Coach: Craig Bartl, 3rd season with Nooksack Valley (12-21 overall)

Home Field: Sid Lambert Field at Nooksack Valley High School

Last Season: 2-4

Key Losses: T/DE Liam Coppinger; RB/S/P Scout Whittern; C/DT Alex Clawson; QB/CB Cody Coppinger; WR/CB Colten Brower.

Top Returnees: ILB Jet Triplett; RB/CB Jordan Silva; OL/DE Nick Dykstra; OL/DT Duke Halaapiapi; TE/OLB Caleb Kingma; WR/OLB Dawson Kimball.

LAST SEASON’S RESULTS

Mount Baker 26, Nooksack Valley 0

Meridian 17, Nooksack Valley 10

Nooksack Valley 24, Anacortes 21

Blaine 26, Nooksack Valley 18

Nooksack Valley 44, Oak Harbor 22

Bellingham 30, Nooksack Valley 12

2021 SCHEDULE

09/02 – Sehome – 7 PM

09/10 – Hoquiam – 6 PM

09/18 – at Rainier Beach – 5 PM

09/24 – at King’s – 7:30 PM

10/01 – at Meridian – 7 PM

10/08 – Mount Baker – 7 PM

10/15 – Lynden Christian – 7 PM

10/22 – at Squalicum – 5 PM (Civic Stadium)

10/29 – at Blaine – 7 PM

THE FEATURED FOUR

Jet Triplett – Senior – Inside Linebacker

Major speed in the middle of the field for the Pioneer defense, and a sure tackler. He led Whatcom County with 49 tackles last season, and he has a lot of returning defensive starters around him.

Jordan Silva – Senior – Running Back/Cornerback

One of the best overall athletes in the 1A Whatcom County ranks. He has a lot of varsity experience, and his big-play ability on both sides of the ball will be a huge benefit for the Pioneers this season.

Nick Dykstra – Senior – Right Tackle/Defensive End

With his 8.5 tackles for loss, along with two sacks, his 10+stops behind the line of scrimmage in just six games last season show how dominant he was. There’s no reason to believe it will be any different this fall. He also returns at offensive tackle to clear huge holes for Silva.

Caleb Kingma – Senior – Tight End/Inside Linebacker

Not a traditional tight end in the Pioneer offense, but he won’t play too far from Dykstra on the line of scrimmage. He led his team in receiving last season, and was an awesome defender that can bring the heat, or cover multiple positions.

Who will be Nooksack Valley’s break-out player?

John Stremler – Sophomore – Offensive Line/Defensive Line

A starter at defensive end last year as a freshman, I could see a HUGE jump in production this year. As he continues to grow and get stronger, it’s just going to cause more havoc for the rest of the 1A schools in the area.

STATISTICAL LEADERS LAST SEASON OF RETURNING PLAYERS

RUSHING
NAME             ATT  YARDS AVG TD
Jordan Silva      78   480  6.2  5
Joey Brown        12   -41 -3.4  0

PASSING
NAME             ATT COM YARDS TD INT
Joey Brown        39  19  187   1  5

RECEIVING
NAME             REC  YARDS AVG TD
Caleb Kingma      13   150 11.5  1
Jordan Silva       9    77  8.6  1
Dawson Kimball     8    88 11.0  0

SCORING
NAME             TD  FG  2PT XP  PTS
Jordan Silva      6   0    0  0   36
Caleb Kingma      1   0    1  0    8

KICKOFF RETURNING
NAME             KR  YARDS  AVG TD
Jordan Silva      4    77  19.3  0
Jet Triplett      2    29  14.5  0
Caleb Kingma      1    14  14.0  0
Dawson Kimball    1     0   0.0  0

PUNT RETURNING
NAME             PR  YARDS  AVG TD
Jordan Silva      1    -1  -1.0  0

PUNTING
NAME             ATT YARDS  AVG
None

DEFENSE
NAME               TKL  TFL   SK  FF  FR  PD  INT
Jet Triplett      49.0  4.5  1.0
Duke Halaapiapi   35.0  8.5  1.0   1       2
Caleb Kingma      32.5  3.5  1.5       1
Jordan Silva      27.5  2.0  1.0   2   1   6   1
Nick Dykstra      27.0  8.5  2.0       1   2
John Stremler     18.5  2.5  2.0 
Dawson Kimball    17.0  1.0  1.5       1       1
Gerrit Bruland     8.5
Cian Carter        3.5
Jackson Bennett    1.0
Joey Brown         0.5