ARLINGTON – Arlington football coach Greg Dailer doesn’t look to change the offensive formula this coming season.

The Eagles will still rely on a “heavy pass attack” from the shotgun with returning senior talent quarterback Andrew Kalahar, and receivers Tyler Nelson, Donovan Sellgren and Cordell Cummings, Dailer said.

“We have a deep group of seniors,” Dailer said of the receiving squad.

That senior depth also spills into the defense with linebackers Hunter Gardovsky and George Spady, who have been honing their skills.

“They have great years in the weight room and are great leaders with maturity,” Dailer said.

Another defensive player is junior defensive lineman Benicio Madrigal-Ries who is also expected to step up this year.

Dailer wants to win the Wesco 3A north but expects tough competition from Marysville-Pilchuck, Oak Harbor and Stanwood.

“It’s good to be in a tough league. I think we’ll compete really well,” Dailer said.

LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood High School football team graduated 22 seniors so there are many positions to be filled.

“We’re going to rely a lot on our junior and sophomore class to fill in a lot of he missing positions,” coach Dan Teeter said.

It starts with sophomore quarterback Austin Lane, who has yet to play a rep at the varsity level.

“He practiced with us last year. He has been a ball-boy for years,” Teeter said. “His older brother was a quarterback, so we know his family pretty well.”

Luckily for Lane, he will be protected with some returning talent on the offensive line including junior captains Jordan Jira and Sean Renfro all whom were all-league last season.

“He’s not going to be under any pressure where he feels like he has to do it by himself,” Teeter said. “He’s got a big line in front him.”

Lane will also be supported with a running and receiving corps including junior slot receiver David Le, who broke out with some impressive punt returns in the later part of the last season, Teeter said.

Junior Sean Dawson will be contributor on both sides of the ball, where he will play running and defensive back. Junior Tyler Courtney will also play similar positions.

“We feel like we can still be balanced,” Teeter said. “We should be able to lineup and pound the ball when want to run it and we should be able to throw the ball pretty well when we need to throw it.”