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Three area football teams ranked in Class 1B's Top 10
The Odessa Tiger defense overwhelmed the St. John-Endicott Eagles during the spring 2021 season.
ODESSA - It's going to be a banner year for District 7 NE 1B football teams, if preseason rankings by ScorebookLive.com hold up.
In the Class 1B (eight-man) football rankings released last week, three of the teams hail from the NE 1B League.
The Odessa Tigers earned the No. 1 ranking, followed by Almira-Coulee/Hartline Warriors in the No. 2 spot.
ScorebookLive also ranked the Wilbur-Creston Wildcats in the No. 9 spot.
The top-ranked Tigers were undefeated in the abbreviated spring 2021 season and have won two back-to-back state championships.
ScorebookLive's rankings said Odessa returns quarterback Collin Martin as well as a host of running backs and a senior-dominated line.
Almira-Coulee/Hartline also finished the abbreviated spring season undefeated, but have had their title hopes stopped in recent post-seasons.
Quarterback Dane Isaak, the youngest of four football standouts from the area, will lead the Warriors' offense.
The Warriors are followed in the ranking by No. 3 Quilcene Rangers, No. 4 Liberty Christian Patriots, No. 5 Lummi Blackhawks, No. 6 Naselle Comments, No. 7 Pomeroy Pirates and No. 8 Neah Bay Red Devils.
Wilbur-Creston grabs the No. 9 spot after a 4-1 spring 2021 abbreviated season, according to the rankings.
ScorebookLive said the team will be led by 6-foot-1, 205 pound quarterback-linebacker Peyton Michel.
In the backfield, ScorebookLive reports Wrangler Wagner and Hunter Sanderlin will be hard to stop.
The No. 10 ranked team is the DeSales Fighting Irish, which opens at Odessa on Sept. 3.
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