This Saturday at 1pm at Lions Field in Moses Lake the Knights will face another formidable opponent on their quest for a return trip to the Tacoma Dome. The Newport Grizzlies (10-1 record) of the Northeast A League, avenged their only loss of the season by defeating the favored Colville Indians 21-7. The Grizzlies have a very quarterback-oriented offense and are led at the position by senior Koa Pancho. He is both their leading passer and leading rusher. He completes 65% of his passes and has thrown 12 TDs against 7 interceptions. He has also run for over 800 yards and 16 rushing TDs. Joining him in the backfield will be junior power back Danny Bradbury. Pancho’s favorite receivers are both over 6’ tall.
The Knights will have to keep Pancho in the pocket and limit his effectiveness on designed run plays to control the game. The defensive line will need to maintain their gap responsibilities and keep the linebacking corps clean to read and react. Offensively the Knights will want to again establish their running game to open the passing game. The Newport defense isn’t overly big, but is very athletic and have limited teams to 2 TDs or less in all but two games.
The Knights took down the undefeated Okanogan Bulldogs at the Apple Bowl in Wenatchee last Saturday with a final score of 49-0. Running back Alonso Hernandez and the offensive line set the tone early by running for 65 yards and a TD on the very first play of the game. Hernandez finished with a career high 200 rushing yards on the day. His line gave him creases to run through and he didn’t hesitate.
Saturday’s big game will be available through the NFHS Network on video for $9.95 at https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/newport-high-school-newport-wa/27887a5b01
Our broadcast will be audio only at www.royalknightsfootball.com
If you can’t make it to the game, you can pay for the video and then mute their audio and also open our webcast to LISTEN LIVE to our call of the game.
Kickoff is at 1pm and the broadcast will begin around 12:40.
The Knights will have to keep Pancho in the pocket and limit his effectiveness on designed run plays to control the game. The defensive line will need to maintain their gap responsibilities and keep the linebacking corps clean to read and react. Offensively the Knights will want to again establish their running game to open the passing game. The Newport defense isn’t overly big, but is very athletic and have limited teams to 2 TDs or less in all but two games.
The Knights took down the undefeated Okanogan Bulldogs at the Apple Bowl in Wenatchee last Saturday with a final score of 49-0. Running back Alonso Hernandez and the offensive line set the tone early by running for 65 yards and a TD on the very first play of the game. Hernandez finished with a career high 200 rushing yards on the day. His line gave him creases to run through and he didn’t hesitate.
Saturday’s big game will be available through the NFHS Network on video for $9.95 at https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/newport-high-school-newport-wa/27887a5b01
Our broadcast will be audio only at www.royalknightsfootball.com
If you can’t make it to the game, you can pay for the video and then mute their audio and also open our webcast to LISTEN LIVE to our call of the game.
Kickoff is at 1pm and the broadcast will begin around 12:40.