2       4
Jesse Deming      28.0  0.5            1   3   2
Blake Koreski     26.5  3.5  0.5   1       1
A.Moser-Hernandez 23.5  6.0                1
Justin Minjarez   23.0       1.0   1   1   6   2
Colin Davis       14.0 
Zi Yu             13.5  4.5  2.0       2   1
Logan Villarreal   9.0  1.0            1
Matthew Hayes      8.0
Jaiden Paez        5.5       2.0       1       1
Kale Pai           4.5                         1
Asher Hagen        0.5  0.5