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Honors
Jimmy Dillingham 1989 NWFL Player of the Year
Pat Patterson 1996 NWFL Offensive MVP
Malachi Dewalt 1999 Offensive Rookie of the Year
Karl Wright 1999 NWFL Defensive MVP
Preston Slaughter 2001 Defensive Rookie of the Year
Ron Baines 2007 NWFL Coach of the Year
Woodrow Wilson 2007 Defensive Rookie of the Year
All-League
Pat Patterson- RB (1996 - 1st; 1998 - 2nd)
Sio Fakatoufifita- WR (1996 - 1st; 1999 - Hon Men)
S (1997 - 2nd; 1998 - 2nd; 1999 - Hon Men; 2003 - 2nd)
John Cebula-TE (1996 - 1st)
Scott Meade- C (1996 - 2nd; 2001 - 3rd)
Ryan Collier- OG (1996 - 1st; 1997 - 1st; 1999 -
1st) DE (1996 - 3rd) OT (2001 - 3rd; 2007 - 3rd; 2008 - 3rd) DT (2007 - Hon Men)
Mike Lazik- OG (1996 - Hon Men) OT (1998 - 3rd)
Jamie Box- OG (1996 - 3rd; 1997 3rd) DE (1996 -
2nd)
Joseph Nikeo- OG (1996 - Hon Men)
Chris Penny- OT (1996 - 1st; 1997 - 1st)
Armand Ruffin- MLB (1996 - 2nd)
Brian Smith - LB (1996 - 2nd)
Galen Carter - LB (1996 - 2nd)
Tony Ruffin- S (1996 - 1st)
Tim Brown- S (1996 - Hon Men)
M. Velasco- CB (1996 - 2nd)
Cyril Johnson- CB (1996 - 3rd; 1997 - 3rd; 1998 -
Hon Men; 1999 - 1st) WR (1997 - 3rd; 1999 - 2nd) PR (1998 - 1st)
Goreal Hudson- PR (1996 -1st) RB (1999 - Hon Men)
Rodney Stokes- PR (1996 - 3rd) FB (1999 - 3rd)
Lance Westendorf- QB (1997 -1st; 1998 - 2nd)
Derrick Pleasant-RB (1997 - 1st)
Jimmy Dillingham- WR (1997 - Hon Men; 1998 - 3rd)
Smokey Tolbert- TE (1997 - 1st)
Troy Stevenson- TE (1997 - Hon Men)
Alex Pedro- OG (1997 - Hon Men) DT (1998 - 2nd) C
(1998 - 1st; 1999 - 2nd)
John Adair- K (1997 - 1st)
Ben Alaalatoa- DT (1997 - 1st)
Seanua- DT (1997 - Hon Men)
Se Lautogia- DE (1997 - 3rd)
Cedric Parks- LB (1997 - 2nd)
Chris Reynolds- CB (1997 - Hon Men; 1999 - 1st) WR
(1999 - Hon Men)
Nick Klamke- P (1997 - 1st)
Lloyd Toufelee- DT (1997 - 1st)
Sami Alo-DE (1997 - 1st)
John Sami- DE (1997 - 3rd; 1999 - 1st; 2006 - Hon
Men)
Will Postel- MLB (1997 - 2nd) LB (1999 - 1st)
Derrick Glasper- LB (1997 - 1st)
Karl Wright- S (1997 - 1st; 1999 - 1st; 2007 - 1st)
KR (1999 - 1st) PR (1999 - 3rd)
M. Johnson- CB (1998 - Hon Men)
Don LaBorde- RB (1998 - 1st)
Chris Bailey- WR (1998 - 3rd)
Adam Clinton- TE (1998 - 3rd)
Travis Dahlberg- OG (1998 - 1st; 1999 - 1st; 2001 -
3rd) OT (2000 - 3rd)
Matt Tornetta- OG (1998 - 2nd)
Royce Potteiger- OT (1998 - 2nd; 1999 - 2nd)
Eli Swanson- K (1998 - 2nd)
Dwayne Brown- QB (1999 - 2nd; 2000 - 3rd)
Malachi Dewalt- RB (1999 - 1st)
Johnny Taylor- RB (1999 - Hon Men)
Warren Reynolds- WR (1999 - Hon Men)
Corey Hill-TE (1999 - Hon Men)
Joseph Nikolao- C (1999 - Hon Men)
James Holmes- OG (1999 - Hon Men; 2000 - Hon Men)
Nick Simon- OT (1999 - Hon Men)
Kevin Jones- OT (1999 - 2nd)
Chris Horan- K (1999 - Hon Men; 2001 - 1st; 2002 -
Hon Men) S (2000 - Hon Men)
Kevin Dixon- DE (1999 - Hon Men)
Eric Webster- DE (1999 - 3rd; 2003 - 2nd) LB (2000
- Hon Men; 2001 - Hon Men)
Brandon Mike- LB (1999 - Hon Men)
Kurt Fain- DT (2000 - Hon Men; 2001 - Hon Men)
Leon Bronson- S (2000 - 1st) PR (2000 - 2nd) KR
(2000 - 1st)
Sean Hughes- CB (2000 - Hon Men; 2001 - Hon Men)
Nick Klamke- P (2000 - 1st; 2001 - Hon Men)
Kevin Clark- FB (2000 - 1st; 2001 - 1st)
Mohammad Alexader- WR (2000 - Hon Men)
LaMarcus Ford- TE (2000 - Hon Men; 2001 - Hon Men)
Aaron Kindt- C (2000 - Hon Men)
Eric Stoddard- OG (2000 - 3rd)
Josh Miskar- OT (2000 - Hon Men)
David Stump- QB (2001 - Hon Men)
Jaron Johnson- RB (2001 - Hon Men)
Bernard Blosser- WR (2001 - Hon Men) SS (2007 - Hon
Men)
Travis Thomas- WR (2001 - Hon Men)
Jesse Baines- WR (2001 - Hon Men; 2003 - 2nd; 2004
- Hon Men; 2007 - 1st; 2008 3rd) PR (2003 - 2nd) KR (2007 - 1st) FS (2007 - Hon
Men; 2008 - 2nd)
Jon Allen- TE (2001 -3rd)
Geoff Miodowski- OT (2001 - Hon Men)
Preston Slaughter- DT (2001 - 2nd; 2003 - 1st; 2004
- 3rd; 2006 - 3rd; 2007 - 2nd)
Robert Brown- DE (2001 - Hon Men) MLB (2002 - Hon
Men)
Rainey Lott- DE (2001 - Hon Men)
Chris Macon- MLB (2001 - Hon Men)
Chris Tolsen- LB (2001 - Hon Men)
John Stepney- S (2001 - 2nd) PR (2001 - Hon Men)
Lehman Jones- RB (2002 - Hon Men) LB (2006 - Hon
Men)
Nathan Turner- PK (2003 - 2nd)
Jason Mikaloa- DE (2003 - 3rd)
Junior Tanuvasa- MLB (2003 - Hon Men)
Daniel Hunter- LB (2003 - Hon Men)
Kelen Brooks- FS (2003 - Hon Men)
Jerry Broughton- CB (2003 - 2nd)
Paul Snow- P (2003 - Hon Men)
Nico Wells- QB (2005 - Hon Men)
Mitchell Johnson- K (2006 - Hon Men) DT (2006 - Hon
Men) DE (2006 - 3rd) P (2006 - 2nd)
Anthony Rios- QB (2007 - 2nd)
Eric Lewis- WR (2007 - Hon Men)
Nick Valentine- K (2008 - 3rd)
Rod Gagnon- LB (2008 - 2nd)
Michael Anderson- SS (2008 - Hon Men)
All-America
Tony Ruffin- SS 1996 AFA 1st
Goreal Hudson- PR 1996 AFA 2nd
Pat Patterson- RB 1996 AFA 3rd
Scott Meade- C 1996 AFA Hon Men
Cyril Johnson- DB 1996 AFA Hon Men
Cyril Johnson- WR/DB 1997 AFA Hon Men
Lance Westendorf- QB 1997 AFA Hon Men
Sami Alo- DE 1998 AFA Hon Men
Don LaBorde- RB 1998 AFA Hon Men
Lance Westendorf- QB 1998 AFA Hon Men
Ryan Collier- OG 1999 AFA Hon Men
Ryan Collier- OG 1999 NFE Hon Men
Karl Wright- FS 1999 NFE Hon Men
Preston Slaughter- DT 2002 AFA 2nd
Kevin Clark- FB 2002 AFA 1st
Jessie Baines- WR 2003 NFE Hon Men
Preston Slaughter- DT 2003 NFE Hon Men
Ron Baines giving pregame instructions.
Following the demise of the Northwest Football
Alliance (NFA) and the folding of the legendary Auburn Panthers, Ron Baines, who
coached the Panthers in their final season was brought in by Ed Bemis
and Stephen Matychowiak as head coach of the new Pierce County Bengals.
Bemis, who still owned the gear from the Auburn Panthers, used it to get
the Bengals off the ground to a good start. After the regular
season finale, Bemis decided he was finished and turned the team over to
Baines. Matychowiak was the starting middle linebacker for the
next few years, before becoming one of the top defensive coordinators in
the league.
The Bengals spoiled the Eugene Blast 1990 home
opener when Gary Braun threw 2 TD passes to Tony Lambert and Sean Sehlin
tossed two more to Willie Daigle in winning 26-6. Daigle was an
18-year veteran of the northwest leagues. John Adair was 2-4 kicking
PAT's.
The Bengals made four NWFL Championship game
appearances in the first five seasons culminating with a 1992 win over
the Sno-King Blue Knights. Ironically, that year was their worst
regular season (4-4) during the stretch. The Bengals would not
reach the championship game again until 1998 where they lost to the
Oregon Thunderbolts.
The new century did not bode well for the Bengals
as they suffered their first losing season finishing 3-7 and missing the
playoffs for the first time since 1993. 2000 was also the first
exodus of a number of key Bengal players for the Puget Sound Jets.
By 2002 Pierce County suffered through a one-win season as many former
Bengals celebrated a National Championship with the Jets.
2004 saw the Bengals accumulate 3 forfeits in a 2-6
season on the field of play and only two All-League selections.
Winning only four games the next two years, Pierce County finally broke
back into the NWFL playoffs in 2007 on the strength of winning 6 of 7 in
mid-season, helped in large part by an influx of spring league players
who had finished their season.
2008 brought the Bengals back down to the bottom of
the NWFL and the team itself struggled all season to the point of having
to place an injured player on the field away from contact just to meet
the 11-man player requirement in the season finale. They did
manage to defeat arch-rival Washington in both meetings.
The 2009 collapse of the Northwest Football League
forced the Bengals into an independent status and playing whomever they
could find to fill dates. The Cavaliers, also forced into
independent status were the first two games which the Bengals won just
as they have the previous two season. Reality struck in the form
of the Bellingham Blitz who smashed the Bengals followed by a
dismantling by the Snohomish Vikings both new members of the newly
formed PDFL. The Vikings would put the capper on a 3-5 season for
the Bengals as the two teams battled to a 9-6 loss for Pierce County. |
