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All Wesco Football: Vikings Dominate 2023 League Honors

Lake Stevens earns 21 honors and 19 team slots; David Brown, Mason Turner, Bryce Slezak nab double first team recognition; Kolton Matson, Steven Lee, Turner and Jayshon Limar now 2X All Wesco honorees

Kevin Thomas Hulten

Nov 18, 2023

Kolton Matson, Paul Varela, David Brown and Steven Lee are among the First Team All Wesco honorees for 2023. *Photo art by J425.*

LAKE STEVENS It was another banner year for Lake Stevens Vikings athletes with regard to the annual All Wesco teams and recognition. Lake earned 19 all league slots and two coaching honors, in a vote of opposing Wesco coaches and assistants.

For the second straight year, Vikings Head Coach Tom Tri and Defensive Coordinator Eric Dinwiddie were honored as the best at their respective positions. Tri’s offense is averaging 47 points per game this year; and Dinwiddie’s defense is pushing an 11 quarter shutout streak, outscoring opponents 12-0 singlehandedly in the first two rounds of loser-out games.

Together, the coaches led Lake to its 13th-straight Wesco Championship (counting co-championships, as one should) and extending the Vikings’ league win streak to 57 games. The Viks have won their last 22 games against in-state opponents.

Thirteen Vikings earned first team honors, including Vikings captain Bryce Slezak, a three year starter at left tackle who was overlooked in previous votes due to opposing coaches’ tendency to select seniors.

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Watch (above): Jayshon Limar’s 245-yard outburst last weekend.

Four Vikings are repeat honorees, including DB Steven Lee and LB Mason Turner, who both return as First Team All Wesco selections on defense.

QB Kolton Matson returns as the first team quarterback after a second team showing last season. Kolton’s 37 touchdown passes are six short of Jacob Eason’s single season program record.

And 2023 First Team All Wesco running back Jayshon Limar previously earned Honorable Mention in 2021 as a freshman.

Several Vikings are dual honorees, including the aforementioned Slezak and Turner. The Vikings bookend tackles each earned first team recognition on both sides of the ball.

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Senior standout David Brown, who must be in All State contention in all of his roles, was named First Team All Wesco at wide receiver and cornerback. Boogy has 19 total touchdowns and he’s outscored the Vikings playoff opponents through his role on defense alone, via pick-six interceptions in each of the first two playoff games. Boogy announced his fifth scholarship offer this week, from Montana State.

Senior Jesse Lewis made All Wesco Honorable Mention at WR and CB.

J425 has a tradition of making individual All Wesco player cards for each of the honorees. Senior captain Gabe Kylany (WR/S) was up first. See above for his card.

See below for the full list of All Wesco honors plus full Viking stats through Week 11.

2023 ALL WESCO SELECTIONS (LAKE STEVENS)

Coach of the Year: Tom Tri

Assistant Coach of the Year: Eric Dinwiddie

First Team All Wesco – Offense

QB Kolton Matson

RB Jayshon Limar

LT Bryce Slezak

RT Mason Turner

WR Paul Varela

WR David Brown

First Team All Wesco – Defense

DL Bryce Slezak

Edge Gage Solomon

LB Mason Turner

LB Keagan Howard

S Gabe Kylany

DB Steven Lee

CB David Brown

Second Team All Wesco

DT Bryce Waxham

OL Ashton Kasch

TE Jaxson Lewis

All Wesco - Honorable Mention

Edge Esteban Sedano

DL Naveer Kaile

WR/CB Jesse Lewis

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LAKE STEVENS 11-GAME FOOTBALL STATS (2023)

Abbreviated – see here for full stats.

Offense

RUSH C G L NET AVG TD

Limar 99 776 11 765 7.7 8

Rai 82 584 16 568 7.0 10

Sedano 25 159 4 155 6.2 2

Matson 31 184 50 134 4.3 5

Price 3 23 0 23 7.6 1

PASS

Matson 177-274-6 65% 2561 YDS 37 TD

Moser 5- 9-0 56% 50 YDS 1 TD

RECEIVING # YDS AVG TD

D. Brown 41 675 16.5 16

Varela 40 418 10.5 4

Jesse Lewis 19 336 17.7 6

Lee 18 328 18.0 3

Jaxson Lewis 18 230 12.8 3

Howard 16 238 14.9 1

Kylany 10 73 7.3

Limar 9 202 22.4 1

Pester 3 26 8.7 1

Sedano 2 25 12.5 1

Turner 2 24 12.0 1

Rai 2 12 6.0

Burks 1 25 25.0

Boileau 1 9 9.0 1

TEAM STATS

SCORING 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q – Total

LS 152 184 122 56 -- 514 (46.7 AVG)

Opp. 37 46 51 30 -- 154 (14.9 AVG)

YARDS/Game (RUSH+ PASS = TOTAL)

LS 1951 (172.4) + 2627 (238.8) = 4578 (416.2)

Opp. 894 (81.3) + 1681 (152.8) = 2575 (234.1)

TEAM RUSHING att yards loss total avg TDs

LS 299 2058 107 1951 6.5 29

Opp. 319 1214 320 894 2.8 12

Team Pass/Pass D comp att int %

LS 184-285-6 65% 2727 YDS 38 TD

Opp. 110-236-12 47% 1681 YDS 10 TD

Team Rush/Run D C G L NET AVG TD

LS 299 2058 107 1951 6.5 29

Opp. 319 1214 320 894 2.8 12

YARDS/play (Total offense)

LS 7.8

Opp. 4.6

FIRST DOWNS

LS 228 (20.7 AVG)

Opp. 126 (11.4 AVG)

PENALTIES

LS 70 For 664 YDS (60.4 AVG)

Opp. 85 For 627 YDS (57.0 AVG)

DEFENSE

INTERCEPTIONS (12)

D. Brown 6 (One for 51-YD TD Return, One for 25-YD TD Return)

Turner 1 (33-YD TD Return)

Lemay 1

K. Brown 1

Kylany 1

Jesse Lewis 1

Varela 1

FUMBLES RECOVERED (5)

Kylany 2 (One for 18-YD TD Return, One for 7-YD TD Return)

Solomon 2

Howard 1

FUMBLES LOST (6)

Limar 2

Matson 1

Kylany 1

Varela 1

Price 1

QB SACKS

Solomon 9 (6 Shared)

Sedano 5 (3 Shared)

Howard 3 (3 Shared)

Bryce Slezak 2

Turner 2 (2 Shared)

Lynch 1

Kylany 1

Boileau 1

Kaile 1

Campbell 1

Munger 1

Faust 1

Waxham 1 (Shared)

Burton 1 (Shared)

LS 21

Vs. LS 7

TACKLES (For Loss or No Gain; Includes Shared Tackles)

Howard 106 (22)

Turner 95 (24)

Solomon 85 (27)

D. Brown 52 (1)

Waxham 50 (16)

Sedano 44 (17)

Jaxson Lewis 44 (1)

Kylany 43 (4)

Lee 37 (6)

Bryce Slezak 29 (11)

Kaile 23 (6)

Varela 21 (1)

Special Teams

BLOCKED A PUNT (2)

Kylany 2

KICKOFF RETURN TOUCHDOWNS (2)

Lee 94 YDS

Jaxson Lewis 75 YDS

PUNTING

Mooring 50, 31, 36, 26, 16 = 32.2 AVG

Matson 40, 34, 16 = 30.0 AVG

Moser 13 = 13.0 AVG

LS 9 Punts for 264 YDS = 29.3 AVG

Previously:

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Jayshon Limar & David Brown Star in Vikings’ 41-0 Playoff Win Over Woodinville

Mike Anderton

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Jayshon Limar & David Brown Star in Vikings’ 41-0 Playoff Win Over Woodinville

Above: J425 video of Jayshon Limar’s 245 yard night. LAKE STEVENS — Jayshon Limar and David Brown were the headliner stars of Lake Stevens' 41-0 State Playoffs packed-house home-field win over Woodinville last Saturday night. But the under-heralded Viking offensive and defensive lines were no less instrumental in keeping Lake's championship aspirations alive, in a game which was scoreless until 6:42 of the second quarter.

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