Southridge looks to extend championship season in 3A playoffs

Fresh off their first Mid-Columbia Conference football title since 2008, the Southridge Suns are preparing for their next challenge. Friday night, Southridge hosts the University Titans of Spokane in a winner-take-all playoff matchup with a trip to the Class 3A state tournament on the line. This week, we met up with the team for a look at what's ahead for the Suns. You know, we have a creed and culture that this group specifically has really We're really bought into and our coaches do a great job Talking about it in the summer and implementing it throughout the whole season. And, you know, one of our biggest parts of our creed is being relentless. And, you know, we talk about, you know, what's that mean to you guys as players, coaches, kind of share their own stories. And so I think having that mindset as a team is like never giving up. It doesn't matter the score. You know, we're going to play for each other and have that mindset throughout life and football. And in general, I think is a great way to describe our team. Like they've truly bought into that. And it's fun to be a part of. Every team we've played, we've never been. bigger than and that's that's not our main attribute. Our main like difference maker on in the game is our team speed and I think that is just what helps us dominate on the field especially on defense. I'm a sophomore so playing with all these upperclassmen it's been really fun and I just want to give it my all for them. They've really set the tone at practice and just off the field just everything they do. It would mean everything you know like to Making sure like all that we've done throughout this season like it actually pays off like we're 0-0 right now like if we lose this game our our season is over so it means everything to just keep advancing and keep advancing and keep being able to play with my team. I feel amazing like everything that we've worked for coming up to here. You watch the high school games as a kid and you know back when I wasn't I was in middle school elementary school you look up to these guys like they're you know gods. Honestly it would mean everything to me and you know it's my first year starting and everything I dreamed of before the season I told everybody I want to be MCC champs, I want to go to the playoffs, win state and so to see some of that unfold so far winning the MCC like this is everything I I don't really plan on playing college football. And so this really is it for me, if we win state we have four or five games left and I know that once we get into the playoffs for real, that anything can happen. And we know what we're capable of, and we can beat anybody. They just want to win. They don't care who gets the credit. One guy could have four touchdowns one game, and then the next game have zero and be just as happy. And it's a pretty special thing to have. It'll be a pretty dang good feeling. We've had quite a bit of those this year. I think the coolest thing for us, and we've talked about as a staff and as a team, is it means we get one more week out here to practice together. Because it's pretty special. Football is an awesome sport, and sports in general. This will be the last time this whole group is together. It's pretty big and special. So I think that's one thing that we talked about after the Kennewick win is like, hey, let's do this as long as we can. And I know for a fact if we do that, yes, we'll feel proud of ourselves. I think that's one thing our kids have done a great job all year about.