Coach: Adam Leonard, 5th season with Bellingham (16-24)

Home Field: Civic Stadium

Last Season: 5-5

Key Losses: WR/DB Joe Harward; C/NT Josh Kroll; RB/DB Owen Hanstead; RB/LB Sonny Powell; T/DL Eli Goodbuffalo; K Constantine Franz.

Top Returnees: WR/LB Calvin VanHofwegen; QB/DB Ben Leonard; WR/DB Matthew Steel; OL/DL Aaron Chaussee; RB/LB D.J. Hill (transfer from Squalicum); DL Rylan Clausen; TE/DE Julius Sefried; TE/LB Danny Flefel; OL/DL Jaquez Love-Rodson.

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LAST SEASON’S RESULTS

Bellingham 19, Lynnwood 7

Bellingham 42, Lakewood 0

Anacortes 68, Bellingham 0

Archbishop Murphy 61, Bellingham 28

Bellingham 20, Granite Falls 14

Burlington-Edison 41, Bellingham 7

Sehome 56, Bellingham 7

Bellingham 7, Marysville-Pilchuck 0

Squalicum 44, Bellingham 0

Bellingham 24, Oak Harbor 19

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2026 SCHEDULE

09/03 – Archbishop Murphy – 7 PM

09/11 – Sultan – 7 PM

09/18 – at Lakewood – 7 PM

09/24 – at Lynden – 7 PM

10/02 – at Marysville-Pilchuck – 7 PM

10/09 – Sehome – 7 PM

10/16 – at Anacortes – 7 PM

10/23 – at Burlington-Edison – 7 PM

10/30 – Squalicum – 7:30 PM

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THE FEATURED FOUR

Calvin VanHofwegen – Senior – Tight End/Linebacker

 

Ben Leonard – Senior – Quarterback

 

Matthew Steel – Senior – Wide Receiver/Defensive Back

 

Aaron Chaussee – Junior – Offensive Line/Defensive Line

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Who will be Bellingham’s break out player?

Julius Sefried – Junior – Tight End/Defensive End

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STATISTICAL LEADERS LAST SEASON OF RETURNING PLAYERS

RUSHING
NAME             ATT  YARDS AVG TD
*D.J. Hill        16    87  5.4  1
Ben Leonard       29   -51 -1.8  0

PASSING
NAME             ATT COM YARDS TD INT
Ben Leonard      285 144  1679 17  9

RECEIVING
NAME             REC  YARDS AVG TD
C. VanHofwegen    31   326 10.5  2
Matthew Steel      1    15 15.0  0
*D.J. Hill         1     8  8.0  0

SCORING
NAME             TD  FG  2PT XP  PTS
C. VanHofwegen    2   0   2   0   16
*D.J. Hill        2   0   0   0   12
Matthew Steel     1   0   0   0    6


KICKOFF RETURNING
NAME             KR  YARDS  AVG TD
Julius Sefried    8   124  15.5  0
Kyren Craft       1     6   6.0  0

PUNT RETURNING
NAME             PR  YARDS  AVG TD
None

PUNTING
NAME             ATT YARDS  AVG
None

DEFENSE
NAME               TKL  TFL   SK  FF  FR  PD  INT
C. VanHofwegen    56.5  4.0  2.0   1       2
Matthew Steel     17.0                 1   7   2
Rylan Clausen      9.5  3.0  3.0   2   1
Daniel Flefel      8.5                 1   1
Julius Sefried     7.5  1.0
**Silas McGerr     6.0  1.0  1.0 
Aaron Chaussee     5.0  2.0  0.5   1
Jaquez Love-Rodson 3.5  1.0
*D.J. Hill         2.5  0.5                    1

*played last season at Squalicum
**stats from 2024 season