According to the
Tacoma Tribune, the University of Washington signee threw for 341 yards and five touchdowns in the first half alone before the Lancers pumped the brakes. Huard is 805 yards shy of breaking the state career passing record of 13,044 set by
Brett Rypien of
Shadle Park (Spokane) from 2011 to 2014.
Like most of the West Coast, Kennedy Catholic has been paused from football since the fall of 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Lancers resumed play with a bang as a double pass found its way back to Huard on the game's first play on Friday. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound left-hander fired a 46-yard pass to
Reed Shumpert, who four plays later caught a TD pass. Huard finished with 26 completions in 35 attempts.
He's thrown for 12,240 career yards and 139 touchdowns. The Lancers travel Friday to
Decatur (Federal Way).
“I just wanted to take a moment and see all my teammates and my coaches
and just be out here together,” Huard told the newspaper after Friday's games. “Just being able to play
with these guys, it means the world to me. ... That’s the only thing that matters to me at the end of the day is just
being out here playing the game that I love with my teammates.”
Huard is ranked the No. 11 player overall nationally in the Class of 2021 by
247Sports composite, and the No. 1 pro-style quarterback prospect. His father Damon and uncle Brock both played quarterback in the NFL.
Sam Huard, Kennedy Catholic
File photo by Glen Moffit
