2023 Nooksack Valley Football Preview

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Coach: Craig Bartl, 5th season with Nooksack Valley (7th season overall, 25-28)

Home Field: Sid Lambert Field

Last Season: 9-2

Key Losses: TE/OLB Ryan Hughes; WR/S Bennett DeLange; CB Thomas Abell-Stean; P Shon Visser.

Top Returnees: G/ILB John Stremler; RB/OLB Colton Lentz; G/DT Duke Halaapiapi; T/DE Brady Ackerman; QB Joey Brown; WR/SS Jackson Bennett; ILB Daemion Perez; RB/OLB Skyler Whittern; WR/S Cory Olney; C/DT Cian Coppinger; TE/CB Wayne Silves; T/DE Dalton Hickey; K Jorgen Vigre; TE/S Kasey Newton; OL/DL Adlei Whitworth; WR/DB Tristan Kamphouse; WR/CB Evan Bravo; WR/S Matthew Blake.


LAST SEASON’S RESULTS

Nooksack Valley 15, Mountain View 14

Nooksack Valley 21, Connell 0

Nooksack Valley 25, King’s 23

Nooksack Valley 63, Hoquiam 20

Nooksack Valley 48, Meridian 15

Lynden Christian 30, Nooksack Valley 7

Nooksack Valley 28, Mount Baker 20

Nooksack Valley 44, Blaine 7

STATE PLAYOFFS:

1st Round: Nooksack Valley 37, Riverside 13

Quarters: Nooksack Valley 34, Cashmere 24

Semis: Mount Baker 14, Nooksack Valley 13


2023 SCHEDULE

09/01 – at Mountain View – 4:30 PM

09/08 – Connell – 7 PM

09/15 – at King’s – 7 PM

09/22 – Hoquiam 6 PM

09/29 – at Meridian – 7 PM

10/06 – Lynden Christian – 7 PM

10/13 – Mount Baker – 7 PM

BYE WEEK

10/27 – at Blaine – 7 PM


THE FEATURED FOUR

John Stremler – Senior – Guard/Inside Linebacker

 

Colton Lentz – Junior – Running Back/Outside Linebacker

 

Joey Brown – Senior – Quarterback

 

Brady Ackerman – Junior – Offensive Tackle/Defensive End


Who will be Nooksack Valley’s break out player?

Matthew Blake – Sophomore – Wide Receiver/Safety



STATISTICAL LEADERS LAST SEASON OF RETURNING PLAYERS

RUSHING
NAME             ATT  YARDS AVG TD
Colton Lentz     217  1540  7.1 18
Joey Brown       111   614  5.5 12
Skyler Whittern   60   436  7.3  4
Cory Olney        30    67  2.2  0
Matthew Blake      7    64  9.1  1
Evan Bravo         3    28  9.3  0
Daemion Perez      2    26 13.0  0
Jaxon Hester       1     7  7.0  0
Jackson Bennett    4     6  1.5  0
Cameron O'Bryan    5     6  1.2  0
Duke Halaapiapi    1     3  3.0  0
Evan Brown         3     1  0.3  0
Jordan Miner       1    -5 -5.0  0
Jorgen Vigre       1    -9 -9.0  0

PASSING
NAME             ATT COM YARDS TD INT
Joey Brown       145  90  1182 11  4
Evan Brown         6   2    40  0  1

RECEIVING
NAME             REC  YARDS AVG TD
Jackson Bennett   31   521 16.8  5
Cory Olney        20   270 13.5  3
Evan Bravo        10   115 11.5  1
Colton Lentz       6    48  8.0  0
Skyler Whittern    3    18  6.0  0
Kasey Newton       3    16  5.3  0
Matthew Blake      1    37 37.0  0
Tristan Kamphouse  1     4  4.0  0
Jaxon Hester       1     3  3.0  0
Joey Brown         1    -7 -7.0  0

SCORING
NAME             TD  FG  2PT XP  PTS
Colton Lentz     19   0   2   0  118
Joey Brown       12   0   1   0   74
Jorgen Vigre      0   2   0  34   40
Jackson Bennett   6   0   0   0   36
Skyler Whittern   4   0   0   0   24
Cory Olney        3   0   0   0   18
Matthew Blake     1   0   0   0    6
Evan Bravo        1   0   0   0    6
Brian Leyerly     0   0   1   0    2

KICKOFF RETURNING
NAME             KR  YARDS  AVG TD
Jackson Bennett  14   292  20.9  0
Evan Bravo        8   162  20.3  0
Cole Bauman       2    35  17.5  0
Tristan Kamphouse 2    16   8.0  0
Cory Olney        1    15  15.0  0

PUNT RETURNING
NAME             PR  YARDS  AVG TD
Jackson Bennett  13   199  15.3  1
Cory Olney        1    17  17.0  0

PUNTING
NAME             ATT YARDS  AVG
Skyler Whittern    3   89  29.7
Dylan Reimer       1   37  37.0

DEFENSE
NAME               TKL  TFL   SK  FF  FR  PD  INT
Daemion Perez     92.0  8.0  4.0   2       1
John Stremler     77.5  8.5  5.0   1       2
Colton Lentz      58.0  2.5  1.0       1   7   1
Skyler Whittern   39.5  1.0        1   1   1
Cory Olney        38.0  1.5                6   4
Wayne Silves      32.0  1.5  1.0           5   1
Brady Ackerman    31.0  5.5  6.5           2
Jackson Bennett   30.0  3.0                1   2
Duke Halaapiapi   26.5  4.0  1.0       1
Cian Coppinger    21.0  3.5  1.0
Colby Martin      19.0  1.5  2.0
Dalton Hickey     16.5  1.0  2.0
Evan Bravo        10.0
Adlei Whitworth    8.0  1.0  1.0
Cameron O'Bryan    6.0
Kasey Newton       5.0                 1
Tristan Kamphouse  4.0
Cole Bauman        3.0                     1
Brock Lankhaar     2.0  2.0
Jordan Miner       2.0                     1
Matthew Blake      1.0                     3
Jorgen Vigre       1.0
Joey Brown         1.0
Muhammad Azzam     1.0
Evan Brown         1.0
Crew Bauman        1.0
Kaden Visser       1.0
Jaxon Hester       1.0