Greg Lee

Just call him Every-Down Karstetter. Ferris’ senior two-way standout Cole Karstetter rarely came off the field Friday, and that was a good thing for the Saxons.

The Shadle Park football team’s offense was productive as usual, but the defense stepped up in timely fashion Thursday night. Behind six sacks, one critical fumble recovery and an interception, the Highlanders stymied the Mead Panthers 33-7 in a Greater Spokane League game at Joe Albi Stadium.

They’ve been largely unheralded because the kid throwing to them seemingly breaks another record every week. Shadle Park junior quarterback Brett Rypien isn’t gathering national recruiting interest by himself. He’s the first to admit it.

Perfection. For the first time this fall, one of the competitors in Pick 6 had a perfect week. You can probably guess it was Yours Truly. There wouldn’t be this run up had it been THE OTHER GUY.

Perhaps the Gonzaga Prep and Mead football teams still hadn’t shaken off upset losses to 3A teams the week before. That would be the nice way of saying both teams had stretches of hideous play, particularly on offense.

In a word, wild. In another word, unprecedented.

Brett Rypien continues to rewrite Greater Spokane League records. This time he leapfrogged Uncle Mark.

Week 5 in Greater Spokane League football will be similar to the first four weeks. That means there’s at least one potentially entertaining game. As it turns out there are two that jump off the schedule.

The Mt. Spokane football team completed an improbable sweep by 3A teams over 4A teams Friday in an electrifying Greater Spokane League doubleheader at Joe Albi Stadium. And Mt. Spokane is the lone unbeaten team remaining after four weeks.

Mt. Spokane is the lone unbeaten team remaining after four weeks of Greater Spokane League football. The Wildcats’ defense shut out the Mead Panthers 10-0 in the Battle of the Bell before a crowd of 10,202 on Friday night at Albi Staidum.

RITZVILLE – If any team would have reason to be overconfident in trying to repeat as a state champion it would be the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague football team. The Broncos return the nucleus responsible for leading them to the State 2B title last fall. And in the center of that nucleus are four senior captains – quarterback Dylan Hartz, running back Connor O’Neill, tight end Ryan Whitmore, the son of head coach Greg Whitmore, and left tackle Tyler Frederick.