Wildcats Win Season Opener

It's a big day as the Wildcats take the field for the first time this season against Cal Lutheran in McMinnville.

Linfield ended the Kingsmens' season in the first round of the playoffs last November and also avenged their season opening loss from last season to Cal Lu in Thousand Oaks.

Brent gets his first ever start for Linfield today which really kicks up the excitement level. He'll be playing DE today and for his Senior year has decided to switch to #92 in honor of his brother who wore that number at Eastern Oregon for 4 years.

One hour prior to that game the Warriors kickoff their first road game this season at Husky Stadium in Seattle. We're looking forward to that to see if these Warriors are really going to be able to make some big things happen this year.

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Linfield survived an opening drive TD by CLU to win their first game, 24-14.

First-time starting QB Mickey Inns shook off some opening jitters to manage the win, mostly by handing off to RB Josh Hill and Hill's replacement Stephen Nasca.

Brent did start the game and rotated snaps with 4 other DE's. He played well and I'll update his stats when they become available.

Mixed Reviews

Hawaii won on Saturday and clinched at least a tie for the WAC championship. That is quite the accomplishment since they were picked to finish last in the Conference before the season started.

St. Louis won their 3rd State Championship on Friday night. It was Ryan's first year coaching at the varsity level as an assistant coach. We were happy that he was able to be a part of his Alma Mater's football success this season. It was really special since we were able to bring Brent home for the weekend.

He was able to come back because he wasn't selected to travel with the Linfield 52-man playoff squad for their game in St. Paul, MN.

The Wildcats played a terrific 2nd round game but came up short in the second Overtime period and fell to the St. Thomas Tommies to end their season. That was the only downer of the weekend.

Football!

Football season is finally here in full swing!

UH Warriors escaped with a win last night. Before the game we got together with the Tsaikos again at the Cabana by the Pearl Harbor Marina. It was great to see everyone again...we had people there literally from one end of the state (Waimea, Kauai) to the other (Hilo, Big Island)


We were surprised (and a little saddened) to find out that two of our Tsaiko friends will be making a one-way trip to the mainland when they go up for the UNLV game.

midnight and Barbara will be moving to Arlington, Texas to help care for some family. We'll miss them. They are a very nice and gentle couple.