How is it that every week of the playoff season seems longer than the previous week? After much anticipation, Royal will face the Colville Indians in the 1A Washington State Semifinals at Lyon’s Field in Moses Lake at 1pm on Saturday. This will be the toughest contest yet for the Knights as they square off against a Colville squad that was ranked #2 in the preseason by many. They opened the season with a few unexpected losses while missing a few key players, but have battled back and won 9 straight since. They avenged their week 2 loss to Meridian with a 42-22 win in the rematch last week in the quarterfinal round. Before that, they blew out Connell in the opening round. Results against common opponents have been very similar.
The Indians are a run-first team that comes at you from all angles, but they are competent through the air as well. The Knights will be focused on stopping their ground attack first and hoping to put them into some long down and distance scenarios. Both teams have comparable size at the line of scrimmage, so the advantage will go to the team that is more physical with that size. Sure tackling will also come at a premium. For Colville, the feature back will be Jakob Larson, a shifty back with great balance. For Royal, Alonso Hernandez combination of speed and power will present problems for the Colville defense.
Both teams ran through the respective leagues without resistance. Colville scores 39 per game while only conceding 12. Royal posts 56 per game and hold their opponents to 3. Something has to give. What will make the difference? Which will move on past this penultimate contest and play for the trophy? Make your way to the game and find out for yourself.
If you can’t be there, then join us for all of the live video action on the NFHS Network. Be sure to subscribe in advance so you don’t miss any of the action. The subscription is $10 and will get you access to ALL WIAA semifinal and championship football games over the next two weeks.
This link should get you straight to the game page and allow you to subscribe in advance https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/sports/...4kyrSzmvbnazjg9SXi-1kjeJi2SO8xozCJrKSCb8zn9Ks
We also plan to provide an audio-only broadcast at our regular location. www.royalknightsfootball.com
Either way, kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 pm but we hope to get started early with a game preview and information about both teams before things get underway. Tune it around 12:30 so you don’t miss anything.
The Indians are a run-first team that comes at you from all angles, but they are competent through the air as well. The Knights will be focused on stopping their ground attack first and hoping to put them into some long down and distance scenarios. Both teams have comparable size at the line of scrimmage, so the advantage will go to the team that is more physical with that size. Sure tackling will also come at a premium. For Colville, the feature back will be Jakob Larson, a shifty back with great balance. For Royal, Alonso Hernandez combination of speed and power will present problems for the Colville defense.
Both teams ran through the respective leagues without resistance. Colville scores 39 per game while only conceding 12. Royal posts 56 per game and hold their opponents to 3. Something has to give. What will make the difference? Which will move on past this penultimate contest and play for the trophy? Make your way to the game and find out for yourself.
If you can’t be there, then join us for all of the live video action on the NFHS Network. Be sure to subscribe in advance so you don’t miss any of the action. The subscription is $10 and will get you access to ALL WIAA semifinal and championship football games over the next two weeks.
This link should get you straight to the game page and allow you to subscribe in advance https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/sports/...4kyrSzmvbnazjg9SXi-1kjeJi2SO8xozCJrKSCb8zn9Ks
We also plan to provide an audio-only broadcast at our regular location. www.royalknightsfootball.com
Either way, kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 pm but we hope to get started early with a game preview and information about both teams before things get underway. Tune it around 12:30 so you don’t miss anything.