Editor’s note: During the two weeks leading up to Week 1 of the high school football season, VarsityWA is traveling around the state and visiting preseason camps to catch up with some of Washington’s best football programs. Follow along for updates throughout camp.

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Editor’s note: During the two weeks leading up to Week 1 of the high school football season, VarsityWA is traveling around the state and visiting preseason camps to catch up with some of Washington’s best football programs. Follow along for updates throughout camp.

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VarsityWA reporter Todd Milles recaps the high school football offseason and looks at some of the top storylines for the 2026 season with championship coach Eric Kurle and rankings expert Matt Evans, of Evans Rankings, ahead of preseason camps.

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Jay ended up signing with the Montana Grizzlies.

Entering 2026, who has the best opportunity to lead the state in total offense during the nine-game regular season?

Varsity WA offers its five leading candidates. But first, here are the top 10 returning total-offense producers from the full 2025 season:

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Editor’s note: This story was originally published by content-sharing partner Stat Hound Media, founded by journalist Jerrel Swenning. Support that venture at stathoundmedia.com.

YAKIMA, Wash. — With another monster season predicted for her senior campaign, Davis High School girls basketball star Cheyenne Hull — No. 69 in ESPN’s class of 2027 rankings — crossed off one item on her to-do list.

Flanked by her parents and older sister Trista — herself an NCAA Division I basketball standout — the winner of the last two MaxPreps Washington Player of the Year Awards and Class 4A state tournament MVPs committed to Oregon on Monday at the Monday Morning Quarterbacks Meeting at Suntides Golf Course.

Hull had kept her recruitment private before Monday’s announcement, but said she was offered by more than 20 schools, with former Pacific-12 Conference rivals Arizona and Stanford also among the final schools.

“A little bit of the pressure is lifted off and I don’t have to worry about it anymore and I can just play,” she said.

The Ducks advanced to the round of 32 in the NCAA tournament last March, losing to eventual Final Four qualifier and Fort Worth Region top seed Texas.

Oregon coach Kelly Graves, who was in attendance last month when Hull’s summer team the Northwest Blazers throttled the West Virginia Thunder in a national showdown broadcast on ESPN2, was key in landing the two-time 4A CBBN most valuable player.

“He just made it feel like family over there, and made it feel like home,” Hull said, explaining that she settled on the Ducks a week ago Sunday.

Hull has been a force since her freshman season when she helped the Pirates to their first state trophy — a third-place finish — in their second consecutive trip to the Tacoma Dome, after ending a 26-year drought.

As a sophomore, she led the tournament in scoring (23.0 points per game) as Davis battled through four games and beat Sumner, which had upset the Pirates in the regional round, for the program’s first state championship.

There was no slowing Davis last March, as the Pirates were undefeated against Washington opponents, winning all but one contest against state foes by at least 11 points and repeating as state champions.

Hull topped the tourney with 15.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists per contest, while also scoring 17.7 points a game. She racked up 17 points and 11 rebounds in the title game.

She has topped the CBBN in scoring the last two seasons for the Pirates, who have won 38 conference games in a row, and four consecutive league and district championships.

This summer she capped her time with the Northwest Blazers by finishing an unbeaten spring and summer with a national championship.

Entering 2026, who has the best opportunity to lead the state in receiving during the nine-game regular season?

Varsity WA offers its five leading candidates. But first, here are the top 10 returning receivers from the 2025 regular season:

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McGee ended up signing with the Washington State Cougars.

Entering 2026, who has the best opportunity to lead the state in rushing during the nine-game regular season?

VarsityWA offers its five leading candidates. But first, here are the top 10 returning rushers from the 2025 regular season:

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Jay ended up signing with the Montana Grizzlies.

Entering 2026, who has the best opportunity to lead the state in passing during the nine-game regular season?

Varsity WA offers its five leading candidates. But first, here are the top 10 returning passers from the 2025 regular season:

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As far as social media posts go, it was the loudest of emergency sirens.

The Oakville Acorns, a playoff-contending eight-man football program located in Grays Harbor County, saw second-year coach Camren Bowes suddenly resign following spring ball.

Weeks went by. No prospective coach stepped forward to show interest as a replacement. Supporters of the program were so stricken with panic, they created a graphic last week advertising potentially dire news about the program’s status on Facebook.

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Each week of the nine-week regular season features matchups in every classification that could impact the playoff picture this November.

Here are some of the top games to watch this fall — including the game of the week, more can’t-miss matchups, games with league title implications, the best games in the 4A-3A, 2A-1A and 2B-1B classifications, and more.

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Fresh off a one-on-one interview with WIAA executive director Mick Hoffman on Monday, one of the topics was assessing the Gridiron Classic partnership between the state’s governing body for high school sports and the University of Washington, which has hosted the state football championships the past three seasons.

In short, Hoffman gave the relationship a big thumbs-up.

How do high school football coaches in Washington feel about it?

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RENTON, Wash. — With the beginning of the 2026-27 high school sports year just weeks away, here is VarsityWA reporter Todd Milles’ sitdown Q&A session with WIAA executive director Mick Hoffman on Aug. 10.

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Remember these moments?

• A game-changing interception return for a touchdown in the first Class 1B encounter Friday?

• A small-school legend survives on a missed two-point conversion in the Class 1A showdown?

• The reigning Class 3A champions go on a final five-minute scoring drive to defend their title?

• Three rapid-fire changes of possession in the third quarter swing the Class 2B title game to the underdog Saturday?

• Two traditional rivals go toe to toe for the Class 2A crown?

• And an overtime thriller in the Class 4A championship game to close the show?

Here is a recap of how the 2025 season concluded in December at Husky Stadium in Seattle:

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As preseason high school football camp in Washington approaches later this month, VarsityWA spent the past week pointing out playmakers to watch in eight regions around the state for the upcoming fall season.

Here are the links to the regional rankings:

NORTHWEST WA RANKINGS

KING COUNTY RANKINGS

PIERCE, THURSTON COUNTY RANKINGS

WEST SOUND, OLYMPIC PENINSULA RANKINGS

SOUTHWEST WA RANKINGS

CENTRAL WA RANKINGS

GREATER SPOKANE RANKINGS

GREATER TRI-CITIES RANKINGS

Been a while since you’ve attended a high school football game in your backyard?

If you live in Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason, Grays Harbor, Pacific or Wahkiakum counties, VarsityWA can help by identifying 10 exciting players at programs nearby to follow during the fall season.

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Been a while since you’ve attended a high school football game in your backyard?

If you live in Lewis, Cowlitz, Clark or Skamania counties, VarsityWA can help by identifying 10 exciting players at programs nearby to follow during the fall season.

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Been a while since you’ve attended a high school football game in your backyard?

If you live in Benton, Franklin, Adams, Walla Walla, Columbia or Garfield counties, VarsityWA can help by identifying 10 exciting players at programs nearby to follow during the fall season.

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Been a while since you’ve attended a high school football game in your backyard?

If you live in Pierce County or Thurston County, VarsityWA can help by identifying 10 exciting players at programs nearby to follow during the fall season.

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Been a while since you’ve attended a high school football game in your backyard?

If you live in Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Grant, Yakima or Klickitat counties, VarsityWA can help by identifying 10 exciting players at programs nearby to follow during the fall season.

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Been a while since you’ve attended a high school football game in your backyard?

If you live in King County, VarsityWA can help by identifying 10 exciting players at programs nearby to follow during the fall season.

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