The annual 7-on-7 Cougars Championship Passing Tournament is scheduled for Saturday at Lakewood High School. Lakewood football coach Dan Teeter, the tournament organizer, sent me a list of the teams that will participate:
Class 4A
Bethel
Bothell
Issaquah
Kamiak
Lake Stevens
Stanwood
Class 3A
Eastside Catholic
Glacier Peak
Juanita
Liberty
Marysville Getchell
Mount Vernon
Class 2A
Bellingham
Lakewood
Port Angeles
Prosser
Sultan
Class 1A
Coupeville
King’s
Class 2B
LaConner
New this year: Coach Teeter added a competition for offensive linemen. The events are bench press, tire toss, tire relay, tug-o-war and 400-meter relay. The O-line Challenge starts at 10 a.m. with the bench press in Lakewood’s weight room. The final event, the 400 relay, begins at 2 p.m.
The 7-on-7 passing tournament starts at 9 a.m. and concludes with the championship game at 6 p.m. (see full schedule below). The teams are divided up into five divisions. There will be round-robin games and then playoffs.
Here are the divisions:
Maroon Division
Lake Stevens (4A), Mount Vernon (3A), Lakewood (2A), Prosser (2A)
Gold Division
Bethel (4A), Liberty (3A), Bellingham (2A), Sultan (2A)
Black Division
Bothell (4A), Eastside Catholic (3A), Glacier Peak (3A), LaConner (2B)
White Division
Issaquah (4A), Stanwood (4A), Port Angeles (2A), King’s (1A)
Red Division
Kamiak (4A), Juanita (3A), Marysville Getchell (3A), Coupeville (1A)
Here is the full schedule, starting with round-robin action:
ROUND ROBIN
9 a.m.
Lakewood vs. Mount Vernon, Sultan vs. Bellingham, Glacier Peak vs. LaConner, Stanwood vs. King’s, Kamiak vs Marysville Getchell.
10 a.m.
Lake Stevens vs. Prosser, Bethel vs. Liberty, Bothell vs. Eastside Catholic, Port Angeles vs. Issaquah, Juanita vs. Coupeville.
11 a.m.
Lakewood vs. Prosser, Bellingham vs. Liberty, Glacier Peak vs. Eastside Catholic, Stanwood vs. Issaquah, Kamiak vs. Coupeville.
Noon
Lake Stevens vs. Mount Vernon, Bethel vs. Sultan, Bothell vs. LaConner, Port Angeles vs. King’s, Juanita vs. Marysville Getchell
1 p.m.
Lakewood vs. Lake Stevens, Bellingham vs. Bethel, Glacier Peak vs. Bothell, Stanwood vs. Port Angeles, Kamiak vs. Juanita
2 p.m.
Prosser vs. Mount Vernon, Liberty vs. Sultan, Eastside Catholic vs. LaConner, Issaquah vs. King’s, Coupeville vs. Marysville Getchell
CONSOLATION GAMES
(The bottom 12 teams, which do not make the playoff bracket, will each get one additional game.)
3 p.m.
9 vs. 10, 11 vs. 12, 13 vs. 14, 15 vs. 16, 17 vs. 18, 19 vs. 20.
PLAYOFFS
(Pairings determined by overall record. First tiebreaker is head-to-head, if tiebreaker involves only two teams. Second tiebreaker is overall point differential for round-robin games.)
4 p.m.
1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5.
SEMIFINALS
5 p.m.
CHAMPIONSHIP
6 p.m.
AWARDS
(Championship trophy, as well as Offensive MVP and Defensive MVP awards, will be presented.)
7 p.m.
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