Jeff Christensen from Mead/SCC played WR on the RPM teams.Junior college football to return to Tri-Cities
KENNEWICK, Wash. — The Tri-Cities is getting a junior college football team for the first time in over three decades with the introduction of a team at Pacific Northwest Christianwww.nbcrightnow.com
Kind of got me wondering for all of us old timers out there, when was the last time WSU had a good JC player on the team that went to a JC in the state of washington? Probably going to have to go back to the 70s to find one.
Weren't Christians slaughtered by the gladiators?Junior college football to return to Tri-Cities
KENNEWICK, Wash. — The Tri-Cities is getting a junior college football team for the first time in over three decades with the introduction of a team at Pacific Northwest Christian
Kind of got me wondering for all of us old timers out there, when was the last time WSU had a good JC player on the team that went to a JC in the state of washington? Probably going to have to go back to the 70s to find one.
Walla Walla managed to bring in quite a few Samoan linemen in the late 80s-early 90s, and I think a couple of them ended up on the Palouse. I want to say maybe Don Sasa was one of them, but I could be wrong there. One who did spend time at WWCC was Kimo von Oelhoffen - he went to Boise State and I think played against us, and then ended up spending several years with the Steelers, Eagles, and Jets.
Didn't the Cougs have some players that left Pullman and spent time working on grades at a JC? Maybe they didn't play though. For some reason I am thinking that Mark Fields and Leon Bender may have gone the WSU-JC-WSU route. Not at all sure about that though.Junior college football to return to Tri-Cities
KENNEWICK, Wash. — The Tri-Cities is getting a junior college football team for the first time in over three decades with the introduction of a team at Pacific Northwest Christian
Kind of got me wondering for all of us old timers out there, when was the last time WSU had a good JC player on the team that went to a JC in the state of washington? Probably going to have to go back to the 70s to find one.
Christensen was a stud. Played against him when I was at Wenatchee Valley. Very physical player.
Awww... you must have played for Coop and Murio. Was Preston there during your days?
I enjoyed those guys. Coop was a creative fundraiser for that program. He put on a Wenatchee vs Eastmont alumni football game for a few years in the early 80's to raise money for the Knights program. I played in it all 3 years. It was a blast. Full pads, full contact, big crowd. Like I said, he was creative.
Coop considered himself a "player" driving around in a vw bug said otherwise. I will say this, he was a bad ass racquetball player and had a ton of energy both on and off the field. Did you go to Wenatchee or Eastmont? What year did you graduate?
Eastmont...79
Eastmont had some strong baseball teams in the early 80's (if I remember correctly). Ouir DB group did the Ridge to River relay Spring of 83. I really enjoyed going to school at WVCC. Lots of talent in that part of Washington .........and this time I am not talking baseball.
Yea, we had a strong program. Dan White and Jim Hannah were the coaches. State champs in 81. Hannah was Ron Cey's roommate at WSU. Played catcher for the Royals till he blew his knee out. Still run into him and Dan at Coug games.
I think so. Not sure as Apple Blossom has changed so much. I believe it's a scaled down, modified version these days. Sure was fun back in the day.
Looks like the last official one was in 2009. Google says there was an effort to bring in back in 2015-16, but nothing after that.
Supposedly it was the animals that did them in. But it's not historically accurate. People did get fed to the lions, but not specifically christians.
I didn't go back to WVCC my second year, blew a knee in the Spring and sat out a year. Sucked for me, that team went on to finish second in the nation amongst JC schools. Still keep in touch with a lot of the guys from my one year at WVCC.
Dan Smith was an offensive lineman out of East High School in Bremerton (class of ‘71?) and Olympic Community College who played at WSU in the early to mid 1970’s. If I remember correctly, Dan had preseason with the New York Giants and then a cup of coffee with the Seahawks in 1976 or 1977. I think Dan’s coach at Olympic College was the late Lynn Rosenbaugh - Tim’s dad.Junior college football to return to Tri-Cities
KENNEWICK, Wash. — The Tri-Cities is getting a junior college football team for the first time in over three decades with the introduction of a team at Pacific Northwest Christian
Kind of got me wondering for all of us old timers out there, when was the last time WSU had a good JC player on the team that went to a JC in the state of washington? Probably going to have to go back to the 70s to find one.
Yep Lynn used to coach at Olympic. His last words to Timm were "you better have the lawn mowed when I get home" (true story). Lynn was a great guy. He died in the arms of Dennis Erickson and Bill Moos on a return trip from a golf tourney in the Tri Cities (aorta burst).
