#North Kitsap

Asked about his favorite play from four years of high school football, Daniel Matagi - one of the most well-spoken athletes in the area - needed a minute to find an answer. And when it came, it wasn't a sack, or a big hit, or a pancake block, or even a play that had any contact. It didn't come from a win; in fact, it came from the loss that ended…

Low numbers, inexperience and COVID protocols combined to take a lot of the air out of Sequim's 2021 season last fall. "Last year going into the North Kitsap jamboree, we had multiple people starting on varsity that had never played football before," SHS head coach Erik Wiker said. "We couldn't run plays from our wristbands and we've been using…