The 2004 Emerald City Kickoff Classic at then-Qwest Field in Seattle featured Bellevue ending the national record 151-game win streak of De La Salle (Concord, Calif.).
Photo by Richard Rector
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association will host the 12th annual Emerald City Kickoff Classic on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Seattle.
The event will feature four games beginning at 10 a.m. Here is a look at the complete schedule:
10 a.m. –
Darrington vs.
Bridgeport1 p.m. –
Mt. Spokane (Mead) vs.
West Valley (Yakima)4 p.m. –
Emerald Ridge (South Hill) vs.
Prosser7 p.m. –
Benson Tech (Portland, Ore.) vs.
Roosevelt (Seattle)Of note will be the return of the Darrington Loggers to the football field after a devastating mudslide took the lives of 43 people in nearby Oso last March.
"We will never forget the people and the tragedy that happened," Darrington head coach Doug Lenker told WIAA.com. "The town and the kids came together as a big family and community to help each other through that."
The Classic is moving to Memorial Stadium after one year at Husky Stadium and a decade-long run at CenturyLink Field – home of the Seattle Seahawks – prior to that.
In addition to Washington, teams from California, Hawaii, Idaho and Oregon have participated in the event. The 2004 edition will go down in national high school football history after Bellevue ended a record 151-game win streak by De La Salle in front of over 25,000 fans.
Click here for more information on the 2014 Emerald City Kickoff Classic.
