WASHOUGAL, WASHINGTON
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The highlights tape of my team's 7-2 championship season is now available. It is real meat and potatoes for the Double-Wing buff. For their first year running the Double-Wing, the kids really executed it well, running for 2900 yards and throwing for 13 TD's. The tape, an hour and twenty minutes in length, includes virtually every play of any significance - defense, too. All games were professionally shot and edited in digital format and with digital equipment, so the resolution is quite good. Order your copy by sending $29.95 (includes shipping and handling) to Coach Hugh Wyatt, 1503 NE 6th Ave., Camas WA 98607 |
* Southwest Washington League Games Sept. 10 - EXPERIENCED ELMA PROVES TOUGH OPENER ELMA 28, Washougal 14 The Panthers opened at Elma, state champions in 1997 and runners-up in 1998, and came away on the short end of a 28-14 score. The Panthers took the opening kickoff and drove 65 yards for a score, then shocked the large home crowd by stopping the Eagles on the three-yard line, then connecting three plays later on a 93-yard pass play from Cody Morris to Dan Stineback. At the end of one quarter it was Washougal 14, Elma 0, but that would be it for the Panthers offensively, as Elma rallied behind 6-3, 225 pound quarterback Kyle Basler to pull within a point just before the half, and score 15 third quarter points to seal the win. All in all, a very encouraging opener, on the road against a team that will almost surely be in the post-season playoffs! Sept. 17 - PANTHERS DIG SELVES AN EARLY HOLE, CAN'T GET OUT FORKS 30, Washougal 19 We dropped our second game of the season to Forks, 30-19. For the second week in a row we took the opening kickoff and drove right in for a score, but Forks struck right back, scoring on its first play from scrimmage, and after a Washougal fumble (!), took only two plays to score again. Another fumble, another quick Forks score, and a fourth TD just before halftime made it 27-6 Forks at the half. Stiffening up and limiting Forks to a field goal on the opening drive of the second half, the Panthers then rallied, combining power football with aggressive defense, and scored once in the third period and once in the fourth. Another drive penetrated to the Forks two before the Panthers turned it over on downs. The Panthers' three scores came though the air, as Cody Morris threw to Dan Stineback for two scores and Josh Brock for one. (I can't remember the last time a team of mine scored three times on passes without a rushing touchdown.) Besides the passing (5 of 12 for 37 yards and three TD's), we rushed for 240 yards on 46 attempts. Not where we ought to be yet, but a heckuva second half rally. Next week: La Center, my former school. Incidentally, Elma, our last week's opponent, stepped up a class to play 3-A power Tumwater and lost narrowly, 15-14. WASHOUGAL PANTHERS 43, La Center Wildcats 27* Take it from me - going up against against former players... who are now coached by former assistants... and playing them at their place... can create high anxiety - especially when your kids are coming off a 1-8 season and you've dropped your first two games. I found myself in that position Friday night as we travelled to LaCenter to take on the Wildcats, coached by a former player and assistant, John Lambert. La Center, off to a 2-0 start, came out well-prepared and sky-high, jumping out to a 27-15 lead with back-to-back scores in the first minute of the second period. Up to that point, the Panthers had run just six offensive plays, two of them resulting in long touchdown runs by Dan Stineback. Late in the half, the Wildcats were driving for what could have been the clincher when the LaCenter passer threw under pressure into the hands of Panther Chris Martell, who returned the interception 49 yards to the LaCenter 39-yard line. Three plays later, with 56 seconds left in the half, Stineback started left and cut back against the grain to go 20 yards for his third score of the half and cut the LaCenter's halftime lead to 27-22. From that point, the Panthers took complete charge of the game, coming out in the second half and shutting out the Wildcats - allowing just three first downs -while scoring three touchdowns to pull out the win. Washougal rushed for 346 yards on 46 attempts, led by C-Back Stineback's 151 yards and three touchdowns (not to mention two more called back) on 12 carries, and B-Back Martell's 113 yards on 16 carries, including a 57-yard burst up the middle for a touchdown. Quarterback Cody Morris threw seven times, completing four for 50 yards and a touchdown.The Wildcats stayed out of the tight double-wing formation most of the night, running most of the time from "spread" and trips formations, and did most of their damage in the air, as Brett Yaw threw for 173 yards - 165 in the first half - and two TDs. I'm not sure that there's any greater thrill in coaching than getting that first win after you've been losing, but I know that there's nothing better than watching your kids celebrate that win. Next week, the Panthers host neighboring town Camas (2-1), in one of the West's oldest high school rivalries. Hey - I may live in Camas, but I'm a Panther! Oct 1- PANTHERS WIN BATTLE WITH ANCIENT RIVAL WASHOUGAL 36, Camas 14 A jam-packed crowd watched the Washougal Panthers win their second in a row Friday night, defeating arch-rival Camas, 36-14, to even their record at 2-2 on the season. The Washougal Double-Wing offense was in high gear as the Panthers rushed 71 times for 424 yards and 21 first downs. The first Washougal score came with 9:24 left in the first quarter when Chris Martell burst 40 yards on a 6-G play. The second score, a 1-yard run by Martell (6-G), capped an 18-play, 82-yard drive that consumed seven minutes. Cody Morris' 6-yard pass to Pete Hughes (58 Black Throwback) gave the Panthers a 22-0 third-quarter lead before Camas finally got on the board with 1:05 left in the quarter to cut the lead to 22-7. From that point on, though, it was all Washougal, as the Panthers consumed much of the fourth quarter with two long drives. Danny Stineback, who rushed for 177 yards, score from 16 yards out on a lead criss-cross 47-C, and Tim Ensley on an 88-Super Power. Camas' final score came with 18 seconds remaining. (The day before, Washougal's kids were warned by both the Washougal and Camas Police Departments that they would be arrested if they carried on their traditional pre-game motorcade through the streets of neighboring Camas, taunting their rivals and fanning the flames. Enraged by Camas' daring to paint "CHS" in red on the big white Panther Paws that lead up 39th Street to our stadium, they retaliated by splashing orange - Washougal's colors are orange and black - paint on the big rock outside Camas' stadium; somehow "obtaining" a large red Camas flag and painting a large, black-and-orange "W" over it; catching some Camas students entering the Washougal stadium parking lot and "persuading" them that perhaps there were better uses for those cans of spray paint they were carrying. But unlike last year's Camas-Washougal game, which ended with a Washougal player angrily charging one official after another before finally being restrained by his coach, there were no serious incidents at the game itself. The Camas players, understandably dejected after being so soundly defeated, handled themselves with class, as did the Washougal kids. And in Tuesday's edition of the weekly Camas-Washougal Post-Record, Camas coach Bob Holman paid the Washougal kids a high compliment. "Last Friday," he said, "we lost to a bunch of street fighters.") WASHOUGAL 61, Stevenson 7* The Panthers defeated the Stevenson Bulldogs in a Thursday night contest, 61-7. The Panthers, who rushed 43 times for 587 yards, built a 34-0 first quarter lead, and rushed for 395 yards in the first half, as they led at halftime, 48-0. Washougal never fumbled, never punted, and never gave up the ball on downs. Nine different Panthers carried the ball, led by Dan Stineback, with 151 yards on four carries and two long TD runs to go with a 70-yard punt return, and Tim Ensley, whose 85-yard run helped him rush for 129 yards. Chris Martell scored from 59 yards out, Dave Saberi from 55 and Josh Brock from 35. The win, the Panthers' third in a row, improves their overall record to 3-2 and their Southwest Washington League record to 2-0. Oct 15- PANTHERS BREAK 7-7 HALFTIME TIE, WIN HOMECOMING GAME WASHOUGAL 27, Woodland 7* Danny Stineback scored four touchdowns to help the Washougal Panthers celebrate homecoming with their fourth straight win, a 27-7 defeat of the Woodland Beavers, 27-7 at Washougal. Stineback scored on passes of 11 and 22 yards from QB Cody Morris, and on a 23-yard run. His first touchdown came on the first play of the second quarter, as the Panthers were held scoreless in the first quarter for the first time this season, but his biggest came with the Panthers holding a 13-7 early in the fourth quarter, when he intercepted an option pitch and sped 50 yards to break the game open. In addition to his four TD's, Stineback carried 17 times for 137 yards, giving him 744 yards for the season on 80 carries. The Panthers, now 3-0 in the Southwest Washington League and tied for the league lead with Castle Rock, travel next week to take on third place White Salmon, 61-0 conquerors of Tenino. (Humorous sidelight: Woodland's TD was set up by a 47-yard reverse play on which their runner clearly stepped out of bounds at the line of scrimmage - right in front of where I stood. The wing man, though, obsessed all night with making sure that there were never more than three coaches in our box, was far too busy with that to do the rest of his job, and missed the call. But Channel 6 in Portland just happened to show a few game highlights on their 11 PM show, one of them Morris' first touchdown pass to Stineback, the other the Woodland reverse, clearly showing the runner stepping on the sideline.) WASHOUGAL 28, White Salmon 14* Tied 7-7 at halftime, the Panthers fell behind, 14-7, early in the second half, then stormed back with 21 unanswered points to defeat the White Salmon Bruins, 28-14 at White Salmon, Washington. Cody Morris threw for three scores, one to tight end Josh Brock and two to C-Back Danny Stineback, who also scored a third TD on an 11-yard run. Although the Panthers enjoyed an edge in yardage and time of possession, it was a hard-fought game in which the Washougal offense ran 54 times for only 262 yards, completing four passes for 77 more yards. But the Washougal defense was up to the job, limiting the high-powered Bruins' spread veer to 199 yards -118 of them on two long runs - on 29 carries, and 66 yards passing in 20 attempts. It was the Panthers' fifth straight win, leaving them 4-0 in the Southwest Washington League and tied for the lead with Castle Rock, 48-8 victors over Woodland. The win assured the Panthers of their first post-season playoff spot since 1994, and a finish no worse than second place in the league. Washougal and Castle Rock meet at Washougal in the final regular season game, in two weeks. Next week, it's Ridgefield, which has been running the Double Wing in one version or another since I introduced it there in 1991 as offensive coordinator. Oct 29- LAST-MINUTE GOAL-LINE STAND PRESERVES WIN WASHOUGAL 14, Ridgefield 7* The Panthers needed a goal-line stand in the last minute of play to hold off the fired-up Ridgefield Spudders for a 14-7 win in a battle of Double-Wing teams. A 38-yard pass set the Spudders up with a first-and-goal on the Washougal five, followed by third-and-goal from the one. But a fourth-down plunge left Ridgefield a foot short of the goal line, and the Panthers were able to run out the clock for the win. The first half looked as if it would be all Washougal, as the Panthers ran off 38 plays to Ridgefield's 12, and put on two long scoring drives to take a 14-0 lead. On the night, Washougal held Ridgefield to 60 yards rushing and 99 yards passing, but two long passes twice put Ridgefield in scoring position, and the Spudders were able to punch in one second-half score, and come within inches of another. It was the sixth straight win for Washougal, now 6-2 (5-0 in Southwest Washington League play) and sets up a head-to-head clash for the league championship next Thursday night against Castle Rock, also unbeaten in league play after Friday night's 28-21 win over White Salmon. WASHOUGAL 38, Castle Rock 13* The Washougal Panthers won their seventh straight game and the Southwest Washington League Championship Thursday night, defeating the Castle Rock Rockets, 38-13, at Washougal. After falling behind 7-0 in the first three minutes of play, the Panthers evened the score on the first play of the second quarter with a 25-yard pass from Cody Morris to Danny Stineback, and went in at halftime tied, 7-7. Taking the second half kickoff, the Panthers, aided by another 25 yard pass from Morris to Stineback, drove to the Castle Rock six, where Morris threw to Josh Brock for the score. Tim Ensley's 16-yard run after a Castle Rock turnover built the Washougal lead to 19-7 after three quarters. Chris Martell's 64-yard burst off right tackle gave the Panthers a 25-7 lead early in the fourth quarter, but Castle Rock quickly answered to pull within 12 at 25-13. From there, though, it was all Washougal, as Ensley scored from 15 out on a fourth-down and long, and Martell, set up by Stineback's 37-yard run, scored from the three. The Panthers rushed for 386 yards on 64 carries, with Stineback, Martell and Ensley all rushing for over 100 yards.Stineback's 152 yards gave him 1094 yards rushing for the nine-game regular season , while Martell gained 753 and Ensley 695. Morris completed six of eight for 82 yards, and his two touchdown passes gave him 13 for the season, with just four interceptions. (Stineback has scored 20 touchdowns - 10 running, eight receiving, and two on returns.) The Panthers' defense gave up 140 yards rushing and 116 yards passing, while recovering three Castle Rock fumbles. Castle Rock, which brought a six-game win streak of its own into the game, finished the season 6-3, and will represent the league in the playoffs as its second-place team. Washougal (7-2) as league champion, will play next weekend in nearby Vancouver, Washington, against the winner of a Tuesday night qualifying-round game between Mt. Baker High, located 5 hours north of us, about 10 miles from the Canadian border, and Port Townsend High, located on the Olympic Peninsula,to the northwest of us SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON LEAGUE RECORD 6-0 ---------- PANTHERS DOMINATE ALL-STAR SELECTIONS Seven Washougal Panthers were named to the coaches' Southwest Washington League All-Star team, including running back Dan Stineback, who was a unanimous selection as Offensive Player of the Year. Selected on offense , in addition to Stineback, were guard Teddy Bakken and quarterback Cody Morris. Named on defense were end Steve Rohn, linebackers Josh Brock and Tim Ensley and cornerback Dave Saberi. Named to the second team on offense were guard Jake Barnett and running backs Chris Martell and Tim Ensley; on defense, Josh Taylor at end was named. Placekicker Pete Hughes was also named to th second team. Washougal coach Hugh Wyatt was voted Coach of the Year. Stineback's numbers include 139 carries for 1094 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns; 10 receptions for 235 yards - and 8 touchdowns; 1 punt return for a TD and 1 interception return for a TD. On defense, he intercepted five passes. |
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1999 WASHOUGAL PANTHERS' VARSITY LETTERMEN
Number Name Pos Ht Wt Yr 51 68 45 72 36 65 34 62 12 40 7 14 76 61 27 60 11 32 50 23 Bakken, Teddy Barnett, Jake Bartel, Zach Blair, Ryan Brock, Josh Dering, Chris Ensley, Tim Higdon, Ryan Hughes, Pete Martell, Chris Morris, Cody Ober, Kyle Ortiz, Jason Rohn, Steve Saberi, Dave Stiles, Brian Stineback, Dan Taylor, Josh Uhacz, Luke Utton, Mike OL-DL OL-LB TE-LB OL-LB TE-DE OL-DL RB-DB OL-DL RB-LB RB-LB QB-DB QB-DB OL-DL OL-LB RB-DB OL-DL RB-DB TE-LB OL-DL RB-DE 6 5-10 5-11 5-11 6 6 5-10 6-1 5-9 6 5-10 5-10 5-7 6 5-9 5-11 5-10 6-3 5-10 5-11 235 200 195 185 180 200 160 225 160 190 170 175 170 190 160 205 175 225 200 160 SR SR JUN JUN SR SR SR SOPH JUN SR SR SOPH SOPH JR SR SOPH SR SOPH JUN SOPH