High School Football Preview: Metro (3A)

The premier fall sport is approaching, High School Football. Friday night lights takes over the state of Washington in the Fall sports season. The Metro League contains the top talent and the top teams in the Seattle region. For the first part of our High School Football preview, we will provide the latest MaxPrep rankings of teams in the Metro League along with projected records for each team.

It looks like O'Dea will look continue their Metro dominance. They to be the top team in all of the state at the 3A level. Like previous O'Dea teams, this one will dominate in the trenches, leading to a formidable running game that will leave opposing defenses well...defenseless. Eastside Catholic is also an interesting case, their move to a brand new campus in Sammamish means a brand new football home for a strong team.

Nathan Hale has a relatively easy schedule and could go undefeated as their projected record indicates. However when Metro playoffs get underway, they will meet their match in Eastside, Bainbridge, and O'Dea.

Note: State Rankings take into account every single team in the state from every classification.

Key

State Rankings in Parenthesis

PR= Projected 2008 Record

1. O'Dea Fighting Irish (5)- PR: 7-0
2. Eastside Catholic Crusaders (44)- PR: 5-3
3. Bainbridge Spartans (76)- PR: 6-2
4. Nathan Hale Raiders (93)- PR: 8-0
5. Bishop Blanchet Braves (95)- PR: 4-4
6. Franklin Quakers (110)- PR: 6-2 
7. West Seattle (120)- PR: 5-3
   
8. Rainier Beach Vikings (165)- PR: 3-5 
9. Seattle Prep Panthers (174)- PR: 1-7  
10. Lakeside Lions (241)- PR: 2-6
11. Chief Sealth Seahawks (247)- PR: 2-5
12. Cleveland Eagles (266)- PR: 1-6
13. Ingraham Rams (278)- PR: 0-8

Players to Watch:

Eastside Catholic: Mike Bush SR-RB/DB, Connor McCormick JR-QB, Chris Nasman JR-DB

O'Dea: Grant Enger SR-OT, Danny Kistler SR-OT, Allen Mooney SR-MLB, Dominic Salle JR-OL

Rainier Beach: 'Alo'ofa Ta'a SR-DT, Mike Reeve SR-WR

Seattle Prep: Joey Deritis JR-RB/WB, Greggor Holland SR-RB/LB

West Seattle: Aaron Grymes SR-WR/DB


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