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FRIDAY HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

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Playoff schedule drained Wolverine football team

posted 11/15/2006
Friday Harbor High School football coach Richard Ledford doesn't want to be "an excuse-maker," but he couldn't help noticing his team's diminished energy in a 21-0 state playoff loss to Montesano on Saturday, Nov. 11.

The Wolverines trimmed Coupeville Thursday, Nov. 2 and routed Orting Tuesday, Nov. 7 before meeting the Montesano Bulldogs in the first round of Class 1A State Tournament. "They (Montesano) played a hard game. Our kids played a hard game… We just seemed a step or thought behind," Ledford said.

"Three physical games in a 10-day period took their toll," Ledford said.

The Wolverine coach complemented his team's defensive effort after they lost senior quarterback Cole Franklin to a neck injury in the second quarter. "Their offense didn't score on us from that point," Ledford said, noting the Bulldogs' third touchdown came on a kickoff return.

Franklin was hit in the helmet by a Montesano player's helmet. He suffered muscular, but not skeletal trauma. "It was a very painful injury, but one he can recover from," Ledford said.

Friday Harbor completed the season 9-2. During the past three years, the Wolverines made three consecutive Class 1A's Sweet 16 appearances, played in two quarterfinals and two semifinals. The 2006 squad's four-year players went 38-7 in their high school careers and the three-year seniors were 32-4. "That's not too shabby," Ledford noted.

"I'm extremely proud of our players and the coaching staff," he added. "The last few weeks have been brutal."

WOLVERINE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
as of Sept. 3, 2006

date opponent time  
Sept. 1 FRIDAY HARBOR 26
ORCAS 14
WINSTORY and FIVE PAGES OF PHOTOS
Sept. 8 FRIDAY HARBOR 19
Kings 9
WINSTORY
Sept. 15 Friday Harbor 39
La Conner 0
WINSTORY and PHOTOS
Sept. 22 Friday Harbor 48
Nooksack Valley
WINSTORY and PHOTOS
Sept. 29 at Meridian LOSS 
Oct. 7 Friday Harbor 35
Lynden Christian 10
WINSTORY and PHOTOS
Oct. 14 Friday Harbor 41
Sands, B.C. 13
WINSTORY
Oct. 20 Friday Harbor 31
Cascade Christian 14
WINSTORY and PHOTOS
Oct. 27 no game  
Nov. 2 District 1 Playoff
Friday Harbor 12
Coupeville 7
WINSTORY and PHOTOS
Nov. 7 District 1/3 Playoff in Sumner
Friday Harbor 42
Orting 14
WINSTORY and FOUR PAGES of PHOTOS
Nov. 11 First Round of State Playoffs
Montesano 21
Friday Harbor 0
LOSSSTORY and FIVE PAGES of PHOTOS
Nov. 17 Second Round of State  
Nov. 24 Third Round of State  
Dec. 1 State Finals  

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