TNT Preseason Prep Football Practice Tour
The News Tribune will visit 17 high school football practices in the 14 days leading up to the first Football Friday of the season, breaking down some of the teams, players and storylines entering the 2015-16 season.
The tour will include three schools from the 4A Narrows League, four teams from the 4A SPSL, two from the 3A Narrows League, two from the 3A SPSL, one from the 2A Evergreen Conference, two from the 2A SPSL, one from the 1A Evergreen, one from the 1A Nisqually and one from the 2B Pacific.
Teams will be revealed each day, starting with the first day of official practices Wednesday, Aug. 19.
TNT PRESEASON PRACTICE TOUR
Practice preview: South Sound’s four most illustrious 4A schools enter new eras
Aug. 19: Timberline Blazers
Lincoln Abes | Video: Masaki Matsumoto on a mission
Aug. 20: Bonney Lake Panthers | Video: Panthers have pieces in place
Aug. 21: Federal Way Eagles | Video: D’Jimon Jones, Andrzej Hughes-Murray stepping up
Aug. 22: Kentlake Falcons
Aug. 24: Spanaway Lake Sentinels | Video: Big guys key for Sentinels’ season
Aug. 25: Emerald Ridge Jaguars | Video: Can new players bring ER similar success?
Aug. 26: Black Hills Wolves
Aug. 27: Stadium Tigers | Video: Don’t expect same 0-10 Tigers
Aug. 28: Yelm Tornados
Aug. 29: Clover Park Warriors
Aug. 31: Mount Tahoma Thunderbirds
Sept. 1: Eatonville Cruisers
Sept. 2: Charles Wright Tarriers
Sept. 3: Sumner Spartans
Sept. 4: First Football Friday of the 2015-16 school year
LEAGUE FOOTBALL PREVIEWS
In-depth look at some of the top storylines, team-by-team breakdown, games to watch and predictions from the 4A Narrows, 4A SPSL, 3A Narrows, 3A SPSL, 2A SPSL, and 1A Nisqually, as well as capsules from other area small-school teams.
State football overview: Dual-threat QBs have Auburn Mountainview, Gig Habor thinking state
Preseason TNT All-State football team: Graham-Kapowsin’s Foster Sarell on of nation’s top 2017 recruits
Preseason TNT rankings: Gig Harbor No. 2 in 4A, Auburn Mountainview third in 3A, Tumwater 2nd in 2A and Cascade Christian No. 3 in 1A
4A Narrows: Olympia will compete for playoff spot, like always
4A SPSL: UW commit Amandre Williams can do just about everything for Tahoma
3A Narrows: Is that Xavier Cooper? Or Wilson’s A.J. Ruffin?
3A SPSL: Lakes cousins Jaiave Magalei and Maika Magalei might as well be brothers
2A Evergreen: Team capsules
2A SPSL: Willie Patterson, Alex Bing can lift Franklin Pierce back to league title
1A Nisqually: Team capsules. Story Saturday.
Small schools: Team capsules
This story was originally published August 19, 2015 at 9:37 AM with the headline "TNT Preseason Prep Football Practice Tour."