Football 2001

HIGH SCHOOLS

Steve Bloom/The Olympian

Hometown harvest
Cream of the crop

Pittelkau, Smith lead area stars

ELLIOTT SMITH, THE OLYMPIAN

What did you do on your summer vacation?

Alex Pittelkau pitched hay to prepare for the rigors of the season. Sawyer Smith pitched footballs at summer camps to show off for college scouts.

While their summers were wildly different, Pittelkau and Smith will have one thing in common this fall -- the two seniors are the top offensive threats at South Sound high schools this year.
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Wide open Pac-9 should be fun

Several teams have legit shot at league crown

DARRELL ROOT, THE OLYMPIAN

Ask Pacific-9 League football coaches around South Sound who they think the best team is.

You get four answers, in varying order -- last year's top three of North Thurston, Tumwater and Timberline, plus a Chehalis team that just missed.

Then somebody says "Really, a lot of the other teams have improved over last year. There aren't many teams that couldn't beat anybody else on a given night."

That makes it tough for anyone to pick a team to win the Pac-9 championship, but one question brings it down to one team.
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