Meridian High School, located north of Bellingham, WA, is home of the Trojan Football Team. For the 2009 season, the Trojans are members of the 1A Whatcom County League of the Northwest Conference.
Since 1974, The Trojans have been coached by Bob Ames, with a record of 241-113. In that time, the Trojans have accomplished...
Three State Championships: 1999 (2A), 2003 (2A) , 2006 (1A)
Two State Runners-Up: 1984 (1A) , 2000 (2A)
Three State Semifinalists: 1992 (1A) , 1995 (1A), 1996 (1A)
Fourteen League Championships: 1983, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Thee Undefeated Seasons: 1999, 2003, 2006
Ten Times Undefeated in League: 1983, 1984, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007
All-State First Teamers: 57
All-League First Teamers: 215
Trojan News
Final: Meridian 14/Monte 54 -- 11/15/2009, 12:22 am
Well, that sucked.
But before any more of that, I must personally commend Tait Slesk from playing one helluva gutsy game. A^ It became clear pretty quick how banged up Tait was, but he kept scraping himself up off the turf and getting back after it. A^ I am impressed.
Monte is the real deal, crisp, effective and well-executed. A^ Meridian made early mistakes, with an interception and giving up an onside kick, and Monte took those opportunities to the hilt.
Any discussion of injuries will sound like excuse making… Ahh, hell with it, we had a lot of kids hurt. A^ The kids we did have played hard, right through the end, but Monte was every bit the better team tonight.
Fortunately for us the past decade, we’ve been on the other side of these big playoff wins. A^ Tonight we were on the wrong side. A^ Doesn’t mean we have to like, that’s just the way it goes sometimes.
Seniors, I sincerely hope you wrung every bit out of this season. A^ Clearly it didn’t end as you would have wanted, yet a 12 games spent playing the world’s greatest game and losing all them would be far better than many other pursuits. A^ Take balancing financial spreadsheets, for example.
Juniors, sophomores, and freshman: Cultivate your anger over the off season. A^ Nourish it. A^ Prune back the shoots that do no good so that your Anger blooms strong next fall. A^ Bring your Anger with you into the weightroom in a planter. A^ Hell, throw the Linus blanket around your little potted Anger if that’s what it takes. A^ Tonight did not end great, and that happens, but that doesn’t mean you have it like it. A^ Use it.
Daily World Preview Story -- 11/14/2009, 12:08 pm
Monte’s hometown newspaper, The Daily World, has this preview story this morning:
a^?oeA great program, great coaching, a lot of football tradition,a^?? Montesano head coach Terry Jensen said of Meridian. a^?oeThey are a balanced run-pass team. They run a lot of formations, with shifts and motions. The quarterbacks a^?h cousins Zach and Tait Slesk a^?h are very accurate passers.a^??
Jensen noted that the key to success against Meridian (8-3) will be to slow down the Slesks and control the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. Tait Slesk threw for 241 yards on 13-of-27 attempts and one touchdown, while running back John Murphy ran for 96 yards on 17 carries against Port Townsend.
The article also notes that Monte has injury issues of their own, with LB/RB Gabe West questionable for the game.
SkagitRadio.com Broadcast Link -- 11/14/2009, 11:41 am
Direct link to SkagitRadio.com’s broadcast of tonight’s game: http://skagitradio.youcastr.com/broadcast/meridian-vs-montesano-2009-playoff-football
Triple-Threat Montesano Game Coverage -- 11/13/2009, 10:47 pm
Trojan updates coming atcha from all directions. A^ I wanna get into it, man, you know.
Not now, James, we’re busy.
Ok, with that out of the way, Threat #1: A^ An improved MeridianFootball.com gametracker, linked to the homepage of the site. A^ We ironed out some of the issues last time with getting YouTube updates posted in a timely fashion. A^ This time around, we are using UStream.TV for the uploads, which automagically cross-posts to You–, blahblah. A^ It works. A^ We also have a wannabe version of the Yahoo Sports live scoreboard feature, tracking time, down, distance, possession, etc. just as soon as I bother to update it from Tumwater. A^ Last and likely also least, look for links coming through the TwitterA^ feedA^ for Audioboo audio updates from the game. A^ Audioboo.fm is a site that offers easy sharing of quick audio clips through a cellphone.
Threat #2, SkagitRadio.com will be broadcasting live from the game and streaming online. A^ I don’t know quite the details yet, but I presume at game time you go to their site and access the stream. A^ Furthermore after the game, they make their broadcasts available as a free podcast.
Threat #3, KGMI AM will be broadcasting the game on air and online.
John Murphy Is Heralda^?(TM)s POTW -- 11/13/2009, 8:47 am
Congrats, John. A^ Now do it again.
Meridian running back John Murphy has been voted the Football Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Aaron Dickson of Rice Insurance, in an online poll.
Murphy received 43.4 percent (169 votes) of the 389 votes cast at TheBellinghamHerald.com/sports, beating out Blaine’s Tucker Morgan and Nooksack Valley’s Tyler Perry.
Murphy, a sophomore, rushed for 196 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries in Meridian’s 32-7 Class 1A Northwest District playoff victory at Coupeville on Nov. 5. Two of his TD runs covered 66 and 47 yards.
“John had a great game,” Meridian coach Bob Ames said. “Just a great, great game for us. I was real happy for him.”