Five years ago, playing for a state championship was an elusive dream for Anacortes football.
Athletics director and former head coach Justin Portz sometimes wonders if he’s still in that dream ahead of the No. 2-seeded Seahawks’ upcoming 2A state title bout with No. 1 Tumwater.
“I wake up every day going, ‘Is that real? I wasn’t dreaming, right?’” Portz said. “We’re really doing this. We’re really playing for a championship on Saturday.”
It was just four sea
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