The 2025 prep football season kicks off this week as all four Edmonds School District teams hit the gridiron on Friday, Sept. 5. The Mountlake Terrace Hawks hope to continue the success the team experienced last year while the Meadowdale Mavericks will look to build upon the upward trajectory they saw in 2024. The Edmonds-Woodway Warriors welcome in a new coach this year while the Lynnwood Royals will shoot for their first win since 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n Mountlake Terrace Hawks<\/b><\/p>\n After three consecutive winning seasons (what is believed to be a school record for Mountlake Terrace football), the Hawks are looking to extend that recent success into 2025. Coach Archie Malloy thinks this year\u2019s team can soar \u2014 possibly even becoming a bellwether for the future of the program.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re got a pretty senior-heavy team; we have 16 seniors this year,\u201d Malloy said. \u201cThis group has an awful lot of experience. A lot of them logged a lot of minutes in stadiums as sophomore and juniors. So coming back this year, this is their year. And they feel this is an opportunity for us to put on a good display of what Mountlake Terrace football is going to look like going forward.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Terrace returns three All-Wesco League first-team honorees from last year: inside linebacker Nate Brown, offensive lineman Liam Moore and inside linebacker Owen Boswell. Moore was also selected for the All-Wesco League second team at defensive lineman, along with defensive back Mo Sillah and quarterback Mason Wilson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Coach<\/span>: Archie Malloy (5th season)<\/span><\/p>\n 2024 record<\/span>: 5-1 in Wesco League South Conference, 6-4 overall<\/span><\/p>\n 2025 season opener<\/span>: versus Cascade; Friday, Sept. 5; 5 p.m. at Everett Memorial Stadium<\/span><\/p>\n Key players<\/span>: junior quarterback Mason WIlson, senior tight end\/linebacker Nate Brown, senior lineman Liam Moore, senior lineman D\u2019Andre Daigre, junior running back\/linebacker Owen Boswell, senior defensive back Mo Sillah<\/span><\/p>\n Coach\u2019s comment<\/span>: \u201cI know we\u2019re prepared \u2026 we\u2019re prepared for the moment. The lights aren\u2019t too bright, the stage isn\u2019t too big for these kids. They\u2019ve been around long enough that they understand that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Meadowdale Mavericks<\/b><\/p>\n After years stuck in the doldrums (the Mavericks have a record of 8-27 over the past four seasons), Coach Antwoine Gamble believes Meadowdale football has turned a corner after last year\u2019s team qualified for a meaningful Wesco League crossover game. Playing for a berth in the 3A state playoffs was a shot in the arm for the program \u2014 suffering a 52-3 loss to Stanwood in that contest was a wake-up call.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThat was an eye-opener for us, to be honest, for setting the tone for us this summer,\u201d Gamble said. \u201cThis summer, our weight room program and our participation actually drew roughly 50 kids each day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The popularity of last summer\u2019s weight room program is indicative of the overall jolt of interest he is seeing in the Mavericks\u2019 football program, Gamble said. \u201cThe passion and the pride back into the community is what we\u2019re trying to grow. And you can see, in the number of kids that we have,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have 100 on our roster right now, the highest numbers that we\u2019ve had in 10 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Meadowdale is expected to utilize that muscle developed over the summer and rely heavily on their ground game this year. All-Wesco League second-team running back selectee Cayden Rivera will lead the way, but the Mavs also have seniors Ethan Gibeault and Aiden Osborne who will take turns carrying the ball this year.<\/span><\/p>\n Coach<\/span>: Antwoine Gamble (2nd season)<\/span><\/p>\n 2024 record<\/span>: 2-4 in Wesco League South Conference, 3-7 overall<\/span><\/p>\n 2025 season opener<\/span>: versus Kamiak; Friday, Sept. 5; 7 p.m. at Goddard Stadium in south Everett<\/span><\/p>\n Key players<\/span>: junior quarterback Ki Gamble; senior running back Caden Rivera, senior running back Ethan Gibeault, senior wide receiver\/cornerback Kealoha Kepo\u2019o-Sebate, junior tight end Jackson Greene<\/span><\/p>\n Coach\u2019s comment<\/span>: \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be behind our \u2018big sexys\u2019 as we called them last year, our MVPs, our offensive line. They\u2019re big. We\u2019ve had a lot of scrimmages, a lot of scout games, playing games with these guys, and they\u2019re one of the bigger lines out there. So we\u2019re pretty excited to run behind them and see what they can do for us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dpa730eaqha29.cloudfront.net\/myedmondsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FX5A8218-scaled.jpg\")
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