
2A/1A/B East/West Football All-Star Game...
Official Home of the Washington State Football Coaches Earl Barden All-Star Classic held at East Valley on Sat., June 21.
Official Home of the Washington State Football Coaches Earl Barden All-Star Classic held at East Valley on Sat., June 21.
Lance Allred of state champion Royal and Mason Perez of Othello head star-studded East Roster. Multi-sport standout Brant Heppner of Lynden leads West standout cast. (Microsoft Word Doc.)
La Salle's Cody Lamb will coach the Earl Barden East squad and be assisted by Kyle Cairns of Tri City Prep, Jason Smith (former Toppenish coach), and Dan Hill of WF West.
Mazen Saade of Onalaska will lead the Earl Barden West staff. He will be assisted by Kenny Ulery of Onalaska and Shawn Froese of White Salmon.
Last year Anacortes won the 2A state championship in impressive fashion including a 60-30 victory over Tumwater in the title game. Quarterback Rex Larson helped lead that team and his 181 yards passing on 16-20 attempts helped the West down the East in the 2024 Earl Barden Classic at East Valley High School.
Luke Thomson's Yakima Herald article here: https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/sports_watch/anacortes-quarterback-leads-west-to-win-at-earl-barden-classic/article_7a5730d4-2e96-11ef-b323-93ca7bdc4c40.html
Click the link for the Yakima Herald photo gallery.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — West, Ibsen 8-16, Ward 4-13, Ferrill Johnson 2-10, John Stremler 1-8, Carter Studer 2-5, Ayres 1-4, Larson 1-1. East, Alexander Mendez 3-18, Jackson Forsyth 1-6, Sackman 2-5, Tyler Lenz 1-1, Kooper Clark 2-(-4), Kaden LaPlaunt 2-(-18).
PASSING — West, Larson 16-20-0-181, Studer 6-9-0-36, Ayres 1-1-0-35. East, Sackman 9-11-0-121, LaPlaunt 4-8-0-52, Carter Steinwald 2-5-0-10.
RECEIVING — Cody Strawn 4-78, Kayden Stuit 6-74, Silva 1-35, Landon Schafer 4-24, Ibsen 1-17, Cooper Moore 2-12, Ayres 2-9, Ashton Demarest 3-3. East, Case Christensen 6-104, Kellen Riner 1-27, Hayden Murphy 3-17, Cameron Groves 2-14, LaPlaunt 1-14, Bennett Brown 2-7.
West 8 - 12 - 6 - = 32
East 0 - 7 - 0 -0 = 7
West — Stephen Ibsen (Castle Rock) 8 run (Cooper Moore (Lynden) pass from Carter Studer (Elam))
West — Jalen Ward (LaCenter) 1 run (pass failed)
East — Case Christensen (Royal) 31 pass from Beau Sackman (Omar) (Eric O'Neel kick)
West — Luke Silva (Olympic) 35 pass from Charlie Ayres (Lynden) (pass failed)
West — Ibsen (Castle Rock) 1 run (pass failed)
West — Rex Larson (Anacortes) 1 run (Larson run)
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DownloadIt is truly fitting the East/West. All-Star Classic Football Game has been renamed the Earl Barden All-Star Classic. This event would not exist today if it were not for the organizational skills and financial wizardry from the man who did not take "No" for an answer.
Small school football players across the state of Washington were often overlooked when it came to all-star game honors. So this event was started to give players from the 2A level on down a chance to experience the brotherhood learned from spending a week together highlighted by a Saturday football game.
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Zillah's Cash Layman returns the opening kickoff.
(Jeff Place photo)
They say defense wins games, but after four quarters, it was tied 0-0. In the Classic's first overtime game, the East beat the West 8-6. The difference wound up being a two-point conversion.
ReadLuke Thompson of the Yakima Herald's article on the game by clicking the button.
Zillah's Zane Delp has four sacks and earns honor
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2024 Earl Barden Football Classic. Kickoff at One PM, Saturday, June 22.