No. 9 Othello Huskies: 2019 Washington high school 2A football preview

2018 IN REVIEW

5-5 overall, 3-1 in the 2A Central Washington Athletic Conference North (tied-first place).

COACHING RESUME

Roger Hoell, 26th season

RETURNING STARTERS

Offense - 7. Defense - 6.

TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYERS

RB Isaac Barragan 5-10, 175, Sr.

OL Elijah Roylance 6-2, 230, Sr.

FB Isaiah Perez 6-3, 252, Sr.

TOP DEFENSIVE PLAYERS

DL Isaiah Perez 6-3, 252, Sr.

DL Elijah Roylance 6-2, 230, Sr.

DB Liddell Giles 5-10, 165, Sr.

LB Eric Gomez 5-8, 190, Sr.

THREE TO SEE

Isaiah Perez, defensive end/full back

League’s defensive MVP as a junior. Big, powerful full back, tight end and linebacker. The three-star BYU commit started at middle linebacker last season, but moved to defensive end. Said an opposing coach: “teams run away from him, not at him.” Said another: “He can ruin a game at nose guard.”

Elijah Roylance, lineman

First-team all-league selection as a guard. Impactful two-way starter. Mat Classic-competitive wrestler. 

Isaac Barragan, running back

Othello’s scatback — Barragan is pure speed. The lightning to Perez’s thunder. Effective in space, used in outside runs, tosses.

OUTLOOK

Othello returns a strong cast to execute its run-heavy power-option system, making the Huskies one of the teams to beat out of the CWAC, and one that has the talent to be competitive in the postseason. 

That centers around the team’s offensive and defensive focal point: Isaiah Perez.

The hulking, speedy defensive end/full back has been a nightmare for opposing teams in years past, and his senior season should be no different. With speedy Isaac Barragan as the counterpart to the Huskies’ two-back system, the question is will they have enough firepower to outdo last season’s finish, in which is lost in a tiebreaker ahead of the CWAC crossover. 

2019 SCHEDULE

Sept 6: Connel, 7 p.m.

Sept. 13: at Royal, 7 p.m.

Sept. 20: at West Valley (Spokane), 7 p.m.

Sept. 27: at Quincy, 7 p.m.

Oct. 4: Ephrata, 7 p.m.

Oct. 11: at East Valley (Yakima), 7 p.m.

Oct. 18: Ellensburg, 7 p.m.

Oct. 25: Pullman, 7 p.m.

Nov. 1: CWAC crossovers, 7 p.m.

*home games in bold