Coach: Blake VanDalen, 9th season with Lynden (73-18)
Home Field: Rollie DeKoster Field
Last Season: 10-2
Key Losses: QB Brant Heppner; TE/OLB Isaiah Oudman; OL/DL Parker Williams; OL/DL Blake Holman.
Top Returnees: OL/DL Zach Dykstra; WR/S Brody Price; WR/CB Sam Arango; RB/LB/K/P Malachi Koenen; OL/DL Carter Vrieling; RB/OLB Max Assink; WR/CB Dani Bowler; WR/S Lofa Tigilau; C/DL Logan Ostry.
LAST SEASON’S RESULTS
Lynden 28, Ferndale 24
Lynden 56, Mariner 0
Lynden 42, Marysville-Pilchuck 21
Anacortes 35, Lynden 21
Lynden 31, Sehome 30
Lynden 36, Squalicum 30
Lynden 7, Archbishop Murphy 3
Lynden 50, Lakewood 8
Lynden 31, Burlington-Edison 7
STATE PLAY-IN GAME:
Lynden 66, Nathan Hale 7
STATE PLAYOFFS:
1st Round: Lynden 38, Fife 6
Quarters: Archbishop Murphy 10, Lynden 9
2025 SCHEDULE
09/05 – Ferndale – 7 PM
09/13 – at Franklin Pierce – 2 PM
09/19 – at Marysville-Pilchuck – 7 PM
09/26 – Anacortes – 7 PM
10/02 – at Sehome – 7 PM
10/10 – Squalicum – 7 PM
10/17 – at Archbishop Murphy – 7 PM
10/24 – at Lakewood – 7 PM
10/31 – Burlington-Edison – 7 PM
THE FEATURED FOUR
Max Assink – Senior – Running Back/Outside Linebacker
Zach Dykstra – Junior – Offensive Line/Defensive Line
Brody Price – Senior – Wide Receiver/Safety
Malachi Koenen – Junior – Running Back/Linebacker/Kicker/Punter
Who will be Lynden’s break out player?
Lukas Lalji – Junior – Quarterback
STATISTICAL LEADERS LAST SEASON OF RETURNING PLAYERS
RUSHING NAME ATT YARDS AVG TD Max Assink 153 914 6.0 13 Lukas Lalji 37 272 7.4 0 Malachi Koenen 12 59 4.9 3 A. Mendoza-Batey 13 54 4.2 0 Dawson VanDalen 6 41 6.8 0 Austin Postma 3 40 13.3 1 Markus Koenen 5 28 5.6 0 Jax Baar 2 4 2.0 1 Landon Tolsma 1 0 0.0 0 PASSING NAME ATT COM YARDS TD INT Lukas Lalji 17 8 73 3 0 Austin Postma 1 1 5 0 0 RECEIVING NAME REC YARDS AVG TD Sam Arango 42 893 21.3 8 Dani Bowler 26 382 14.7 1 Max Assink 13 128 9.9 0 Brody Price 8 160 20.0 1 Lofa Tigilau 4 41 10.3 0 Grady VanDalen 2 8 4.0 0 Malachi Koenen 1 24 24.0 0 Gordy Bedlington 1 7 7.0 1 Drayk Russell 1 5 5.0 0 Sully Petz 1 10 10.0 1 SCORING NAME TD FG 2PT XP PTS Max Assink 14 0 0 0 84 Malachi Koenen 3 8 0 37 79 Sam Arango 8 0 2 0 52 Dani Bowler 2 0 1 0 14 Markus Koenen 0 0 0 12 12 Brody Price 2 0 0 0 12 Sully Petz 1 0 0 0 6 Jax Baar 1 0 0 0 6 Gordy Bedlington 1 0 0 0 6 Austin Postma 1 0 0 0 6 KICKOFF RETURNING NAME KR YARDS AVG TD Dani Bowler 7 119 17.0 0 Max Assink 5 87 17.4 0 Dawson VanDalen 4 74 18.5 0 Sam Arango 2 57 28.5 0 Brody Price 3 56 18.7 0 Malachi Koenen 1 12 12.0 0 Dane Marti 1 10 10.0 0 PUNT RETURNING NAME PR YARDS AVG TD Dani Bowler 4 88 22.0 1 Brody Price 4 46 11.5 0 Sam Arango 1 10 10.0 0 Lofa Tigilau 1 9 9.0 0 PUNTING NAME ATT YARDS AVG Malachi Koenen 10 352 35.2 Markus Koenen 1 34 34.0 DEFENSE NAME TKL TFL SK FF FR PD INT Malachi Koenen 88.5 9.0 0.5 1 1 2 Brody Price 61.5 3.0 1 10 2 Lofa Tigilau 59.0 2.5 4 1 Adam Holman 36.5 0.5 1 Landon Tolsma 32.5 2.0 1 Dani Bowler 28.0 5 1 Dane Marti 28.0 2.5 2.5 2 Jax Baar 20.5 5.5 1 Isaiah Harris 20.0 2.5 1.0 1 1 Dawson VanDalen 20.0 2.0 1 Max Assink 17.5 1.0 3 1 Zach Dykstra 15.5 2.0 2 A. Mendoza-Batey 13.0 2.0 4.0 1 1 Logan Ostry 12.0 3.5 1 Sam Arango 9.0 3 Markus Koenen 8.5 1.0 1 Lincoln VanRy 6.0 Grady VanDalen 4.5 1 1 Weston Card 2.5 1
