BELLINGHAM — John Lambert addressed a teary-eyed La Center football team in the pouring rain on Saturday night and made sure one key fact wasn’t lost on them.
“You could say this is the best team we’ve ever had at La Center,” Lambert said. “And they fought all the way until the end. They never quit.”
La Center fell 34-14 in the Class 1A state semifinals on Saturday at Civic Stadium that lacked an operable scoreboard, to a team, Meridian, who had a more than-operable quarterback in Eastern Washington commit Simon Burkett.
Burkett torched the Wildcats for 205 yards and three touchdowns through the air — all 37 yards or longer — and one on the ground.